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dccski · Feb 27, 2003, 12:54 PM

as of yesterday it said ships on 2/28/03. this morning said coming soon. just now it said ships in 2-4 weeks. looks encouraging foe end of march.

skyman · Feb 27, 2003, 01:25 PM

Originally posted by dccski:
as of yesterday it said ships on 2/28/03. this morning said coming soon. just now it said ships in 2-4 weeks. looks encouraging foe end of march.

Remember, you are talking about CrapUSA. You can't believe a single word they tell you.

MrK · Feb 27, 2003, 01:36 PM

Or maybe mid-May. Who knows when those things will get out the door.

art_director · Feb 28, 2003, 09:25 AM

Originally posted by dccski:
as of yesterday it said ships on 2/28/03. this morning said coming soon. just now it said ships in 2-4 weeks. looks encouraging foe end of march.

i wouldn't buy a mac from compusa. they blow.

OldManMac · Feb 28, 2003, 09:33 AM

Originally posted by art_director:
i wouldn't buy a mac from compusa. they blow.

You obviously haven't been in one in a while. Most of them have Apple employees in them, full time.

baglunch · Feb 28, 2003, 03:45 PM

Originally posted by KarlG:
You obviously haven't been in one in a while. Most of them have Apple employees in them, full time.

I'm a big fan of their return and replacement policy.

art_director · Feb 28, 2003, 05:29 PM

Originally posted by KarlG:
You obviously haven't been in one in a while. Most of them have Apple employees in them, full time.

i was in one on wednesday. their "apple employee" is a friggin' moron and he's at the store for like fifteen minutes a week.

tell me something, if the "apple employee" at my local apple store is supposed to make my compusa buying experience better, then why do all the ibooks and ti powerbooks on display have broken hinges? shouldn't the "apple employee" make sure his product line is always represented in the most favorable light?

bottom line, compusa sucks. i would prefer to buy at either of the apple stores in my area, first tech ( a small but preffered apple retailer ) or microcenter.

Mac Zealot · Feb 28, 2003, 05:32 PM

NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER buy from CompUSA. EVER.

EVER EVER EVER.

iChristopher · Feb 28, 2003, 05:39 PM

CompUSA is great if you DO NOT:

1) Have questions about a product
2) Need to return something
3) Want to get them on the phone

I cannot stand CompUSA, but I bought my 667 DVI there. They do have some good extended warranty options, and from what I've heard (second hand mind you) they are pretty good about honoring the warranty.

They just employ mostly kids that have no idea what they are talking about. Moreover, you can never find one of these kids when you need assistance. It took me 10-minutes to find somebody to sell me my PowerBook. All I needed was somebody to go in the back and get one!

They also have this nasty habit of not putting prices on stuff, and I can never seem to find the shelf label for the thing I'm interested in.

ghost_flash · Feb 28, 2003, 05:51 PM

I was in Compusa recently and was looking at the powerbooks.... the only thing the kid (apple person) did was come over and ask if I had any questions then proceeded to tell me the coolest thing about this computer was the genie open and closing for files.... I just stood there with my mouth open as he walked away before I could say a word...

CrapUSA is more like it... they were going to sell me the demo Tibook for $100 less, then sell me two warranties with the thing... one for the screen and one for the computer.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is a special warranty that you buy with this computer APP... which includes the monitor right?

OH... it had a chip out of the back of the machine as well....

that!

:O)