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iTMS Canada Dec. 1 [NOW OPEN]

not to get anyone's hopes up too high, but I've got a glimmer of hope still shining through. No guarantees, though...

that's why we call them 'rumors' and not 'news'

mud
 
autopilot said:
yeah, this was posted in here when that broke a few hours ago.

i posted a wisecrack like "ok everybody, now define *a bit*" but it disappeared... 😕
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Yeah, I noticed it, but by the time I got through like 50 posts I didn't have the time to reply. I quite enjoyed your joke, and would have prefered everyone to talk about that than beer.

Wait, was beer in this thread, or the other one. Frankly, they are essentially the same.
 
Mudbug said:
not to get anyone's hopes up too high, but I've got a glimmer of hope still shining through. No guarantees, though...

that's why we call them 'rumors' and not 'news'

mud
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...and that means.....?
 
Sharewaredemon said:
Wait, was beer in this thread, or the other one. Frankly, they are essentially the same.
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Which is really impressive when you consider that means 45 pages written about nothing in two days!
 
BCwaiting said:
That's how you do it. Remember the consumer's best way of sending a message to any company, even large ones, is with their wallets.
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That's it! I will not buy any music from ITMS Canada until Apple brings ITMS to Canada. That will show them.
 
Amooo said:
It must be MacRumors fault, everytime they predict a date it doesn't happen. 😀
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The quality of rumors has gone down, especially if you're canadian. The nov 30th and dec 1st rumors seem to be entirely speculation... caused a lot of activity in the forums, but has just ended with Canadians that are more disappointed.

🙄
 
Mudbug said:
not to get anyone's hopes up too high, but I've got a glimmer of hope still shining through. No guarantees, though...

that's why we call them 'rumors' and not 'news'

mud
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Thanks for replying!! 🙂
 
Guys, we need to pick up the slack, last night there was at LEAST a post a minute, JEEZ.

Lol, 300 posts in one day. and the day isn't done yet.
 
Sharewaredemon said:
Guys, we need to pick up the slack, last night there was at LEAST a post a minute, JEEZ.

Lol, 300 posts in one day. and the day isn't done yet.
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I'm too tired…and I've got a headache. Go post yourself! 😉

David 😎
 
Surprised to hear it might still happen tonight. I was pretty sure we'd have to wait another 2-3 weeks..possibly until the week before christmas.

That would be a good news, though I probably won't stay up like last night where I read was in the chat until 1:30am. I'll probably give up hope around midnight 🙂
 
coolfactor said:
A post a minute, eh?
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Okay, so the time on the posts is an hour ahead of us out here on the West Coast, so any guesses as to where MacRumors lives?

Oh, just wanted to say, thanks Arn, no other discussion forum online has the same "feeling" that MacRumors has. It really is a family.. can you feel the love?
 
ferratus said:
Surprised to hear it might still happen tonight. I was pretty sure we'd have to wait another 2-3 weeks..possibly until the week before christmas.

That would be a good news, though I probably won't stay up like last night where I read was in the chat until 1:30am. I'll probably give up hope around midnight 🙂
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though there have been no updates from those who "know" in quite a while
 
ferratus said:
Surprised to hear it might still happen tonight. I was pretty sure we'd have to wait another 2-3 weeks..possibly until the week before christmas.

That would be a good news, though I probably won't stay up like last night where I read was in the chat until 1:30am. I'll probably give up hope around midnight 🙂
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It won't happen tonight, so don't spend another minute thinking about it. Go get some exercise or go for a slurpee. Hey, any snow there?
 
coolfactor said:
It won't happen tonight, so don't spend another minute thinking about it. Go get some exercise or go for a slurpee. Hey, any snow there?
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Well, I'm still at work ... working on the network infrastructure and plugging in (and playing with) our brand shiny new Sun Server. I'm not refreshing every minute...but I still have some hope that it might be. Who knows...

edit: Oh, and snow-wise...not much. We had snow earlier today but it was replaced with rain in the late afternoon and now nothing.
 
somethings missing

well, december 1st is coming to a close, and i still dont see any iTMS Canada yet. 😕


how 'bout tomorrow?
 
ferratus said:
Well, I'm still at work ... working on the network infrastructure and plugging in (and playing with) our brand shiny new Sun Server. I'm not refreshing every minute...but I still have some hope that it might be. Who knows...

edit: Oh, and snow-wise...not much. We had snow earlier today but it was replaced with rain in the late afternoon and now nothing.
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haha, I was just about the ask about the snow, and there it was in your edit! No snow here, of course.

Hey, anybody have any clue as to why the survey on the homepage hasn't been changed in weeks? Was there a statement explaining that? Maybe Arn needs an assistant, any takers?

So, I admin, I keep refreshing MacRumors, MacCentral, AppleInsider, and the iTMS to check for any surprises, but so far nothing. I'm beginning to think that "a bit" won't translate into a day or two, but maybe a week or two.

"Okay, Ted, snap out of it... keep up that optimistic attitude!"
 
Well the country choosing problem has been fixed. I now can go directly into the US store (current default) from the country warning instead of the loop happening or the hanging at the country warning screen.

Maybe you Canadians will get it Thursday or Friday (Canadian time).

Good thing there is only a few rumors for an AU iTMS.
 
Partly right... i think.

itsaploy said:
I'm in Canada, and I am a Fed Gov't employee.

The Gov't is completely hamstringing the store by it's endless Bureaucracy.

Why? The Gov't is very controlling of all media through it's agency called the CRTC (Canadian Radio and Television Commision). Otherwise known as the Culture Police.

One reason the store is being delayed, is that complication exists with a special revenue-generating tax being collected on writable media, like flash memory and CDs/DVDs. It's the CRTC in action.

The CRTC collects the revenue to supposedly reimburse those Canadian Artists whose income is being hurt by illegal downloads. How they decide who gets what, out of that fund, depends obviously on the Artist's friendliness with the Gov't. Get it?

So, if there exists a legal way to download songs, there is no reason for this tax to exist anymore, and it rightfully should be ended. However, those friends of the Gov't are putting up a big fuss about it, because away goes their annuity.

Fact is, these canadian artists haven't had any success in years, and this tax is their gravy train.

There are other problems Apple is having, like how to ensure that French-Canadian artists get special treatment, (according to the CRTC's rules). English language-only and French language-only websites, things like that.

In addition, the CRTC want to show favoritism to home-grown companies, so they restrict the ability of foreign companies to do business.

It's extremely socialistic here, in case that point escaped you. It's so hard to do business here because of Gov't involvement in EVERYTHING CULTURAL.

Therefore, as I said, the problems Apple are having here are political-based, not technically-based.
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We do everything in two languages here... ask any IT guy and he'll tell you that having multiple languages is tough but having them simultaneously is ultra tough... look at the other sites.. French but only French!
We must allow each Canadian to choose a language and be served in it... much tougher to manage... maybe it's simply a technical glitch. I've been following Apple since the late seventies and they ain't always that great at this. I love these guys but also don't expect perfection all the time either.
 
no matter what happens, i still heart apple.

edit: crap, that should have come up as the apple symbol, instead came out as ?
 
kjwebb said:
Well the country choosing problem has been fixed. I now can go directly into the US store (current default) from the country warning instead of the loop happening or the hanging at the country warning screen.

Maybe you Canadians will get it Thursday or Friday (Canadian time).

Good thing there is only a few rumors for an AU iTMS.
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I will perfer to have AU/NZ iTMS rather than Canada iTMS, dont mean any offence for canadians that are on this thread if there are any.. 😀 but it doesnt help me if there is a Canada iTMS...
PLEASE BRING iTMS down under
 
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