Wifey - ipad or macbook air?

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AmiableChimp

3,674 posts

237 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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red_slr said:
Thanks guys just ordered a 64gb Air 2 from amazon for £374.
Got a link?

red_slr

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17,234 posts

189 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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J4CKO

41,560 posts

200 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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I know you have one but I find a Tosh Chromebook 2 is fine for email and web surfing, I have an Ipad air as well but the Chromebook is an excellent bit of kit, a Macbook for those tasks is an expensive bit of overkill.

red_slr

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17,234 posts

189 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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Aaaand they only went and delivered it to the wrong address... not sure how they managed that given our company office has GIANT 3ft high letters with the company name on the roof and walls.... now I have to argue it out with them... <slow hand clap>

Should have just gone to John Lewis like a big boy with my big boy tokens and walked out with the item in my hand. FFS.

red_slr

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17,234 posts

189 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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Well the admit they delivered to the wrong place. Someone got a very nice present!
They wont investigate any further (crazy) so just issued a refund.
Only problem now is the item is £35 more today. They wont give me a credit or voucher to cover the difference.

bad company

18,579 posts

266 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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red_slr said:
Well the admit they delivered to the wrong place. Someone got a very nice present!
They wont investigate any further (crazy) so just issued a refund.
Only problem now is the item is £35 more today. They wont give me a credit or voucher to cover the difference.
Surely you can argue that you purchased the item and would like delivered at the original price please. I would have thought that that would be a contract.

I wonder if they realised they were selling too cheap so didn't send it at all.

13aines

2,153 posts

149 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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bad company said:
Surely you can argue that you purchased the item and would like delivered at the original price please. I would have thought that that would be a contract.
Agreed. I'd push harder.

Argos Outlet on eBay did me over in a similar sense - TV arrived smashed to bits but I had already sold mine! Wouldn't replace, only refund, only I now couldn't buy one from them for the same price as before, and I had set myself a strict limit.

They offered to do nothing for me even though I'd wasted two days sat at home waiting for couriers too. In the end I tore the managers head off over the phone, told him I'd never buy from Argos again and spent 40% more elsewhere on the same model!

The next day I regretted my stubborn decision, until the other TV arrived and was the next model up worth 50% more than I paid laugh

ZesPak

24,430 posts

196 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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bad company said:
Surely you can argue that you purchased the item and would like delivered at the original price please. I would have thought that that would be a contract.

I wonder if they realised they were selling too cheap so didn't send it at all.
yes sounds like someone fked up and they needed a cop out. Wouldn't order from them again.

Other than that, if it's really for email and stuff, a MacBook Air will be 10 times nicer to work with than an iPad.

Have you considered a chromebook? They sound prefect for the use you're describing.

Troubleatmill

10,210 posts

159 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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DoubleByte said:
Cupramax said:
Troubleatmill said:
Ipad

Full proof - and works like the phone.
Apart from the keyboard eh? hehe
tee hee smile
Oh the irony... I bloody wrote that on my Macbook biggrin

Digitalize

2,850 posts

135 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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ZesPak said:
yes sounds like someone fked up and they needed a cop out. Wouldn't order from them again.

Other than that, if it's really for email and stuff, a MacBook Air will be 10 times nicer to work with than an iPad.

Have you considered a chromebook? They sound prefect for the use you're describing.
If she's happy working with an iPhone, I wouldn't complicate things with anything other than another iOS device.

Does seem a bit wrong that they won't send you out another, not like Amazon at all.

hotchy

4,471 posts

126 months

Friday 27th November 2015
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Ipad for her. Now look up ipad bean bags. Sits on her lap, ipad ontop and she doesnt need to hold it. It also just got a 10% discount code for ibeanie after ordering one the other day but i need another or you couldve got it.

ZesPak

24,430 posts

196 months

Saturday 28th November 2015
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Digitalize said:
If she's happy working with an iPhone, I wouldn't complicate things with anything other than another iOS device.

Does seem a bit wrong that they won't send you out another, not like Amazon at all.
I was just thinking on the sofa browsing/email, I find something as a laptop form factor a lot better for that purpose. I wouldn't say "complicate" and "chromebook" in the same sentence though, it's a device that runs Chrome biggrin.

Isn't amazon often a collection of sellers? Or is everything you buy there really from "amazon".

red_slr

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17,234 posts

189 months

Wednesday 2nd December 2015
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So an update, refund arrived from Amazon. Been watching prices the last couple of days and had a voucher for one of these random electronics companies you see on the web. Anyway, deal came up on 64gb air 2 today, incl my voucher, £366. Just have to hope it arrives now!