First, Apple no longer describes its retail locations as stores. Apple
just calls them Apple. The company has redefined itself as seling
experiences through technology rather than a tech hardware company.
the problem with the word store is that it suggests a shopping
experience. someone might visit Apple to buy a device. He might also
visit for a repair, ask a question, attend a class, participate in an
Apple user group, meet other Apple device users to discuss Apple
devices or services, or use the free Wifi.
As for the crowds, welcome to the world of 1.3 billion active Apple
ID's. Apple has not added locations at the same rate as the expanding
user base. Also, Apple locations here inn Chicago have become tourist
attractions. Many people visit Apple to see products in person or
people watch. They are not there to do anything specific. There is
always a group of folks who walk in a circle around the building for
10 or 15 minutes before leaving.
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On 10/28/18, Cristobal Muñoz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey now… We don’t go telling tales out of school.
>
> Booty as in the ghetto fabulous term of broken, on the fritz, crappy,
> busted, etc.
>
> I’m sure though that it’s just the standard line they give people when they
> can’t figure out what’s wrong with it or can’t trouble shoot it in a timely
> manner. All the same to me. They made it super easy and just exchanged the
> device.
>
> The only reason I went ahead and grabbed it at full price was because I
> recently got a credit card with a zero percent intro APR for 15 months and a
> no balance transfer fee. I charged it on my BestBuy Visa to score the points
> and will do the balance transfer once I’m sure that I’m going to keep the
> phone.
>
> My wife’s laptop is getting long in the tooth so the extra BestBuy points
> will come in handy when we go PC deal hunting next month.
>
> So far, the phone’s fine and all, but man… I kind of miss my tiny SE.
>
>
>
> Cristóbal
>
>
>
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2018 8:24 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Good God what a tedious XR experience
>
>
>
> A “bootie display”? I thought that was something your wife would do for you
> in private *smile*
>
>
>
>
>
> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of
> Cristobal Muñoz
> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2018 4:28 PM
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: Good God what a tedious XR experience
>
>
>
> Well… Went to the Apple store with my wife to get her iPhone’s battery
> replaced and while there, I grabbed the XR. My God. Apple stores are
> soooooooooooooo loud and there were so. Many. People. Ended up spending
> almost three hours there.
>
> Anyway, While she was getting her battery looked at, the Apple guy was
> trying to sell me on an iPad and Apple Music. Yeah, I’m good. This is my
> iPad and for a few commercials, I’m cool with nice and free Pandora.
> Anyway, I ended up also getting one of those lightening to 3.5 jack adaptors
> for some headphones I always use. I tried talking the guy into hooking me
> up, but nope. So what if you just dropped $1000 on their stuff. Apple’s
> going to squeeze every last drop out of you. Capitalism baby.
>
> Anyway, I got home. Attempted the restore from iCloud and during this
> process, the darn phone bricked. I got stuck on the passcode screen with no
> way to get out of it. An hour later on the phone with Apple support and two
> tech supervisors their suggestion was to simply take it back for an
> exchange. The earliest date they could give me for a “Genius Bar”
> appointment was this Thursday. Whatever.
>
> I showed up this morning at 11:00 when they opened and dear God. There were
> already easily 100 people outside of the place waiting for it to open its
> doors. There were already Apple folks running around with iPads signing
> folks in and crap. I mean seriously? What the hhell? Everyone go home.
>
> I went into full helpless blindy mode and was squeezed in right away. After
> running whatever tests they had to do on my device, they determined that I
> had a lemon. Something to do with a booty display. I’m sure that’s what they
> tell everyone though. Who cares. The end result was that I got the exchange
> and this time, I had them set it up for me and do the iCloud restore there.
> An hour later, I was out of the place.
>
> Man, this thing is big. My SE feels so puny.
>
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