For those of you in Halifax:

Chris Duffie owns The Halifax Mac Store and he has done business as an authorized Apple reseller in Halifax, Canada for the past decade. Now with an Apple Store launching in the nearby Halifax Shopping Centre, Duffie is closing shop says a report from ifoAppleStore and the Chronicle Herald

Duffie says he looked at the experiences of other third-party resellers that are near an Apple Store and decided it would be best to stop selling Apple gear and focus on service, support and consulting. He and another sales manager from his Mac Store will join Torusoft, a local consulting company, while his remaining seven employees will be laid off.

Canadian Apple reseller to close as Apple Store opens | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (http://www.tuaw.com/2012/04/04/canadian-apple-reseller-to-close-as-apple-store-opens/)

*ahem*

Looks like the rumoured store has caused a local casualty - the Halifax Mac Store is shutting down. (http://www.ehmac.ca/anything-mac/98758-reports-apple-store-opening-halifax-3.html#post1183911) (2 April 2012)

Yeah, I'm not going fishing 8 pages in to another thread to see if anybody mentioned this before. I think it's worthy of it's own thread, especially to anybody who works in or for or has relied on an AAR/AASP, so, keep the ahem's to yourself.

That's rather unfortunate. I've had mixed experiences with independents. But choice is always good?

Got my iBook G4 through them in '04 and am still using it. I haven't been back there since because I had no problem with my iBook and anything else I needed I ordered from Apple. I will have to look at the Apple store when it opens and just might get something new and shiny.