I have never bought a single thing from Apple before, but, everything has its first "iTouch" :), and I decided to get an iPod for my friend’s birthday.
So here I am on the Apple website filling out all the right forms, giving my extra-sensitive information, and all nine yards.
Since I know that my friend’s b-day is four days from now, I am very concerned this iPod to be delivered as fast as possible and I see my choice of shipping methods Apple offers me which are:
Great, I think, and choose "2Day shipping" – "I am willing to pay $10 for 2 days, time matters more, my friend will be so happy" – I am thinking. 2-3 minutes of clicking and typing go by and here it is "You order was successfully processed!" – splendid!
Coming in to work next morning, opening my gmail, seeing "Apple Store Shipment Notification", having my "internal smiling" moment, and clicking a FedEx link to track this order. Wanna see what I saw? Be my guest:
Did you notice anything interesting? Probably not, cause I did not tell you that I am ordering stuff from United States. Well now, as I told you, take a second look – see anything? My iPod is picked up at 6:16, which is nice – I paid my $10 for it, but wait.. The location does not seem to be familiar -> CN is definitely not US (well at least not yet :) ).
I got so negatively puzzled to see that my iPod was shipped from China! Don’t get me wrong, China is a beautiful country, and I have been there less than a year ago, but common, Apple, can you keep your own warehouse with your own products in you own country!? What did I pay my $10 for?
random thoughts: Thought of trying "Mac OS X Leopard" some time this week, got so upset, will stick to my lovely Ubuntu