Lancaster mall to get Apple store in fall

I honestly hope MacHeads finds a swift and fast closing shortly after the real Apple Store opens at Park City. That retail space would be much better served as a Starbucks.

We've never had a good experience at MacHeads. They wanted to charge us labor after a logic board replacement because THEY forgot to connect a speaker cable on our eMac! I refer everyone I know elsewhere and have steered at least a dozen system purchases away from their store. Awful, dreadful people who think they have a monopoly. Well, not for long.

The Lancaster store can't come soon enough. Honestly, I was surprised that York or Harrisburg didn't get one first...that's the way it usually happens around here. The Apple Store will definitely drive extra traffic to Park City - if I was a retailer in that area of the mall, I'd be very excited.

Hello all, as a long time reader of TUAW I feel I need to point one thing out. There is more than one indie Apple Reseller in the area. I'm the Apple Salesman at TCW Computers where we both sell and service anything you have! Michael, have your father-in-law give me a call next time he needs anything!

It might help if you identified somewhere in this article which state this was in. There's more than one town in the US called Lancaster, and most of em have malls.

Screw MacHeads.

I live a mile away from them, and they've always had crap for selection, and customer service is harrumphish, at best.

Needed a PRAM battery—right away—and they wanted to charge me 15.95 + tax. I was floored...that was even more expensive than RadioShack.

I ended up driving across to town to a place where the people are friendly and the prices are excellent:
http://batterywarehouseonline.com/

My Inlaws live in Lancaster. I have never succesfully bought anything from MacHeads. They never have anything in stock, they are not very pleasant and they are not very helpful. So I imagine their days are numbered. If you don't provide customer service, someone will.

It's about time! I've been driving to King of Prussia for the past 5 years for my Apple stuff! It will be nice to be able to drive 5 miles to buy my stuff!

Also, MacHeads BLOWS! Their customer service sucks and they basically have no inventory. Why go there and have them order it, when you can order it yourself or drive to KOP. It sucks to see a small business go under (which they eventually will), but at the same time they provided nothing or real value.

Dude, I told TUAW about this about two maybe three months ago when my Maryland MAC buddy told me it was happening. He's already put in for the transfer, will be moving here, so we can hang out more, and now, we will have a common store to shop in!! Can't wait.

And yes, you can get lost in park city and its dumb to have to walk down a wheel up a wheel, but at least you get the exercise when you are lost.

For me its to EB games and wherever the wife likes to go (Victoria Secret/H&M) now we will have the Apple Store to get 'lost' in.

It will compliment very nicely my Alma Mater, Franklin & Marshall College. The school is predominantly Mac based. Now they'll have a noncampus store to fulfill their Apple urges.

these is awesome news. i grew up across the creek (with a lovely covered bridge) from the Park City mall - worked at Sears selling Craftsman tools in high school and college.

This will definitely help convince my family to go Mac!

I live in Lancaster and I am quite happy to hear this is official. Craigslist has had a job posting for Apple Store employees at Park City for awhile now. I have used the MacHeads shop that Michael refers to several times in the past for service and support and I hope they will be able to stay open. They do good work and they have a nice store, albeit a bit on the small side.