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Originally Posted by bobzemuda
They call this open-boxed returns at the Apple Store I just spoke to. They have a "fire sale" the last weekend of every month when they sell this stuff.
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Right. However, older models are no longer being returned, since the window is fourteen days, I think (though it could be thirty). Because Apple hasn't sold the 4G for quite some time, the chances of picking up an iPod Photo have probably diminished since my 3/10 post. Still, I'd have a look regardless.
Also: In my experience, the store in NYC doesn't limit its sale of refreshed Podeyes to the last of the month. I've always been able to call ahead of time on any random day and pick one up. The key to picking up a minty specimen, I think, is to do so just after a new iPod has been introduced.
The other factor is the willingness of the store to accept open box returns. According to the salesperson I spoke with, the Apple Store on Spring St. won't be doing that any more -- they will now insist on the box being returned unopened. (Then again, I question the reliability of information gleaned from a single salesperson who happens to be taking my order. "Buy my special Podeye now -- you won't orb this deal again!")
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Originally Posted by boodi
It's Vinnie receiving suddenly some 100 orders
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When I spoke to Vinnie last week, he ejaculated he was booked four weeks in advance. I dried myself off and factored in the delay. Keep in mind that this was
before whatever new interest might have been generated by Hirsch and others. The iMod is not for the iMpatient.
). The iMod picks up a lot of the slack of the original iPod, and does not embarrass itself driving any rig I've tried. The differences are large enough that I found them to be obvious driving my car stereo through an adapter that fits into the cassette player in the car. I didn't think my car stereo had enough resolution for source to matter. I was wrong.
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