The IPad Pro I bought almost 2 years ago cost me over a little over a $1,100 all in. That included the machine, screen protector, Apple Care, and the lovely BRYDGE keyboard that I am typing on at this very moment. This machine coupled with my little color FIRE reader covers pretty much all my computing and reading needs. [The reader was about $100 and is light and perfect size for those Robert Cras dime store detective novels I recently discovered and am devouring.]
All is not perfect in Mudville - my iPad battery has been discharging way too quickly. I decided to see the “Genius” people at my local apple store. We signed in, provided a phone number and were told we would receive a text in about 45 minutes informing us we would be served shortly. I don’t know if you’ve been in an apple store but it is all too trendy. I call it iPad minimalism, wood benches everywhere with displays of cases and all sorts of optional equipment on the exterior walls. The ponytailed, ear ringed, odd colored hair sales people are of a different generation. There process is very efficient and fair. About 30 minutes later my phone beeped with the expected text and we found our way to the soon to be served table. I young guy with an ear ring hole introduced himself and asked “so what’s going on?”. Me: “Battery” he takes my IPad Pro and places it near his mini asks me to sign in and proceeds to run a diagnostic on my machine. Results: My battery was nearly toast. [I learned that going to work and plugging it in while I stream Frank Sinatra on Pandora wasn’t good for the battery. Better to let it run down and then charge it.] He then said you have 24 days left on your Apple Care. He offers me “$49 for a completely new machine.” I say “done”.
He does some form filling on his mini and bam a guy swings by and hands him a brand new boxed IPad Pro. He takes my well used, sligthly dented, crack in the screen protector machine and new box, erases everything on the old machine and hands me my new best buddy. Apple care! what a sweet deal.
All is not perfect in Mudville - my iPad battery has been discharging way too quickly. I decided to see the “Genius” people at my local apple store. We signed in, provided a phone number and were told we would receive a text in about 45 minutes informing us we would be served shortly. I don’t know if you’ve been in an apple store but it is all too trendy. I call it iPad minimalism, wood benches everywhere with displays of cases and all sorts of optional equipment on the exterior walls. The ponytailed, ear ringed, odd colored hair sales people are of a different generation. There process is very efficient and fair. About 30 minutes later my phone beeped with the expected text and we found our way to the soon to be served table. I young guy with an ear ring hole introduced himself and asked “so what’s going on?”. Me: “Battery” he takes my IPad Pro and places it near his mini asks me to sign in and proceeds to run a diagnostic on my machine. Results: My battery was nearly toast. [I learned that going to work and plugging it in while I stream Frank Sinatra on Pandora wasn’t good for the battery. Better to let it run down and then charge it.] He then said you have 24 days left on your Apple Care. He offers me “$49 for a completely new machine.” I say “done”.
He does some form filling on his mini and bam a guy swings by and hands him a brand new boxed IPad Pro. He takes my well used, sligthly dented, crack in the screen protector machine and new box, erases everything on the old machine and hands me my new best buddy. Apple care! what a sweet deal.
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