The 27-inch iMac desktop seems to be the talk of the town these days. On Monday we told you how Apple has stopped iMac production temporarily and yesterday we’ve seen how Apple officials denied such a thing from ever happening. Today we have more rumors for you regarding the machine that should have been the flagship desktop of Cupertino.

What we hear today is pretty interesting and it comes all the way from the UK. It looks like owners of faulty iMacs are being refunded for their broken desktops and they are even offered a 15% premium apology “bribe”. It seems that Apple is offering the extra money both from its stores and through 3rd party retailers. The money comes straight from Apple and it can amount to around $300 which is not a bad deal for returning your flickering/yellow-screen iMac.

The same thing could happen in other markets too although nothing is official since it hasn’t been confirmed by any Apple representative. A third party reseller has mentioned all of these to Gizmodo but that’s not officially official, is it?

Furthermore the word on the street is that 27-inch iMac LCDs are not available in Europe at this time. Apparently there’s a backlog of 230 machines waiting but there’s no shipping date available at this time. That would explain all the apology money Apple is offering to consumers in the UK. But what about consumers in other markets? Aren’t they entitled to the same treatment?

As you can see folks, Apple doesn’t have a fast out of the box solution to any problem at all times. But at least they are coming up with other ways to keep customers happy, aren’t they?

So don’t buy an iMac yet folks as the involved hassle is not worth it. Better wait for Apple to come up with a real technical fix for this 27-inch iMac problem before purchasing your new Apple desktop. We’ll tell you all about this predicament as we wait anxiously to see what happens next.

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