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Where do you get your Apple products?

Where do you get your Apple products?

  • On the internet (apple store online, ebay, craigslist, etc.)

    Votes: 60 45.1%

  • At the Apple store

    Votes: 54 40.6%

  • At Bestbuy or other large retailers

    Votes: 11 8.3%

  • Other

    Votes: 8 6.0%
  • Total voters
    133
  • This poll will close: .
Got my first, an iMac Rev A CD 2.0 Intel from the online store. Also an Apple Extreme Base Station, and 6 iPods of various model.

Bought 2 MB's from Apple Store in Tampa Florida.

2 macs from eBay, ( G3 iMac Snow and iBook Clamshell 366 Graphite).

1 from right here on MacRumors, an iBook 466 SE LIME!
 
I love shopping at the Apple store, though it's usually crowded. I bought my iMac from the retail store, my MB from apple.com, my iPod Touch from Best Buy (because at the time it was a crapshoot when the Apple store would get their shipments). I get accessories at the :apple: store and sometimes online.
 
The Portland Mac Store.. www.themacstore.com/portland.php - the apple store in downtown portland (pioneer place) is always way too crowded, and I hate standing there helplessly for a random employee to eventually find me so I can check out.. the last time I was there, I waited 10 minutes just to pay for a new iphone headset while employees just wander by helping other people who just came in.. I wish they'd bring back at least one POS area.. however; at the portland mac store, the people there are very helpful, polite, very knowledgeable, and all of them are true mac geniuses!... lol... no more making appointments 2 days in advance to get a problem fixed.. plus, its feels good to support a local business..
 
While the poll doesn't allow you to choose more than one, I have bought on both the apple site and at best buy. my latest, a 13" mbp early 2011, was at BB and that's because I got an open box deal for the low low price of $800. In perfect shape and returned by the original buyer just a few days into the 14 day return policy. also at BB you can charge anything over $400 for 18 months interest free. apple requires $999 and for just 12 months. so combining open box with the financing deal, it was a no brainer.:D
 
I try to buy from Best Buy if the price is right due to being a rewards member with them.
 
Every Apple computer I buy is top of the line fully maxed out BTO built to order, from Apples online store. Sure I could save some money doing ram upgrades myself, like I used to. But frankly I've made so much off the incredible gains in my Apple stock over the last two decades, I prefer the convenience of having Apple max it out and send it to me ready to use. Whatever premium that costs me goes right back into Apples profit which is fine with me.
 
In local Apple stores I could only purchase MBP with I5 processors. In both my 13 and 15" MBP I wanted the I7 processors. The 13" I wanted a 256 SSD... no SSD's available in stock at local Apple store. I order with minimum RAM and upgrade myself. In future I'll also order minimum HD as well and upgrade to Crucial SSDs.
 
Apple Store Online, there's no Apple Retail stores in NZ, only resellers and I'd rather deal with Apple themselves than with some reseller. Makes it easier to manage if there's ever a problem.
 
To the OP, I think it would have made more sense to have the Apple Store and the Apple Online Store together as one choice. Either way you're purchasing from Apple. Other online retailers could be separate. Just a thought.

Applebuyer said:
You can always buy apple products at this site:

http://maxwells.fantasticproductsmall.com/apple_products.html

They sell through amazon :)
Click to expand...

Do you work there? Just curious, because you didn't phrase it like you actually purchase stuff there but more like an advertisement...
 
Computers/iPad online.

iDevices/Software/Etc. in store. :D


I love those awesome bags.
 
For iPhones/iPod/iPad, I always go to the Apple Store.

For Macs, it depends, this MacBook Pro, I have purchased from Apple Store Online.

My old iMac, I have purchased from BestBuy so that way I would get a lot of RewardZone points and get $25 for free.

My 17" MacBook Pro in 2006 was purchased at Fry's Electronics, because the price was reduced from $2,499 to $1,999.

And then a plethora of used Macs I have purchased from eBay.
 
From Best Buy so far, it's closer than the Apple store and the reward zone points are a benefit also.
 
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