On 2011-10-29 01:44:26 +0000, Jolly Roger said:
> In article <2011102808322650106-francisoconnor3@bigpondcom>,
> Frank O'Connor <
francis...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm guessing Apple would stick to the letter of the law and not offer
>> to repair/replace the iPad. In fact I'm so certain of that I'm not even
>> going to waste my time trying to get them to do it.
>
> Talk about shooting your own foot off... How silly.
Two utterly useless replies from Old Jolly which assumed I blamed Apple
for my predicament.
Lemons are a fact of life, Jolly … no point getting bitter about that.
You buy Apple, you buy Dell, you buy Lenovo, you buy HP or you get
someone to make up your hardware at the local store … and you get
lemons now and then. Hell, build it yourself and go even the remotest
bit cheapo on some card or component and the puppy will die on you.
And the $3000 machine will invariably and selflessly sacrifice itself
to protect the 20 cent fuse.
That's technology, Jolly old son … and there's no point bitching about it.
What miffed me was my luck … the hardware expiring a day or two after
the hardware guarantee expired. And that the day or two that would have
made the difference had been spent trying to fix it myself. What had me
confused was that like many many others I'd just updated to the latest
and greatest IOS and iTunes … which confused the issue making it look
like a software fault/bug. (Incidentally the software update to IOS 5
and iTunes 10.5 seems to have caused a lot of grief if the Apple forums
are any indication.)
What I said I'd really like is some diagnostic software from Apple that
could be installed on their devices, or capabilities to do same in some
Mac based software … but there isn't any. What I said was that it would
be tres cool if Apple Support extended beyond the paltry one year
guarantee that they offer … they had no problem doing that in the good
old days.
As for seeing if Apple would repair it … I'm in my 60's Mr Roger, and
simply don't have the inclination to traipse around Melbourne looking
for a damn Apple Store which may or may not have a 'genius' who is not
gonna play it to the script. I tend to avoid Apple Store's like the
plague and patronise those stores that have been dealing with Apple
product in the 20-30 years before some PR suit got the idea of staffing
glossy retail outlets with 'geniuses' who may or may not know something
about the product they sell.
So, go Roger someone who cares Jolly old son … :)