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8GB iPhone Price Drop, 4GB iPhone Discontinued

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bought one on iday at 5th ave apple. called customer care and got 150 credit towards something online. bought my sister a refurb 4gb for $150. feel somewhat better.
 
ripsneakers said:
Double check your AT&T Reciept, Mine says AT&T has a 30 day return/exchange policy. So the 14 day thing can't be valid if their official return policy is 30 days. AT&T may have a re-stocking policy but you may as well use their return policy against them and get some cash back. Hell I'm considering using what I saved to drop my business line and save even more in monthly fees and may come out on top if I sell my other phone.
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If you read it, it states that Apple Branded Products are subject to a 14 day return period.
 
chicagdan said:
Early adopters are chumps. Next time buy lottery tickets, at least then you'd have a micro chance of getting something for your money.
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I bought my iPhone the first day. I am very happy I did so, too. I am not a chump. I would have paid $1,000 for it. That's how badly I wanted it. It has fulfilled all of my hopes and dreams, and then some. How is it that I am a chump for being an early adopter, if I am perfectly happy with my purchase and have not one bit of regret, even after hearing about the price drop.

I think you should stop making generalizations.
 
jlb2k said:
Things go on sale everyday in the world.
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If you buy something at a store and it goes on sale shortly thereafter, typically they will give you a price adjustment. But USUALLY that is within 14 days of the initial purchase, which is exactly what Apple is doing.

Im lucky I guess, Im in that 14 day group for the iphone. I just cant comprehend people that bought it 2 months ago expect a refund? Then again, if I were in that group Id probably be saying the same thing.
 
Hey at least Sony waited over six months to drop the price on the PS3 which has been reported to be a flop by many non-ps3 fan boi.
 
jlb2k said:
Did you think that Apple was just NEVER going to lower their prices?
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Not at all, but historically, Apple has never lowered the price of a product - period - within 60 days of it's release.

I'm not upset that Apple cut the price $200 a month after I bought mine, but their past history instilled in me the confidence they would not, which is why I bought my iPhone a month ago and didn't wait. I've read the rumors of a price cut or a new, cheaper and less-capable "iPhone Nano" or a 16GB iPhone, but again, Apple's past history has shown they have never done that.

Apple doesn't release a computer and then, 60 days later, cut it's price. Nor do they release a new model of that computer with significantly better specs 60 days after the initial release.

I paid $600 both because I felt the iPhone was worth it and because I didn't expect Apple to cut the price so much so soon. If Apple had a history of cutting prices soon after release, I would have waited until today, and I imagine so would many.

Yes, many just wanted the iPhone "right now" and were willing to pay $600 for it "right then". Others, like me, were a bit ambivalent about paying that much, but we knew from past history that Apple was not going to cut the price significantly or release a new model with major upgrades so soon after releasing the new model, so we felt at the time that it was $600 or wait six months to a year for the next generation to come out and either pay $600 for it, or $400 for the current iPhone as it "dropped down the ladder".

So that is why when I saw Steve say "$399", I was a bit crestfallen. I was willing to wait this long, but nothing in Apple's history pointed to the implication that if I had waited this long, I could have saved one-third. I still love my iPhone. I still support Apple and their products. And this incident has not soured me on the company.

But it was unexpected. One reason I like Apple is the sense of "stability" their hardware line gives. I knew yesterday my brand new iMac 24" that I bought on Day One would not be upstaged or made cheaper in the next six to twelve months so I bought it now rather then waited. Same with the iPhone. And my 2nd Generation Nano I bought on Day One.

Now, I'm not so sure. If this is the only thing Apple cuts, then fine. They wanted to push the iPod Touch and they needed to cut the iPhone's price to make it competitive.

But if in November Apple announces new iMac's with 800MHz FSBs and Penryn's and sells the 24" model for $1799, then I'm going to have to treat Apple like I treat any other consumer electronics supplier - wait six months after release to save a mint.

