There’s a debate going on whether android is better than iOS , the iPhone better than the Samsung or HTC. But one debate not open for debate is Apple’s after sales service. It is a very strong reason to buy Apple.

Over the weekend, I visited the Apple Plymouth store in the UK. I had a genius appointment. My iPad Mini had a few issues, one of which was intermittent. Well, it was the friendliest visit to any store that I can recall, having a general chit chat. A brief look at the Mini, and then a swap for a new one. Hang on, that was 5 mins 10 seconds. There was no enforcing my consumer rights. No nothing. All jolly and friendly.

We then had a chat about the new store, and then I was asked would I like to work there. Apparently, it is a great place to work. Only problem would be that I would buy the entire store’s stock.

Now, some might say this was a one off. But it’s not. A few years ago my MacBook trackpad failed. It was replaced in the Apple Exeter store in 15 mins. My wife’s Nano power button failed one month out of warranty. Not only did Apple replace it with a brand new Nano, my wife was allowed to choose any colour.

Any all the above without any fuss. Seriously, who does after sales service this good.

Replies in the comments if you have any example?

Apple on Thursday posted a countdown to 50 billion app download from the App Store, promising to give away a $10,000 App Store Gift Card to the person who downloads the landmark app.

Question is, if you were lucky enough to win, could you actually spend $10,000 on Apps? It would be a struggle I reckon. Of course, if you do win, let me know and share some of that app love.

So what would you spend the win on?

Apple Inc. (AAPL) has avoided as much as $9 billion in taxes by financing part of a $55 billion stock buyback with debt rather than offshore cash that would have been billed by the U.S. government, according to Moody’s Investment Services and Bloomberg estimates.

Based on current rates, Apple will pay interest of about $308 million a year on the $17 billion bond offering, said Gerald Granovsky, a senior vice president at Moody’s. He also added that if the funds had come from Apple’s offshore cash pile of about $100 billion, the Cupertino, California-based iPhone maker would have had to pay a 35 percent tax to repatriate the money. That means Apple avoided about $9.2 billion in taxes. And since interest payments are tax-deductible, that’s another $100 million a year.

Looks like Apple has executed excellent financial prudence.