now that the MS retail stores have cleared out all pre-SP3 stock, you can't get the same sorry-sir-here's-a-new-one customer service when something breaks, even when it's under warranty. Boo.
happened to me tonight with an original Type Cover (still the best IMHO - more travel than the others). the serial number had been worn away mostly thanks to repeated attaching/detaching, so they told me there was nothing they could do.
went home and got out a magnifying glass but still couldn't distinguish 3/5/8 and some other digits. so I wrote down various combinations of what the serial number might have been, and luckily one of them matched. so I was able to get mail-in warranty service. had to go through myservice.surface.com
happened to me tonight with an original Type Cover (still the best IMHO - more travel than the others). the serial number had been worn away mostly thanks to repeated attaching/detaching, so they told me there was nothing they could do.
went home and got out a magnifying glass but still couldn't distinguish 3/5/8 and some other digits. so I wrote down various combinations of what the serial number might have been, and luckily one of them matched. so I was able to get mail-in warranty service. had to go through myservice.surface.com
