I don't know if the story is legit or not, but it is believable. There really are people that dumb. And I gotta say, fake or not, hearing of someone tossing my dream display out the window makes me sad.
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Unbelievable Ignorance
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The last time I was this angry about a computer was when I was told that I could not put my latte in the cupholder that comes out of the front of the tower PC in my office.... 
mkrishnan said:The last time I was this angry about a computer was when I was told that I could not put my latte in the cupholder that comes out of the front of the tower PC in my office....
Damn, you. I just spit my coffee over my keyboard and mouse.
Beware Mighty Mouse and Apple Keyboard! Here comes more cupholder! http://www.fjolletobak.com/detail.php?type=2&sort=date&cf=64&content=14281 ROFLMFAO!
lilstewart92 said:Pics? I must see pics.
This is not a funny April fools joke. This is a serious matter here, we're talking a 30" ACD!
I think it's hilarious.
Electro Funk said:
You have 14 days (at the U.S. store at least).
http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/salespolicies.html#Return%20Policy
Peyton said:
And this is where I believe the story falls apart...
mad jew said:This is an April Fools thing. It has to be.
It really has to be because otherwise I'm gonna start crying.
Right it has to be a joke, no one is this stupid.
jefhatfield said:i like apple inc but the last model my family got was a real lemon...core duo imac and there were many problems with it but luckily we have applecare
the whole fiasco left a bad taste in my mouth for apple and for the core duo on a mac
i love my dual g4 power mac and ibook and will use them until they become too old to use and after that, i will probably get a pc...but not some cheap dell or hp, but a nice sony or if i could afford it, an alienware
not to get too off topic here...
but I'm a little surprised at you jef. One lemon, in your what, 27 years of using apple products and you're giving up on apple?
Do you think a PC is guaranteed to be defect-free? Every company has some lemons, even the most reliable (I've heard Honda horror stories, and Honda is consistently rated tops in quality control and build quality).So you got one bad product... you return it, get one that works, and forget about it in a few weeks. I've had experiences with 3 DOA apple products (my 15" powerbook G4, my bro's 15" imac G4, and my gf's powermac G4). In each case, back went the product for a full refund and we got replacements that functioned beautifully for years (except the PB... i decided I shouldn't have spent the money anyway so just got the refund).
And back on topic, I do think it's possible about the 30"er. Remember BTTM's story about the wife going nuts and destroying a brand new MBP? People are really dumb, and/or have really short tempers.
Peyton said:
I hope she learned a Lesson!
And the price of teh 30'' Monitor is price well for how big it is!
DO people even read stuff when they spend 2.5K on soemthing? or i'm I different because i do!
QCassidy352 said:not to get too off topic here...
but I'm a little surprised at you jef. One lemon, in your what, 27 years of using apple products and you're giving up on apple?
So you got one bad product... you return it, get one that works, and forget about it in a few weeks. I've had experiences with 3 DOA apple products (my 15" powerbook G4, my bro's 15" imac G4, and my gf's powermac G4). In each case, back went the product for a full refund and we got replacements that functioned beautifully for years (except the PB... i decided I shouldn't have spent the money anyway so just got the refund).
And back on topic, I do think it's possible about the 30"er. Remember BTTM's story about the wife going nuts and destroying a brand new MBP? People are really dumb, and/or have really short tempers.
three doa products from one company? that is really bad unless you bought dozens of macs and there were only those three
thanks for the concern and i am over venting about the bad mactel imac and i hope most, if not all of the issues, were from that one machine...the apple store near me thinks it's a router issue on my network and they have seen it many times and i hope they are right...cross my fingers
it's just surprising that in those three decades the worst machine i would encounter would be that one mactel imac...and that counts 8 years as a pc and mac tech and professor's aid for an A+ certification class at the local college
but to tell you the truth, while i preferred macs through the 1990s, there have been some really cool PCs i have seen in the last five years, especially from sony and alienware like i have raved about many times here, which i am curious about owning
the latest pc i have is a 1999 compaq presario laptop and while it's very reliable, it's kind of outdated so i have been kind of looking to replace that with a sony or alienware computer
but when i decide to replace my mac, which i don't plan to for a long time (my dual powermac rocks, btw), it would be a G5 powermac and if i had the money, i would love a quad G5 powermac
jefhatfield said:
Yeah, it's not great luck, but, counting the DOAs and their replacements as separate (which makes sense for these purposes), the numbers are, over the years:
me: 7 macs
my brother: 4 macs
my family: 3 macs
my girlfriend: 2 macs
So not dozens, but that is 16 apple computers. Like I said, not good luck, but it's never taken more than a day to return the DOA for a fully functioning mac, so no biggie IMO.
You're welcome. Don't give up on apple just yet!
plinkoman said:try working in retail for a little while, then you'll see just how stupid people can be.
very much agreed.
Ive worked retail before.....plinkoman said:try working in retail for a little while, then you'll see just how stupid people can be.
Walmart for almost 4 years...
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