Yesterday I went to Bluewater. Firstly to take my MacBook to the apple store for a bit of TLC; secondly to escape life and have a lot of coffee with a good friend; thirdly to do some shopping.
The second and third elements went swimmingly, but alas, the first was a tad taxing….
I arrived early, by 20 mins. ”That’s not a problem!” declared the very cheerful lady with an ipad held aloft. Take a seat here and someone will be with you soon.
45 minutes later (and 20 mins after my appt time) I was seen by ‘Nigel’, who I reckon would rather be having lunch. The upshot was that my MacBook screen which is held together by scotch tape, would cost £350 to mend/replace. Yup, £350!!! Hence printout for my insurance company.
The missing two feet (discs on bottom) would be £7 each. Imagine a Cadbury’s giant button in plastic. £7 each.
My iCloud photostream doesn’t sync because my version of iPhoto isn’t up to date enough. £10.50 on an app to make it compatible.
My £13.50 download of Mountain Lion has not made my Mac slow…my dropping the PC has (despite it working well 2 months pre-Mountain Lion and fine before I installed the update). Re-install please; it’ll be fine (followed by ‘It is very sluggish, isn’t it?’ YES!)
So, despite my ridiculous love of all things Apple, I came out pretty peed off and, in prospect, poor.
So, if there is someone rich and generous and sympathetic out there who would like to swap give me an 11″ MacBook Air, or an iPad I would be muchly cheered up.
I actually covet the 11″ MacBook Air and, yes, I am showing my geeky side. And my materialistic side. And a blatant breaking of the 10th Commandment.
I own 4 iPods, 1 Macbook and an iPhone. Come on, Apple. Sort me out. I need something to use at Blogfest that is portable and not held together by sellotape.
Well….you can always ask!
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That’s quite a bill – and the cost of a laptop – you might as well hang in there and buy yourself a new one! x.
Isn’t that typical ? You give your loyalty to a brand but to them are just another customer from whom they’ll get as much money as possible.
Ah the days when you bought things from a ‘little shop’, were treated like a member of the family and helped in the best possible way if you had any trouble with your purchase…!
Crikey, I’m quite glad I own nothing “Apple” reading this. Although, the thought of a laptop/macbook with chocolate feet sounds tempting…..
Oh, I do love Apple. It’s just bloody expensive and with a teensy bit of a superiority complex.
ah….what the folks at the MAC store where rubbish? hmmm sounds very familiar. My OH hates the ‘genius bar!’ He went in there to ask about the ‘swollen’ battery pack that our macbook pro had…and the guy at the genius bar said..’have you tried the update that is out at the moment?’ to which OH said ‘no…i didnt think it would shrink the battery!’
I LOVE mac products..their retail face sucks though…
However we know a man…try googling “bookyard’ they help with all things Mac, are not over-priced and know what they are talking about. They just might be able to help
xx
Thanks for the tip! I was pointed to ‘a bloke behind John Lewis’ by another store. I assume this is in an office type set up and not just some dodgy bloke lurking in the car park…
I have to say, my friend went in the other day to complain about her iPhone not working properly and they just gave her a new one on the spot! Even though hers was through Orange!
Wish they’d done the same for my Macbook…