Archive for May 28th, 2007

Apple…The Ultimate Customer Experience

Monday, May 28th, 2007

It is Sunday May 27th (Memorial Day Weekend) 9:40pm in New York City, and I need more memory for my iMac. Should I:

a) Order 2×512MB chips on-line
b) Wait until the next morning to drop off at Comp USA (and pick up a few days later)
c) Go to the Apple Store on 5th Avenue
d) Procrastinate for another 4 months

If you picked “C”, you are correct. And not only is it amazing that this (and others) are open 24 hours a day, but when I got there, 150 people were touring, playing and… YES… buying (the most important take-away).
Within 15 minutes, I had my “new and improved” computer. They were only too happy to help. Why is Apple one of the few companies who really get it?

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