That's nice for you. It doesn't make me feel any better about Apple, though. It makes me feel worse.
*-- Russ Abbott* *_____________________________________________* *** Professor, Computer Science* * California State University, Los Angeles* * My paper on how the Fed can fix the economy: ssrn.com/abstract=1977688* * Google voice: 747-*999-5105 Google+: plus.google.com/114865618166480775623/ * vita: *sites.google.com/site/russabbott/ CS Wiki <http://cs.calstatela.edu/wiki/> and the courses I teach *_____________________________________________* On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Neil Pomerleau <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. >> >> *-- Russ Abbott* >> *_____________________________________________* >> *** Professor, Computer Science* >> * California State University, Los Angeles* >> >> * My paper on how the Fed can fix the economy: ssrn.com/abstract=1977688 >> * >> * Google voice: 747-*999-5105 >> Google+: plus.google.com/114865618166480775623/ >> * vita: *sites.google.com/site/russabbott/ >> CS Wiki <http://cs.calstatela.edu/wiki/> and the courses I teach >> *_____________________________________________* >> >> >> >> 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. >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > >
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