Very disturbing. Apple needs to have something on the wrap that makes it tamper proof. The old-style shrink wrap was probably more secure, although I'm sure even that could be defeated by someone motivated enough.
It may because of the laxness of the population in regard to following the safety guidelines and how hard it may be to keep their employees safe. Here in Louisiana we have an issue with that too. It’s not uncommon to go somewhere and people are not following the guidelines or wearing masks. I just leave.I wonder if they plan to re-open South Florida stores anytime soon? Everything else is open, yet they've kept the stores closed.
Surely they can open with proper precautions in place?
Last I checked, Best Buy is doing better than ever. People thinking they are on the verge of filing for bankruptcy are ignorant to the market and adoptions made.
Perhaps you heard about a virus shut everything down for months.Apple has a long way to go to catch up with Amazon and Walmart. I recently ordered new Mini, elected to pay $8 for "faster shipping" and it's still going to take nearly 4 weeks to ship to me (from China). I think their supply chain is broken when I need to put a credit card in front of them before they issue an order to BEGIN production by a Chinese manufacturer. Do they even have a STOCK to sell from other than discontinued (refurbished) products? An eBay seller is faster.
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE their products but what seems to be important to them (color?) is not the same as I.
Using retail stores implies that their channel will stock a product for fast delivery. As it his now, I have begun to look for products coming directly from China and accepting their longer delivery time over direct purchases from Manufacturers because they CAN'T deliver.
Doubt me? Try configuring/ordering a system from Apple and just witness the wait times before you finalize a purchase.
How many zeros after the decimal point would the chances be of that happening to you? Maybe staying off Reddit might be a plan.
All Apple returns are sold as refurbished even if it’s only 1 day used and nothing is ever resold as “new” by their own guidelines from my understandingPersonally, I enjoy receiving a product direct from the factory and knowing which city it originated from. And with a zero chance the box was previously returned by another customer.
Base configurations are delivered to me in 2 business days. Store pickup same-day. CTO configs are delivered in 7-8 business days. Nothing taking 4 weeks for me in the US.
Base configurations are delivered to me in 2 business days. Store pickup same-day. CTO configs are delivered in 7-8 business days. Nothing taking 4 weeks for me in the US.
Why on earth would apple want to be in such a low margin business? What about Apple’s history makes you think they have any interest in selling toothpaste and socks?And this illustrates why Apple should look at buying Target. Then they could take it to Amazon and have more value for the “Apple One” eg “Apple Prime”
Not always China! I discovered with that order that CTO iMacs can in fact ship direct from Apple’s Ireland factory. I’m used to getting laptops direct from China, so I was very surprised to see the origin scan in Ireland. When I looked it up, it turns out that they do indeed maintain an iMac plant there to this day. Until then I had no idea that facility was still actually building hardware.Build-to-order choices will have to continue coming from a central location or from China, of course.
Please, stop with the they should buy xxx....And this illustrates why Apple should look at buying Target. Then they could take it to Amazon and have more value for the “Apple One” eg “Apple Prime”
Yes especially if they are outside storesApple better hire enhanced security for those places.
Heck last year I was able to find on in store on apple.com on day 2. As long as you aren't dead set on a certain one and are willing to travel some, you will probably be able to find something in store fairly quickly anymore.I can see how this might help Apple, though it seems to me to be going from a 'ship it once' to 'ship it twice' model (first ship from the manufacturer than to you). Perhaps its cheaper to ship in bulk from china versus individual packages. Or maybe they are trying to reduce their dependence on China.
The down side to me is, if it looks like its taking too long to ship from china, I look to see if there is inventory in stock nearby. I don't imagine everyone does this, so local inventory stays higher. Now Apple will do it for you, reducing local inventory.
Apple is planning to use its retail store locations as distribution centers to ship products to consumers more quickly, reports Bloomberg. This would be a departure from the current strategy that sees products shipped from warehouses or direct from China.
Items that are in stock are now able to be shipped from a network of close to 300 stores across the United States and Canada, and Apple told staff members that this will allow the company to offer faster delivery times for customers who live closer to stores than the distribution centers.Depending on what's purchased, some orders will be delivered as soon as a day after a customer places an order, with Apple planning to ship through FedEx in the United States and United Parcel Service in Canada.
The direct from store shipping will be available to customers who live within 100 miles of an Apple retail location, but customers will not be able to choose a ship-from-store option nor will customers be aware when a device is shipped from a store. Choosing where to ship an item from will be handled internally by Apple's operation team.
According to Bloomberg, Apple started testing the new shipping program with a small number of stores when store locations began reopening earlier this year, and has since expanded it, but not all retail stores in the U.S. and Canada are participating.
Apple on Tuesday plans to announce new iPhone 12 models and a smaller HomePod, plus there are other major products on the horizon such as Apple Silicon Macs and AirPods Studio, so some customers who purchase these devices could see quicker deliveries. Apple in September launched the Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple Watch SE, but most initial orders of these devices appeared to ship direct from China rather than retail stores.
Apple's shift to store-based shipping will provide a way for Apple to make use of Apple retail locations that have remained closed due to the ongoing global health crisis. Bloomberg says that Apple is also considering converting some stores into online support or sales call centers should those stores need to be shuttered again.
Article Link: Apple to Use Retail Stores as Distribution Centers for Faster Deliveries
That scenario is specifically why Apple policy as of 2017 is now to open all non-opened hero products upon return and send them back to the warehouse regardless of if under previous policy a closed box return and then later sale of the product could happen. Closed box return is still possible for small items like lightning cables. In that story, the problem was a single employee sucking at his/her job and not knowing policy.
I edited my original comment to be more accurate, but as of 2017 Apple stores are no longer allowed to return hero products as closed box returns.Not true. Apple retail stores do resell returns so long as the box appears unopened.
That scenario is specifically why Apple policy as of 2017 is now to open all non-opened hero products upon return and send them back to the warehouse regardless of if under previous policy a closed box return and then later sale of the product could happen. Closed box return is still possible for small items like lightning cables. In that story, the problem was a single employee sucking at his/her job and not knowing policy.
Yeah, right.
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That was months ago and at the peak of the pandemic. All retailers were closing....