Products purchased at Apple Store in India cannot be refunded or exchanged
Apple had a lot of trouble with the Indian market back the early 2010s. They had to pull AppleCare+ out of the country because people were abusing it a lot. [†]<p>Same goes for the country's biggest online retailers, both Amazon and Flipkart also switched to a replacement-only policy in India.<p>"Most analysts agree that many many buyers were abusing the company's refund policy. With many buying latest smartphones, and returning them after a week after trying them "[1]<p>I've seen return abuse in the US, not sure if it's higher than what I have seen in India. I tried to research this topic back in high school for a paper, it was hard to find concrete data to compare the two countries.<p>[1]<a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech-news/amazon-ends-refund-policy-for-mobile-phones/articleshow/50901907.cms" rel="nofollow">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech-news/amazon-ends-re...</a><p>[†] edit: I feel like I need to clarify what "abusing" really was.<p>AppleCare+ used to cover two incidents of Theft, Loss and accidents.<p>Third party resellers essentially activated an iphone and marked it as lost. Then, after getting a new replacement iPhone from Apple, they would go on and sell it to customers.<p>Nowadays, you can only get AppleCare (not the plus) in India which does not cover theft or accidental damage.