maninmac
09-03-2004, 09:27 PM
So, I have never been the type that somehow stumbles upon great deals. If there was a huge sale of some sort, I was the chap who came a day late. If ever there were a mail in rebate on something, I would buy it the day after it expired.
Little was I to know that this evening, all that was to change. I was browsing Apple's site, and saw that they have the new 20" display in their sale section for the great price of $1099. I had it in my cart, and was about to buy it as a means to cure my recently acquired sense of iMac envy (I have a 15" PB) when I thought I would call my local Apple store (Cambridgeside, MA) and see if they had some in store; thus saving me the shipping delay.
"Sorry, said the oh-so-young sounding gal on the phone, "that is a web only deal". "RATS!" I thought to myself, "I will just have to wait for it to get here". As I was about to thank the girl for checking, and go on my way, she suddenly said "but we do have a rather good deal on a 23" HD display from the previous generation". "Good deal?" I asked disarmingly, just waiting for her to drop the $1500 bombshell on me.... "yes" she replied, "it is $699".
I ran to my car, I mean really ran, and was at the Apple store in 6 minutes flat.
The thing was bloody perfect! I mean perfect, not a ding, dent, blemish or bad pixel. Apparently, some chap had bought it, and opened it in store. He expressed -with some dismay, it seems- some sort of dissatisfaction with the industrial design, and then flew away into the night.
So it was.
I am now sitting writing this on the most absolutely gorgeous display I have ever seen, one just packed with pixels and bright enough to light Hawaii; and it was mine for fully 1/3 of original retail.
The moral of the story is to pay a call from time-to-time to your local Apple store, because your luck may well be about to change too.
:)
Little was I to know that this evening, all that was to change. I was browsing Apple's site, and saw that they have the new 20" display in their sale section for the great price of $1099. I had it in my cart, and was about to buy it as a means to cure my recently acquired sense of iMac envy (I have a 15" PB) when I thought I would call my local Apple store (Cambridgeside, MA) and see if they had some in store; thus saving me the shipping delay.
"Sorry, said the oh-so-young sounding gal on the phone, "that is a web only deal". "RATS!" I thought to myself, "I will just have to wait for it to get here". As I was about to thank the girl for checking, and go on my way, she suddenly said "but we do have a rather good deal on a 23" HD display from the previous generation". "Good deal?" I asked disarmingly, just waiting for her to drop the $1500 bombshell on me.... "yes" she replied, "it is $699".
I ran to my car, I mean really ran, and was at the Apple store in 6 minutes flat.
The thing was bloody perfect! I mean perfect, not a ding, dent, blemish or bad pixel. Apparently, some chap had bought it, and opened it in store. He expressed -with some dismay, it seems- some sort of dissatisfaction with the industrial design, and then flew away into the night.
So it was.
I am now sitting writing this on the most absolutely gorgeous display I have ever seen, one just packed with pixels and bright enough to light Hawaii; and it was mine for fully 1/3 of original retail.
The moral of the story is to pay a call from time-to-time to your local Apple store, because your luck may well be about to change too.
:)