I hope they process the returns reeeeally slowly so they have to wait around for an extended period of time.
They won't because they want to get them out of the store.
But you can bet that they will be requiring a receipt, probably making all cash returns go out as a mailed check and not actually cash (since that would kill their cash supply for change etc) and probably opening up every box to make sure there really is an iPad inside and not paper etc like some scammers tried during the iPad 2 launch. and making sure that the serial on the iPad is the same as the box&receipt and no one is slipping an iPad 2 in the box
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In the UK you don't have to refund something if there is nothing wrong with it.
You can do that in the US as well. But there are certain conditions. Like you have to clearly state at the time of sale that it is final. And you can't do it selectively. You can't say that all iPad sales are final in NYC but in the rest of the country they are not. Nor can you profile customers and say you won't return whatever from particular groups (remember when Apple was called out as racist because they wouldn't take cash for an iPad from a poor black woman.)
Frankly I think it is in their interest to take them back. Even if they are opening the boxes to prove they are what they should be, resealing the box isn't that costly and then they have the models back to official sell and the resellers are out the product to try to make a profit
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You're very unlikely to be asked a technical question on a shift.
Depends on what you call 'technical'
if it is a 'what are the specs in this computer, can it run X program" that will be a sales person.
but if it's a tech support question the sales staff are apparently prohibited from answering those and are supposed to refer you to the official techs (i.e. the Geniuses)
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I think the rule is 14 or 16, and while I agree with you about scheduling and school, they don't even consider you until you're 18, regardless of the situation.
It's 16 outside of a few odd categories like farming jobs and in some states things like the public library, fast food etc.
But again, companies that require you to sign legal documents like an NDA can be restricted to 18 and up depending on what is the legal age for signing such documents in your state. in most it is 18. And companies generally like to follow one rule so Apple sets it at 18.
Sorry that that wounds your ego (how very typical 'normal' teenager) but it is the rule and how smart you are and how many apps you wrote etc is beside the point. if you are so smart why would you want to work retail anyway. it sucks. you are treated like crap by customers all the time, you generally get lousy hours etc. Use all that knowledge and start your own business.
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you really think that Apple would hire in some 16 year old to work the Bar. Heck no. You have to work the trenches for that.
And I really do wonder if you could explain to some 70 year old woman that barely understands what the Internet is how to work her iPad without her thinking you are rude. Because frankly your replies on her make you sound like a class A stuck up asshat.