When to Apple Store for the first time today

Was it everything you hoped it would be?

 

thats it? you went there? nothing else to say about it?

 

Pics or it didn't happen.

I hope you had a good time.

 

I've just realised I've never entered an Apple Store...

 

The novelty will wear off soon.

I hate going to the Apple Store. They're jam packed with people and parents use it as a babysitting service while they go off and do other shopping in the mall.

 

Apple stores are like the old circuit city, only snootier

 

Oh yeah? Try buying a VHS tape deck in an Apple Store.

 

My first time was about two months ago myself. They made me feel like a celebrity. Made me so happy and comfortable I decided to get an unlocked 5s from them after having the 5c already. Now both my lines have iPhones and I still enjoy my experience when I go in there.

 

I've been in many Apple stores and have never sensed a snooty employee.

 

Neither have I.

 

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It's hit or miss here in NYC. Had a lovely (and cute) kid help me with my iPad Mini Retina the other day. Of course, he has to be nice, but I've had a snooty encounter or two at 5th Avenue too, but it's been more plusses than minuses.

Glad to hear the OP enjoyed the new Apple store in Turkey.

 

I love going to the apple store. Its so nice there and they have Macs I can play with. I always love playing with the Macs.

 

i went to an apple store on a friday afternoon and it was actually pretty empty, it was weird. usually they are packed full.

 

same in the USA, most tech stores the people rarely know what they are selling except for the marketing bullet points

 

I had my first real trip to an Apple store (Milwaukee) and Genius Bar about two weeks ago. The staff were very helpful and considerate; not "snooty" at all. What really struck me the most was how old most of the customers were. Aside from some young parents with toddlers, most of the patrons were in the 60 and over crowd. The impression I got was that many of them had just gotten iPads, and were trying to figure out how to set them up. Easily a 3 to 1 ratio of folks with iPads to those (like me) with macs.

 

Same for me. In the 8 Apple stores I have ever been to (Arden, Roseville, Sierra Summit, The Grove, Fashion Show Mall, Caesar's Palace, Town Square Las Vegas, and Village Square in Omaha), I have never come across or encountered a snooty/uppity employee. All of them have been pleasant at the least, and extremely friendly and helpful at the most. Good people and culture there.

BL.

 

Possibly interesting, decades ago I entered an authorized Apple dealer (before Apple Stores) in Minneapolis and the salesperson acted like he was doing me a favor... hence I did not go back unless I had no other options. About the same time frame, Circuit City briefly carried Macs. I took my Brother in there once to show him how a Mac worked and no one in the store knew how to take it off it's demo program, and additionally none of them had any interest in selling us Macs, this is why Apple hit a home run opening their own stores.

I'm always impressed with the service I get at the Genius Bar. I wonder if anyone has gone to the Geek Desk at Best Buy, if so, how would they compare it?

 

I've never been to either, but know it doesn't compare.