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 Count ZeroMD2BePremium
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Warner Robins, GA | reply to M A R S
Re: Apple Inc So? It is technology, that is life. Whenever you buy something like the iPhone or a car or a TV you have to ask yourself: is the price right TODAY, if I think the price might come down in the near future should I hold off for that, will my wife kill me for buying it?
If you can answer yes to the first and no to the second two then you buy it right now, if not you wait until you can. | |
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| Normally, I would agree that you buy something, and that is that. I think with the iPhone we have a difference.
First, we have Apple. Normally they don't just lop $200 off the purchase price of anything. You buy an Apple product and the price is the same for a year or two. Obviously the new product selling at $xxx.xx is not the same as yours, but it carries the same moniker and cost the same price.
Second we have the Cellular phone market. Yes, today that phone is $300, but it will normally stay at $300 for 6 months to a year before the monthly markdown. 10 weeks for a hot selling phone is not the normal markdown period.
These folks got burnt by a product realignment.
Third, Apple didn't decide the day before to do the markdown, they had to know it some time out. What I think they didn't count on was the consumer backlash, which really surprises me. I know had I bought that silly thing I would have been irate, but then I became angry when T-Mobile started giving away my cell phone the day after I paid $30.00 for it.
So, really, I think it is time to give these folks a break.
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 MadDog3057Ex Astris, ScientiaPremium
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Miami, FL | said by xrobertcmx:Normally, I would agree that you buy something, and that is that. I think with the iPhone we have a difference. First, we have Apple. Normally they don't just lop $200 off the purchase price of anything. You buy an Apple product and the price is the same for a year or two. Obviously the new product selling at $xxx.xx is not the same as yours, but it carries the same moniker and cost the same price. Second we have the Cellular phone market. Yes, today that phone is $300, but it will normally stay at $300 for 6 months to a year before the monthly markdown. 10 weeks for a hot selling phone is not the normal markdown period. These folks got burnt by a product realignment. Third, Apple didn't decide the day before to do the markdown, they had to know it some time out. What I think they didn't count on was the consumer backlash, which really surprises me. I know had I bought that silly thing I would have been irate, but then I became angry when T-Mobile started giving away my cell phone the day after I paid $30.00 for it. So, really, I think it is time to give these folks a break. I agree. The reason people got pissed off wasn't because it had a price drop, it was because it dropped so much so quickly. I mean if sony would have done that with the ps3 I bet you a lot of those people would have been pissed off too.
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Warner Robins, GA | And while in a world where people have to treat each with with fairness and respect that makes sense, but in business there is ultimately only profit that matters. And while Apple may do a GREAT job of customer care in 99.9% of cases (and in my experience it is really that close to 100%) they are bound to make mistakes. Yeah they dropped the price sooner than ANYONE would have though (though everyone knew a price drop had to be around the bend sooner or later, and personally I was expecting it at least a month before the holiday buying season) but at least they gave everyone $100 store credit, and that's not too bad. | |
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