Milton Keynes Apple Store!!!

[AndyR]

http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2007/02/23/still-another-uk-store-idd/

YES YES YES! :apple:

Rumour of a new Apple Store to be built in Milton Keynes right near where I work and where I go for lunch every day. Well chuffed! :D

[Benjamin]

hmmmm time to think of a second job or you might not have money for lunch ;)

[AndyR]

Yeah scary, just happens at the time I'm trying to emigrate as well. Typical :)

[®îçhå®?]

Rats. It's easier for me to get to the Regent Street Apple Store instead. Wish they would open one in High Wycombe's new shopping centre

[beefy23]

Rats. It's easier for me to get to the Regent Street Apple Store instead. Wish they would open one in High Wycombe's new shopping centre

I'm not sure High Wycombe would be a good location - 'some' of the 'locals' would probably strip the store bare within its first week of opening.

[®îçhå®?]

I'm not sure High Wycombe would be a good location - 'some' of the 'locals' would probably strip the store bare within its first week of opening.

That is incredibly true but it is 5 minutes away on the train. It would be a perfect job for me and also cheap to get to. £7 on the train is ridiculous

[beefy23]

That is incredibly true but it is 5 minutes away on the train. It would be a perfect job for me and also cheap to get to. £7 on the train is ridiculous

Looking at the location in your profile, I would say that as an 'expat' - seven quid would be chicken change to you ;). MK needs people like you to pop in every now and again to keep the economy afloat.

[®îçhå®?]

Looking at the location in your profile, I would say that as an 'expat' - seven quid would be chicken change to you ;). MK needs people like you to pop in every now and again to keep the economy afloat.

Expat?? I have lived in Jordans/High Wycombe/Seer Green since i was born and havent moved. £7 is a lot to do at least once a week. It soon mounts up to a lot. Need to get myself a student rail card

[beefy23]

Expat?? I have lived in Jordans/High Wycombe/Seer Green since i was born and havent moved. £7 is a lot to do at least once a week. It soon mounts up to a lot. Need to get myself a student rail card

My bad, I though you meant Jordan (Mid East). I now see what you mean with regards to the rail fare - it's definitely not as cheap as it used to be a couple of years ago thanks to all the rail privatisation and so forth. A student card is well worth the effort. You would also get the student discount for any purchases made - the dosh saved should more than make up for the rail fare.

[®îçhå®?]

My bad, I though you meant Jordan (Mid East). I now see what you mean with regards to the rail fare - it's definitely not as cheap as it used to be a couple of years ago thanks to all the rail privatisation and so forth. A student card is well worth the effort. You would also get the student discount for any purchases made - the dosh saved should more than make up for the rail fare.

I sent off for a UCAS card this evening but that doesnt do train fares unfortunately,

[beefy23]

I sent off for a UCAS card this evening but that doesnt do train fares unfortunately,

It's worth checking the individual operator's site eg Silverlink, they do have some concessions for families and possibly students. I'm not too sure about the student ones though as it's been many, many moons since I was a student.

[bigandy]

i like how they call Milton Keynes a 'small town'. I worked there for a year and wouldn't call it small... Maybe it's just because it's so spread out... :rolleyes:

[skoker]

I'm not sure High Wycombe would be a good location - 'some' of the 'locals' would probably strip the store bare within its first week of opening.

Just as long as Max on Macs is behind bars they'll be good... ;)

[shoppy]

Thats brilliant news, save me driving into bluewater or the regebt streent branches. However it's nothing like the stores around the world. But if it saves me paying a congestion charge, I am all for it.

[Markleshark]

i like how they call Milton Keynes a 'small town'. I worked there for a year and wouldn't call it small... Maybe it's just because it's so spread out... :rolleyes:

It's just a small town in London! It's just a small town in London!!

Sorry... I know it's not, but we're not a small town in Scotland either. ;)

Anyway, Milton Keynes? Milton Fracking™ Keynes yet still not one in Newcastle... Switch on Apple!

[weckart]

I cannot see Macs (as in Mackems) being too popular in Newcastle. :)

[210]

I think a good location in the south outside London would be Reading or Oxford. Neither of them are too far away for people who live outside of London. I do think that the north needs more Apple Stores. There are a few in Manchester, Sheffield and Birmingham, but none further north (excluding Scotland)

[dead_smed]

I've heard that training starts in store on the 23rd and it will open soon after that. I'm guessing start of December in time for the Christmas rush. Being a 5 minute walk from where I work I also fear that I will be spending many a lunchtime there and giving them most of my spare money.

[AndyR]

I've heard that training starts in store on the 23rd and it will open soon after that. I'm guessing start of December in time for the Christmas rush. Being a 5 minute walk from where I work I also fear that I will be spending many a lunchtime there and giving them most of my spare money.

Same here! I work at Fox Milne so go to Centre:MK on my lunch most days. Better leave the credit cards at home from now on.

[Ish]

Noticed that most of the Apple Store job opportunities for Buckinghamshire have been filled. There are still listings for concierge and creative. Bucks isn't mentioned in the cashier list.

When we get an opening date that'll be worthy of a new thread!

[AndyR]

Noticed that most of the Apple Store job opportunities for Buckinghamshire have been filled. There are still listings for concierge and creative. Bucks isn't mentioned in the cashier list.

