[G4] OT: Unusual Apple sales policy.

[Tim Collier]

OK.......  No offense meant!  It all boils down to doing your homework and finding who offers the best product for the best price.

Tim 
On Wednesday, April 13, 2005, at 07:56AM, John Erdman <jperdman at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
>On Apr 13, 2005, at 6:53, Tim Collier wrote:
>
>> I'd tend to think that this is just a foolish policy on the part of 
>> SmallDog.
>Not so.And it would be stupid for a retailer to impose this on 
>themselves; there'd be no advantage. It is not a self-imposed 
>limitation. But it takes only a small purchase to qualify as one of 
>their web customers
>
>
>>  Deal with the real thing and buy from Apple's website.  No 
>> restrictions like that there.  Even though you 'like' this company, it 
>> doesn't mean that you're necessarily getting the best deal or service.
>
>I agree. That's why I shop around before I make a major purchase.  But 
>it turns out that you can get some very good deals at Smalldog if you 
>pay attention. They seem to be quite creative in the bundles they put 
>together,  more so than, say, the Warehouse or the Mall.
>> MacWarehouse http://www.macwarehouse.com and Mac Mall are also great 
>> places to shop and you get a ton of free stuff from them that you 
>> don't get at the Apple Store.
>> Expand your horizons and don't limit yourself to just dealing with one 
>> company that you're comfortable with.
>
>Tim - Maybe you didn't mean it, but you sound like a Dutch Uncle with 
>that "scold".  WHATEVER makes you think that I have narrow horizons and 
>thereby don't deal the Warehouse and the Mall?
>
>   I do deal with them. I agree that they offer lots of "free" stuff. 
>But mostly it's stuff that I don't need.... like a fourth inkjet 
>printer or a third wireless hub etc. Dontcha think that just maybe they 
>offer this stuff BECAUSE Apple is very restrictive about pricing with 
>their authorized distributors. And this is the only way the 
>distributors can form a competitive offering. Otherwise why would the 
>pricing of current Apple stuff be so uniform across the marketplace?
>
>Even if they didn't offer some great deals, I'd still like dealing with 
>Smalldog. Just like I prefer to deal with the stores in my small 
>downtown area that I can get to by bicycle rather than automatically 
>jumping in the car and driving to Wally World or HomeDepot  just 
>because they seem to offer the best deal. The price you pay at the cash 
>register is only a small part of the real cost of having them there.
>
>Cheers,
>John
>
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