Apple SUCKS

[tdog 0]

So I asked for an ITunes gift card from www.apple.com for a present....

Well, my technically challenged family rose to the occasion and got me one.

Turns out, there is a click box that they missed that would have activated this card for Itunes. Instead it works on hardware and software purchased at www.apple.com or a retail store... Same website, different button to press.

SUCKS. I don't need anything from Apple....

So, do you think I can sell it for $40 or something, since it has a face value of $50? Anyone know of anyone who needs IPod parts or stuff?

This is why I hate gift cards.... I actually rather receive a verbal "happy birthday" than a gift card that has so many limitations I have to buy something I don't need... This time I even tried to get something I wanted... And I still got screwed.

Am I a greedy bastard, or just upset at the American way?

[CSpenceFLY 1]

Have you checked to see if it can be converted to an itunes credit?

[tdog 0]

Yes:

Apple gift cards can be applied only to qualified purchases directly from Apple at an Apple Store, the online Apple Store or Apple Telesales in the United States. Apple Gift Cards may not be redeemed at the iTunes Store.

Now, I did not call to ask, but the website says the same thing....

[TomAiello 26]

Dude, didn't you see Brendan's super slick laptop? You know you want a real computer.

Seriously, if you want I'll give you 50 bucks for it if you'll cover the shipping.

-- Tom Aiello

Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com
SnakeRiverBASE.com

[tdog 0]

My computer is real. :-)

I might take you up on the offer.

There is a BASE jumper who called me a month ago:

"Dude, do you know apples? I just got a new one!"

"A little, what are you asking?"

"How do I turn the damn thing off?"

[jcd11235 0]

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Yes:

Apple gift cards can be applied only to qualified purchases directly from Apple at an Apple Store, the online Apple Store or Apple Telesales in the United States. Apple Gift Cards may not be redeemed at the iTunes Store.

Now, I did not call to ask, but the website says the same thing....

Take it to an Apple store and use it to buy an iTunes card.

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[denete 3]

I haven't turned mine off in about 3.3 years.

[Cashmanimal 0]

So, in reality, Apple doesn't suck at all is what I am hearing. The iTunes store and the Apple store are two completely different entities. It's like going to Wal-Mart and buying a gift card to the Subway that they have at the front of the store, and then getting pissed when you can't use it in the electronics section.

The obvious choice has already been pointed out. Go to the Apple store, buy an iTunes gift card.

And people who have to ask how to turn a computer off are the exact people that shouldn't be using them. There's a neat trick where you push a button, commonly known as the "power button." Once pressed the computer will turn to you and say, "Do you want me to turn off?" and all you have to say is, "Yes." People who can't figure that out deserve a PC because they suck equally.

It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye