Any one got experience of ordering a nd reserving and ipad pencil this way ? Will they show in online inventory like everything else ?
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Apple Expands Personal Pickup to United Kingdom
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The Apple Pencil and/or Smart Keyboard are not currently available for personal pickup.
If you make an online order at John Lewis then the goods usually come from a distribution centre, for example, Magna Park in Milton Keynes. So, you can't normally 'Click & Collect' on the same day. With Apple's Pickup service it depends on whether the item is available at the local store - you can collect the item on the same day if it's in stock, otherwise it'll take a day (or several) for the goods to be shipped to that store from their warehouse.
Has anyone given this a try yet?
I was thinking about giving it a go in the week, but wanting to see if anyone has had any experience of it.
Can you order, then pickup the next day, if you can't make it same day?
Well Apple Stores are usually good for dealing with their products in store, despite where you got it. I've bought Apple devices from Currys, from mobile phone providers, even Apple Online, they will deal with issues in store, just like if you bought it in store.
So why limit yourself to only buying in store, when you get the same experience from Apple no matter where you buy their products.
I was thinking about giving it a go in the week, but wanting to see if anyone has had any experience of it.
Can you order, then pickup the next day, if you can't make it same day?
Well Apple Stores are usually good for dealing with their products in store, despite where you got it. I've bought Apple devices from Currys, from mobile phone providers, even Apple Online, they will deal with issues in store, just like if you bought it in store.
So why limit yourself to only buying in store, when you get the same experience from Apple no matter where you buy their products.
Because there are times when it is more convenient to buy something from Apple and have it shipped to store than have someone at home waiting around for the delivery to come.
Your post seems to have no relevance to my post you quoted. I was pointing out to the person that I quoted that you can do personal pickup, which is ordering online, and have the same experience as if you just bought it in the store. That if there was a problem, they would sort it there and then, as Apple treat all devices like they were bought in store, despite if ordered online, via personal pickup, from another store.
You're AWESOME!
BTW Don't you love the British flag that they used at the top of the article. It helps clarify that UK is a country. And I guess I'm not going out too far on a limb to assume that the girl in the picture is a British girl?
What is a broken record? You must be, let's see vinyl went out by 1990 and that was 25 years ago. So you must be more than 45, and I'm guessing way more. Wink Wink, see disclaimer below
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Problem is John Lewis doesn't offer the Mac customisation options offered on the Apple Store.
Didn't know that they expanded to Canada a little while ago! I'm very happy. Hopefully there will be more countries to come.
If Pizza Hut does it, one day Apple will tooI read the title, naively, as meaning that Apple would pick you up from your house, drive you to the store to buy your goodies, and then drop you off back at your house - maybe allowing you to invite the kind driver in for a cuppa tea. Maybe one day
Not like we pay a premium in the UK eh!
Am guessing the pale complexion gave it away
At least the flag is the right way up.
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This is very true - when I purchased my previous iMac I didn't need to use BTO as I could carry out the upgrades myself. Sadly TC has taken the company backwards IMO as upgrades carried out by the consumer are now virtually impossible, apart from RAM on the 27" model.
It is for that reason I may well be going back to a Windows PC next time around. It isn't just the Apple tax (though it's obviously a factor) it's more about being constrained as to what I can do with my own machine - I don't like this approach one little bit.
Windows 10 is very good so I'm sure I can go back to building something that I want rather than what Apple says I can have.
The thing is, newly launched products don't usually make personal pickup until a month later or so, or it has been in the US.
I was at work and ordered a magic keyboard for pick up, I was concerned at first because I didn't have a printed off email and it was my mother who I sent to get it picked up. From what I know it was very straight forward. She went up to them and quoted the order number which I gave her, they checked her ID and gave her the item and receipt and that was all ready within an hour of ordering
Yes but would you rather shop at the Apple Store where the cool kids hang out, or Argos with the grand parents.I can't help but laugh at many of the posts in this thread. Apple are playing catchup (as usual) with Click and Collect and yet everyone is acting as though this is something new. Click and Collect has been going in the UK for years.
Given I'm due to retire shortly (albeit early retirement) I think you have your answer.