That's why i never ever have a slight interest of buying from authorized dealers like those mentioned. I don't deny that some provide really good service, but it's like a 50-50 chance simply because that our personal shopping experiences depend too heavily on the hands of sale representatives that served us.

No offense, but i can't help to notice most of sale representatives can be very judgmental on a customer's pocket. It's wayyyy too different from the service i got from flagship Apple Store in 5th Avenue, speaking from a POV of a foreigner that speaks broken English in the middle of huge crowd, in the midst the launch of new iMac

btw TS, is your MBP covered by ACPP still? the logic board replacement is kinda scary