Confessions of an Apple Specialist
This might be of interest to you if you buy a lot of Apple products. An insider lists a few interesting tidbits about working in an Apple store, and what you can expect as a consumer. For example:
6. We have 4 things that we will try to sell you when you purchase a computer.
AppleCare, of course, is your extended 3 year warranty, we are told to sell it as a service plan, but it does not do ANYTHING extra, but extend your warranty, and does not cover anything extra. .Mac is a ripoff unless you use the web site hosting. ProCare has to be the biggest ripoff. All this does is upgrade your AppleCare for one year. It has a little perk for business uses, but otherwise useless. Lastly, One-to-One training, which is the best deal in the store.
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Posted by Dani @ April 29, 2008