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Alex it's the same situation here in Germany, but just a teensy bit better in that there are a few Apple stores here. But everything is in GERMAN for those stores: German-layout keyboards, German-language software. The girlfriend's iPod mini also took a "dump" and we're looking for a mysteriously-hidden Apple store in the Wiesbaden area.
In the exchanges here in Germany there are TONS of iPod accessories as well, but no actual iPods. Apple actually told me themselves that they were in an agreement to have AAFES sell Mac minis and other Apple products in their PXs and exchanges but so far it's been nothing outside of iPods....they don't have ANYTHING other than iPods...no "official" Apple iPod accessories either.
Apple just doesn't have their act together on this front.
And the money-making U.S. military market can continue to be ignored, but at Apple's peril in regards to future contracts.
I'm thinking of making a list thread here that has a list of all "ships-to-APO" Apple retailers.
I did it before on a automotive forum and you would be surprised how fast some aftermarket companies start shipping to APOs once they hit the "APO blacklist". Other forum members looked at the list and decided not to buy from certain companies who did NOT "support the U.S. military".