{
  "id": 18512867,
  "title": "Apple Store holiday return rules are in effect",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/apple-store-holiday-return-rules-are-in-effect",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-06T14:03:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AppleInsider",
    "slug": "appleinsider",
    "url": "https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/11/06/apple-store-holiday-return-rules-are-in-effect"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Apple has updated its holiday return policy, allowing customers until January 8, 2027, to return most items bought from its retail stores or online. This applies to most products, except iPhones and cellular iPads bought locked to a specific carrier. Apple reminds customers they are responsible for their wireless service agreements, as returning such devices may not cancel or reset the account with the carrier. Gift cards have been reinstated as an excluded item, as they were in 2025. All return rules apply to US customers, with similar terms for international buyers. Puerto Rico customers have additional return steps outlined on Apple's returns page.",
  "summary": "As it always does, in the run up to the holidays Apple has extended its return window. With some exceptions, buyers now have until early January 2027 to change their minds. Apple Fifth Avenue - image credit: Apple Apple does this every year , and each time the broad strokes are the same. From now until Christmas Day, most items can be returned until a date in early January. For this year, Apple…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MacRumors",
        "title": "Apple's Extended Return Policy Now in Effect for 2026 Holiday Season",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/apples-extended-return-policy-now-in-effect-for-2026-holiday-season",
        "published": "2026-11-06T14:21:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}