Frustrated with Apple Care service
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From: Clever Monkey on 24 Nov 2006 17:31 KentSteve wrote: > On Nov 23, 10:23 pm, Dave Balderstone > <dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote: >> In article <0001HW.C18BD440006F95B0F058A...(a)news1.news.adelphia.net>, >> >> J.J. O'Shea <try.not...(a)but.see.sig> wrote: >>> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:42:44 -0500, KentSteve wrote >>> (in article <1164332564.041829.255...(a)l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>): >>> [trollery snipped] >>> Assuming that your story has any truth to it, given your attitude as shown >>> here and on the guitar groups, I suspect I know why you're being made to >>> wait. And, if it was me who was fixing your machine, you'd be waiting a whole >>> lot longer.Oh, I could tell stories from my days as a tech in an Apple-authorized >> store many moons ago. >> >> Weeks, we made some pricks wait, when we'd repaired their box 20 >> minutes after they brought it in. >> >> And they deserved it, every one... > > J.J., are you aware that Balderstone just validated my entire OP? > Hurrah! Everyone feels validated.
From: Clever Monkey on 24 Nov 2006 17:34 KentSteve wrote: > Took my computer to an Apple-authorized service center last Tuesday for > hard-drive problems that the Apple hardware test tool identified. I think the reason you ran into so many problems is because you don't use enough whitespace.
From: dorayme on 24 Nov 2006 17:43 In article <231120062223425242%dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>, Dave Balderstone <dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote: > In article <0001HW.C18BD440006F95B0F058A530(a)news1.news.adelphia.net>, > J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:42:44 -0500, KentSteve wrote > > (in article <1164332564.041829.255380(a)l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>): > > > > [trollery snipped] > > Assuming that your story has any truth to it, given your attitude as shown > > here and on the guitar groups, I suspect I know why you're being made to > > wait. And, if it was me who was fixing your machine, you'd be waiting a > > whole > > lot longer. > > Oh, I could tell stories from my days as a tech in an Apple-authorized > store many moons ago. > > Weeks, we made some pricks wait, when we'd repaired their box 20 > minutes after they brought it in. > > And they deserved it, every one... That is you down to the last detail. I knew there would be a history to your great charm. Is it genetic or did you fall into bad company there and then? -- dorayme
From: dorayme on 24 Nov 2006 17:50 In article <0001HW.C18BEAD20074E01EF058A530(a)news1.news.adelphia.net>, J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:23:42 -0500, Dave Balderstone wrote > (in article <231120062223425242%dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>): > > > In article <0001HW.C18BD440006F95B0F058A530(a)news1.news.adelphia.net>, > > J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:42:44 -0500, KentSteve wrote > >> (in article <1164332564.041829.255380(a)l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>): > >> > >> [trollery snipped] > >> Assuming that your story has any truth to it, given your attitude as shown > >> here and on the guitar groups, I suspect I know why you're being made to > >> wait. And, if it was me who was fixing your machine, you'd be waiting a > >> whole > >> lot longer. > > > > Oh, I could tell stories from my days as a tech in an Apple-authorized > > store many moons ago. > > It's a bad idea to antagonise people who you're depending on to do work for > you. > > > > > Weeks, we made some pricks wait, when we'd repaired their box 20 > > minutes after they brought it in. > > We'd take a few minutes to do something like install a new hard drive, plus > whatever time it took to install the OS on it. But we'd not get around to > doing that with certain machines until we'd fixed every other machine in the > shop. That way, if the twit in question demanded his machine back, he'd get > it back, in exactly the same condition as he left it. > > > > > And they deserved it, every one... > > I had a look at m'man's posts in Google. He's severely in need of an attitude > adjustment. Hint: most people are not going to simply drop what they're doing > to get your particular job out the door. In particular, threats to go to the > boss tend to have a negative effect. "I'm going to make sure that Steve Jobs > is aware of them". Yeah. Right. So why's he bitching here? Write to the > iSteve, and see what it gets you. Idiot. I can see you are a fully paid up member of The Balderstone Gang. Say it again, that bit about someone needing an attitude adjustment. Come on, humour me... I am in my "get-ready-to-lie-on-the-floor-and-kick-my-legs-in-the-air-in-paro xysms-of-helpless-laughter" -- dorayme
From: Urra Dipschitt on 24 Nov 2006 18:27
In article <doraymeRidThis-EC6FD9.09504225112006(a)news-vip.optusnet.com.au>, dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > I can see you are a fully paid up member of The Balderstone Gang. Boy, this is never gonna get tired. |