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.
