Office Depot and Apple

[MacBytes]

Apple products now available at Office Depot


Category: Apple Hardware
Link: Apple products now available at Office Depot
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Approved by Mudbug

 

[yamabushi]

Great news. I hope Office Depot encourages their use for business tasks.

 

[macridah]

Cool. Office depot always has comes out with online coupons. But the real news is that Apple is starting to have more partners.

 

[Frozone]

Is this an online only deal or are they going to be put into stores? Hopefully they'll be put into stores so I don't have to drive about 35 miles to Tallahassee for Apple stuff.

 

[nagromme]

Looks like the full Apple lineup, not just the low-end stuff.

If it's in-store as well, I hope it works out as well as CompUSA became. My CompUSA is an great and knowledgeable Apple source. Store-within-a-store seems to work well there.

 

[eric_n_dfw]

Interestingly, the site says they have 15" iMac's in stock.

 

[Frozone]

Looks like the full Apple lineup, not just the low-end stuff.

If it's in-store as well, I hope it works out as well as CompUSA became. My CompUSA is an great and knowledgeable Apple source. Store-within-a-store seems to work well there.

Except they don't have the new Displays.

 

[Mudbug]

well, actually looking at the offered products, most are a revision behind:
Power Macs 1.6, 1.8 & dual 2.0, still offering the iMacs, although the powerbooks are up to speed.

I see this as a key move for Apple in the business sector, especially with small businesses. Office Depot is pretty much a small business one-stop-shop, and if they're offering Apple machines offered with the ease of purchase with an Office Depot low-apr credit line, this is a really good thing.

 

[mainstreetmark]

Yeah, if this is true, it'd make it the only place to look at a Mac for sale within 50 miles of me.

Look at that old fashioned looking half-dome with display iMac. How archaic. How out of date.

 

[scottwat]

Sam's Club and Costco

If you really want to move in the business sector it would be great to move revision behind or refurb merchendise at lower prices. Also would be a great place to sell the eMac. You could use your business line of credit and see the difference at the store.
Also a key to partnered retail sucess is keeping the pipple faced jerk off selling the apples from bashing them while they sell them. Sure they like window's they have just downloaded every piece of software they need illegally. Not really an option in business.

 

[bousozoku]

Looks like the full Apple lineup, not just the low-end stuff.

If it's in-store as well, I hope it works out as well as CompUSA became. My CompUSA is an great and knowledgeable Apple source. Store-within-a-store seems to work well there.

I missed them when i was in an Office Depot store yesterday. It does take them time to do things but it would be nice to see something other than HP machines offered.

 

[OhEsTen]

Oh great....another "Be$t Buy" fiasco...

I really hope not, but I can't help but think how this all could turn into another Be$t Buy/Circuit City fiasco.

Remember going into those stores to check out Macs and having some pencil necked butthole try to talk you out of buying one. On a couple of occasions, I had gone into those stores to try and "test" out the salesman knowledge of their offered products - and guess what "Apple isn't going to be around much longer, Macs are slower, and they don't make any software for them."

This is the kind of crap that hurts Apple. As long as there are KNOWLEDGEABLE sales staff to actually ENCOURAGE people to buy their products this won't work. Apple eventually stopped selling through the BB/CC chains. I'm not clear who's fault that was, but it didn't help sales all that much.

I am faithful though. I do hope this works.

 

[scottwat]

Loyal Mac Users unite

I really hope not, but I can't help but think how this all could turn into another Be$t Buy/Circuit City fiasco.

Remember going into those stores to check out Macs and having some pencil necked butthole try to talk you out of buying one. On a couple of occasions, I had gone into those stores to try and "test" out the salesman knowledge of their offered products - and guess what "Apple isn't going to be around much longer, Macs are slower, and they don't make any software for them."

This is the kind of crap that hurts Apple. As long as there are KNOWLEDGEABLE sales staff to actually ENCOURAGE people to buy their products this won't work. Apple eventually stopped selling through the BB/CC chains. I'm not clear who's fault that was, but it didn't help sales all that much.

I am faithful though. I do hope this works.

Maybe it is up to us loyal mac users to keep this kind of thing from happening. What I propose is regularly stopping in and "shopping" for a new mac. If the twit that is helping you bad mouths the mac's let the store manager know. Maybe even try to find an apple contact to alert. I really doubt either the manager or Apple would take kindly to this. I know it's kind of harsh, but it isn't really the twits place to bash apple, especially when they are partnered with Apple.

 

[bousozoku]

I really hope not, but I can't help but think how this all could turn into another Be$t Buy/Circuit City fiasco.

