finally bought from 5th avenue
Hi guys,
finally made it and bought my first mac from the 5th avenue applestore, NY and i would like to share some experiences and impressions:
1)The store is great, i mean is super, i have never seen anything like that...its like the photos seen on the web and even better...it is full of apple stuff that anyone can go around and watch or play with
2) The personnel is more than helpful and polite...they dont bug you with asking you if you wanna buy anything they just sit there and when you need them there is always someone aroung you to give you some help. One thing that i just didnt like very much is that occasionally when e.g. you buy a macbook they will try to sell you applecare and additional software like iWord...but always with a very gentle manner.
3) Now...regarding my previous thoughts and questions posted in this thread: First, they dont have special configurations for the white macbooks, only for the black one, which you can get it with 1GB ram pre-installed at the price stated on the website. If you want to get 1 Gb ram white macbook they will politely suggest you to do it yourself or order it online because it will cost more at the applestore since you buy brand new memory at the whole price and also keep the old one.
Secondly, they do not have refurbished products available. what they have is 'refreshed' products. These, according to the salesmen, are products that are returned to the shop after maximum 14 days of purchase by the client because the client was not satisfied and NOT because they were malfaunctional. This way you save 10% off the original price and at the time i visited them (early september) they had only black macbooks. I bought myself one 'refreshed' macbook and i am pretty satisfied with it since i hardly could notice it was used before and i saved myself 10% ! I am still so excited abt my new macbook that i cannot think of anything else to write at the moment. I will be glad to answer any questions regarding the 5th avenue applestore.
Also, one nice trick that a salesman told me: if you are a tourist that wants to save hundrends of euros by buying a macbook in the us but you dont have a us credit card (which is required in order to buy online) you can purchase online a gift card using any kind of credit card instead and then use the giftcard to buy online anyting you want; all you need then is an address within the us to receive the items!
Last but not least: Despite the fact that visa electron cards (or any kind of electron cards) are widely accepted in europe, there is no luck with them within the us as well as with the applestores

Better carry cash or a normal credit card if you intend to buy from us applestores.