Comments on: Comparison of worldwide Apple prices – South Africa comes in 2nd highest

By: David

David — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:11:49 +0000

I am looking for a nvidia 8800gt card for my first generation macpro. Not having any luck. perhaps someone has one or can point me in the right direction. I live in Cape Town and need this card asap. If you can help me allocate one here, i would be very happy. thanks

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:29:12 +0000

I really want to get a macbook and I have the opportunity of getting one in the States in a few weeks and bringing it in…potentially saving myself R3500. However I have a few queries which i hope you can answer: I know that apple have a 1 year world wide warranty but the sales person at Digi Cape (Cape Town) told me that unless I declare the laptop at customs and pay the import duty, the warranty is invalid (she proceeded to tell me that they record serial numbers and send the info to mac so that if i bring it in for repairs they will know whether I payed the duty or not.) Is this true?????? or is she just trying to scare me into buying the laptop from them?

thanks

Brandon

By: Roger Saner

Roger Saner — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:36:25 +0000

Thanks Jacobus – you too I think writing to Apple, instead of complaining to Core, is a very good idea. I wonder what standards Apple expects their distributors to adhere to? For all I know, Apple might not mind that the sales people in iStores are badly trained, that Core can charge what they like on hardware, that repairs take ages and that Core’s internal systems are so bad that dealing with them on the phone is like speaking to a compulsive liar (“Yes, your laptop will be ready tomorrow – we promise.”).

By: Jacobus

Jacobus — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:21:46 +0000

Very few resellers or distributors manage to transfer the passion of the companies they represent. A Volvo for example is a great car in Sweden, but a bad buy in South Africa. Still you are buying the same car, but the fun, passion and community around it has been stripped by the importers.

I don’t know Core, but I do know that Mac’s in SA are not Mac’s elsewhere, because the spirit of the company cannot be packaged and shipped with the hardware.

Bad representation of products in countries such as SA remains the fault and problem of the manufacturer though. You should write to Mac, and not to Core.

Super new year