Remember going into those stores to check out Macs and having some pencil necked butthole try to talk you out of buying one. On a couple of occasions, I had gone into those stores to try and "test" out the salesman knowledge of their offered products - and guess what "Apple isn't going to be around much longer, Macs are slower, and they don't make any software for them."

This is the kind of crap that hurts Apple. As long as there are KNOWLEDGEABLE sales staff to actually ENCOURAGE people to buy their products this won't work. Apple eventually stopped selling through the BB/CC chains. I'm not clear who's fault that was, but it didn't help sales all that much.

I am faithful though. I do hope this works.

It almost sounds as if they saw the narrow-minded Mac user coming and decided to have some fun with him.

Playing games doesn't help. Why not calm down and let them do what they're supposed to do? Besides, Office Depot stores don't have that many people working for them--knowledgeable or otherwise.

 

[Frozone]

I emailed Office Depot concerning whether or not Apple stuff would make there way into stores. Here is the responce to my email....

---
Joseph,

Thank you for contacting Office Depot, in response to your inquiry, we
have just acquired Apple as an authorized dealer, so you should be
seeing the Apple products in our retail stores as well in the coming
months. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to
contact. Thank you for contacting Office Depot, have a great day!

Regards,
Bernardo M.
---

So it look as if it's not just online. Tho, it will take time. YAYAYAYAY

 

[paulypants]

It almost sounds as if they saw the narrow-minded Mac user coming and decided to have some fun with him.

Playing games doesn't help. Why not calm down and let them do what they're supposed to do? Besides, Office Depot stores don't have that many people working for them--knowledgeable or otherwise.

I doubt it. I tried out several best buys and they were generally ill-informed about macs and definitely discouraged buying macs--and I wasn't wearing an "I OWN A MAC" T-shirt either. Never did I mention that I new anything about macs...

 

[pilotgi]

On the Office Depot website, they have a picture of Airport Express with a caption underneath that says "Airport Extreme"

 

[Lancetx]

I emailed Office Depot concerning whether or not Apple stuff would make there way into stores. Here is the responce to my email....

---
Joseph,

Thank you for contacting Office Depot, in response to your inquiry, we
have just acquired Apple as an authorized dealer, so you should be
seeing the Apple products in our retail stores as well in the coming
months. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to
contact. Thank you for contacting Office Depot, have a great day!

Regards,
Bernardo M.
---

So it look as if it's not just online. Tho, it will take time. YAYAYAYAY

That's great news as it's good exposure for Apple and more buying options are always nice. I'm fortunate to live in an area with Apple Store, Fry's, Micro Center and Comp USA locations, but Office Depot will be another good option when shopping for Apple products. Plus, Office Depot is in many cities that do not have any of the retail stores I mentioned above so this is a great thing for Apple.

 

[OhEsTen]

-bousozoku-
"It almost sounds as if they saw the narrow-minded Mac user coming and decided to have some fun with him." -bousozoku-

Whats "narrow-minded" about asking questions about the products they carry? How would $ony react if people going in to buy a ps2 were discouraged from buying their console and encouraged to buy a xbox?

Does this happen? Is it narrow-minded to be upset that people spread lies about a product they don't know anything about?

 

[shamino]

I really hope not, but I can't help but think how this all could turn into another Be$t Buy/Circuit City fiasco.

Remember going into those stores to check out Macs and having some pencil necked butthole try to talk you out of buying one. On a couple of occasions, I had gone into those stores to try and "test" out the salesman knowledge of their offered products - and guess what "Apple isn't going to be around much longer, Macs are slower, and they don't make any software for them."

Whenever I go into an Office Depot, there usually isn't any staff around to say anything in the first place. So unless you think the shelf tags will say "go buy a PC", this shouldn't be a problem.

 

[OhEsTen]

LOL...I guess so...

Whenever I go into an Office Depot, there usually isn't any staff around to say anything in the first place. So unless you think the shelf tags will say "go buy a PC", this shouldn't be a problem.

I actually feel better now.

 

[baylormac]

ipod minis

did anyone notice that they say they have ipod minis in stock??? i guess they are the only people in the world. i hope this is true.

 

[MacRumors]

Office Depot is now an Apple reseller. According to their website:

New at Office Depot! We are Proud to be an Authorized Reseller of Apple Products!

You can take advantage of one stop shopping for all your office supply needs and now all of your Apple technology needs in one convenient location. It's that easy to shop and save at Office Depot!"

Apple has previously attempted to offer Apple products at various national retailers (including Circuit City and Best Buy) in the past.

 

[Diatribe]

This should give Apple some boost if it works out. BestBuy did not so we will see.

 

[jkeithh]

Finally

Finally (hopefully) somewhere that I can buy Apple stuff locally without having to make a 100 mile round trip