My Apple Store

I have never had a bad experience with the Apple Store. Until now...

No, just kidding. Today's experience was just as great as every other time I've gone in to get a brand new iPhone or Macbook courtesy of the 1 year limited warrenty.

• iPhone #1: It had a gray pixel which was bothering me.
• iPhone #2: It wouldn't boot (jailbreak mishap, my bad).
• Macbook Air #1: It melted. Seriously. See below for pictures.
• iPhone #3: It had air bubbles under the screen.

The only time things didn't go my way was right after the latest Macbook Air price drop & processor upgrade. I asked if I could exchange my 45 day old Air for a new model, but the manager said no. I haven't given up hope as I plan on calling that handy 1-800-APPLE number tomorrow.

See? It melted. I wasn't kidding...

I may or may not have left the Macbook Air in a hot room all day in direct view of the sun. Bygones. Whatever the cause for the "meltdown", the Apple Store asked no questions and simply replaced the computer at no cost.

As my friend Kristen said today... one would think they would have a tally by now of how many free iPhones they've given me in the past 11 months. No worries, my new iPhone 3G S is arriving on Friday.

I received this email from AT&T earlier today:

Good news about your iPhone 3G S early upgrade pre-order! We realize that many of our customers who bought iPhone 3G last July, would now like to have the most recent iPhone technology as soon as it’s available, at the lowest upgrade price. Since you have already placed your online pre-order, we will credit you for the difference between the standard upgrade price - $199 (16 GB) or $299 (32 GB) - and the price that you paid online.

Um... score? I guess waiting in line last year for 9 hours finally paid off! Or maybe it was all the negative press AT&T got on Twitter that did the trick. One will never know...

In Other News:

- You have one more day to buy my BRAND NEW iPhone 3G on eBay. That is all.