I've been making it work for probably 4 weeks - no big deal.
This week, when I returned from Japan, it decided it had gotten tired of being forced to work. No more power for my little MacBook. I decided to go in search of a new charger here in Korea instead of trying this newfangled thing called "international shipping". I heard and read about certified apple retailers in SoKo, but decided to go rogue and look through this maze of technology.
After a 45 minute subway ride and asking 10 separate people for directions to one specific store I found the place I was looking for! Unfortunately, not the product. They had 45 watt and 85 watt chargers, but mine is 60. The 60 watt charger is only sold through the service center (God knows why...) which is open Monday through Friday. I was there on a Saturday. Oy. After leaving the store to process (and google the shit out of 85 watt chargers), I went back in and bought that puppy for 109,000 won. Jen and I wandered back towards the subway station, intending to eat and then head home. She spied a sign in a smaller stand that said "apple service". I approached them, and found the charger I actually required for 60,000 won. WIN! I bought that, walked back to the other store, returned the incorrect 109,000 won charger and felt happy.
Got home much later, used my computer for a whole 20 minutes... and I heard a "pop". My screen goes a little dimmer - the charger is no longer providing power to my computer. And then the charger starts smoking.
Here we go again.
Back to the maze of technology I will go sometime this week.
Oy.
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