Yet I wonder if most folks take that track, will Apple have the cashflow and RoI to justify releasing new products? Or will they sit on the old stuff longer and longer because sales now trickle-in over the year as folks sit and wait for it to get cheaper?
 
macrev said:
...This is unreal, and is a cause of frustration for many buyers. 1 Million of them.
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Don't count me in that group.

I bought an 8GB iPhone on June 29th. I pay ~65$/month for monthly service with the standard 2 year contract. That comes out to be about $2200 over the two years of the contract. And if I had waited until today to buy, I'd be paying $2000 over those same two years. That's less than a 10% drop in price, because the cost of the iPhone itself is dwarfed by the monthly service charges. Now, if that $200 difference over two years is such a huge deal to you, perhaps because it's all up front cost, you probably bought a phone that you couldn't really afford.

Don't assume that's true of everyone who bought before today.
 
Luxord said:
Yeah I went to the same store...same model of iPod...and I got a refund of $217.80
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I never paid taxes on it in the first place. It was only 599.99 to me, as I bought it in Portland, OR. Here they did a return and exchange. So refund my 599.99, then charge me 399.99 plus tax as I am in WA. I am fine with it.
 
I was never in the market for the iPhone because of the $599 price tag, but now I'll definitely be getting one. This is great news for me.:D
 
My Hat Is Off To You

I'm a total macophile but I usually wait for a price drop, a speed bump, or the 2d iteration before buying, mainly because I like to pay for my housing and food, too. To those who bought first, I've envied you for two months. You had two months of having the coolest device in the world. Now it's cheaper but you were still there first. You've got bragging rights and the iPhone. The undiscovered country...
 
kellen said:
I never paid taxes on it in the first place. It was only 599.99 to me, as I bought it in Portland, OR. Here they did a return and exchange. So refund my 599.99, then charge me 399.99 plus tax as I am in WA. I am fine with it.
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Oooooo I gottcha....Crazy Portland trips :)
 
I was mad about todays iPhone announcement for about 10 minutes, then I realized that I got to use all of the features iPhone/iPod Touch has to offer (minus wireless music downloads) two months before everyone else. And I think it was worth it.

However, standing in line for the iPhone on June 29th is the last time I will ever stand in line for an Apple product, its just not worth my time knowing that the product will probably be updated in a matter of months
 
AT&T Reciept

mpuck972 said:
If you read it, it states that Apple Branded Products are subject to a 14 day return period.
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Well apparently the Center City Philadelphia store is using the wrong reciept paper since mine doesn't mention Apple products anywhere. It says to go to the website for details but on it's face it doesn't exclude Apple products.
 
dear steve,

please charge us more for your new iphone, we have money to burn and feel slighted.

thanks

:p
 
Honestly I'm not angry at all. I was happy because I'd love to see the iPhone in more people's hands. It's an amazing device that honestly streamlines every day tasks so intuitively that it's become something I couldn't imagine living without. I bought mine early, I knew the price wouldn't always stay the same. This was a good move by Apple going into the holiday season in my opinion.
 
whatever said:
Ha, you must feel stupid since you knew all about todays event!
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Stupid??? No I think this caught us all by surprise! How many posts were there about should I wait until the Sept 5th event? Or better yet how many of the over 1000 posts in this thread are of a pissy nature?
 
Starfall said:
Don't count me in that group.

I bought an 8GB iPhone on June 29th. I pay ~65$/month for monthly service with the standard 2 year contract. That comes out to be about $2200 over the two years of the contract. And if I had waited until today to buy, I'd be paying $2000 over those same two years. That's less than a 10% drop in price, because the cost of the iPhone itself is dwarfed by the monthly service charges. Now, if that $200 difference over two years is such a huge deal to you, perhaps because it's all up front cost, you probably bought a phone that you couldn't really afford.

Don't assume that's true of everyone who bought before today.
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I was going to be paying AT&T the money anyways for the next 2+ years, just as I have the past 9. So, for me, the price of the iPhone was $599, not $2200. So, the price drop of $200 is 30% drop in price.

I wonder when Apple is going to drop their computers 30% 60 days after the release. I'd definitely buy a new $2400 PowerBook for $1700.

-jt2
 
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