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Comment on TechTidBit: Avoid MagnumMac by John Kim

John Kim — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:05:39 +0000

Bought an iPhone3GS from MagnumMac in Albany Auckland Mall and it was just showing some problems (phone vibrates when pressed on upper left corner of the phone while in silent mode). So I requested a replacement under warranty since it’s only been 3 months.

First thing I did when I walked in the store was to ask one of the staff how long the warranty was on new iPhones and he said 12 months. Then I asked if that warranty will repair or replace faulty product and he clearly said they will just replace with a new one.

The people who work there seems to be not so polite but at least they agreed to send it off. I was told it will take 2 weeks and they weren’t going to provide me any temporary phone or anything. So I was just happy that they will get it replaced. I will see what they send me in couple of weeks.

Will post more of my warranty experience from MagnumMac Albany Auckland Mall in couple of weeks.

Comment on TechTidBit: Avoid MagnumMac by Eric

Eric — Tue, 18 May 2010 06:43:52 +0000

The sales department from Magnum Mac in Wellington is still lousy.
Went in there on Saturday to buy a 27-inch iMac.
Staff were busy gossiping amongst each other, walking straight past me without enquiring if I needed any assistance.
Waited for around 15 minutes before anyone approached me. Absolutely useless!
Did manage to get it in the end as they happened to have stock.
If only a decent competitor would open up to go against them!

The service department (for all the negatives comments I’ve heard about them) were quite good.
They fixed my under warranty MBP in a fast, efficient manner and were quite helpful.
This repair was a few years ago so whether it’s still the same now or I just got lucky that day, I don’t know.

Comment on Oprah, The New Religion? by Nicky

Nicky — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:52:27 +0000

was reading all the blogs about magnum mac earlier was shocked to hear all the stories, simple question is why don`t they just improve their service dah you can`t all be wrong…. anyhow I have a graphic design company and I am looking for a mac expert to help service and troubleshoot with some issues I have on my macs, does anyone out there know where I can find someone ????????

Comment on iPhone and Vodafone Data Plans… by perplexed

perplexed — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:30:33 +0000

so how the fuck do you do it?

Comment on TechTidBit: Avoid MagnumMac by Rufus

Rufus — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:33:32 +0000

Agreed, MM *still* are total schlong-bags (well in Wellington anyway). They were a good set-up 20 years ago when starting out in Christchurch but seemed to drift into mediocrity when the chain stores were opened. I just rang them at 1pm on a Thursday and the call rang off without an answer. Probably three muppets were engaged in a conversation about the iPad with a chin-stroking backpacker 2 feet from the phone. This is Customer Service 101 doesn’t matter who’s product you’re selling.

Comment on Google OS… Lives! by Brad H

Brad H — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:10:28 +0000

Have you tried to compile and run the OS from source code? It is a good challenge but very rewarding when it works.

Comment on We Want PlayTV – Freeview For Your PS3 by Tim Pearson

Tim Pearson — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:48:39 +0000

Play TV avaiable now for preorder from $193.99 from Fishpond. Also advertises that the EPG works. Doesn’t sound right to me but you never know.

Comment on We Want PlayTV – Freeview For Your PS3 by Jim

Jim — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:06:49 +0000

Just another update… following a software update that was made available over the weekend, the UK unit that I bought to NZ is now working perfectly.

The unit decodes and upscales all freeview channels, including the 5.1 audio of TV3.

Live TV buffering (PVR) functionality is all working perfectly. If you schedule a recording, the PS3 will wake up, display a message that it is recording and will automatically switch off when finished.

The only gripe is that the programme guide is only populated for the next few hours, though placeholders for program information are shown for the next couple of days.

You can’t schedule two channels to record at the same time in the future (but you can view one while another is recording).

Interestingly, the initial setup menu has an option for Australia now (it didn’t used to) – which includes options for each territory.

Anyway, its working! If they start selling these in NZ, Sony will sell these by the bucketload.

I upgraded my PS3 to 320GB, so should have enough storage for the next while!

Comment on Media in New Zealand by Chris

Chris — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:30:25 +0000

Thanks for the comments guys.

Unfortunately I had no luck getting a usable setup for my Media PC which is now sitting gathering dust. Most of the DVR apps are rubbish for some reason or other, and there’s serious problems with my ATI drivers decoding interlaced HD x264.

I’m sure I’ll pick it up again sooner or later once ATI pulls finger. Keep your eyes peeled for my next post regarding Big Media and their fear of technology.

Comment on Conservapedia: The Biggest Joke on the Internet by Chris

Chris — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:26:56 +0000

Thanks guys for resurrecting this post!

I still check out Conservapedia every now and again, unfortunately not much has changed and, yes, it’s still a joke.