Build your own Apple Store

too bad you can't even use an apple gift card to purchase all of the apple products (iphone)...

never heard of a store not allowing you to use it's own gift card.

apparently, prices range from "please fill out this form to receive a catalogue" to "If you have to ask..."

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!

This is EXACTLY what I have been looking for!! I just was at an Apple Store and asked about the Glass Stairs because, we want to build a deck over our atrium with double french doors to the upstairs landing. The problem was that if we built a regular deck, it would make the dining room too dark. Then I thought about the Apple Store stairway and said , "What about a Glass Deck, ala the Apple Store?" 4 sections of frosted glass lets the light through to the first floor and a stainless steel frame. How COOL!! I'll be contacting the stair company right away!

Well, about the only thing on that list that I find in my local Apple store (Corte Madera, CA) is the table.

There's no stairs, seating, restrooms... it's pretty low-end for an Apple store.

I am SO incredibly tempted to buy one of those tables and use it as a desk. Nice and big with lots of room to work.

I certainly wouldn't mind owning one of those tables. I shudder to think how much one might cost though.

we already have a wannabe apple store in eltham (london): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcaQgfw66BQ

my buddy works at the apple store in south lake, tx and said [he was told] that Apple actually owns a mountain quarry in Japan where all the floor tiles in all the stores comes from. He also said that base overhead cost for opening an apple store is in the ballpark of 1.5mil and thats not even a flagship!