Comments on Becky's T-Blog: One bad Apple

guess thats told us then Tiffany! shall we both sl...

2006-05-07T14:24:00.000+01:00

guess thats told us then Tiffany! shall we both slope away with our trannie tails between our legs?:)

Eh, I wasn't going to take it any further. Because...

2006-05-06T00:51:00.000+01:00

Eh, I wasn't going to take it any further. Because, quite frankly, that's all I've got.

ooo it's just sour grapes now, that was shaping up...

2006-05-06T00:05:00.000+01:00

ooo it's just sour grapes now, that was shaping up to be a peach of an argument and now it's been canned.

Okay ladies... take it elsewhere! ;-)

2006-05-05T21:10:00.000+01:00

Okay ladies... take it elsewhere! ;-)

Really? I guess I'm a bit biased, but get a little...

2006-05-05T20:45:00.000+01:00

Really? I guess I'm a bit biased, but get a little converter and then plug in giant headphones. Those used to be all my dad would let me buy because they're a lot better than stupid earbuds.

But I'm thinking that hearing the difference in uncompressed sounds could only be noticed by dogs, as I've pretty much been around expensive sound equipment my entire life and quite frankly cannot tell the difference between that and my iPod...other than the earbuds, of course.

actually no mini in ear phones are all much the sa...

2006-05-05T14:49:00.000+01:00

actually no mini in ear phones are all much the same...the sound is to do with the players ability to uncompress as well as it compresses...and the sony is (according to what hi-fi magazine the best there is)

...but sound only has to do with your headphones, ...

2006-05-05T13:16:00.000+01:00

...but sound only has to do with your headphones, really. I ♥ my little iPod. *huggle*

ok fair enough re the book, however i did plenty o...

2006-05-05T10:36:00.000+01:00

ok fair enough re the book, however i did plenty of homework on mp3's and the ipods screen is irritating, the hard drive easily damaged and the battery life somewhat over optomistic! once exhausted you then have to post back to apple for an expensive replacement ...not so with the sony and the sound is the best i have yet heard!

Ah I should make it clear that this was a rant abo...

2006-05-05T10:18:00.000+01:00

Ah I should make it clear that this was a rant about a particular cock-up by Apple's customer care, not about Apple. And certainly not about their hardware. I love my MacBook like a small, flat shiny son! :-)

And I'd disagree with you about iPods too. :-P

sorry bex, what did you expect hon? its an apple p...

2006-05-05T09:36:00.000+01:00

sorry bex, what did you expect hon? its an apple product, which makes it the BMW of the computing world...over priced and over rated by a long way ( hence when seeking an MP3 i bought the excellent sony av3000 and not the un-impressive over rated ipod)

Well I'm glad your phone call with Apple wasn't fr...

2006-05-05T09:18:00.000+01:00

Well I'm glad your phone call with Apple wasn't fruitless.

Don't you tape your calls with these people? How naive

Customer care lines = oxymoron.Usually when you ri...

2006-05-04T19:49:00.000+01:00

Customer care lines = oxymoron.
Usually when you ring them you're greeted with a recorded message saying "This call may be recorded for training purposes". I find it concentrates the mind of whoever comes on the line after that if you tell them casually that you're recording the call too! At the least it means they don't make false promises to you and at best you might get passed further up the chain of command to someone who knows what they're on about.
It's ashame Apple gave you the pip but at least you can stalk away!

Becky - STOP IT now! it must be the lemsip, it's e...

2006-05-04T19:41:00.000+01:00

Becky - STOP IT now! it must be the lemsip, it's effecting your brain.

Groan. :-) Not Apple as a whole, unlike Sky I only...

2006-05-04T19:37:00.000+01:00

Groan. :-) Not Apple as a whole, unlike Sky I only had to ring twice, and it appears to have been just one person who spoilt my experience.

But as I alluded to in the title, one bad apple can spoil the whole barrel! I could have used some other pithy puns, but I de-cidered to go for the core issue. ;-)

Looks like Apple are going a bit pear shaped.

2006-05-04T19:31:00.000+01:00

Looks like Apple are going a bit pear shaped.

Is the laptop working better now? Very naughty on ...

2006-05-04T18:45:00.000+01:00

Is the laptop working better now? Very naughty on the behalf of the call centre too.

Those extended warranties are a pile of poo.

It's not a guarenteed method, but if you ask for t...

2006-05-04T18:09:00.000+01:00

It's not a guarenteed method, but if you ask for the name of the operator you speak to whenever you are dealing with money over the phone, you always have a "person who you can blame" during your complaint. It tends to add credence to your argument.