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Worst Apple Store Experience EVER!

bushido

bushido

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so after 2 weeks apple finally managed to replace my screen and the housing including the battery ... now i get home, thinking everything is fine (i even checked it right at the store) only to realize now in the dark environment that the keyboard backlight isnt working :mad: i think they messed up!

guess i have to go all the way back AGAIN ... its a 2 hours drive one way fml.

already tried a SMC reset, but nothing
 
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bushido said:
so after 2 weeks apple finally managed to replace my screen and the housing including the battery ... now i get home, thinking everything is fine (i even checked it right at the store) only to realize now in the dark environment that the keyboard backlight isnt working :mad: i think they messed up!

guess i have to go all the way back AGAIN ... its a 2 hours drive one way fml.

already tries a SMC reset, but nothing
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Only in dark environment the backlight keys don't light up?
 
rmackner said:
Only in dark environment the backlight keys don't light up?
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they dont light up at all but i didnt notice it while i was at the apple store when i got it back cuz it was day time so they wouldnt have been on anyway. when i click the backlight buttons on the keyboard i get the pop up but its just a line without the dots to indicate the level of backlight brightness
 
bushido said:
they dont light up at all but i didnt notice it while i was at the apple store when i got it back cuz it was day time so they wouldnt have been on anyway. when i click the backlight buttons on the keyboard i get the pop up but its just a line without the dots to indicate the level of backlight brightness
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Ohh sorry I thought you meant in the new dark mode offered in 10.10 haha. Strange about the line without the dots, most of the time that means it can't find a driver related to the hardware that you are attempting to use. You could try going to System Preferences → Keyboard, and unchecking the “Automatically illuminate keyboard in low light” setting. That should prevent the “disabled” icon altogether.
 
matty1551 said:
You don't have to drive 2 hours. Just call Apple and they'll send you a shipping box.
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Not here they don't.

But I got it fixed, they forgot a cable and didn't do the quality check using their software properly so they missed it
 
Im sure they would if you push.
The Uk will be they will try their hardest to get you to bring it in but will let you post if you push for it or take to an authorised centre.
 
bushido said:
Not here they don't.

But I got it fixed, they forgot a cable and didn't do the quality check using their software properly so they missed it
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That happens but I can see how frustrating that could be, I'm glad you got it resolved.
 
mac8867 said:
... but... they're "genius's"
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funny enough ... i set down making sure everythings fine after i got it back from repair for the 2nd time and did a hardware test myself. it eventually spit out a warning and an error code so i asked for the genius again and he didnt know what the error code meant so he went on google and read a thread on MACRUMORS about it ...

he still didnt find out what the error code meant so i googled myself while still being at the apple store and it turned out to be that this error appears when you do the hardware test without the charger being plugged in.

useless geniuses
 
OMG Worst experience EVER!!! EVER!!!!


the amount of drama queens on this forum is astounding.
 
bigjnyc said:
OMG Worst experience EVER!!! EVER!!!!


the amount of drama queens on this forum is astounding.
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now whos the drama queen :rolleyes:

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8 hours total on a train
2 repairs for the same thing within a week
2,5 weeks for the "first" repair that was supposed to take 3-5 days
6 phone calls to the apple store
5 calls without someone getting back to me as promised
clueless geniuses
 
bushido said:
now whos the drama queen :rolleyes:

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8 hours total on a train
2 repairs for the same thing within a week
2,5 weeks for the "first" repair that was supposed to take 3-5 days
6 phone calls to the apple store
5 calls without someone getting back to me as promised
clueless geniuses
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Still you clearly.
 
bushido said:
now whos the drama queen :rolleyes:

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8 hours total on a train
2 repairs for the same thing within a week
2,5 weeks for the "first" repair that was supposed to take 3-5 days
6 phone calls to the apple store
5 calls without someone getting back to me as promised
clueless geniuses
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If I were you, I'd take it up with Apple management. You know, instead of complaining on MacRumors. But, that's just me.
 
bigjnyc said:
Still you clearly.
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mercuryjones said:
If I were you, I'd take it up with Apple management. You know, instead of complaining on MacRumors. But, that's just me.
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wow ... just wow ... you guys are more obnoxious than people at one of those Gossip Sites. anyway its all settled now. dont even know why this thread was brought back alive in the first place


and in case you guys have forgotten where you are
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum#Thread

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bushido said:
wow ... just wow ... you guys are more obnoxious than people at one of those Gossip Sites.
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To be fair, you titled your thread "Worst Apple Store Experience EVER!", and then went on to post about a fairly mundane Apple Store experience.

No angry confrontation with the Genius, telling you that your repair isn't covered under warranty? No managers giving you attitude or asking you to leave the store? No calls to AppleCare, where they promise you something, and then you get to the store, and find out AppleCare's never contacted the store on your behalf? You didn't have to CC: Tim Cook on emails until someone from the Executive Relations team got involved?

Those are all the basic ingredients of most of the other "Worst Apple Store Visit Ever" posts on MacRumors.

Your experience seems to boil down to "the Genius forgot to hook my keyboard light cable back up, so I went back to the store and got it fixed. Oh, and I figured out that the tech employees there don't actually have genius-level IQs".

It sucks that you had to waste so much of your time because the guy made a mistake. I think everyone here feels for you on that. But in the realm of Apple Store experiences posted on here, that doesn't rank anywhere near the worst, which is why I think the joke about being a drama queen came into play.
 
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bushido said:
wow ... just wow ... you guys are more obnoxious than people at one of those Gossip Sites. anyway its all settled now. dont even know why this thread was brought back alive in the first place


and in case you guys have forgotten where you are
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum#Thread

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I'm obnoxious for stating the obvious? You received bad service. I suggested you take it up with Apple and let them know. How else are they going to get better, unless you let them know? I would say that you are obnoxious for just ranting on the internet about it.
Oh, and you are welcome as well.
 
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