Only 6 People Intended to Buy 'I Am Rich'

MacRumors · 08:48 PM

NYTimes provides some followup details on Armin Heinrich's I Am Rich application that sold for $999.99 and simply displayed a red gem on the iPhone's screen.

An earlier report from the developer had indicated that 8 people had bought the app.

NYTimes reports that Heinrich has been notified by Apple that two of the eight sales had been reversed since they had been purchased by mistake. That still brings the developer's net revenue at near $4200. Apple pulled the app shortly after its posting for unclear reasons.

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NotFound · Aug 10, 2008, 08:10 PM

He's still a genius.

sushi · Aug 10, 2008, 08:11 PM

So that means 6 individuals purchased the app because they wanted it.

Imagine that.

Apple should have left it up on the app store. Oh well.

stevearm · Aug 10, 2008, 08:14 PM

I think the two people DUMB enough to 'accidentally' click "Buy now" shouldn't have got their money back.

Stupid twats.

gnasher729 · 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by sushi

So that means 6 individuals purchased the app because they wanted it.

Imagine that.

Apple should have left it up on the app store. Oh well.

They will sue him for misleading advertisement.
He claimed: If you buy this application, everyone thinks you are filthy rich. But what actually happens: If you buy this application, everyone thinks you are bloody stupid

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Originally Posted by stevearm

I think the two people DUMB enough to 'accidentally' click "Buy now" shouldn't have got their money back.

I'd say anyone who clicked on "Buy now" by accident is ten times smarter than anyone who bought this intentionally.

calculus · Aug 10, 2008, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sushi

So that means 6 individuals purchased the app because they wanted it.

Imagine that.

This should be no surprise, people buy all sorts of entirely useless items just to show that they have the money to be able to do it. Personalised number plates would be one example...

Do I make you · Aug 10, 2008, 08:17 PM

they have it on cydia for freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Tilpots · Aug 10, 2008, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by andrewxps

He's still a genius.

Yup. Think of the Apple products he could by with that loot!

plumbingandtech · Aug 10, 2008, 08:28 PM

OK.

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, I can see.

I can't think who the four other customers would be though.

nozebleed · Aug 10, 2008, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Do I make you

they have it on cydia for freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I lol'd. The real one is cracked too, if you do that stuff....

m1stake · Aug 10, 2008, 08:35 PM

Maybe Jobs is a really really big fan?

billyripkin · Aug 10, 2008, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by stevearm

Stupid twats.

You are now my best friend for saying that

kingtj · Aug 10, 2008, 08:42 PM

I'm sure Apple just didn't want to risk potential bad publicity, when the news media went crazy warning people that these poor people "couldn't get their $1000 back after they simply clicked a wrong button by mistake" and so on.

But really, at least one of them already admitted they clicked to buy it because they "thought it was a joke" and just wanted to see what would happen when they did it. Well, duh ... what happened was they were billed $999.99, just like the web site said, and they were able to download the app, just as advertised!

Anyone doing that deserves a $999.99 lesson in using online stores!

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevearm

I think the two people DUMB enough to 'accidentally' click "Buy now" shouldn't have got their money back.

Stupid twats.

DavidLeblond · Aug 10, 2008, 08:43 PM

Would it be wrong of me to take a screen shot of the I Am Rich app, create a new application from it (seriously it takes 0 lines of code to do that), post it for $.99 and call it "I want people to think I Am Rich"?

DPBida · Aug 10, 2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidLeblond

Would it be wrong of me to take a screen shot of the I Am Rich app, create a new application from it (seriously it takes 0 lines of code to do that), post it for $.99 and call it "I want people to think I Am Rich"?

I'm actually praying someone does this.

dual64bit · Aug 10, 2008, 08:48 PM

Damn, I wish it was back... I was saving up and waiting for my next payday.. maybe a 2.0 version will come out with a blue gem!

Doctor Q · Aug 10, 2008, 08:49 PM

I wonder how many cheaper applications are purchased by accident. Presumably, people who don't pay attention are accidentally buying cheap apps too.

alphaod · Aug 10, 2008, 08:50 PM

Well 6 real people with lives eh?

LoganT · Aug 10, 2008, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevearm

I think the two people DUMB enough to 'accidentally' click "Buy now" shouldn't have got their money back.

Stupid twats.

I don't think people get how easy it is to buy something on the app store.

It doesn't add it to your cart if you have that enabled. If you don't have the warning, if you buy something just by having one wrong click or anything really, as soon as you hit the buy now it automatically purchases it and starts downloading it. No "Are you sure you want to buy this". It just buys it.

Trajectory · Aug 10, 2008, 08:58 PM

This guy is going to get rich just from all the publicity he's getting.

SwiftLives · Aug 10, 2008, 09:00 PM

I don't think the purchasers are stupid at all. They bought a $1000 app which is no longer available. So it's only going to appreciate in value. Nothing wrong with that.

Lightbrazer · Aug 10, 2008, 09:08 PM

My guess is they pulled the app AFTER the two people asked for the charges to be reversed. They probably left it up until this happened and then realized the app was going to generate a lot of problems of this nature and that's probably the very reason for it's being removed.

brewty · Aug 10, 2008, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by calculus

This should be no surprise, people buy all sorts of entirely useless items just to show that they have the money to be able to do it. Personalised number plates would be one example...

I know I'm new here, but I will interject on this. I have personalized plates for my small business, not only is it a tax write off, but it is advertising. I wouldn't say that is entirely useless.

Ampidire · Aug 10, 2008, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SwiftLives

I don't think the purchasers are stupid at all. They bought a $1000 app which is no longer available. So it's only going to appreciate in value. Nothing wrong with that.

Except that unless you crack the DRM, it's not like you can re-sell it to someone else...

So it's actually not only useless, but also worthless.

apsterling · Aug 10, 2008, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Ampidire

Except that unless you crack the DRM, it's not like you can re-sell it to someone else...

So it's actually not only useless, but also worthless.

Resell the iPhone or iPod touch in question.

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MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Only 6 People Intended to Buy 'I Am Rich' NYTimes provides some followup details on Armin Heinrich's I Am Rich application that sold for $999.99 and simply displayed a red gem on the iPhone's screen. An earlier report from the developer had indicated that 8 people had bought the app. NYTimes reports that Heinrich has been notified by Apple that two of the eight sales had been reversed since they had been purchased by mistake. That still brings the developer's net revenue at near $4200. Apple pulled the app shortly after its posting for unclear reasons. Article Link Last edited by Doctor Q : Aug 10, 2008 at 08:48 PM.

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Lightbrazer macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2008	My guess is they pulled the app AFTER the two people asked for the charges to be reversed. They probably left it up until this happened and then realized the app was going to generate a lot of problems of this nature and that's probably the very reason for it's being removed.

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