Hey guys...first post. I've been reading the forum for a while as part of my process in deciding to purchase an iPad. A visit to the Apple store as well as posts here and on a few other forums have convinced me to wait for the 3G...but oh my god.... I'm going so totally nuts waiting for the 3G. I go to bed most nights thinking if I have to listen to one more twit bragging about how much he loves his wifi iPad...I'm going to go ballistic
So, last week, I couldn't stand it one more second, so I broke down and decided I was just going to go buy a WiFi model to get me through till the release and then I'd just sell it on Ebay and purchase the 3G when it came out. As you can probably guess by this point, I have the patience of a gnat.
In any case, I go into the Apple store. Now I have never been in an Apple store. I'm more a MS person. Own all PCs and pretty much only have an old iPod I use for music. The guy zones in on me looking clueless and spends about 45 minutes explaining everything the iPad can do. I get more excited. Wow, this may just bring me over to the Apple side, I think. I look at the Macs, the laptops, the iPod Touch, the iPhone..but we end up back at the iPad. About an hour and half later, I decide I want an iPad so I say, "Ok, I'll take one." He replies: "Sorry we are all out." What the...? You spend 45 minutes with me on just an iPad demo and never tell me that you don't actually have any of these "magical devices" at the moment? Grrrr...
So, I recovered from that little shock, and ask him when he'll get more. He doesn't know. How many a day are you getting? He doesn't know. How many a week? I don't know. Do you have any returns? I don't know. When is the 3G coming out? I don't know. Can I reserve a 3g now and pick it up here when it comes out? I don't know. SO DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING besides your little 45 sales speel for an item you don't even have in stock!?!?!
I went home disappointed..even more resolved to just wait for the 3G. Ok, so maybe the powers that be were trying to tell me I'm supposed to just wait for the 3G. Grrrr.
I made it a whole three more hours before I broke down again that afternoon and decided I'd call around to the other Apple stores in town. I live in Houston, TX. The third largest city in the United States...one of these stores has to have one, right? Wrong. None of them have any. Neither does Best Buy. None of them know ANYTHING. Every question you ask has an answer of "I don't know".
So I'm back to waiting. And thinking.
And the more I think, I've been starting to really wonder what the hell Steve is thinking? Now, don't get me wrong..I'm not wanting to come across as an Apple trash talker and I'm not trolling at all. I really do want an answer here because I'm a brand spanking new Apple customer and I'm frustrated to no end.
Please enlighten me here, guys. What in the hell is Apple thinking? Why does no one know anything? We are supposed to have a 3G release here at the "end of April", right? This is the end of April. How can they not tell us a stupid release date? I would feel so much better if I knew a date!! Why can not tell us why there is not a wifi to be found in the entire city of Houston? Why is Best Buy being given 4-5 iPads a WEEK? Why do you release a huge thing like this and leave half of your customers (the ones who are paying MORE, no less) to sit there and watch while the other half (who are paying LESS, no less) gloat? I mean who actually thinks about and thinks, yeah...let's do THAT!
I just don't get it from a financial business standpoint? It feels like they have absolutely zero respect for me and my $$ and my time as a potential customer. Yes, I will still get one, but I am getting more and more frustrated as the days tick by and they refuse to even tell us a stupid release date??
Please explain. Someone.
So, last week, I couldn't stand it one more second, so I broke down and decided I was just going to go buy a WiFi model to get me through till the release and then I'd just sell it on Ebay and purchase the 3G when it came out. As you can probably guess by this point, I have the patience of a gnat.
In any case, I go into the Apple store. Now I have never been in an Apple store. I'm more a MS person. Own all PCs and pretty much only have an old iPod I use for music. The guy zones in on me looking clueless and spends about 45 minutes explaining everything the iPad can do. I get more excited. Wow, this may just bring me over to the Apple side, I think. I look at the Macs, the laptops, the iPod Touch, the iPhone..but we end up back at the iPad. About an hour and half later, I decide I want an iPad so I say, "Ok, I'll take one." He replies: "Sorry we are all out." What the...? You spend 45 minutes with me on just an iPad demo and never tell me that you don't actually have any of these "magical devices" at the moment? Grrrr...
So, I recovered from that little shock, and ask him when he'll get more. He doesn't know. How many a day are you getting? He doesn't know. How many a week? I don't know. Do you have any returns? I don't know. When is the 3G coming out? I don't know. Can I reserve a 3g now and pick it up here when it comes out? I don't know. SO DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING besides your little 45 sales speel for an item you don't even have in stock!?!?!
I went home disappointed..even more resolved to just wait for the 3G. Ok, so maybe the powers that be were trying to tell me I'm supposed to just wait for the 3G. Grrrr.
I made it a whole three more hours before I broke down again that afternoon and decided I'd call around to the other Apple stores in town. I live in Houston, TX. The third largest city in the United States...one of these stores has to have one, right? Wrong. None of them have any. Neither does Best Buy. None of them know ANYTHING. Every question you ask has an answer of "I don't know".
So I'm back to waiting. And thinking.
And the more I think, I've been starting to really wonder what the hell Steve is thinking? Now, don't get me wrong..I'm not wanting to come across as an Apple trash talker and I'm not trolling at all. I really do want an answer here because I'm a brand spanking new Apple customer and I'm frustrated to no end.
Please enlighten me here, guys. What in the hell is Apple thinking? Why does no one know anything? We are supposed to have a 3G release here at the "end of April", right? This is the end of April. How can they not tell us a stupid release date? I would feel so much better if I knew a date!! Why can not tell us why there is not a wifi to be found in the entire city of Houston? Why is Best Buy being given 4-5 iPads a WEEK? Why do you release a huge thing like this and leave half of your customers (the ones who are paying MORE, no less) to sit there and watch while the other half (who are paying LESS, no less) gloat? I mean who actually thinks about and thinks, yeah...let's do THAT!
I just don't get it from a financial business standpoint? It feels like they have absolutely zero respect for me and my $$ and my time as a potential customer. Yes, I will still get one, but I am getting more and more frustrated as the days tick by and they refuse to even tell us a stupid release date??
Please explain. Someone.