over-zealous iPod sale

5300cs · Feb 21, 2005, 08:09 AM

So this last Saturday I dropped in to a local electronics joint and was playing with a G4 iBook (I want, but don't have the ¥. Anyway....)
So I'm playing with this iBook, listening to my iPod when I hear this banging. I look behind me and the sales guy is demonstrating the shock-proof powers of the iPod by banging it on the counter!!!

WTF?!?!

I doubt anyone else has experienced something like this. If you have, please, do tell!

liketom · Feb 21, 2005, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5300cs

So this last Saturday I dropped in to a local electronics joint and was playing with a G4 iBook (I want, but don't have the ¥. Anyway....)
So I'm playing with this iBook, listening to my iPod when I hear this banging. I look behind me and the sales guy is demonstrating the shock-proof powers of the iPod by banging it on the counter!!!

WTF?!?!

I doubt anyone else has experienced something like this. If you have, please, do tell!

you may have read it wrong there i think - it was actually bill gates getting jiggy with the ipod due to all his staff not working on longhorn like they shoud do and playing with there ipod's lol

i hate it when people look at the ibooks and powerbooks in the apple stores and put there fingers all over the screen arrrrrrgggghhh winds me right up!

Diatribe · Feb 21, 2005, 08:15 AM

Please tell me it was a demo unit...

5300cs · Feb 21, 2005, 08:17 AM

The guy was like "SEE? IT DOESN'T SKIP. NOPE, NO SKIPPING HERE. IF THERE'S ONE THING THIS DOESN'T DO, THAT'S SKIP. IT'LL RUN, BUT SKIPPING IS ONE THING THAT IT WON'T DO, MY FRIEND." all the while going BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG on the counter.

On second thought, I should've demonstrated on his skull

mad jew · Feb 21, 2005, 08:21 AM

Sometimes salespeople should know when to stop, when a sale is just not worth it!

Wonder what the desk was made out of. It can't have been wood/soft plastic/glass!

5300cs · Feb 21, 2005, 09:06 PM

It was made of plexi-glass, and YES, it was a demo model.

Now that I know some places do things like that, I won't buy floor models anymore.

Knock on wood, I have had excellent luck with floor models. The only portable I had problems with was my lemon iBook (G3 800) which I bought new

Sun Baked · Feb 21, 2005, 09:09 PM

How lucky you were to witness the "Samsonite Gorilla Test" first hand on and iPod.

Chip NoVaMac · Feb 22, 2005, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5300cs

It was made of plexi-glass, and YES, it was a demo model.

Now that I know some places do things like that, I won't buy floor models anymore.

Knock on wood, I have had excellent luck with floor models. The only portable I had problems with was my lemon iBook (G3 800) which I bought new

Most of the shops I have worked in don't sell "abused" display models to customers. They are trashed, sold or given to staff members.

Many years ago it was popular with either Nikon or Canon cameras to stand on the lens with the camera resting on its back to show the body strength.

IDANNY · Feb 24, 2005, 05:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5300cs

So this last Saturday I dropped in to a local electronics joint and was playing with a G4 iBook (I want, but don't have the ¥. Anyway....)
So I'm playing with this iBook, listening to my iPod when I hear this banging. I look behind me and the sales guy is demonstrating the shock-proof powers of the iPod by banging it on the counter!!!

WTF?!?!

I doubt anyone else has experienced something like this. If you have, please, do tell!

When I first read this I thought he was banging your ipod. I almost flipped out when I read this. Then I realized he was banging a display model.

virividox · Feb 24, 2005, 06:14 AM

omg what a psycho!!!

Feb 21, 2005, 08:09 AM	#1
5300cs macrumors 68000 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: japan	over-zealous iPod sale So this last Saturday I dropped in to a local electronics joint and was playing with a G4 iBook (I want, but don't have the ¥. Anyway....) So I'm playing with this iBook, listening to my iPod when I hear this banging. I look behind me and the sales guy is demonstrating the shock-proof powers of the iPod by banging it on the counter!!! WTF?!?! I doubt anyone else has experienced something like this. If you have, please, do tell! __________________

Feb 21, 2005, 08:15 AM	#3
Diatribe macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Costa Rica (yes, I moved)	Please tell me it was a demo unit... __________________ Knowledge - fueled by curiosity Mac Beginner's Guide \| My Adium Xtras

Feb 21, 2005, 08:17 AM	#4
5300cs Thread Starter macrumors 68000 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: japan	The guy was like "SEE? IT DOESN'T SKIP. NOPE, NO SKIPPING HERE. IF THERE'S ONE THING THIS DOESN'T DO, THAT'S SKIP. IT'LL RUN, BUT SKIPPING IS ONE THING THAT IT WON'T DO, MY FRIEND." all the while going BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG on the counter. On second thought, I should've demonstrated on his skull __________________

Feb 21, 2005, 08:21 AM	#5
mad jew Demi-God (Moderator emeritus) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Adelaide, Australia	Sometimes salespeople should know when to stop, when a sale is just not worth it! Wonder what the desk was made out of. It can't have been wood/soft plastic/glass! __________________ Some things are better mad...

Feb 21, 2005, 09:06 PM	#6
5300cs Thread Starter macrumors 68000 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: japan	It was made of plexi-glass, and YES, it was a demo model. Now that I know some places do things like that, I won't buy floor models anymore. Knock on wood, I have had excellent luck with floor models. The only portable I had problems with was my lemon iBook (G3 800) which I bought new __________________

Feb 21, 2005, 09:09 PM	#7
Sun Baked macrumors 603 Join Date: May 2002	How lucky you were to witness the "Samsonite Gorilla Test" first hand on and iPod. __________________ May you be plagued by images of Richard Simmons flouncing through you brain, and squat thrusting his way though all waking thoughts.

Feb 24, 2005, 06:14 AM	#10
virividox macrumors 68040 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Manila - Nottingham - Philadelphia - Santa Barbara - Boston (ugh hate not knowing where to call home)	omg what a psycho!!! __________________ 17" MBP , 2 gig ram, 200 gig fw800 + 120 gig fw400 + 250 gig usb2 ext, 5g 80gig Ipod, Tiger d200 & d70

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