Can the Retail stores hold items?

[macchappy]

Hi guys, basically, the title is the question. I live about two hours away from the nearest Apple retail store, so I was wondering if a store could hold an item for me for three or four hours. Does anybody know that?

 

[siurpeeman]

i don't think they do this, but i would call that particular store to find out for sure.

 

[falsecathedrals]

They do hold things, but only for the rest of the day. Just call them up before you leave and you should be all set. That's what I did when I bought my new mbp, and by the time I got there 5 hours later it was the only one left in the store.

 

[macchappy]

They do hold things, but only for the rest of the day. Just call them up before you leave and you should be all set. That's what I did when I bought my new mbp, and by the time I got there 5 hours later it was the only one left in the store.

Ah, thanks.

 

[jvencius]

When I had to exchange my MBP within the 14-day warranty window, the Apple store I went to held the replacement from ~3 in the afternoon of a Thursday until noon the next day when I was able to get down there (~1 1/2 hour drive to Boulder, CO from here). I was thrilled they did that since I wouldn't want to drive 3 hours round-trip and not come home with a new machine and since MBP's were/still are flying off the shelves especially since they could, without doubt, have sold that same computer a couple times over in the meantime.