Pretty obvious advice for anyone that has shopped around at all. I will say that the Apple store is the ONLY place you should go for repairs though. I had a 5th Gen 12.9" iPad Pro that was 6 months out of warranty. My dog knocked it off a table and knocked a glass of water on top of it. Despite my attempts to save it, the True Depth camera failed and face id didn't work anymore. I checked online and Apple said my local Best Buy was an authorized service center. I took it there, the tech rans some diagnostics and declared it unrepairable. He handed it back to me. He said I simply had to buy a new one. Frustrated, I made an appointment at my local Apple store. They ran the same diagnostics and agreed it was dead. He also mentioned iPads are too difficult to repair, so they usually just swap them out. Instead of turning me away, they offered me another 5th Gen for $750 which was cheaper than new. He also mentioned that if I wanted a new on, they would give me $475 for my broken unit towards a new unit. THe math was easy- $750 for the previous gen or $1200-475=$725 for a new one. I went the new route. When he was checking me out, he asked if I had any kids in school. As I have a daughter in college, he gave me the education discount. Because I made the purchase during the back to school promotion, I got a $100 gift card with the purchase. In the end, I got a new 6th gen 256Gb unit for $670 after taxes and a $100 gift card to use later. I was very happy with the Apple store visit.