Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: comp.mobile.ipad,aus.computers,aus.electronics Subject: Re: Apple have stolen my ipad. Yes, this story now has an ending. Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 05:36:18 +1000 Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net ma1V5e1dmohuIe6SKXzbKQqT+RArtqtEzv1C9gzlbYkk/Usdk= Cancel-Lock: sha1:dxzM1Ku/8JSr41EOriaj4wgMSlw= In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.ipad:55990 aus.computers:52513 aus.electronics:31571 "Frank Slootweg" wrote in message news:dosbieFcj42U1@mid.individual.net... > Don McKenzie <5V@2.5a> wrote: >> At this point, can I ask a serious question, and get a sensible answer? >> >> Is there anyone that has an iPad serial on a receipt, and can prove it >> by posting a masked version (for your own security), similar to what I >> have done? See: http://www.dontronics.com/apple.htm > > Not for an iPad, but if I remember and can be bothered and the victim > can be bothered, I'll check one for a recent iMac. > >> There is so much emphasis on there being a serial number on the receipt. >> It must be false, because there is no serial number on it!!! >> I had to really push hard to get a serial number on my iPad receipt >> after 3.5 years, and just wondering what the normal procedure is. > > The normal procedure is, it depends! IME (non Apple), most receipts do > not have a serial number, but some have. I think that there isn't any > kind of logic in it, other than that a certain supplier at a certain > time will probably have a somewhat consistent yes/no policy. > >> I have sold electronic items since 1964, and never put a serial number >> on a receipt for hardware. I have in recent years for software, as it >> often ties in with a web delivered product, but never for hardware. > > Shame on you for not doing it the iLoon way! You've been making > 'thieves' of all your customers! > > Back in the real world: Why would companies have to go through all > these difficult product safety recall etc. procedures, when all this > information is supposedly readily available!? Because there is no requirement for stuff bought in person from a retail outlet to have any contact details for the owner of the device which has been purchased that way. And even when the seller has the buyer's contact details, there is no guarantee that the buyer will still contactable at that address or number anymore.