I had high hopes when I placed the order for the MacBook 12 inch as it was an early birthday gift for my daughter. She’s about to turn 16 in March and as I’m in the midst of planning a lavish party, I wanted to try and save some money on this gift.Firstly, the order was incorrect. I was sent a MacBook Air 11 inch with a nice dent on the side of it. The packing wasn’t particularly great as you can hear the laptop moving around when I got it. The seller was very responsive and sent out the correct order right away along with a return label to send back the MacBook Air sent in error.I received the proper MacBook 12 inch on 1/11/2020 and it was packaged much better and it truly was quite stunning when I turned it on. My daughter was excited as we went through the process to set up. Once we set it up, we realized that as we hovered over the battery, it said: “Condition: Replace Now”. I was hoping that once it was fully charged, it may go away. That was not the case. Once it reached 100%, I unplugged and it dropped to 88% in a matter of 10 minutes. I contact Apple to find an Apple store or authorized dealer and I found one close to me. It was going to cost me about $200 for the battery and an additional $150 in labor. Mind you, I paid $700 for this MacBook! This would have taken me up over $1000!After discussing with my wife, we decided to purchase the MacBook Air 2017 version which doesn’t have the nice screen the MacBook 12 inch has, but it’s a more powerful computer and it cost us a total of $850. Although we wound up spending a little more, I have the peace of mind that it won’t damage anytime soon and that she is the first person to ever use and own this device.I truly wished I had a better experience because the seller was responsive and tried to help me, but since this was a time sensitive purchase, I needed to go in store and purchase something rather than go a third round with the seller.