[UPHPU] Good Mac Store Anywhere But At The Gateway

[Alan Gardner]

I usually buy stuff through Mac Docs in SLC. I guess I like  
supporting the independent retailer.

As far as crucial - I typically by all my RAM through them. They seem  
to have the best price and I've never had a problem with the sticks.

Good luck.
Alan

On Aug 10, 2006, at Thursday,August 10, 7:54 PM, jtaber wrote:

> OT: I wanted to buy a Mac - are there good dealers around besides the
> Apple Store at Gateway.
>
> My advice - stay far, far away from the Apple Store at Gateway -  
> it's a
> fucking disaster.  First they were unfriendly on the phone (should  
> have
> listened to my intuition right then).  Then I nearly get killed on  
> I-15
> driving to Gateway - then fight crowds in the parking garage, then  
> walk
> several blocks past derelicts to the store - then the sales clerk  
> didn't
> even know what features came on the machine, wanted to look it up  
> on the
> internet - I totally HATE incompetent store salespeople and just  
> refuse
> to do business with people that don't know their own damn products.
> Then had to fight crowds to get out of the parking garage.  Then of
> course the I-15 crowd.   That Apple Store makes Best Buy look  
> wonderful.
>
> There's a great Apple dealer in Vegas (Century23 next to Meadows Mall)
> but do I have to drive to Vegas to get good service ?  Do I have to  
> move
> my business back there?  Maybe I should just phone them and have them
> ship it to me - at least I'll be giving my business to someone who's
> competent.
>
> Actually I wish Dell had better hardware - they're much easier to do
> business with.
>
> Also I figure I'll have to get 1mb ram since the 512 is lame - was
> thinking of buying from Crucial (Micron) - any experience with  
> that?   thks.
>
>
>
>
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