Just to prove that we are not a bunch of annoying bloggers we’d like to take a moment to point out something good that Core did this week.
You’ll remember a few days ago that we broke the news of the new Core pricing and commented that it was somewhat exorbitant. Now the next time we checked the prices have come down. While the drop is not mind boggling it certainly is a step in the right direction. For example the 2.53 Ghz 15-inch model was R22999 a week ago while this week the price has gone down by two thousand rand to R20999. Now these decreases in price are more pronounced higher up in the Macbook Pro range but the decrease is anywhere between R1000 and about R2500.
This makes the range of Apple products a lot more affordable and frankly more accessible. It’s still expensive, but a step in the right direction. Ultimately it does not solve the service and attitude issues but we’re happy anyway.
Good work Core
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July 2nd, 2009 at 6:22 am
Another issue I had with Core was, as a small IT business, I can’t afford to keep a huge amount of stock. However, whenever a client did want a specific Apple product, Core always seemed to be out of stock and there was always a 4-6 week wait for the next shipment. After a year of this, I eventually gave up with Core and stopped promoting Apple products all together.
Core really needs to get its stock levels in order.
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:23 am
I see that the MacPro’s came down by about R5000.
but that is what they were at about a year ago.
They should be R5000 less than that or are SA Apple Products special Appreciating items?
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:22 am
Just another side note… we’ll more of a thought than anything else… Apple products have a 1 year international warranty, so, surely it doesn’t matter from which country the product was bought, it should still be under warranty, so doesn’t that render the whole grey goods argument a little usless
July 4th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
We’re glad pricing has come down!
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:06 am
Its also clear that most of the kiddies (bloggers) complaining about Core prices don’t understand the import business (duh!) – i.e. the complexity and risk associated with Fwd contracts especially on large orders. Lets see a clever kid here explain a forward contract to his mates.