NickfromWI
King of Splices
So I had a bit of a disaster today. Had a little hiccup with my precious iphone and called tech support. The dude helping me seemed to know what he was doing. But in one fell swoop he made me lose like 2,000-3,000 photos. Most weren't a big deal, but some were- like the pics from Costa Rica that were geotagged so my brother and I could keep track of all the places we had went. Gone. There were some very important bits of info in there.
So once I realized what happened, I called back Apple to see what could be done. And in the same breath the guy informed me that the photos are gone for good, the mistake should have never happened and was indeed Apple's fault, and that they wanted me to select something $200 in value from the Apple store as apology.
Clever move. I was about to go ape-shit on that guy. He took all the wind out of my sails.
So now I got $200 to spend. Who wants to help me spend it! Anything from this website.
My top choices so far are a thermostat that hooks up to my phone to I can control the temperature when I'm not home. Imagine being away on vacation, coming home and cranking the heat up a few hours before you get there so you walk into a toasty house! http://store.apple.com/us/product/HA895LL/A/nest-learning-thermostat-2nd-generation?fnode=39
The other thing I'm considering is lightbulbs that hook up to my phone so I can control them from my phone. http://store.apple.com/us/product/HA779VC/A/philips-hue-connected-bulb-starter-pack?fnode=39 I could set the porch light to automatically come on as soon as it gets dark, or even turn off the living room light without getting out of bed!
Totally bummed about my pictures. Scouring for other retrieval options. Just gonna have to move on soon, though.
love
nick
So once I realized what happened, I called back Apple to see what could be done. And in the same breath the guy informed me that the photos are gone for good, the mistake should have never happened and was indeed Apple's fault, and that they wanted me to select something $200 in value from the Apple store as apology.
Clever move. I was about to go ape-shit on that guy. He took all the wind out of my sails.
So now I got $200 to spend. Who wants to help me spend it! Anything from this website.
My top choices so far are a thermostat that hooks up to my phone to I can control the temperature when I'm not home. Imagine being away on vacation, coming home and cranking the heat up a few hours before you get there so you walk into a toasty house! http://store.apple.com/us/product/HA895LL/A/nest-learning-thermostat-2nd-generation?fnode=39
The other thing I'm considering is lightbulbs that hook up to my phone so I can control them from my phone. http://store.apple.com/us/product/HA779VC/A/philips-hue-connected-bulb-starter-pack?fnode=39 I could set the porch light to automatically come on as soon as it gets dark, or even turn off the living room light without getting out of bed!
Totally bummed about my pictures. Scouring for other retrieval options. Just gonna have to move on soon, though.
love
nick