That's odd. Here in Singapore we don't have an official Apple Store - but the "Authorized Retail" store (Wheel lock) has done repairs on my keyboard, on my pow

That's odd. Here in Singapore we don't have an official Apple Store - but the "Authorized Retail" store (Wheel lock) has done repairs on my keyboard, on my power connector inside phone, and on my keyboard a second time (I'm very rough with my gear) - two of the three times they were able to do it while I waited by the counter, third time it was trickier, they quoted me '5 days' - but had it done the next day. Also - nice thing about wheel lock - they have fifteen+ simultaneous counters available, so wait to check in gear is almost always less than 10 minutes, no advance appointment required. I agree with Parent though - 10 years in, and probably twice as many apple care appointments later - being able to just take in broken gear under apple care and have them fix it is a major benefit of buying the (admittedly expensive) gear. On the flip side - Dell has onsite repair for their Desktops/Laptops.