Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
A lot of friends have been having a big laugh over this incident that happened to me yesterday. They know I've never bought an Apple product prior to this week, and now I've been banned from buying iPads :lol
The synopsis: I've been helping international NeoGAF members get iPads since Apple delayed the worldwide launch by 1 month. My Apple store initially had plenty of stock and anybody could just walk in there and buy iPads. I only bought 2 per day since I heard that was the limit. Well, iPad fever caught up and my store completely sold out. I had to get one more iPad for NeoGAF so the store helped me place a reservation. When they got more stock, yesterday I went to pick up my reserved iPad and was slapped with a lifetime ban.
Here's the conversation I had with the employee. For background details this is the complete post on my site http://www.protocolsnow.com/2010/04...ple-store-newbie-to-lifetime-ban-in-one-week/
Quick note since people have been flaming me on my site: I think the whole situation is hilarious and I'm not upset at all by their purchasing restrictions. The ban does seem arbitrary since I hadn't been stopped from buying before when I had theoretically hit their limit of 2 iPads total. In the store, I was annoyed by the way an employee was talking to me, but his responses were probably dictated by company policy. I've since been told that Apple employees are notoriously secretive and curt. I dunno, I've never even been to an Apple store before this week.
The synopsis: I've been helping international NeoGAF members get iPads since Apple delayed the worldwide launch by 1 month. My Apple store initially had plenty of stock and anybody could just walk in there and buy iPads. I only bought 2 per day since I heard that was the limit. Well, iPad fever caught up and my store completely sold out. I had to get one more iPad for NeoGAF so the store helped me place a reservation. When they got more stock, yesterday I went to pick up my reserved iPad and was slapped with a lifetime ban.
Here's the conversation I had with the employee. For background details this is the complete post on my site http://www.protocolsnow.com/2010/04...ple-store-newbie-to-lifetime-ban-in-one-week/
Quick note since people have been flaming me on my site: I think the whole situation is hilarious and I'm not upset at all by their purchasing restrictions. The ban does seem arbitrary since I hadn't been stopped from buying before when I had theoretically hit their limit of 2 iPads total. In the store, I was annoyed by the way an employee was talking to me, but his responses were probably dictated by company policy. I've since been told that Apple employees are notoriously secretive and curt. I dunno, I've never even been to an Apple store before this week.
