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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1003493"><p>It's been my experience -- as an evangelist and seller of Apples for about 20 years now -- that there is often a bit of "sticker shock" in the spouse (husband or wife) at the beginning, but that it dissipates very quickly and (8 times out of 10) the couple are back before long to get a 2nd one for the formerly-protesting spouse.</p><p></p><p>A related story comes to mind. At our local Mac User Group one night, a pink iPod was won by a fellow who really didn't like Macs/Apple, but was there with his wife who did. Big burly lumberjack kind of guy, so naturally there was some humour around his winning the pink iPod. He said he'll give it to his daughter.</p><p></p><p>A couple months later he came back holding the pink iPod. He explained to all of us that he had intended to pass it on, but first gave it a try and had completely fallen in love with it, so much so that he REFUSED to part with it. He admitted he had started to "see the light" about why we're all so fond of Apple technology and said he had started to look at maybe buying his own computer (a first). He eventually had to buy his daughter her own iPod, because he really didn't want to give his up -- even though it was pink! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1003493"] It's been my experience -- as an evangelist and seller of Apples for about 20 years now -- that there is often a bit of "sticker shock" in the spouse (husband or wife) at the beginning, but that it dissipates very quickly and (8 times out of 10) the couple are back before long to get a 2nd one for the formerly-protesting spouse. A related story comes to mind. At our local Mac User Group one night, a pink iPod was won by a fellow who really didn't like Macs/Apple, but was there with his wife who did. Big burly lumberjack kind of guy, so naturally there was some humour around his winning the pink iPod. He said he'll give it to his daughter. A couple months later he came back holding the pink iPod. He explained to all of us that he had intended to pass it on, but first gave it a try and had completely fallen in love with it, so much so that he REFUSED to part with it. He admitted he had started to "see the light" about why we're all so fond of Apple technology and said he had started to look at maybe buying his own computer (a first). He eventually had to buy his daughter her own iPod, because he really didn't want to give his up -- even though it was pink! :) [/QUOTE]
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