All these gadgets and none of them take a check!
I have had the worst time trying to buy my artist a new Mac. You would think it would be as easy as going to the Apple Store and picking one up but that is not the case. They have one on display but apparently that is just for looks.
When you walk into the store you will be greeted by someone who stands next to the door and says hi. They wont open the door for you or help you if you need it. Apparently their job is to say HI and GOODBYE and thats about it. So we stood around for about 15 mins. waiting for someone to help us. Not a big deal. They were busy and there are plenty of things to look at while we waited. The sales rep that helped us said he had never sold a mac pro before. For those of you that dont know which one it is, its apples biggest machine, very powerful and its starts around 2,500 before you add the stuff you need to it, and we were adding enough to double that price. Not a small sum of money.
We ask for a few upgrades, all of which the guy says they have instock and can apply to our machine. It will take a day to install everything but thats not a big deal. We go through all of the option with our stuff. None of which are a problem. The sales guy was nice and although not really informative I knew what I wanted and he got it no problem. All the problems we had were when we went to checkout.
Apple doesnt take checks or cash. Our check was declined because the amount was too great. When we called the company that handles their checks we were going to have to sing up and set up an account with them! Stupid. Why in the world with technology the way it is can I pay over the phone all my bills with a check, Over the Phone but when I go to the tech savy store of Apple I have to go through hoops just to pay. We talked to the manager and he said our only option then was to pay with a credit card. Apparently, us walking out not spending five grand on a computer was no big deal to him. He said and I quote, "It only happens a couple of times a month." You let ten thousand dollars walk out every month? I hate apple.
When you walk into the store you will be greeted by someone who stands next to the door and says hi. They wont open the door for you or help you if you need it. Apparently their job is to say HI and GOODBYE and thats about it. So we stood around for about 15 mins. waiting for someone to help us. Not a big deal. They were busy and there are plenty of things to look at while we waited. The sales rep that helped us said he had never sold a mac pro before. For those of you that dont know which one it is, its apples biggest machine, very powerful and its starts around 2,500 before you add the stuff you need to it, and we were adding enough to double that price. Not a small sum of money.
We ask for a few upgrades, all of which the guy says they have instock and can apply to our machine. It will take a day to install everything but thats not a big deal. We go through all of the option with our stuff. None of which are a problem. The sales guy was nice and although not really informative I knew what I wanted and he got it no problem. All the problems we had were when we went to checkout.
Apple doesnt take checks or cash. Our check was declined because the amount was too great. When we called the company that handles their checks we were going to have to sing up and set up an account with them! Stupid. Why in the world with technology the way it is can I pay over the phone all my bills with a check, Over the Phone but when I go to the tech savy store of Apple I have to go through hoops just to pay. We talked to the manager and he said our only option then was to pay with a credit card. Apparently, us walking out not spending five grand on a computer was no big deal to him. He said and I quote, "It only happens a couple of times a month." You let ten thousand dollars walk out every month? I hate apple.
posted by tshirtguy | 2:27 PM
2 Comments:
eww, that is an unfortunate event! i heart apple and i am sorry they were mean to you! i think this calls for some serious preschool-action: kick them hard in the shin and then steal their bouncy ball!
I would have done that exact reaction but it wasnt the employees fault. Its the company. They are the ones who have tellacheck run their checks and tellacheck is horrible.
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