chris.holland07@gmail.com

A couple of things

There were far more Apple store employees & cameramen than customers!

Periodically a bunch of employees standing on the ground floor WHOOPED
at customers walking away from the till having made a purchase.

It was cringe worthy. It made be ashamed & embarrassed to be an Apple
customer.

This is a serious problem. I am sure they had PR people from the
States in store that day. Whilst perhaps this behaviour is acceptable
in America, in the UK it makes people come across as fags.

Apple should fire their PR firm. They did more damage to the company's
reputation that day than good...


Whilst I did buy one myself (which I returned the next day for a full
refund) it is a *nice* phone, but it is way way way wya way way WAY
overpriced.

By the way, does anyone have a simple step-by-step guide for unlocking
a UK ver 1.1.2 iPhone so it works with any 02 sim. Currently, all the
hacks only work on american iphones which are all 1.1.1.

Gregory Weston

In article
<ab8de67f-f530-4207-83f2-67d95246a9d7@j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com>,
chris.holland07@gmail.com wrote:

> A couple of things

On the off chance that the appearance of trollishness is misleading...

>
> There were far more Apple store employees & cameramen than customers!
>
> Periodically a bunch of employees standing on the ground floor WHOOPED
> at customers walking away from the till having made a purchase.
>
> It was cringe worthy. It made be ashamed & embarrassed to be an Apple
> customer.
>
> This is a serious problem. I am sure they had PR people from the
> States in store that day. Whilst perhaps this behaviour is acceptable
> in America, in the UK it makes people come across as fags.

I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
So clearly it was something that was localized.

> Whilst I did buy one myself (which I returned the next day for a full
> refund) it is a *nice* phone, but it is way way way wya way way WAY
> overpriced.

See, here's the bit that makes me think "troll." How could you have
been, this recently, so unaware of exactly what the iPhone gave you and
exactly what it was going to cost that you were surprised by what you
got after the fact? I mean, really: I have no intention of ever getting
a mobile phone so I don't go out of my way to find out about them, but
it's been virtually impossible to escape at least a broad overview of
the iPhone's specs, features and shortcomings.

G

Stuart B

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:54:18 -0500, Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com>
wrote:

>In article
><ab8de67f-f530-4207-83f2-67d95246a9d7@j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com>,
> chris.holland07@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> A couple of things
>
>On the off chance that the appearance of trollishness is misleading...
>
>>
>> There were far more Apple store employees & cameramen than customers!
>>
>> Periodically a bunch of employees standing on the ground floor WHOOPED
>> at customers walking away from the till having made a purchase.
>>
>> It was cringe worthy. It made be ashamed & embarrassed to be an Apple
>> customer.
>>
>> This is a serious problem. I am sure they had PR people from the
>> States in store that day. Whilst perhaps this behaviour is acceptable
>> in America, in the UK it makes people come across as fags.
>
>I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
>So clearly it was something that was localized.
>
>> Whilst I did buy one myself (which I returned the next day for a full
>> refund) it is a *nice* phone, but it is way way way wya way way WAY
>> overpriced.
>
>See, here's the bit that makes me think "troll." How could you have
>been, this recently, so unaware of exactly what the iPhone gave you and
>exactly what it was going to cost that you were surprised by what you
>got after the fact? I mean, really: I have no intention of ever getting
>a mobile phone so I don't go out of my way to find out about them, but
>it's been virtually impossible to escape at least a broad overview of
>the iPhone's specs, features and shortcomings.
>
>G

Having to send it "away" to have the battery changed would be reason
enough for me not to buy one ( assuming I was thinking about doing
so....which I am not and never will)

Stuart Rogers

On 24/11/07 18:54, "Gregory Weston" wrote:
> In article
> <ab8de67f-f530-4207-83f2-67d95246a9d7@j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com>,
> chris.holland07@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Periodically a bunch of employees standing on the ground floor WHOOPED
>> at customers walking away from the till having made a purchase.
>
> I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
> So clearly it was something that was localized.

There was a similar whooping greeting customers at the opening of
the brand new Apple store in Exeter this morning. I chose not to
wait in line to be whooped at.

Stuart

Calum

Gregory Weston wrote:

> I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
> So clearly it was something that was localized.

And they did it for the Leopard launch as well, so they weren't doing
anything special for the iPhone anyway.

Howard Brazee

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:54:18 -0500, Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com>
wrote:

>> Periodically a bunch of employees standing on the ground floor WHOOPED
>> at customers walking away from the till having made a purchase.
>>
>> It was cringe worthy. It made be ashamed & embarrassed to be an Apple
>> customer.
>>
>> This is a serious problem. I am sure they had PR people from the
>> States in store that day. Whilst perhaps this behaviour is acceptable
>> in America, in the UK it makes people come across as fags.
>
>I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
>So clearly it was something that was localized.

Me neither. But I'm wondering how such behavior is considered as
"come across as fags". Odd stereotype there.

Stewy

In article <uce-69774E.13541824112007@comcast.dca.giganews.com>,
Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com> wrote:

> In article
> <ab8de67f-f530-4207-83f2-67d95246a9d7@j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com>,
> chris.holland07@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > A couple of things
>
> On the off chance that the appearance of trollishness is misleading...
>
> >
> > There were far more Apple store employees & cameramen than customers!
> >
> > Periodically a bunch of employees standing on the ground floor WHOOPED
> > at customers walking away from the till having made a purchase.
> >
> > It was cringe worthy. It made be ashamed & embarrassed to be an Apple
> > customer.
> >
> > This is a serious problem. I am sure they had PR people from the
> > States in store that day. Whilst perhaps this behaviour is acceptable
> > in America, in the UK it makes people come across as fags.
>
> I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
> So clearly it was something that was localized.
>
> > Whilst I did buy one myself (which I returned the next day for a full
> > refund) it is a *nice* phone, but it is way way way wya way way WAY
> > overpriced.
>
> See, here's the bit that makes me think "troll." How could you have
> been, this recently, so unaware of exactly what the iPhone gave you and
> exactly what it was going to cost that you were surprised by what you
> got after the fact? I mean, really: I have no intention of ever getting
> a mobile phone so I don't go out of my way to find out about them, but
> it's been virtually impossible to escape at least a broad overview of
> the iPhone's specs, features and shortcomings.

Considering the <holier than thou> attitude of former Mac sales staff in
the UK, it's not really surprising. When the suits ran Apple, the Mac
was way over-priced and gave their market share to Microsoft on a plate.