Comments on: Apple Now Offering Personal Mac Setup, Eliminating Restocking Fees in Apple Retail Stores http://isource.com/2011/01/10/apple-now-offering-personal-mac-setup-eliminating-restocking-fees-in-apple-retail-stores/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:41:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: Matthew Frederick http://isource.com/2011/01/10/apple-now-offering-personal-mac-setup-eliminating-restocking-fees-in-apple-retail-stores/#comment-31618 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:41:39 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=32908#comment-31618 The changed restocking fee policy may well be related to the rumored expanded Apple selection at Best Buy stores this Spring, since Best Buy already has the policy. Teach people coming into an Apple Store the policy so that when Best Buy appears people won’t think, “I’m not buying it at the Apple Store, they have a restocking fee.”

It may also relate to being a stronger competitor in the coming months as the new CES-announced devices actually start becoming available. If you’re on the fence about getting an iPad vs an Android tablet, the lack of restocking fee may be all that’s needed to make you take the plunge. Last year they were already selling as many iPads as they could produce, so it was unnecessary.

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