$79 for a power adapter!? Oh, wait...
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Russ Abbott <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>>> >>>
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