I need some help from a kind (US) soul

der kopfder kopf
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
So I reported about my new iBook before, and mentioned that one of the rubber feet was missing or had gone missing very shortly after my purchase. Now. The problem is the following: I'm being given the runaround here (if that's the word). AppleCare's sending me to a local repair center, who are sending me to another repair center, who are sending me to AppleCare, who are sending me to the distributer, who are sending me to shop that sold it to me, who don't know what to do.



Meanwhile, I'm wobbling along on this lovely new computer, its limp makng my proud heart bleed.



Yet, I read (in the iBook forum on MacNN) that in Apple Stores (the US Apple-owned kind) rubber feet are handed over to customers rather easily. So I was wondering: is one of you US citizens willing and/or able to have a go at it? I'd need only one. One rubber foot for an iBook G4 933 MHz. Please? And then send it over? Imagine the amount of karma that will be yours. If you could just get me one rubber foot.







<wailing moan>Please!</wailing moan>



Thanks for listening.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 13
    stoostoo Posts: 1,490member
    I could do with one too. Any idea where to get them in the UK?
  • Reply 2 of 13
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    der Kopf, there's a chance I may wind up at the Atlanta Apple store tomorrow (Friday) or at some point this weekend (still kinda mulling it over with a buddy).



    If I go, I promise to try my best to get one of these little feet for your iBook and send it your way.



    If I DO go and I DO get one, I'll respond back to this thread to let you know and give you my e-mail so you can get me your shipping/address info...



    Can't promise I'm even going, but it's looking like 70%...check back on this thread throughout the weekend. If I go, you'll know.







    Surely there are others here who are definitely going or are much closer than 125 miles to one who can step up?
  • Reply 3 of 13
    cubedudecubedude Posts: 1,556member
    You might want to check eBay out. I'm sure that someone's selling those things.
  • Reply 4 of 13
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    I'd be much obliged, pscates. I swear this runaround thing is giving me an ulcer.



  • Reply 5 of 13
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by CubeDude

    You might want to check eBay out. I'm sure that someone's selling those things.



    ...and making a fortune off the high demand.
  • Reply 6 of 13
    scottibscottib Posts: 381member
    http://shop.store.yahoo.com/lovemacs/0760937.html



    While a little more expensive than you may wish to spend, they do ship internationally.
  • Reply 7 of 13
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by scottiB

    http://shop.store.yahoo.com/lovemacs/0760937.html



    While a little more expensive than you may wish to spend, they do ship internationally.



    The new iBooks have new feet, sadly enough.
  • Reply 8 of 13
    tommy_thompsontommy_thompson Posts: 224member
    I will go to the Apple store here in Southern California tomorrow and see (Nov 29th.) This has nothing to do with Karma, only a fellow Apple user. If indeed they do give them away for free, I will see if I can get you four. You never know if/when the others may get knocked off. If they give them to me, I give them to you. Only question is, how much do you think they would cost to ship over there?



    ~tommy
  • Reply 9 of 13
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by tommy_thompson

    Only question is, how much do you think they would cost to ship over there?



    I really don't know. For me to ship something that small (should be well below 50 grams... I think) to the US would probably be around two and a half to five bucks. Anyway, I'd be much obliged to you if you'd check it out.



  • Reply 10 of 13
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    I hate to ask, but... any luck? \
  • Reply 11 of 13
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    Well, let me specify, as my situation has changed a great bit.



    Due to the sudden harddrive cookoff my machine engaged in last Sunday (as described here), and the ensuing repairs Apple was forced to exert on my machine, they had no choice but to put on a new foot. Fine. Problem solved, you'd say? Except: they didn't have new feet, so they put on an older white foot (the others are gray). So now I'll have a multicolored underside to my ibook. Talk about spicing up somewhat sterile mac equipment. So they're still gonna be "looking out" for a foot, but at the same time bluntly told me that missing feet are considered customer abuse and that I should praise the Lord of all things living that I got any foot at all. I guess I'll have to see my machine first. Get reacquainted, regain trust. See if I can live with the foot. Still... I know I'm anal enough to be bothered by this. Not nearly as much as by a dead pixel, of which I've been, praise the Lord and his minions, spared entirely since I wrecked the screen on my Pismo. So. The matter has become much less urgent. Any help (i.e. one new foot or three old, white ones) would still be appreciated by yours truly.



    Thanks for listening.
  • Reply 12 of 13
    kraig911kraig911 Posts: 912member
    do you still need them? I'm going to dallas tomorrow, was going to check out the apple store there.
  • Reply 13 of 13
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by kraig911

    do you still need them? I'm going to dallas tomorrow, was going to check out the apple store there.



    Well: as I said. Right now, the need is much smaller, though, for equality's sake, I would like to have four of the same feet. That would mean that I'd like to get my hands on either a foot of a new iBook, or three white feet of the older iBooks. Either of both would be great.
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