apple retail trip

[CupertinoRat]

went into apple store pretending i was gonna buy iphone 4 and try to get some inside scoop, to my surprise the sales dude said to me: wait, something wonderful will happen very soon that will blow your socks off.

Wow. I was shocked. Discuss.

 

[Vertigo50]

I'm surprised he mentioned it rather than getting a sale, but I don't take it to mean he actually knew anything.

People at Apple stores know about as much as any of us. They read the rumor sites and such just like we do. Retail employees are the lowest man on the totem pole, and they don't have any inside information until the VERY last minute.

 

[troop231]

went into apple store pretending i was gonna buy iphone 4 and try to get some inside scoop, to my surprise the sales dude said to me: wait, something wonderful will happen very soon that will blow your socks off.

Wow. I was shocked. Discuss.

Sales people generally know as much as we do, or less actually until the day Apple announces something we are in the dark.

 

[JASApplications]

A Salesman isn't going to know when the next gen iPhone will be released.

 

[Carl G35c]

this thread is pointless. No Discussion.

 

[blunti]

wasteland?

 

[Givmeabrek]

Yea, in before the ride to Wasteland....

 

[CupertinoRat]

why all the negativity? Just passing the story on. I'm not saying what the sales guy said is true.

 

[EvenStranger]

Spent 3 years working in a store. True story about the first iteration of the MacBooks. We got a call about 8:30am, before the store opened, with someone asking "Do you have those new black laptops?!?"

We replied that Apple hadn't had a black laptop since around 2000 and he said "But they're on the website!"

Confused, all we could reply with was "Really?!? Hold on... "

We checked, and sure enough, the new white and black MacBooks were on the front page. About 10:15 that morning, we received a shipment of about 75 new MacBooks.

That's how closely news is held!

 

[cyks]

Spent 3 years working in a store. True story about the first iteration of the MacBooks. We got a call about 8:30am, before the store opened, with someone asking "Do you have those new black laptops?!?"

We replied that Apple hadn't had a black laptop since around 2000 and he said "But they're on the website!"

Confused, all we could reply with was "Really?!? Hold on... "

We checked, and sure enough, the new white and black MacBooks were on the front page. About 10:15 that morning, we received a shipment of about 75 new MacBooks.

That's how closely news is held!

About 10:18 that morning, they were sold out.

 

[MovieCutter]

Spent 3 years working in a store. True story about the first iteration of the MacBooks. We got a call about 8:30am, before the store opened, with someone asking "Do you have those new black laptops?!?"

We replied that Apple hadn't had a black laptop since around 2000 and he said "But they're on the website!"

Confused, all we could reply with was "Really?!? Hold on... "

We checked, and sure enough, the new white and black MacBooks were on the front page. About 10:15 that morning, we received a shipment of about 75 new MacBooks.

That's how closely news is held!

Yup, worked at a Retail store for 3 years myself and this happened all the time. Of course all of us read AppleInsider and Mac Rumors all the time in the back of house during our breaks. The only time I ever got a scoop was when I caught a 20" iMac G4 in the stock room the night before it launched.