Those people wont be buying one either. They will buy the 150k rolex encrusted with diamonds. When youre filthy rich you dont need siri as your personal assistant, you will pay a human to do everything for you.
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Gold Apple Watch Buyers to Get Special Purchasing Experience With 30 Minute Appointments
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Those people wont be buying one either. They will buy the 150k rolex encrusted with diamonds. When youre filthy rich you dont need siri as your personal assistant, you will pay a human to do everything for you.
The Edition watch has its own special station. They won't be getting in the way, and they probably wont see many customers either.
I hope she makes a lot of money, especially if she's effective at cleaning the **** from his Windows.
There is nothing stopping someone from doing that.
For me, though, I already know that I am interested in the stainless steel watch, and I know which band I prefer. If I made an appointment to try it on, I wouldn't need more than 15 minutes. I might try one or two other bands just to be sure.
I guess there will be some who will book the half hour slot just to be a jerk, just as there are those who will swerve to hit a dog on the shoulder of a highway. Apple has probably factored the existence of a few sociopaths into their cost of providing this service for potential Edition customers.
Well, then the options are clear, head up to the non "kool-aid" Android non-service center to get whatever a pimply faced 16 year old below minimum wage dropout will sell you in the 3-4 minutes he'll spend with you (in between selling big screen TV's); some watches piled high with the other inventory being liquidated.
Its not like if you get 15 minute to buy a $350 dollar watch your somehow getting stiffed; most people don't need 15 minutes to decide if they want to buy a watch. In fact, the guy who spends 17K and gets only 30 minutes is the one getting less service for his money... I'm sure if he spent that money in a jewelry store on any other watch, they'd give him 1h ;-).
As for people saying you could be a jerk and do the appointment... Well, you could do that in any luxury store in existence if you look the part. So what? That would just prove you like to waste people's time.
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That's not what he/she was saying. Anyone who's worked in a restaurant before knows that a watch would get nicked-up or covered in food at some point.
Problem is if everyone waited for 2.0, there would never be one.
Gotta sell 1.0 before you can justify the R&D for 2.0.
After Apple stopped selling the 4-core Mac mini I thought they were not interested in the server market anymore...?
I'm detecting a lot of snobbery today. Firstly the patronizing comments regarding food servers, and then the derogatory comments about Apple Store employees.
Very judgmental this message board is.
Very judgmental this message board is.
So, giving Apple $349 gets you 15 minutes and giving Apple $10,000+ gets you 30 minutes? Seems like something is a little off kilter there.
While I doubt most people buying the Edition would want to spend more time in the Apple Store than absolutely necessary, I also doubt they would want to be shown the door at minute 30 by some hipster after dropping at least $10,000 in the store.
While I doubt most people buying the Edition would want to spend more time in the Apple Store than absolutely necessary, I also doubt they would want to be shown the door at minute 30 by some hipster after dropping at least $10,000 in the store.
Waits for the 1st story or rich guy gets told to go away and can't have the luxury appointment, as Apple store staff deem his clothing too shabby, so assume he cannot afford to buy one.
It's amazing what a difference cloths make.
You can be student poor, just shave, neat and tidy hair and a smart but cheap suit and they will treat you well, old jeans and a t-shirt millionaire, go away you tramp
It's amazing what a difference cloths make.
You can be student poor, just shave, neat and tidy hair and a smart but cheap suit and they will treat you well, old jeans and a t-shirt millionaire, go away you tramp
Waits for the 1st story or rich guy gets told to go away and can't have the luxury appointment, as Apple store staff deem his clothing too shabby, so assume he cannot afford to buy one.
It's amazing what a difference cloths make.
You can be student poor, just shave, neat and tidy hair and a smart but cheap suit and they will treat you well, old jeans and a t-shirt millionaire, go away you tramp
If you are a multi-millionnaire (millionaires are no longer considered rich these days) you would buy shabby chic jeans and T-shirt. They look like regular ones, expect the label; but cost 3-10 times the cost. People in stores know how to spot them ;-).
would be interesting to see if they end the "experience" after 30 minutes if the prospective customer hasn't made a decision yet. Anyways, the "experience" sounds very blah...especially compared to the treatment they would get from other high end stores.
An excellent example of how out of touch Apple is with this whole watch thing.
6 months from now, you're not going to see any of the advertising focus you see now.
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Meh. Not really feeling this whole push into fashion thing. Especially not feeling the arbitrary "lets see how much we can get" for the Edition when it's the same exact product as the $349 Sport with a gold wrapper.
At least Mac and iOS device pricing makes some sense. With Apple Watch and accessories it seems like they said "let's price this at X because the fashion industry does so who cares."
My guess is they sell a bajillion Sport models to tech nerds and like 14 Editions to a few actors and California big wigs.
At least Mac and iOS device pricing makes some sense. With Apple Watch and accessories it seems like they said "let's price this at X because the fashion industry does so who cares."
My guess is they sell a bajillion Sport models to tech nerds and like 14 Editions to a few actors and California big wigs.
clearly you failed to notice that it's not the restaurant business who sets federal policy, it's your nations taxation authority (I assume in your case IRS). I believe the US tax rules changed in 2014 regarding gratiuity, and there is a reporting of actuals by the 10th of the following month. They might collect at this info at check out and have you manually report cash tips, but that's up to the employer.
But I have been corrected in that your employer will submit on your w-2. Interesting to say the least. Anyways, you are right I don't know the restaurant industry anymore, I left after I was 20.
And really, if a server is messing around with his smart watch while working, I would make them take it off. It's almost as bad as texting while working. I think it would look unprofessional. It's fine if he is wearing it but there is a grey line in there
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Let's do some simple math:
5 days a week x 52 weeks a year = $385 a day to make 100k
That's really hard to imagine that you work somewhere that the clientele is spending that kind of cash that many days of the week.
Even the 400 a day on the weekends is only 40k if you worked every weekend for a year straight.
5 days a week x 52 weeks a year = $385 a day to make 100k
That's really hard to imagine that you work somewhere that the clientele is spending that kind of cash that many days of the week.
Even the 400 a day on the weekends is only 40k if you worked every weekend for a year straight.