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You were not looking in the right spot for Apple TV+ content. Apple's streaming service is exclusively original content made by Apple and…

Yep! I can also confirm that you can call up and have the salesperson send you an invoice to your phone to pay with the 15% off. First…

My ~6 year old 8TB WD Red in my NAS is failing so I have to pull the trigger sooner rather than later!

$15 away from being the best price ever according to camel³. Good enough for me. Purchased.

Final update posted below as a new comment!

Hi all. Appreciate those who’ve checked back in to see how it all went. I took yesterday morning off work (for reasons that are boring…

I’ll be taking on board some of the helpful responses here. To summarise: I will be heading back to the store on Wednesday with my dad. I…

I’m quite tech savvy and I worked for almost 7 years in the hospitality and retail industry. I would like to consider myself very…

They have the FB and Instragram logos on their business card, but I’ve not yet had a look at their pages. I’ll see what comes of from…

No. Stand-alone company, it appears.

2018 13” MBP with Touchbar. 256GB SSD. $850.

Yep, the laptop has had its PRAM, NVRAM reset multiple times. I also did a complete internet recovery twice. It’s definitely a hardware…

The issue presented itself when both employees of the store typed on the keyboard. They then both completely ignored that it happened and…

Yep. After this ordeal with the store today, I really just want to cut all ties and get a refund, ideally. I’ll head into the store with…

Worst. Interaction. Ever.

This seems like a good route to take. I’ll see what my next visit brings and decide from there.

Yep, agreed. Not brushing it off. I'll try and WFH on Wednesday so I have the time to go in with him but I'm not expecting anything…

Yeah I will, but I don't like my chances. It's very much a "he said, she said" scenario. To add to the complexity of this issue, it's an…

My dad is going back in tomorrow and unfortunately I won't be able to go in with him (I need to be in the office this week). I've told my…

Ah, this is good to know. Apple did indeed provide a global repair program.…

I've had a look at Westpac's guidelines for a chargeback and I don't know whether this is a viable option. The reason for a chargeback to…

My dad bought a second hand MacBook Pro from a brick and mortar store. It comes with 3 months' warranty. He passed it to me to set it up…

Apple critics are the cross-fitters of the tech world -- they *have* to let everyone hear their criticisms of the brand.

People who want their video footage saved locally and not on a cloud service?

Yes. I'm heading in with a group of friends, half of whom will be wearing heels (my wife included). I want to make the walk comfortable for…

Citipark is $31 vs. Citigroup's $41. I'll just book at Citigroup as it's closer to where I need to be.

Never mind, I dun goofed. I'm wanting to book the CitiGROUP carpark .. not Citipark. Can confirm the code works for Citipark, but not for…

Can't seem to get this to work. I'm booking a space at the Citipark Car Park via the Wilson app and I get an error saying the promo code…

My 3 month anniversary is coming up on 12 March. I assume I'll be getting an email after this date to upgrade? I was planning on churning…

I'm not condoning the decision on the timing here -- I can't comment since I've never used these. That being said, there are many reviews…