When we get an opening date that'll be worthy of a new thread!

Agreed, its starting to take the wazz now. I need to take my MBP for repair and as I live 5 mins from here it would be best to that rather than ship it back!

[yogi477]

It's just a small town in London! It's just a small town in London!!

Sorry... I know it's not, but we're not a small town in Scotland either. ;)

Anyway, Milton Keynes? Milton Fracking™ Keynes yet still not one in Newcastle... Switch on Apple!

Newcastle? How about Leeds. Its in the top 5 biggest cities and our closest store is Manchester or Meadowhall. I hear rumours they may be building one at "The Core" on the Headrow but they better be quick about it.

[weckart]

Forget the Applestores, round the corner from me in Sutton Coldfield is a small cluster of four small shops, one of which sold computers and, latterly, more or less just computer peripherals. It has ticked over for years, never growing or doing very much. It has closed down for refurbishment and is reopening in a couple of weeks. Signs outside the shop and in the parking strip alongside proudly proclaim that it will be selling Apple products - iPods, Macbook Airs, the whole lot.

I think more than anything, this is a clear sign that Macs are gaining not only mindshare but actual marketshare if bogstandard small computer shops think that they can up their income from going Mac, where for years the opposite has been the case with Apple retailers folding.

[millar876]

Stuff more english apple stores (for now) more in Scotland please Apple. ONE in Glasgow is not good enough, I'm actualy Quicker going to regent street store via Aberdeen airport than driving to glasgow (just by about 30 mins) so one in aberdeen would be nice.

[yogi477]

Stuff more english apple stores (for now) more in Scotland please Apple. ONE in Glasgow is not good enough, I'm actualy Quicker going to regent street store via Aberdeen airport than driving to glasgow (just by about 30 mins) so one in aberdeen would be nice.

I think you'll be waiting a while for that, Edinburgh is the only other place in Scotland worth having a store. MOre people live in Yorkshire than Scotland combined so in terms of potential customers it would make more sense to have 2 in Yorkshire than 2 in Scotland.

[Ish]

Agreed, its starting to take the wazz now. I need to take my MBP for repair and as I live 5 mins from here it would be best to that rather than ship it back!

I'm a bit further than that but I tend to go over around once a month. I'd like to by one of the Incase protective covers for my iPt as I find the touch a slippery wotsit to use when using the keyboard with two thumbs. The case is £19.99 or thereabouts from the online Apple Store but I begrudge paying an extra £4.50 for postage when it'll probably slip in an envelope and could come for less than 50p. I'll just hang on for a while and get it when I can pick it up locally.

[Ish]

Just seen it on the Apple website! This Saturday, 1st March. Who's going??

http://www.apple.com/uk/hotnews/

[eji]

Finally Milton Keynes will have one redeeming feature.

[Ish]

Don't knock it! My favourite place for coffee is there - Costa at Ottakar's (now Waterstone's) bookshop. :)

And don't forget John Lewis - best shop for miles. Well . . . until Saturday that is!

[JoeKarame]

Any idea of how big it'll be?

[philgilder]

its opening this saturday
http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/miltonkeynes/week/20080302.html

[timsutcliffe]

This is good news, it's quite a bit closer for me than Birmingham. I guess i'll be able to do a little window shopping next time i go.

[Ish]

Looking at the front, and thinking hazily about what was there before, I'd guess it'll be comparable with the store in Birmingham. It's on two floors

[AndyR]

Typical!! The one chance I get to go to an Apple Store opening and I'm laid up in bed with man flu! Typical eh :rolleyes:

[Ish]

Thought you might like to see a few opening pics from Milton Keynes.

1. Arriving around 8.45 am. The queue was restarted further away a few minutes later so as not to block the entrance to the bank and stretched back quite a way, much to the dismay of some people that arrived at 9.20 am and thought the first bit was the end of the queue. When the centre staff pointed them to the second queue there was a resounding gasp of "NO WAY!!"Around 9.20 the staff came out to cheers and ran down the queue with video cams.

2 and 3. Opening 9.30 am

4. Upstairs with children's table that didn't take long before it was in good use!

Didn't stay too long. Just got what I wanted and came out as it was packed. Not a day for browsing. They were just letting in a few at a time after a while so there was still quite a queue as I came out.

[Ish]

Poor you! Is that what they call the weaker sex?

I've just posted some pics:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=5074347#post5074347

[marykay9507]

very nice-- thank you for sharing:p

[Ish]

You're welcome. My pleasure!

[CrackedButter]

Pics of queue?

[Ish]

Queue pics:

1. the second part of the queue, around 9 am. I don't know if it went round the corner or not; couldn't see from where I was standing. If you want a bigger pic I'll have to post it on its own.

2. still waiting to get in at 10.30 am first part of queue

3. as above, second part of the queue

[Eric Lewis]

isnt this the 2 story mall store

any pictures of the stairts from the top (looking at them)

and the bottom level (looking at em)

[Ish]

This is the best I have at the moment. You can click on it for a larger version. Don't know if someone nearer than me can post a couple sooner, I'll be going back around the 26th, or sometime that week, and will try to get something then if no-one else has.