Something’s brewing at the Apple Store. A new product update. The online Apple Stores are all “unavailable” at the moment. Tt’s the sign that they’re preparing to introduce a new product or update an existing product. What product will it be? The only thing I’ve heard so far is the 2TB Time Capsule.
Apple’s Red Wednesday Sale is on today. This is our equivalent of the Black Friday sales that they have in the US and other countries. This is a one day sale event at the Apple Online Store, and unlike in the US, it does not extend to Apple resellers. I’ve looked through some of the discounted items, and my take on the overall sales promotion is that it doesn’t inspire excitement and an instant desire to go on a shopping spree. The biggest savings seems to be in the accessories and software. For example Office 2008 for Mac is now S$188 (save S$81).
Just like they have the Black Friday sales in the US and other countries, we will get our Red Wednesday sale. It is a one-day sale event at the Apple Online Store taking place on 14 January 2009. Unlike in the US, the sale does not extend to Apple resellers, and since there are no physical Apple retail stores in Singapore, you’ll have to do your shopping online. Discounts are usually quite attractive. I understand from a colleague that even the educational prices are further discounted in the sale. So I’m sure there are going to be quite good bargains.
Last weekend, I ordered a MacBook, my first ever original Apple product. The MacBook arrived earlier than expected, and it was really cool. Today, I ordered my second ever Apple product, the MacBook again. Unfortunately, it wasn’t because I was so impressed with the first that I had to order another, but that there was a defect with the first one and, oddly enough, the fastest way to get it fixed was to buy another. Sadly, my otherwise pleasant experience with Apple has been marred by this hardware defect.
You’ve probably heard this many times: Under promise, over deliver. This is one of the mantras sold to companies to improve customer satisfaction. This is the service strategy to wow your customers. But I’ll tell you, it doesn’t always work, and sometimes it does get annoying. Why not just deliver as promised? This would be good enough for me.
I think we had 11 oysters each, from The Line restaurant at Shangri-la Hotel. It's a big buffet with plenty of food.
Lunch at Lerk Thai some weekends ago.
