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Apple to give $100 credit to early iPhone buyers
Reuters ^
| 09/06/2007
Posted on 09/06/2007 1:38:46 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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From $600 down to $400?
Still overpriced.
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
09/06/2007 1:39:55 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
09/06/2007 1:40:20 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Responsibility2nd
That was fast. And Apple is one over-hyped stock too...
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posted on
09/06/2007 1:40:37 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Responsibility2nd
Wow....a whole $100? That ought to help some of these folks cut their losses for the two weeks they camped out in line. I’m sure they lost a lot of tip money from their Domino’s deliveries.
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posted on
09/06/2007 1:42:11 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Responsibility2nd
"Our early customers trusted us, and we must live up to that trust with our actions in moments like these," Jobs said.
Smart move - punishing the early adopters is not a good idea.
To: Responsibility2nd
Anyone who knows Apple should be smart enough to know about the “fanatic tax:” the early high price charged for new Apple hardware on release date.
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posted on
09/06/2007 1:43:38 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Cleveland Indians: Pennant -17)
To: Responsibility2nd
This is dumb. Everybody knows the first to buy some electronic gee-gaw is always the highest cost. VCRs used to cost hundreds of dollars but now they are giveaways. Same with DVD recorders, not to mention computers!.....................I wanna rebate on my old XT!..........
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posted on
09/06/2007 1:43:48 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
How are they being “punished”?......They paid their money in what they thought was a fair exchange of value........
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posted on
09/06/2007 1:45:03 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
To: 2banana
Fast, yes. I don’t know about the stock price and I’m not an Apple head, but you have to give a business credit when it sees it’s made a dumb move and quickly makes up for it. The early adopters who bought the iPhone will now get some dough back.
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posted on
09/06/2007 1:45:56 PM PDT
by
RicocheT
To: Petronski
Anyone who knows Apple should be smart enough to know about the fanatic tax: the early high price charged for new Apple hardware on release date. That goes for any new product. I remember people paying over $25k for a new PT Cruiser. The owner of the company I worked for back in the 90s payed over $100k for the brand new Dodge Viper when it first arrived. The new Camaro and Challenger will be the same. I just avoid any new product during it's first year.
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posted on
09/06/2007 1:46:43 PM PDT
by
al_c
To: Red Badger
Exactly right. Then again, Apple fanboys aren’t the brightest bulbs in the box... Geeze, I mean how many folks were saying at launch time better to wait to buy until the hype and price both die down!?!?
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posted on
09/06/2007 1:47:21 PM PDT
by
Hurricane Andrew
(History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.)
To: Red Badger
How are they being punished?......They paid their money in what they thought was a fair exchange of value........
And they are now being shown that Apple did not consider it a fair exchange of value, since Apple didn't hold the price beyond a few weeks and since Apple's supplier price has not changed in any significant way during those weeks.
Apple's success depends in large part on the fan-boy contingent who praise all things Apple - these are the guys who camp out in front of Apple stores, drawing TV cameras, writing blogs, and providing free exposure for Apple. Making them feel like they paid $200 for nothing is not wise.
To: AnotherUnixGeek
Oh, I dunno.
There are always techno-geeks who gotta be the first one with the latest electonic gizmo and they gladly pay more than the real value of that item in order to get it.
And they usually brag about how much they paid for it, as they sneer at your 6 month old phone/camera/lap-top/whatever.
I say screw ‘em. People should know by now NEVER to buy the 1st items off the assembly line.
Wait awhile. Wait for the bugs and defects to be corrected.
Wait for the price to drop.
To: Responsibility2nd
Buy the new iPod Nano for cripes sake!
To: Responsibility2nd
I predict another cut by Thanksgiving or during the Christmas rush if the sales are slow.
To: Hurricane Andrew
Then again, Apple fanboys arent the brightest bulbs in the box Maybe so, maybe not. I got eight years ... eight years of hard, daily business use out of my last Apple desktop, fully supported by Apple and with no diminished functionality. It still works fine at nearly ten years old, "retired" to my bedroom at home. It's a 1st generation, beige G3, bought within a month of intro. Can you say the same about any Windows pc?
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
09/06/2007 1:54:54 PM PDT
by
Terpfen
(It's your fault, not Pelosi's.)
To: Responsibility2nd
For what you get, $400 is an excellent price.
It’s the rate plan that’s killer.
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posted on
09/06/2007 1:55:35 PM PDT
by
Terpfen
(It's your fault, not Pelosi's.)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
09/06/2007 1:55:51 PM PDT
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Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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