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In en.co.uk,
Roderick Stewart wrote:

[Apple]

However they sell their stuff, it only seems to be bought by those who
will never speak any ill of them, despite their products costing
considerably more than anybody else's, and occasionally having
technical problems just like any other.

I hate Apple as a business, especially since the disgraceful Samsung
suit, but they do make a few things for which there isn't really a
viable alternative. I wanted a high-capacity MP3 player which I could
dock with my stereo and even without the dock requirement there didn't
seem to be anything much available apart from an iPod Classic. I bought
it from Tesco, not an Apple Store.

The iPod is harder to use than my old Archos player, especially for
loading music, and it seems buggy:- it got some tracks mixed up once and
I had to wipe it and resync, and now it sometimes gets stuck in a loop
playing the same track over and over instead of the next track in the
album.

And what if you want a small laptop with a high resoultion screen?
There's nothing that can compare with a Macbook Pro 13" Retina. :-(

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TH * http://www.realh.co.uk

On Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:31:17 -0000, Roderick Stewart
wrote:

In article , Mark wrote:
I could see no moral problem
with a surcharge for a delivery specified but not met, but normally it
would save everybody time and money and give them happier customers.

As long as they pay us compensation if they fail to meet their own
delivery times.

Nobody can either meet or fail to meet a delivery time if it isn't specified.

I am talking, of course, about when they do specify delivery times.

The only delivery specifications I've seen at the time of ordering are usually
along the lines of "Expected delivery 6-10 days" or "Within 28 days", which are
not very easy to meet.

not?

It would be much much better if the ordering page on the vendor's website
offered a drop-down box to pick any specific delivery date later than the
minimum possible. Then you would know when to expect the delivery so you'd be
happy, and the courier company would know they would only need to visit your
house once, not twice, so they'd be happy too. Then everybody would be happy.

Not so. Retailers often do have these options. However selecting a
delivery slot does not guarantee it will arrive when specified and
many retailers have hidden in their T&Cs that times are only estimates
and they cannot be held liable for any deliveries that are early/late.
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(\__/) M.
(='.'=) If a man stands in a forest and no woman is around
(")_(") is he still wrong?

In article en.co.uk,
Roderick Stewart writes
Religious allegiance is
what most readily springs to my mind when I think of it. I am telling
the absolute truth when I say I have seen with my own eyes queues of
people outside an Apple shop two hours before they open, but never
anything of the like outside any other shops.

How do you tell if someone is using an iPhone?
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You don't. They tell you! ;-)
--
Kennedy

In article , Martin wrote:
However they sell their stuff, it only seems to be bought by those who
will never speak any ill of them, despite their products costing
considerably more than anybody else's, and occasionally having
technical problems just like any other. It's a wonderful business plan
from Apple's point of view, but it does seem to depend at least as much
on psychology as the quality of the products. Religious allegiance is
what most readily springs to my mind when I think of it. I am telling
the absolute truth when I say I have seen with my own eyes queues of
people outside an Apple shop two hours before they open, but never
anything of the like outside any other shops.

An alternative to Scientology?

The eagerly defensive way they respond to criticism is creepily similar.

Just don't call them a cult.

Rod.
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In article , Mark wrote:

The only delivery specifications I've seen at the time of ordering are usually
along the lines of "Expected delivery 6-10 days" or "Within 28 days", which are
not very easy to meet.

not?

What's difficult to understand about this? To be certain of meeting a delivery
specified as "Within 28 days" I'd have to stay in for 28 days (and pro rata of
course), whereas if I can specify a delivery for, say, next Tuesday afternoon, I
only have to stay in next Tuesday afternoon. I like to have a life that doesn't
involve just waiting for parcels.

Rod.
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In article , Martin wrote:
The only delivery specifications I've
seen at the time of ordering are usually
along the lines of "Expected delivery
6-10 days" or "Within 28 days", which are
not very easy to meet.

not?

What's difficult to understand about this? To be certain of meeting a delivery
specified as "Within 28 days" I'd have to stay in for 28 days (and pro rata of
course), whereas if I can specify a delivery for, say, next Tuesday afternoon, I
only have to stay in next Tuesday afternoon. I like to have a life that doesn't
involve just waiting for parcels.

Is it impractical for you to have stuff delivered to your work address
assuming you have one?

Not all vendors offer this, and it wouldn't suit everybody anyway. I'd suggest that
an alternative delivery *time* would be more useful to more people than an
alternative delivery *place*. Most couriers already provide the opportunity to
specify a delivery time, but only after they have already wasted a journey by making
an unsuccessful attempt. Wouldn't it be better for all concerned if they didn't have
to waste that journey at all, and allow the delivery time to be specified, via the
vendors website, at the time of ordering?

Rod.
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Martin wrote:

Is it impractical for you to have stuff delivered to your work address
assuming you have one?

Many suppliers, particularly for first time orders, require delivery to
be to the card billing address, as an anti-fraud measure.

In article ,
Martin wrote:
On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:42:05 +0000, David Woolley
wrote:

Martin wrote:

Is it impractical for you to have stuff delivered to your work address
assuming you have one?

Many suppliers, particularly for first time orders, require delivery to
be to the card billing address, as an anti-fraud measure.

I've never experienced that restriction. I send everything to my son's
work address. I've never had a problem yet.

strickly speaking, it is one of the conditions that credit card companies
place on retailers. - to prevent fraud, you know.

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From KT24

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18

Martin writes:

Is it impractical for you to have stuff delivered to your work address
assuming you have one?

For large white goods it would be impractical for most people.

On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:48:33 -0000, Roderick Stewart
wrote:

In article , Mark wrote:

The only delivery specifications I've seen at the time of ordering are usually
along the lines of "Expected delivery 6-10 days" or "Within 28 days", which are
not very easy to meet.

not?

What's difficult to understand about this? To be certain of meeting a delivery
specified as "Within 28 days" I'd have to stay in for 28 days (and pro rata of
course), whereas if I can specify a delivery for, say, next Tuesday afternoon, I
only have to stay in next Tuesday afternoon. I like to have a life that doesn't
involve just waiting for parcels.

I avoid companies that give such poor delivery options, unless it's
something that can fit through the letter box.
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(\__/) M.
(='.'=) If a man stands in a forest and no woman is around
(")_(") is he still wrong?