ipad from apple shop or argos?

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Hello, any advantage of buying from the apple shop? I'm after an ipad 2 and have £170 worth of argos vouchers but could easily spend these on other things. Do I need the apple shop experience rather than watching my ipad trundle down a conveyor-belt at argos? :)
 
The Apple store "experience" isn't all that. When it's quiet, it's fine, and the customer service is good, but when it's heaving with kids messing around with the stuff you might as well queue up in Argos and get rid of your vouchers.
 
The Apple shop experience is basically waiting longer than you should do for a product whilst being on the receiving end of some very American-esque customer service.

I'd go with Argos, get rid of the vouchers.
 
The Apple experience is some idiot opening your iPad box and getting fingerprints all over it, whether you asked them to set it up or not.
 
I've seen plenty of iPads sold in Apple stores and not one has been opened, I don't know what Tunney is on about.

Personally I'd buy wherever you can get the cheapest deal, it really doesn't matter.
 
Tunney said:
The Apple experience is some idiot opening your iPad box and getting fingerprints all over it, whether you asked them to set it up or not.
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This is not true! When I bought mine back in June, they asked if I wanted to be opened so they can activate for me. The reason for that is if I want to be able to use it as soon as i get out of the shop.

But they do ask you!
 
FragnaticDeath said:
This is not true! When I bought mine back in June, they asked if I wanted to be opened so they can activate for me. The reason for that is if I want to be able to use it as soon as i get out of the shop.

But they do ask you!
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Same here, they asked me if I wanted it set up and I said no thanks and they left it sealed up :)
 
Argos based on the principle that you are giving more of your money to a British company that stocks more than just one type of product, therefore helping our ecomony and not just increasing Apple's pile-o-cash. :)
 
FragnaticDeath said:
This is not true! When I bought mine back in June, they asked if I wanted to be opened so they can activate for me. The reason for that is if I want to be able to use it as soon as i get out of the shop.

But they do ask you!
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They didn't ask when I bought one in the Regent Street store for a relative.
 
HarryPainful said:
Apple shops are the worst place to buy something imo, the 4 or so I have been in are absolute choas!
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The new one in Reading has been fine when I've gone in :)

Got a refund within 3 minutes of entering, when I was purchasing I 'asked for assistance' using the iPads and that was quick as well.
 
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