Monthly Archive for April, 2005

hk online apple store

Published by shaky at 2:54 pm on 29/4/2005 in rant. 4 Comments

Bunch of jokers.

The shop in the IFC were not sure if they would have OS X Tiger in today, so I ordered it from the online store as they guaranteed delivery by the 29th.

I just got a confirmation email of shipping:

The following products shipped on 27.04.2005. Your order should arrive within 5 business days of shipment.
If you place an order for Tiger by 4/26, Apple is committed to deliver by 4/29.

That says ‘deliver’ yeah?

Just got a voicemail from the Apple store saying that I had to go to pick it up from their office. Would I call them back. They didn’t even leave the address. I called back and got an answerphone. I left a message but have not heard back. So I called the 800 number from the website:

“Press 3 for English”
3
“Press 4 for order related enquiries”
4
wait for a bit ……
Some Chinese jibber jabber ….
“I pressed 3 for English, why are you talking to me in Cantonese?” [OK, I was being extra arsey]
“Sorry. OK, can I have your order number?”
….
“OK, we just called you”
“I know, you said I had to pick up my order.”
“Yes, we are very busy. Many orders.”
“That’s not my problem, I paid for delivery today, not a pickup from you today.”
“OK, I’ll speak to my manager and see if I can get a courier to deliver.”
“Look, deliver it to me within the hour, or refund my money and cancel the order.”
“OK.”
“In my hand. You have one hour.”

They are just having a laugh, trying it on. I wonder how many people are heading over there to pick it up and save them money.

Absolutely outrageous.

Well it’s been an hour and it’s not here. I’ve had no calls or emails. Nothing.

UPDATE: got a call.

“We will deliver by 6pm.”
“No you won’t. I can walk downstairs and pick one up right now. Where is your office?”
“Times Square.”
“That’s 5 minutes away. Jump in a taxi and get it to me before 4 or cancel my order.”

Let’s see.

Thing is, I’m just being an ass. I don’t even want or need it seeing as my new G5 will have it installed. Still it’s the principle.

UPDATE: delivered at 3.43pm. By ‘it’ I mean the Family Pack, even though I only ordered the single user version. Lovely.

So they did sort it in the end, but I think it was outrageous that they called up asking me to go and pick it up.

how to lose a harbour

Published by shaky at 2:53 pm on 28/4/2005 in hong kong. 0 Comments

From Time mag.

g5 update

Published by shaky at 2:50 pm on 28/4/2005 in geekery. 4 Comments

12k! I could get HK$ 12k for my 10 month old dual 2.0 G5. Not bad really.

By “I could get” I actually mean “I got”.

smh

Published by shaky at 2:23 pm on 28/4/2005 in miscellaneous. 1 Comment

Hat tip to Caspar, check out the front of the SMH right now.

I took a snap.

oh dear

Published by shaky at 10:28 am on 28/4/2005 in geekery. 1 Comment

The new G5s were officially announced yesterday. I’ve had my current G5 for about 10 months. It’s fast enough and there is no real reason for me to upgrade, except maybe the dual layer drive, but I could buy one of those. However, I found out the Apple reseller store in the IFC does part exchange. The guy reckoned I could get HK$ 10k for my G5 (I think this is bollox though). That would mean the current top end G5 would be around HK$ 15k. Subract the HK$ 1k I will spend on Tiger, and it’s a nice 14k. Very tempting. Considering you can do it on interest free with your HSBC credit card, it’s practically free! Only messing, but I might get a precise quote for my current G5 just to see.

I like Apple’s expensive products, but I don’t like their attitude.

When the computer-maker, Apple, objected to an unauthorised biography of its founder and chief executive, Steve Jobs, it tried first to pressure the publisher to cancel plans to release it.

The attempt failed and the company has now turned to retaliation: all books by the same imprint are to be withdrawn from Apple shops around the world.

iRon curtain. Ho ho.

worst opener?

Published by shaky at 9:57 am on 28/4/2005 in music. 0 Comments

2Pac — Hit ‘Em Up:

I ain’t got no motherfcukin friends
That’s why I fcuked yo’ bitch, you fat motherfcuker

Outrageous.

a380

Published by shaky at 6:05 pm on 27/4/2005 in rant. 3 Comments

Another rant.

I’ve been looking forward to the maiden flight of the A380 for a few years. Oh yes Geoff. Today was the big day. I had the live feed from the BBC on. Nothing was happening. For ages. So I got distracted by, er, work. A mate reminded me:

“How’s the plane doing?”
“Don’t know, was sat on the tarmac. Let’s see… oh fuckit.”

Plane was in the air. Missed it. Gutted.

Oh, shut it. I’m a plane geek.

Talking of geeks — “Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It“