cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.world · 1 year agoMac shipments grow 10%, as all major PC brands see downturns9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down13cross-posted to: technews@radiation.party
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minus-squareAdderbox76@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoNeither. There’s a reason Apple reports “Shipments” instead of “Sales”. In order to get the “honour” of selling apple crap, a retailer has to commit to a certain dollar value of inventory-on-hand. If those units collect dust in that retailers back-room, Apple doesn’t give a shit. And it’s notoriously difficult to RMA unsold product to them. Source: Previous Tech Sales Manager at Staples.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSince when is Apple selling computers through Staples?
minus-squareAdderbox76@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoUp here in Canada, Staples has been dealing MacBooks since at least 2015or so. (when I was there) Edited because my old brain had to remember the dates. In 2013, we started selling ipads. it was a few years later that they added MacBooks
Neither.
There’s a reason Apple reports “Shipments” instead of “Sales”.
In order to get the “honour” of selling apple crap, a retailer has to commit to a certain dollar value of inventory-on-hand.
If those units collect dust in that retailers back-room, Apple doesn’t give a shit. And it’s notoriously difficult to RMA unsold product to them.
Source: Previous Tech Sales Manager at Staples.
Since when is Apple selling computers through Staples?
Up here in Canada, Staples has been dealing MacBooks since at least 2015or so. (when I was there)
Edited because my old brain had to remember the dates.
In 2013, we started selling ipads. it was a few years later that they added MacBooks
Interesting…