I actually gave a good effort to read this entire thread (some kind of attraction to logic, or the absence of it...)
Correct me if I'm wrong Bluejay, but you placed an order from a friend, but you still have your money... and he was giving you a deal at his cost, right? This doesn't sound at all like any kind of legit channel, and I don't see how you have any valid complaint.
I'll try to sum up what I was able to glean from the thread:
1. You didn't put up any money. (you said you still had it, and made $200 on gold in the meantime...)
2. You were only going to pay dealer/reseller cost because the reseller is a friend.
3. You expected rapid delivery from Apple in a country where the 17" model hasn't even filled normal retail channels yet.
4. You think you have a serious point about Apple being at fault.
Are any of these points incorrect? If so, my apologies.
Now, my comment:
I'm not sure how any company can be obligated to you without you having put up any form of 'consideration,' which would be necessary to have a contractual obligation from the other party. Seems like you would prefer to wait on this and blame Apple here on this forum (and who knows where else) rather than do what any professional/business would do - just buy the machine direct, get to work using it.
It reminds me of another poster here who spent days bitching about his 17" MBP, when he didn't even have it yet. He filled this forum with BS about all the things that could be wrong with it, and how to deal with that. Sometimes we fulfill our own prophecies if we try hard enough.
Seriously mate, what does your friend the reseller have to say? It seems nobody's out any money here, so maybe try another track, since this attempt to get a brand new 17" MBP at cost clearly has failed. Nice try, though.
Thanks for taking the time to read the thread. Sorry you had to go through that.
My friends business is authorised to resell Apple.
1. Yes, I still have my money. I have given the reseller an purchase order on company letterhead. This was another reason I went through a reseller.
The company is therefor contractually obliged to pay when the machine arrives.
2. Yes, Slightly above cost
3. No, I was told when i placed the order not to expect the machine for 3 weeks. It's been over 5 now.
4. Yes, I think Apple are neglecting their resellers. I'm not the only one, either.
Sometimes logic and ethics clash. For me, right now, this is the case.
I realise I COULD get the machine faster if I cancel my original order, but I won't. I will wait. This point keeps coming up. I can understand why, but it's not what I was bitching about, really.
Now, my main gripe, again, is not that I am waiting, It Apple's professionalism, or lack there of, in telling me I should order direct from them and get it sooner. It was salt in the wounds. My tipping point.
I'll be the first to admit i lost my cool yesterday. struggling to get my point across without sounding like it was all typed up while burning effigies of Steve Jobs.
I did see the post with the dude going to cancel his order for the new 17" -Gold.
You read the whole thread. You will have seen I have to keep making this point. You just thought "One more time - He'll get it"?
jordans coming out on a certin day, they are resellers and they exspect to have their stock on that day so they can sell them on the date they advertised. Now if you go to footlocker looking for the jordans and they dont have them in stock period not meaning they sold out, meaning they have not recived them yet and you preorderd them well its nikes fault now dosent it? Just give the OP a break he is making a valid point apple is doing the resellers grimey and hes mad about it so he wanted to share his thoughts with the forum thats it.
