Filed under: Retail, Odds and ends
Mouse Pads No More?
Apple Store employees have always be very courteous and friendly to me. Whenever I find myself in one of Apple's retail outlets the crew of the store are helpful and not overbearing (no hard sells, as they say in the biz).However, I never asked for a mouse pad. Dan Cederholm, of Simple Bits, did just that and the Apple fellow apparently answered haughtily that the Apple Store never carried anything as archaic as a mouse pad.
The Missing Bite has a bunch of vintage Apple mouse pads, in case anyone is interested (Dan got his at an office store after the rebuffing).
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
bryan said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
i can understand apple not selling mouse mats because none of their mice have a ball but i still need to use a mouse mat with my iMac as the desk it sits on is white
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Lee said 7:15PM on 6-28-2005
What I am really looking for is an Apple flag for my flagpole. Right now I'm flying a Jolly Roger. Help anyone?
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brian said 4:18PM on 6-24-2005
Not a hard sell? Please. Every time I walk in I'm prompted--heavily--to get a .Mac account. I was in there a month ago to get an iMac for my mom. They guy would not accept NO for an answer when he asked if I wanted .Mac. I literally had to demonstrate to him that I knew what the features were and that I had no use for them before he'd shut up. Same with ProCare and iWork. I'm in Florida, so at least they didn't push APP on me. :-/
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tr said 9:55AM on 6-21-2005
strange how that apple store employee had such arrogance when asked about mousepads. when Panther came out, they were actually giving away Panther mousepads to everyone who came in the store. i think i have two.
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mad scientist said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
i'm sitting here using my jaguar mouse pad they gave out at the launch event. So maybe give away is different from sell in apple store speak?
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Cullen said 9:39PM on 11-22-2005
Im also using a jaguar mousepad from the release...i got 4 and theyre the best pads ive ever owned, ever. hands down. best. end of story.
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Robert Sharl said 5:41AM on 7-06-2005
I think if you know anyone from Apple you can get more OS X mats than you'd know what to do with. My Apple business manager brought me a couple of dozen the last time he visited.
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Peter Howe said 11:50AM on 7-03-2005
Re Mouse Mats I have just purchased my first i macG5 with wireless k/board and mouse on my glass top desk the mose is useless so am now using it on a piece of paper there must be a better way. I invite comments/suggestions
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gav said 2:34PM on 7-29-2005
it is getting soo annoying, my apple mouse im using is being used on a shiny desk and it just wont work, ive been after an apple mouse mat for 6 months now and last week i lost an auction on ebay to some guy that was paying up $150 for it, but its not worth that much for a mouse mat !!
i still think that apple should give out mouse mats either when you visit the store or if they just come in the box. (would make it so much easier)
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