Apple store workers should be paid for time waiting to be searched, court rules

Re:Apple store workers should be paid for time waiting to be... by birdyrooster on Thursday February 13, 2020 @08:34PM (#22323212)

Tim already has you covered, it's called shipping with required signature. They can deliver to your home or work.

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Re:Apple store workers should be paid for time waiting to be... by stefco_ on Friday February 14, 2020 @12:49AM (#22324255)

Amusingly enough I've had that method fail while ordering an iMac a few years ago.

I requested delivery-with-signature on a $4k iMac and it got delivered to another house three blocks away. They didn't ask for the signature (though they were supposed to); they just left a $4k computer on the curb. It was marked as delivered. I'm lucky to have an honest neighbor who brought it to my doorstep (no thanks to Apple and their logistics partners).

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Re:Apple store workers should be paid for time waiting to be... by yardie on Friday February 14, 2020 @08:44AM (#22326400)

That's the couriers problem then. If a signature was required for a $4k item it's contingent on them to get it into the receiver's hands. Your neighbor saved you and the courier a great deal of money. Apple would have filed a claim and sent you another $4k iMac that UPS/Fedex/DHL would be paying for.

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Re:Apple store workers should be paid for time waiting to be... by stefco_ on Friday February 14, 2020 @11:46AM (#22328001)

From a liability perspective you’re probably right. I just mean it’s Apple that picks the courier, and that that solution to delivery can fail in basically the same way as store pickup (as happened to me).

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Re:Apple store workers should be paid for time waiting to be... by _-___________-_ on Friday February 14, 2020 @02:28AM (#22324665)

Apple's lucky that you have an honest neighbour. The computer wasn't your responsibility since you never signed for it.

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Re:Apple store workers should be paid for time waiting to be... by Klinky on Friday February 14, 2020 @12:06AM (#22324096)

So you're saying "he's ordering it wrong"?

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Re:Apple store workers should be paid for time waiting to be... by leetcrew on Friday February 14, 2020 @09:23AM (#22326749)

I see what you did there.

in all seriousness though, yes? if you have to wait for the item to be shipped regardless, why would you order it to a store instead of your front door? it's the worst of both worlds.

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Re:Apple store workers should be paid for time waiting to be... by Piskvorrr on Friday February 14, 2020 @11:47AM (#22328009)

The trustworthiness of last-mile delivery could have something to do with it.

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