It’s A Mac Attack!

Hi All,

As I’ve recently came into the possession of a new 80 Gb iPod classic I’ll soon be writing up a proper review of this new addition to the apple lineup. However before then I want to have a rant about the whole ordering process. While all my friends have numerous iPod’s I never really felt the need to give into the hype as I’ve been using my psp for music for the last 2 years. However after the recent apple press release I finally succumbed and brought one online. The main reason for this was the fact that I was sick of only being able to fit about 2 Gbs of music on the psp’s memory stick. As I’m a fairly avid listener of music this meant that I would have to fill it up at least twice a week, which was a real bitch of a job. The fact that the new 80 Gb ipod fit’s all my music has more features and is actually cheaper than the previous 60 Gb version finally converted me.

As the classic wasn’t actually in store over here yet I didn’t really have a choice but to get one online. However as delivery and engraving is free when you order at the apple store I was pretty happy that it only cost $349. As it was a no brainer about what to get engraved (‘Kick Out The Jams’, wikipedia it people) the only tough decision was the colour. In the end I settled on black as the new brush metal finish isn’t as liable to scratch as on the previous models.

Note: the rest of this post is just me ranting about TNT to anyone that will listen but fuck it it’s my post anyway.

The delivery of the iPod was a bit of a mixed bag. I placed the order on a Thursday night but was stupid enough to get it delivered to my unit. Everything was fine on the apple end as they shipped from asia pretty much the day after I put my order in. However I came home on the following Monday and found that the delivery company TNT had left a calling card saying that they came in the afternoon and no one was home. Why didn’t they ring and arrange a time? After giving them a call I found out that not only do they need your signature but that the package had ended up in their depot in fucking Laverton. Were is laverton you ask. In the middle of fucking nowhere that’s where. Apparently this is their only depot and therefore the only place you can pick it up in person. How about putting one in the city dickheads. Fuck that I thought and asked them to change the delivery address to work. After a bit of attitude from the grumpy bitch on the line she said that the earliest it would get there would be Wednesday. However after another two days of squat I had to call them again and find what the deal was. Apparently the delivery address had not been changed and now they said it would not get there until Tuesday. Following my fuming I came into work the next day and lo and behold my ipod was there after all the bullshit. TNT ought to get their act together as Gav has previously mentioned he has had problems with them as well. If Apple has any sense they will get rid of TNT and get another delivery company.

All’s well that ends well I’ve ranted enough.

Feel free to leave a comment if you’ve had similar delivery problems or even if you’re just bitter and want to complain about something else.