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adrianmoore
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I know i have said this somewhere on a forum, So applos if this is a repeat.
BUT in the "US" you are able to BUY into becomming an AASP(Apple Authorised Service Provider).
Here in the UK however in hangs on "how much you sell", and if you are a 'small' outlet you do not stand a chance, which then in turn hurts the apple customer in as much as say for example :-
A customer's iMac Logic board dies (out of warranty) the local apple computer shop can not access the apple parts database as he is not an AASP, The customer would rather have a 'new' logic board and NOT a second hand one-- See the problem?
Another customers internal Battery went flat (in warrantly) he did not want to go all the way up to Bristol and askd me to put a battery in for him, No problem, But the battery was NOT apple approved, so that would void his warranty! And YES i could only get an Approved Apple battery from the Parts Database, Which means i have to be an AASP
Here in the South West of Devon the nearest AASP is Bristol about 90miles away (1.5 hours drive--One Way!!).
And the other thing is this....The Mark up we get as a reseller is about £20!!! (No Kidding!) i have phoned up apple Uk on this, and the "official reply was " We never said you were going to get rich selling our products!", But then this gives the smaller computer outlet less incentive 1) to sell the Apple Hardware and 2) Makes our price either NO different to Apples or sometimes a little higher.
I personally do not wish to sell 1000's of computers, BUT i DO want to support them, Pc world buys them in bulk and thefore gets a discount and therfore "Could" sell them cheaper, BUT they are Not AASP nor do most of them even understand an apple mac, and certainly would not be able to support them, BUT of course their buying POWER makes it even harder for the smaller Apple Computer shop to get even close to being AASP (I hope you are still with me here, i know i am rambling!)
So the point of this post is this :-
Should Apple review the way they "allow" Computer Shops to become AASP other than looking at How Much Computer Units they sell?
I feel that if apple would make an exam we could sit in order to become AASP would be one way forward.
Or What else do you think would be possible to get more smaller Apple Computer shops appointed as AASP's , a letter to apple? As many apple users emailing or posting to apple?
What do you guys think?
I know i have said this somewhere on a forum, So applos if this is a repeat.
BUT in the "US" you are able to BUY into becomming an AASP(Apple Authorised Service Provider).
Here in the UK however in hangs on "how much you sell", and if you are a 'small' outlet you do not stand a chance, which then in turn hurts the apple customer in as much as say for example :-
A customer's iMac Logic board dies (out of warranty) the local apple computer shop can not access the apple parts database as he is not an AASP, The customer would rather have a 'new' logic board and NOT a second hand one-- See the problem?
Another customers internal Battery went flat (in warrantly) he did not want to go all the way up to Bristol and askd me to put a battery in for him, No problem, But the battery was NOT apple approved, so that would void his warranty! And YES i could only get an Approved Apple battery from the Parts Database, Which means i have to be an AASP
Here in the South West of Devon the nearest AASP is Bristol about 90miles away (1.5 hours drive--One Way!!).
And the other thing is this....The Mark up we get as a reseller is about £20!!! (No Kidding!) i have phoned up apple Uk on this, and the "official reply was " We never said you were going to get rich selling our products!", But then this gives the smaller computer outlet less incentive 1) to sell the Apple Hardware and 2) Makes our price either NO different to Apples or sometimes a little higher.
I personally do not wish to sell 1000's of computers, BUT i DO want to support them, Pc world buys them in bulk and thefore gets a discount and therfore "Could" sell them cheaper, BUT they are Not AASP nor do most of them even understand an apple mac, and certainly would not be able to support them, BUT of course their buying POWER makes it even harder for the smaller Apple Computer shop to get even close to being AASP (I hope you are still with me here, i know i am rambling!)
So the point of this post is this :-
Should Apple review the way they "allow" Computer Shops to become AASP other than looking at How Much Computer Units they sell?
I feel that if apple would make an exam we could sit in order to become AASP would be one way forward.
Or What else do you think would be possible to get more smaller Apple Computer shops appointed as AASP's , a letter to apple? As many apple users emailing or posting to apple?
What do you guys think?