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> Apple stores can be found all around the world. What I meant by this is: For $1 light bulbs, transportation and time would have to be incredibly cheap to bu
by gurkendoktor 15y ago
> Apple stores can be found all around the world.
What I meant by this is: For $1 light bulbs, transportation and time would have to be incredibly cheap to build a service infrastructure that doesn't waste more resources than it saves.
Taking a Mac for a repair or exchange is convenient in most parts of the world already because that's what people do in their first year (or three) of using it. Adopting a full-scale rental model isn't that far fetched.
- rhplus 15y agoApple stores can be found all around the world. This is only true if you consider "the world" to mean the US (~2/3 of all Apple stores) and a handful of major cities in each of just 12 other countries [1]. Most of Apple's sales and servicing are done through third-party retailers. There's zero incentive for Apple itself to get into the rental/servicing business. They can just churn out another 100 million iPods, iPhones and MacBooks every year, take their known profit margin and leave all of the low margin after sales to someone else. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Retail_Store http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Retail_Store
- gurkendoktor 15y agoI know there's no incentive for them under the current circumstances, exactly the opposite is true. You are right about the resellers. I didn't think about the name because I have never bought or repaired anything in an official Apple Store, I am not even sure if I have ever entered one. The authorized stores have been awesome so far! :)