Mine frayed and shorted after less than a year. Like any Apple product owner, this wasn't the first time an Apple cord fell to pieces, and at one point in the past (before October 2011), I even brought it back to the Apple Store and they replaced my cables no questions asked, great service.<p>This time, however, when I brought my adapter and cables into the store for them to look at (kind of an inconvenience, don't live near one), I was told by a Genius that no one has problems with their laptop adapters and phone cables, no one in the store has ever had a problem with them, no one ever brings them to the store frayed, and that I must abuse my hardware and there was nothing they could do to help. I actually had to resort to pulling up a link to the class action suit to prove him wrong, absolutely terrible experience. With manager assistance, they reluctantly agreed to replace it since they saw my computer was one week off AppleCare, but added notes to my account to ensure that they would never do it again...and stressed that power adapter frays aren't in the scope of AppleCare.<p>I was really surprised and disappointed by the whole experience - and can only assume that there's massive pressure from above to avoid replacing them as they're so expensive and that results in Genius staffers acting incredulous and telling stories when you show them your long, thin fire hazards (frustrated during the exchange, I made a comment about how the knockoff iPhone cords are so much more reliable and less fire-hazardy, and he then made a point to closely inspect my frayed-Apple cords to ensure that they weren't knockoffs like I was some kind of fraudster, oof).<p>Anyway, reinforced those things immediately (still frustrated on a daily - the brick gets boil-an-egg hot and sneezing will cause the adapter to pop out) and I'll be doing what I can to avoid visiting ye olde Apple Store in the future.