Financing
This is welcome for just the financing issue alone.
Unless it's changed and I missed it, you can't go into an Apple retail store and apply for credit like you can with the Apple online store. I had my last two Macs shipped for that reason alone. (Who doesn't want a year interest free?)
It would also be great for people who work and have to take a day off or drive to a shipping facility to pick up their order when they can't be there for the driver.
I just don't understand why it took them so long to think of this?
It's actually cheaper for Apple to ship to it's own store with their regular distribution than to ship to you home "for free."
I really was going to call BS on you, but then I do remember an old pilot. Every Apple retail store technically has it's own page on Apple.com (though it's hard to navigate to them). The page looks just like Apple.com/store page, but says "Thank You For Shopping Apple Store Shadyside." I think the idea was to eventually allow you to shop that stores actual inventory, but they never moved forward with it. So you were really just buying from apple.com and getting it shipped. So no, you never were able to do in store pick up. You must be confusing it with another company, but there was the illusion of being able to do so that you might be thinking of.
The store's pages pretty much just let you see in store events on a calendar page, or make Genius bar reservations.
This is welcome for just the financing issue alone.
Unless it's changed and I missed it, you can't go into an Apple retail store and apply for credit like you can with the Apple online store. I had my last two Macs shipped for that reason alone. (Who doesn't want a year interest free?)
It would also be great for people who work and have to take a day off or drive to a shipping facility to pick up their order when they can't be there for the driver.
I just don't understand why it took them so long to think of this?
No. You're actually just reserving an item in that store's inventory, so there is no "shipping." Unless, that store doesn't have the item in stock or it's a custom order.Is this a move towards having to pay for shipping unless it's shipped to the store?
It's actually cheaper for Apple to ship to it's own store with their regular distribution than to ship to you home "for free."
this isn't new. Apple's been doing this for years, it gives you the option at online checkout. My family and I pick up or Macs at the local apple store all the time so we don't have to worry about FedEx leaving it on our porch to get stolen.
I really was going to call BS on you, but then I do remember an old pilot. Every Apple retail store technically has it's own page on Apple.com (though it's hard to navigate to them). The page looks just like Apple.com/store page, but says "Thank You For Shopping Apple Store Shadyside." I think the idea was to eventually allow you to shop that stores actual inventory, but they never moved forward with it. So you were really just buying from apple.com and getting it shipped. So no, you never were able to do in store pick up. You must be confusing it with another company, but there was the illusion of being able to do so that you might be thinking of.
The store's pages pretty much just let you see in store events on a calendar page, or make Genius bar reservations.
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