One week (over two visits), I managed to get free replacements for a power
adapter and headphones, both well out of warranty and worth $79 each.

-Neil

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Russ Abbott <[email protected]> wrote:

> Nice find!  I experienced a bit of a hard sell, though, when I went in and
> found that my iPhone cable wasn't working. After we established that, the
> "genius" asked at least three times, "Do you want to buy a new one now?"
>  Since they wanted $20 for it, I declined -- 3 times -- and left.  I should
> have looked up the price on the Internet while talking to them. (Anywhere
> from $3 to $7.) But I didn't think of it at the moment.
>
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> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Gillian Densmore <[email protected]
> > wrote:
>
>> Oops-someone leeked apples genius bar manual
>>
>> link 
>> here<http://gizmodo.com/5938323/how-to-be-a-genius-this-is-apples-secret-employee-training-manual>
>>
>> disturbing-though not suprising.
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