Thanks for the responses everyone (minus the trolls).
Our client is specifically looking for the iPad 2.
Cheers!
Our client is specifically looking for the iPad 2.
Cheers!
May 18th, 2011 11:06 am
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Insider wrote: ↑I have never turned to a public forum to help me do my job.
They have a 'Contact Us' page on their very own website, www.apple.ca - and you had trouble navigating there? I found all the information and corporate contacts needed to get setup.
I guess I'm a troll too. !!
May 18th, 2011 11:50 am
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I guess I should have been more specific when I mentioned "Tried Apple Canada but they won't budge". This means that I had contacted our Apple Canada corporate sales representative.Lazy Susan wrote: ↑I think the biggest problem when people state what they need help with on the internet they don't always state what they've tried in order to repair the problem. This I've found to be true in general computer help forums and it usually holds true for other help posts. If posters had the whole story then these redundant posts about why the OP didn't contact Apple's corporate sales would cease to exist.
May 18th, 2011 3:29 pm
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radar2000 wrote: ↑I guess I should have been more specific when I mentioned "Tried Apple Canada but they won't budge". This means that I had contacted our Apple Canada corporate sales representative.
I believe I clearly mentioned in my first post that:
a) I needed 150 Apple iPads for a client.
b) I had tried various points of contact (apple.ca, Apple Canada Corporate Sales, retail resellers).
c) I was looking for suggestions from this online community.
I'm not sure how much more specific I could have been. Even if there was some confusion with my request for suggestions, a simple PM or post reply would have sufficed. I would have gladly provided additional details.
Cheers!
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1226 wrote: ↑Why do you need Ipads? Get them 150 of these, way cheaper:
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number8888 wrote: ↑That's the problem of the original post. If you state that outright half the posts would have been eliminated. It's like tech support. If you simply say "my computer doesn't work". The first response would be "did you plug it in?".
We can make assumptions on your behalf, but if the assumption is wrong then the discussions wouldn't get anywhere either. It's a lose-lose situation. And since this is a public forum every post is subjected to be criticized. You'll learn to ignore the haters, and you don't have to respond to every post.
As for you actual problem, if indeed you have exhausted all the "normal" channels, then yeah you have to be creative. If your Apple corporate sales rep doesn't let you buy 150, maybe ask for 50. You can try getting the rest through authorized dealers and distributor (again break down your order to make it easier to fill). You might need to hire people to line up at the Apple store to whatever stock they have that day, or you can try to get more thorugh Kijiji/Craiglist/Ebay (since most people are hoarding them anyway).
May 19th, 2011 12:07 am