Apple Stores get a little nuts during the holidays. Apple is helping those who want to get in and out with "Reserve and Pick Up". It is what you'd think: You buy something online and pick it up at the nearest store. Also a good way to make sure they have the product you are looking for in stock (and no aiting for adding memory or upgrading hard drives). They'll even wrap it for you, you lazy bastard.

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What I want from SteveSanta is the ProCare service back in Store
...one of the most useful services... just disappeared!!!!
I want the PROCARE back!!!!!
Steve... Business Audience loves that stuff...
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gpy
Really? Maybe if business
Really? Maybe if business customers had ponied up in the last 2 years and bought the iPhone, as well as new MacBook Pros, ProCare wouldn't have disappeared.
Sales volume studies came in, and Apple decided they're a consumer-targeted company now. Business has not thrown enough money at Apple in recent cycles, and Apple is not waiting for them to come around. And I don't blame them. Its time to stop pissing off the average person who comes through the Apple store, and start selling them extra things instead. YOU, can make an appointment like everyone else.
same reason why
...possibly you like to fly business, or to get access to an airport lounge, or to have a preferred lane when you rent a car, because if YOU work hard, sometimes, time is an important factor.
You know what? Here in Europe we don't have too many AppStore, and sometimes when you try to book a slot on the web (forget about the book over the phone, no chance, because is not possible AND because they don't answer), it gave you 0 (ZERO) availability for the next three days, which means you don't know how to do. Apple Resellers are a little network, with few excellent certified professional which believe to be the messiah and treat you like the last of the sheep in the mountain. Additionally, if you call AppleCare, very often they ask for proof of the defect before to send you the box where to return the mac, and it may take from 5 to 7 days to see you hardware (hopefully with the configuration, please note not the data which is carefully preserved somewhere else, you left, otherwise your IT will take another TWO days to fix it) ready to work again with you...
That was an useful service, an EXPENSIVE useful service, I don't care about 1to1, which as you mentioned is useful for the "consumer" market, even in this case, I DO NOT SEE where are the volumes... Additionally, the procare service was serving up to 3 machines, was giving you a complete annual internal and external cleaning (and when you travel a lot, this is something EXTREMELY useful),
So, if they tried now to re-enter the business/enterprise market (and they are doing it every day with the iphones, the Air, the MBP and the XServe), they HAVE TO take in consideration a preferential path to SOLVE the issue of the business/pro people. It works like that EVERYWHERE, ANYTIME, in any SERVICE!
That's it, I want my ProCare back!
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gpy
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I don't understand how you guys release so many misspelled posts. Aiting??
to me it means Apple is
to me it means Apple is expecting a very high demand on purchases so they need to make it user for us the customers
Nice package...
Nice package...
isn't that called layaway???
isn't that called layaway??? essentially?
went to the Apple, Regent
went to the Apple, Regent Street UK today and the'd sold out of the 27" imac about an hour before I arrived......(normally at least 2 to 300 in stock).....
went to the Apple, Regent
went to the Apple, Regent Street UK today and the'd sold out of the 27" imac about an hour before I arrived......(normally at least 2 to 300 in stock).....
Misleading Information
If you read apples website carefully it says nothing about purchasing any items, just reserve them.
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