turtleattacks:

 

No Apple Care and warranty ran out a month ago.

 

I had to get an exception code from Apple senior advisors for the repair.

 

I wonder if that first assessment with the first repair centre (in which they did nothing) was a blessing in disguise so Apple to justify the replacement.

 

They originally wanted or the system would only allow the replacement of a MBP M4 base to replace my MBP M3 Pro but pushed back and they had to get some special authorisation.

 

So great result all round. 

 

Awesome! In that case, they probably covered it under CGA. Your AASP experience helped as well  

The M3 Pro is definitely not the same as the M4. Enjoy the extra 6GB of unified memory! :P