Well, yesterday was great and dreadful. Great for those who held off buying iPhones - it's now $200 cheaper.
Dreadful for those who laid down $600 just six weeks ago for Apple's latest and greatest - it's now $200 cheaper.
Naturally, those early adopters were a bit ticked off. And rightly so.
Steve Job's response? "Well, that's what happens in technology".
In other words, "We knew our faithful customers would take the bait and pay a premium for the iPhone. After we've milked them we'll drop the price by a third and appeal to everybody else."
Bad form Steve!
Now Apple's PR elite have convinced Steve (probably under duress) to issue a statement apologizing ("Now say you're sorry") and offer early adopters a $100 credit to the Apple Store ("Now say you're sorry and mean it").
This is the same runaround they gave me when they kept my computer for a month and then pretended like they were doing me a huge favor by giving me $100 off (a purchase of $300 or more).
You can count the amount of stuff you can get in the Apple Store for under $100 on one hand. It's a ploy to hit you up for more money.
In the words of Fake Steve:
Anyway, it's been a pretty good week. We're screwing everyone in sight. We screwed you. We screwed AT&T. We screwed NBC. Man oh man. If we make it to the end of this week without angry picketers chanting outside our campus I'll be shocked. Peace out, suckas.
Frigtards.
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First of all, as some one who doesn't have and iPhone (and won't be purchasing one) you shouldn't be complaining. Think about our electoral system, anyone who doesn't vote shouldn't have a voice, especially to complain.
ReplyDeleteSecond, while I'm surprised that Apple dropped the price of the iPhone so quickly, I'm not shocked one bit that it dropped $200. It was simply over-priced, not-a-shocker.
Third, okay I don't have a third point ($100 off a purchase of $300 is lame).
Fourth, I can think of a lot more than five items I would love to purchase from the Apple Store for under $100... iPod Shuffle, iLife, iWork, cases, power adapters, mighty mouse, keyboard, Jam Packs, lots of third-party software, Nike+, storage devices, laptop cases, various cables (such as an iPod to TV connector), one-to-one, iTunes gift certificates...
Fifth, Fake Steve still has the touch and since he invented the "friggin' iPhone" he can legitimately complain about it.
Sixth, not all your readers live in Utah and may not understand "fetchers" (my 13-year-old daughter for example)... "frigtards" would have a better choice.
I got two rants for the price of one! You guys should do a double rant (hugh and david)! It would attract national coverage!
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ReplyDeletedo you even know who ron jeremy is? i'm quite surprised that you would even mention scum like him. hmmm, what is that about?
Hugh - In response...
ReplyDeleteFirst: Just because it didn't happen to me, doesn't mean I shouldn't voice my opinion about it.
Second: I was actually a bit surprised at both the price and how soon it happened.
Third: Yes. It was very lame.
Fourth: I made a bit of an assumption: the coupon/gift certificate they gave me was only able to be applied to Apple products. From a Gizmodo article: "$100 doesn't go a long way in Apple land. It can get you a keyboard and 3/5 of a mouse. It can you get an iPod Shuffle and almost an entire set of spare headphones. It will buy you 5/6 of a Bluetooth headset. And this is just the cheapest items. Most people will use this $100 on something more expensive, like a Mac Mini or as more of an incentive to buy a MacBook Pro or an iMac. Either way, the money's going back to Apple."
Fifth: Go Fake Steve.
Sixth: "Fetcher" has been changed to the more commonly recognized "frigtard".
Brad - we would be all over that, but the government wouldn't allow an entity that powerful to be formed on U.S. soil.
ReplyDeleteAnon - I sure don't. I was just quoting Fake Steve. However, based on your comment I'm guessing I probably shouldn't have included his name, so I removed it. Thanks for the tip.
ReplyDeleteFYI...Ron Jeremy is a very famous porn star.
ReplyDeleteAh. No wonder I had no idea who he was. Glad I removed the reference. Thanks for the tips!
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