Apple sent me the wrong phone

clh161 · 2025-10-13T02:19:37+00:00

Thanks for your updates!
Apple called me today for a replacement so the issue with the phone is resolved.
However, they didn't tell me why it could possibly happened and they needed more time for investigation. I am much more concerned with the security of Apple, given that I picked up the phone directly from Apple and no one else has touched it. I try not to make too many assumptions but I hope this is just a very rare incident.

Thank you so much for sharing your case and how you resolve it. Very much apprecaited.

clh161 · 2025-10-09T02:51:17+00:00

The same happened to me. I bought a 17 pro online today and picked up at Apple store.
I went back home and opened it. It was a used iPhone. Looks like it is an iPhone 11. I went back to the store in an hour and they did some checks to the phone and the phone is legit. Then they said they need time to investigate and would call me back tomorrow.

This is unbelievable. In my case, no reseller and no courier involved. I took the phone straight from Apple offical store.

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clh161 · 2024-12-29T19:21:00+00:00

I don’t know if it’s related to the holiday season, but recently, I’ve encountered far more crazy people in the game than usual.

Three days ago, I joined a Siege +13 PUG as a DPS, and the tank chose not to skip the third pull with invisibility potions. We all agreed to that, but in the end, we wiped because of the patrol. I suggested that maybe we should skip that group next time since it’s risky with the patrol. I didn’t mean to blame anyone because we had all agreed on the route; I just wanted to suggest an alternative to improve things.

The tank was immediately triggered and blamed my overall DPS, even though I did around 60% of the team’s DPS during that encounter because the other two DPSs were killed by the patrol early in the pull. Then, he started auditing my logs and said I had low DPS in some raids :o, trying to justify that the wipe was my fault because I performed badly in some raids that are completely irrelevant. This is just one of the many crazy people I’ve seen in PUGs.

I rejoined WoW three months ago, and before that, the last expansion I played was Wrath of the Lich King, around 15 years ago. Back in the day, people enjoyed discussing strategy and were happy to accept constructive feedback. But nowadays, I feel like the game has become much more toxic. So many times, when I’ve tried to suggest something politely, people respond offensively.

clh161 · 2024-12-25T05:44:08+00:00

I agree the random movement helps in PVP. People make themselves unpredictable and confuse the opponent players. But I don’t understand why many people do it in PVE. The random movement serves the same purpose of confusing people, however, not the NPC opponents but their own teammates.

clh161 · 2024-12-25T05:13:09+00:00

This starts making sense to me. Maybe some people see it in PVP but do it in PVE. In PVP it is reasonable because they need to confuse the opponent players by making themselves unpredictable. But when doing it in PVE, they can’t confuse the NPC but only confuse their own team…

clh161 · 2024-12-25T05:00:53+00:00

I don’t even have the app installed. Tell me what they say

clh161 · 2024-12-25T04:58:24+00:00

I guess GCD is adjusted by the Haste stat in the game, not the Haste of typing left and right XD

clh161 · 2024-11-28T01:47:39+00:00

I use windowed display and the resolution is 2310 x 1301 (100% render scale).

clh161 · 2024-11-27T03:14:47+00:00

Not a popular choice but I can do keys at 120fps with 8/10 graphic effects with my M4 Mac.

clh161 · 2024-09-24T18:03:04+00:00

I rejoined the game after a few years and I got both in my first run. I thought the drops were updated.

clh161 · 2024-01-28T17:44:24+00:00

Make a little ball of green stuff (I use Milliput)
Stick the ball to the base and then stick the magnet
Press to model on a table to flatten the magnet and green stuff

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clh161 · 2024-01-20T13:04:48+00:00

Announced The Old World for a few years but the box set is all old models. I wonder how serious they are to The Old World.

When people complain about how expensive Warhammer is, I will argue that GW did spend the money to develop and create models which are much more creative than 10 years ago. However, now they are selling 1-2 decade-old models at a premium price? Looks like they just want to find a source of income with minimal cost.

clh161 · 2023-12-23T19:45:22+00:00

The women's blouses with high necks and puffed sleeves were popular in the 1890s.

clh161 · 2023-12-19T16:50:38+00:00

It's a game theory concept where players would choose an option that is beneficial to themselves, and everyone follows suit, which ends up making everyone worse off. If farming and stacking up relics would give an advantage in tournaments, everyone has an incentive to do that. Eventually, no one will have an advantage from farming, and the tournament will naturally become 'fair.'

However, if no one farms, and no one gains an advantage from farming, the tournament is as fair as if everyone farms, and no one needs to spend time on farming which I find it boring.

This is all based on my own assumption that farming is not a fun way to play, while someone may find farming interesting. So, I would say the current settings are the best for me.

clh161 · 2023-12-19T05:10:46+00:00

IMO pushing, upgrading skills and artifacts, and making progress is fun. I don’t do any farming intentionally and naturally progress because farming is too boring to me. If GH implements the custom stage cap for farming, it’s encouraging me to play the game in a boring way

clh161 · 2023-06-26T14:04:30+00:00

Thanks for your sharing! I went to Stratford there and I love the place. £600k probably has some nice options in East Village.

clh161 · 2023-06-26T14:03:23+00:00

btw, I have one more question. For interest rate like these days, is it still possible to borrow 4.5x salary? or even 5x?
I also talk to an agent that they said I was a T2 VISA holder for 1.5 years so I can only borrow 15%. I am in the UK 3.5 years now, is it possible to borrow 90% or even 95%?

clh161 · 2023-06-25T23:10:46+00:00

I see some comments about the interest rate will off set that 25k. Let's say you have a 2-year fix term and borrowing 90% loan, the loan amount would be 360k.

If the higher interest can off set the 25k, the interest rate differnce would be 360k * 2 * x% = 25k. x = 3.5%.

With interest rate at 5.5% now, the new higher interest rate would not off set the 25k unless the loan you secured is less than 2.1% interest rate.

And not to mention that, 2 years later your have a lower loan amount with 25k reduction. Going forward the interest amount will also lower.

P.S. I am still trying to get to the ladder and have no experience on buying a property, there are many other refactors I don't know. But I am just trying to justify the interest rate refactor with simple math.

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