Nothing with Apple is ever resolved without a lawsuit.
Perhaps Steve tried to get a patten on 'objects that float on water.'
Perhaps Steve tried to get a patten on 'objects that float on water.'
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Steve Jobs' Yacht Impounded in $3.6 Million Dispute Over Design Fee
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gotluck
macrumors 603
Baha, seems that way. Hey - the lawyers have to stay busy.
I wonder if they have more engineers or lawyers working for them?
That's a great quote! I plan on using that sir, with the amount interchanged to fit the need...
Shrink
macrumors G3
Having seen, and visited, many Frank Lloyd Wright structures (homes, a church, and Taliesen), I guess I don't see the Wright design sensibilities in this thing.😕
Yeah, it's those greedy French folk. No open hearted, altruistic American designer/builder would ever complain about getting shorted 3.5 million dollars. The altruistic American would just walk away happy and never say a thing, unlike those "frenchies".
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I think it's beautiful. Unlike any yacht ever produced, and is something that only jobs would have the means and design sense to have produced. It's a monument and a rare glimpse into steve's ego. That, and parking in handicap spots. (at least the one at apple)
topmounter
macrumors 68030
Better pay up...
Now that the Google Maps app is available for IOS6, they're going to want to take that yacht for a spin (without getting lost).
Now that the Google Maps app is available for IOS6, they're going to want to take that yacht for a spin (without getting lost).
And it's BECAUSE he was a master at "negotiations" and protecting his own interests, that he hired a guy with no formal contract... that way, once que job is complete, you can always force them to renegotiate and save some extra money on their backs... or bury them in court.
exactly.
yeah, right... Europeans do. Not Americans... and certainly not Apple and Steve Jobs! 😛
And don't worry too much. I don't think anybody here knows what the hell they're talking about when it comes to luxury yachts, luxury yacht design fees, luxury yacht construction costs or even european law applied to them.
cheers!
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TheMacBookPro
macrumors 68020
mdelvecchio
macrumors 68040
im certainly sure it makes someone like yourself feel better to say that. even to believe it.
why dont you tell us your heritage so we can say something completely stupid about them
Glideslope
macrumors G3
Does seem very odd. As Steve became more ill one would at least expect the construction to stop.
Probably just those Crazy French bein silly again.
That's only 0.1% of a billionaires worth. Similar in percentage scale to a normal working wage bloke saying he'll pay you back tomorrow for buying him that cup of coffee. No one signs a written contract for a cup of coffee, but the percentage is about the same.
Jimmy James
macrumors 603
I wonder if the contract is based on the anticipated cost or actual cost. Seems he got the amount he was due.
He was paid for his service, not for a goods exchange. The designer had a verbal deal with Jobs. Jobs died. Designer continued to work without signing a contact with the estate holders to firmly establish his fee in writing. Cries when he doesn't get as much money as he thought he deserved.
I find it kinda hard to feel sorry for him.
The designer is apparently such a minimalist he skipped getting a written contract, which would have kept this matter out of the news and saved a lot of legal fees.
I'm surprised the French government hasn't gotten involved, as that's where most of the fee will go. If the fee is paid in 2013, as a french national, Starck will likely face a 75% tax rate 😱
I'm surprised the French government hasn't gotten involved, as that's where most of the fee will go. If the fee is paid in 2013, as a french national, Starck will likely face a 75% tax rate 😱
tech4all
macrumors 68040
It doesn't matter that there was an oral contract, since no one seems to be challenging either the existence or the terms of the contract. Everyone seems to agree that there was a contract and that the contract called for 6% of the cost. The only dispute is how much the yacht actually cost to build, and a contract wouldn't help resolve that issue.
Actually, it would, if the contract stated the projected cost as the basis of the design fee calculation, or if it stated such calculation as the minimal fee to be paid.
But either way... who cares!
cheers!
teknikal90
macrumors 68040
if the government raises taxes on your paycheque by 30% would you say diddiums and go back to smiling again?