Hi Chris and list,
I love the Apple Watch and am thrilled that you got one.
If you are having trouble with the two finger swipe, you may be making the
mistake that I made at first. To do the gesture,place two fingers on the screen
near the crown so that the fingers are pointing toward the left side of the
watch. Push your fingers forward toward the left side for the left swipe and
pull them back right for the right swipe. This works everytime.
Good luck,
Robert Carter
Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 23, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland
> wrote:
>
> So, I figured I'd lay this message out systematically by heading. This way
> you can jump to the section you want to read about more quickly. NO, I won't
> make this terribly long, but just for your convenience... So, go ahead and
> navigate with heading navigation if you wish.
>
> The Sales Rep
>
>
> When I bought this watch, I did so through the Apple Watch sales team at
> 1-800-APL-CARE. I was extremely impressed with the level of knowledge, and
> time that the representative took to answer not just some, but literally all!
> of my questions in full. If there was something he didn't know, he was
> incredibly quick to place me on hold, and research things to find out the
> answer. If he didn't know something, he didn't try making up assumptions.
> He was very straight up with me in saying, "You know... that's a great
> question. I really don't honestly know." The rep was extremely familiar
> with AppleVis and with David Woodbridge, and before I even mentioned it, he
> strongly encouraged me to not only check out his Apple Watch 1o1 series, but
> he also strongly suggested that I join this list, if I'd not already done so.
>
> Further, the rep recommended I look at the Watch Master series from Fedora
> Outlyer, which I will definitely probably be doing come the first of the
> year. Not sure yet if I'll buy it, as I feel I'm really getting the hang of
> things quite quickly, but I'm at least gonna definitely look at it, and
> consider it.
>
> When I told the gentlemen that I didn't have enough financially right now to
> add the extended Apple Care, but come the first of January, I'd do it, he
> wasn't the least bit pushy. He was extremely cooperative, which I've found
> most Apple reps to be anyway, but he just seemed to go over and beyond. His
> manor of professionalism was immaculate!
>
> Speed of Shipping
>
>
> I was taken aback at how quickly, given the holidays, and! even more so, the
> cutoff deadline before Christmas, at how fast this sucker shipped out!
> Folks, I literally ordered this thing on the 18th, which was last Friday.
> Might I add, I did so at about 5:30PM eastern time. That was when the
> payment was processed, and the web order number was sent to me. I'm not
> joking when I say, by 9AM Saturday morning, I had a text message, and an
> e-mail, both, with my tracking number, and an estimated delivery date. I had
> pay the extra $20 for expedited shipping by next day 12 noon. Because
> however of the fact it was after 5:30 when the order was placed, they told
> me actually it would get here by noon on Tuesday the 22nd... Yesterday.
>
> Well, I didn't really check the tracking info Saturday morning. I should
> have though. Later that day, I checked, and what do you know! The tracking
> info had been updated, and then showed it would actually arrive a day
> earlier, on Monday. Even better, it said Monday by 10:30AM. Needless to
> say, I was blown away!
>
> It actually did! arrive on Monday, but not by 10:30. You know what though,
> I'm not gonna hold that over either Apple nor Fedex. I mean, come on! It
> is! the Christmas holiday. My local Fedex station is working overtime 6 days
> a week this holiday. So, they're probably backed up to high heavens! I
> actually got a call from the driver. He's like, we have a note on your
> delivery from Apple? They say you're totally blind, and that we should call
> you when in the area to let you know to meet us at the door to sign for your
> package. Being I have a hearing loss as well and don't always hear the
> doorbell, this was fan! freaking! tastic! I didn't even know the sales rep
> at Apple was gonna arrange that! So, I actually got the thing around 1300
> hours on Monday.
>
> Unboxing Process
>
>
> I have got to say. The unboxing process was ridiculously easy! Even more so
> than I'd anticipated. When I felt the plastic hardshell box that the watch
> comes in, not the shipping box, I mean the literal Apple Box, I was
> tactically able to very easily feel a little tab of tape sticking out that I
> grabbed, pulled, and bam! it was open, and the top just lifted straight up
> and off.
>
> The watch was very nicely seated within the box, along with the charging puck
> cable, and the small little wall transformer block, which I thought was a
> major bonus. I didn't know I
