I just took a 25 month old, 32gb 4 back to Braehead as there was a hardware problem with the mic.
Told the guy the issue, said I realised it was out of warrant and I’d be happy to pay my £119 for and out of warranty replacement.
The ‘genius’ agreed, put my phones details in the computer and handed me a new phone…a new 16 gb 4s with no charge!
Walked out the store highly confused but happy. Started to piece things together on the way home and realised he had taken the serial number and IMEI number off the SIM tray rather then off the phone. The very sim tray that had been switched out of my 3 month old 4s in a split second decision when switching SIM’s only hours earlier :D
P.S. I did alert Apple to their mistake but so far they have not answer my email…so 3 month old 4s for sale in the near future.