4 out of 4 Apples for Apple Customer Service

iPodJen and I went over to the Apple Store and Coconut Point yesterday because she wanted to see what was wrong with her Powerbook and maybe pick up a new iPod Nano. Her Powerbook has been shutting off every so often due to an over heat signal, so we decided to go see what was causing this problem and how much it would cost to fix. From the get go I was impressed with the service. We registered online to meet with a genius and got to the store 10 minutes before our scheduled time. We were greeted and told that your name would appear on the monitor and a genius would call your name when ready. While standing waiting for a genius every single employee asked if we were being helped, at the time it was about 10 employees. Once a genius was available they checked out the Powerbook and found that it really wasn’t that consistent of a problem and told us we should send it in for service where they can run more diagnostics to locate and fix the issue. It’s a flat price ($310.00) to have everything fixed. This is a very good deal since I have a feeling that it may be the motherboard. We’ll have to send it in sometime later on after we back everything up. On the way out Jen decided to buy a iPod Nano, PRODUCT (red). It’s very nice!

Overall I was very impressed with the level of customer service at Apple. All the employees were concerned that we were not being helped and everyone at the genius bar was very knowledgeable, which far exceeded my expectations. A Far different experience from going to Best Buy or CompUSA where all they try to do is con you into buying things you don’t need. I am very confident that when we send in the Powerbook for service that all problems will be fixed. I give Apple 4 out of 4 Apples for Customer Service and Knowledge!

[tags]Customer Service, Apple, Product (red), iPod[/tags]

iPhone Price Drops (Get Your Refund!)

Update 2: A co-worker called AT&T this morning to get a refund because they purchased the 8gig last month.  AT&T tried to sway the issue but then escalated to a manager/supervisor who then applied a credit of $200.00 to their account.

Update: iPhone Early Adopter Tax

I am just wondering how all those people who bought iPhones last month are feeling today? Apple has pulled its marketing wonders again. They are known for releasing a product then months later putting a price drop on it. The iPhone is now $399.00, a $200.00 price drop from when it came out. It also looks like they have discontinued the 4 gig phone too.

[tags]iPhone, Apple, Price Drop, iPhone Refund, AT&T[/tags]

Apple Store @ Waterside Shops

Grand OpeningUPDATE: This person was the first person in line at 5am well before anyone else arrived. Another person that was at the opening also sent me some video. His turned out way better than mine. He probably didn’t record it on a camera!

Well Doug and I just got back from another Apple Store Grand Opening. Two weeks ago we were in Estero, FL for the Coconut Point Opening and today we were in Naples, Fl for the Waterside Shops Opening. The one in Naples has a totally different atmosphere than Coconut Point and I think that the Coconut Point store will do more business in the long run. Why you ask? Well not to many nerds that I know are shopping at this store, this store and this store. That’s just to name a couple of stores around the Apple store and inside Waterside. Once again I have uploaded photos to my flickr site and have also posted this short video of the pre-opening events.

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Now all I have to do is keep doing web development on the side to save enough money to get a Macbook Pro. I think we are through for a long while with Apple store grand openings. We now have stores from Tampa South and east over to Miami.