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chrisutley · 04:13 PM

This is the place to post if you are mad because people will be walking out of Apple Stores as early perhaps as today with their new G5's, while you are still left waiting for a truck to deliver the G5 you ordered during the keynote.

Of course, the thread will be locked faster than Sally Struthers can down a can of Pringles but it was fun while it lasted.

macnnhelpme · Aug 18, 2003, 03:47 PM

Hey, happened to me when I ordered the 17" iMac...

AssassyN · Aug 18, 2003, 03:56 PM

Happened to me when I ordered my 17" PB!

-Q- · Aug 18, 2003, 04:10 PM

Happened to me when I ordered my dual 2 Ghz...er, wait a second...

chrisutley · Aug 18, 2003, 04:12 PM

Right, meant to be kind of a spoof really. Most of us know that's how it works now, but you always get some folks miffed about it.

My advice to people that want a new product fast, is to play the Apple Store game if you have one in your area. Get on the lists, call constantly, pretty much harrass them until you get the answer you want to hear, "Yes, we just got X this morning, and we have X left."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't most new shipments arrive on Monday or Tuesday? Good days to call and check...

Eriamjh · Aug 18, 2003, 05:33 PM

Face it. The Apple Stores had them on order first, before you.

slider · Aug 18, 2003, 06:02 PM

Originally posted by Eriamjh:
Face it. The Apple Stores had them on order first, before you.

lol

FauxCaster · Aug 18, 2003, 06:10 PM

At least a g5 is a g5 is a g5. With ticketmaster they screw early buyers and hold good tickets until right before the show. One reason why I never go to concerts anymore, except at the last minute.

Conscript · Aug 18, 2003, 08:50 PM

you do get the added benefit of BTO and no tax... but you're right, I will have mine first

chrisutley · Aug 18, 2003, 09:16 PM

Originally posted by Conscript:
you do get the added benefit of BTO and no tax... but you're right, I will have mine first

No tax? Apple charges tax.

NYK Ace · Aug 18, 2003, 09:25 PM

i wish they didnt charge tax, why can other online vendors charge no tax and apple has to

ps how long until you think the G5 1.6 is down to 1-3 days shipped? I want to get one but ive played the online waiting game before (no fun)

Xaaron Swiftblade · Aug 18, 2003, 11:26 PM

having not ordered one i'll play the troll and say "go apple store, get 'em before everyone else! woo... yeah.. woo."

*ahem*

i want one... alot

Nebrie · Aug 18, 2003, 11:55 PM

Originally posted by NYK Ace:
i wish they didnt charge tax, why can other online vendors charge no tax and apple has to

ps how long until you think the G5 1.6 is down to 1-3 days shipped? I want to get one but ive played the online waiting game before (no fun)

They have to. It's the law. Online vendors who are NOT in your state can charge no tax because it's technically your responsibility to pay that tax. No one ever does though, but if you ever get audited, have some new pants ready.

chrisutley · 09:34 AM

Originally posted by Nebrie:
They have to. It's the law. Online vendors who are NOT in your state can charge no tax because it's technically your responsibility to pay that tax. No one ever does though, but if you ever get audited, have some new pants ready.

such drama

Moose · Aug 19, 2003, 09:28 AM

Originally posted by Nebrie:
but if you ever get audited, have some new pants ready.

Don't need to. You'll be issued a set of pants by the warden.

TC · Aug 19, 2003, 09:39 AM

Originally posted by Moose:
Don't need to. You'll be issued a set of pants by the warden.

Never mind the pants, remember to never bend over to pick up the soap! A G5 isn't going to be any use in that situation.

Conscript · Aug 19, 2003, 09:41 AM

Originally posted by Nebrie:
They have to. It's the law. Online vendors who are NOT in your state can charge no tax because it's technically your responsibility to pay that tax. No one ever does though, but if you ever get audited, have some new pants ready.

lol, true. Apple technically doesn't need to charge tax iif they don't have a physical presence in your state, and I don't know if they do or not.

Also, the latest odds of anyone making 50-150K to be audited in their life time are 1 in 220.

Arkham_c · Aug 19, 2003, 09:52 AM

Originally posted by Conscript:
lol, true. Apple technically doesn't need to charge tax iif they don't have a physical presence in your state, and I don't know if they do or not.

Also, the latest odds of anyone making 50-150K to be audited in their life time are 1 in 220.

It's pretty safe to say that Apple has a physical presence in all 50 states. They may not have a retail store in all 50, but any presence is sufficient (and Apple has reps in every state to deal with the BestBuy, CompUSA, MicroCenter, and other Apple-selling stores in those states).

chrisutley · Aug 19, 2003, 09:54 AM

Show me a person that is in jail for not paying sales tax on an out of state purchase. That's not even a federal tax issue, it's a state matter.

jokell82 · Aug 19, 2003, 01:59 PM

Originally posted by FauxCaster:
At least a g5 is a g5 is a g5. With ticketmaster they screw early buyers and hold good tickets until right before the show. One reason why I never go to concerts anymore, except at the last minute.

Bullshit. What happens is that tickets are held for some people that get first crack at them (don't know who these people are, probably brokers). If they aren't sold, they release them the night of the show. But if the people decide not to buy them before that, they release them then. I've gotten awesome seats the day of a show because of it, but I've also scored some great tickets the day they go on sale and even long after the show was deemed "sold out." Ticketmaster sucks, but it's all luck of the draw.