I have a late-2013 as well, but was advised by a Genius that as of this month, the machines will be classified vintage (though not yet reflected on their vintage products list). Moving forward, official repairs will be next to impossible. This came about as I noticed minor warping of the bottom case, which is likely from the battery beginning to swell, meaning that a battery replacement automatically gets a topcover replacement. Because of the swelling, the Genius said that a depot repair was not possible and would have to be done in-store.I authorized the repair, and the Genius placed an order for the new part, but with no guarantee of availability. This was several weeks ago, and never got a call back. So I'm on my own.
Currently, the machine nets $360 on Apple's trade-in site, but am loathing getting a new one with a subpar keyboard and poor thermals. I may just get the iFixit battery kit ($100) and try to replace it myself.
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