The news broke yesterday with a UK-based Apple Authorized Service Provider\/Reseller claiming that Apple is out of 27″ screens in Europe<\/a>, and they’re dealing with a waiting list of customers already. So they’re now offering up (to only certain customers so far, not an official policy) not only a full refund, but an extra 15% on top of the price, roughly $300 on the cost of a $2000 iMac.<\/p>\n Gizmodo also points out that the refund doesn’t include sales tax or shipping costs, so some of the 15% covers that as well. You won’t be able to make money on this, but Apple is apparently offering up a small bonus to customers inconvenienced by the issues.<\/p>\n Earlier this week Apple released another firmware update<\/a> to address the flickering screen issues with the 27-inch iMacs but it seems that has not alleviated all the issues.<\/p>\n TUAW<\/a>Apple paying back bonuses on cost of defective 27-inch iMacs<\/a> originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)<\/a> on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read<\/a> | Permalink<\/a> | Email this<\/a> | Comments<\/a> <\/p>\n Buy This Item: [Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/bd044_imac27115.jpg\")
Gizmodo is reporting<\/a> that Apple has begun refunding up to an extra 15% of the purchase price of the 27-inch iMac to those customers who bought defective units. <\/p>\n<\/h6>\n