Andrew’s Mac Tips Weblog

I go into the local department store where the iPod Touch is finally in stock. I ask the salesman if I can handle one and we head towards a Chinese salesman showing the only demo unit to a couple of other Asians. We ask if we can look on as he demos the unit and the three Chinese huddle together and hide the iPod from us — all the time glaring at us like we’ve got the plague or something.

I cross the street where there’s another department store with a Touch in a glass cabinet. I ask if I can handle it before buying. I need to know if it can do a couple of crucial things that are not mentioned in the manual. He says I can’t touch it, only buy it (in broken English). I argue that the selling point of the Touch is what happens when you touch it. How will I know if I want it without touching it first?

This goes right over his head.

I’m now back home, Touchless and none-the-wiser. Effing local Apple resellers…