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Amazon Inks Deal to Sell New Apple Products Like iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and 2018 iPad Pro
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This is interesting but I cannot settle on why...
Wake me up when this happens on eBay I guess...
Wake me up when this happens on eBay I guess...
"With the new agreement, Apple devices will be available at regular retail prices."
What's the point!?
What's the point!?
Amazon Prime Citizen #3865591 your comments are out of line.
While many in here may applaud this, there is Cook's darker play in here, whereby Apple is locking up the MSRP with no room for "unauthorized" discounts.
Those mythical "Authorized Apple Resellers in/by Amazon" will now face a two-sided whammy: from Apple underneath, and from Amazon from above. And, left with no margin to profit.
Why even bother, then?
Those mythical "Authorized Apple Resellers in/by Amazon" will now face a two-sided whammy: from Apple underneath, and from Amazon from above. And, left with no margin to profit.
Why even bother, then?
Right, that's clearly indicated in the article (I didn't say otherwise), but this is a bit of a change between Amazon and Apple - which historically has been a touch of a back and forth with regards to competing market space - and kind of signifies a re-evaluation of their business relationship. The latter I'd say got a little positive momentum from Prime on ATV (where there was/is a conflicting hardware offering).
Get the Apple Store App. No crashes.
I can now go to Krogers and get an Amazon gift card. Load it into my Amazon account and buy computer and such with my online credit. PLUS I CAN NOW GET KROGER GAS POINTS AND KROGER BUCKS. Win/Win!!!
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the point is that Amazon will get retail margin and Apple will get a new and huge online distributor
Reduced XR orders, Not giving # of sales on their earnings reports, now shaking hands with Amazon now.
hmmmm.
hmmmm.
Take the good with the bad. There are unquestionably shady re-sellers of not only Apple products but other wares on Amazon. In theory this will get rid of them at least as far as Apple is concerned, that's a good thing. You raise a good point on locking up MSRP though so that's a bit of a loss for consumers. There could be ways around this though, depending on how the agreement has been made, such as Amazon offering a % or certain $ amount off of purchases in general, not specifically tied to Apple products.
I guess we'll see, right?
Since best buy price matches amazon, I think this would help them, although they'll lose some business.
Generally I agree but there have been a couple instances where I've got an Amazon gift card from a holiday or something that I wanted to use towards an Apple product and couldn't.
Interesting I just ran into this....this morning Amazon banned 3rd party sellers from selling ALL Apple products from their platform starting January 4th. That means if you have the old iPad 2 or some old keyboard from almost 10 years ago you can no longer resell it on Amazon unless your a certified Apple reseller.
Dear Seller,
Amazon is constantly working to enhance the customer experience, and one of the ways we do this is by increasing selection of the products we know customers want. As part of a new agreement with Apple, we are working with a select group of authorized resellers to offer an expanded selection of Apple and Beats products, including new releases, in Amazon’s stores.
You are receiving this message because you are currently selling, or have previously sold, Apple or Beats products. Your existing offers for those products will soon be removed from Amazon’s online store in the United States. Please contact Apple if you would like to apply to become an authorized reseller on Amazon.
To prepare for this change, you may continue selling these products on Amazon through the holiday season until January 4, 2019. If you have any remaining inventory of these products in Amazon fulfillment centers on January 5, 2019, you will need to create a removal order. Amazon will reimburse you for the return or disposal fees through February 4, 2019. Please also note you will not be able to send shipments of these products to Amazon fulfillment centers effective December 1, 2018.
Thank you for selling on Amazon,
Amazon Services
Dear Seller,
Amazon is constantly working to enhance the customer experience, and one of the ways we do this is by increasing selection of the products we know customers want. As part of a new agreement with Apple, we are working with a select group of authorized resellers to offer an expanded selection of Apple and Beats products, including new releases, in Amazon’s stores.
You are receiving this message because you are currently selling, or have previously sold, Apple or Beats products. Your existing offers for those products will soon be removed from Amazon’s online store in the United States. Please contact Apple if you would like to apply to become an authorized reseller on Amazon.
To prepare for this change, you may continue selling these products on Amazon through the holiday season until January 4, 2019. If you have any remaining inventory of these products in Amazon fulfillment centers on January 5, 2019, you will need to create a removal order. Amazon will reimburse you for the return or disposal fees through February 4, 2019. Please also note you will not be able to send shipments of these products to Amazon fulfillment centers effective December 1, 2018.
Thank you for selling on Amazon,
Amazon Services
Thanks for posting FUNNY video! LOLI'd like to see that.
[doublepost=1541787379][/doublepost]Where is Canada on the list?
We have reward points at work. I can use them towards an amazon gift card but not an apple gift card.
Forgive Apple if they don't see your comment. They are too busy counting their billions.
Good. Hopefully this means an end to counterfeit Apple products on Amazon that end up catching people on fire. As a bonus I can use my 5% Prime cash back to buy Apple stuff!
Its a loss for consumers who like to buy used (or also new from anyone reselling) on Amazon, the competition will be heavily cut do to the 3rd party small reseller ban.
Okay, I saw that, but apparently you didn't see nor interpret what I said, which here is a hint, it was in the past tense, as in two years ago. What I said:
' your amazon package has been left with a neighbour' yes because that what I want order a £1500 phone.
I'd rather buy from store or Apple online with courier delivery.
I'd rather buy from store or Apple online with courier delivery.
Yes I forgot about that. When I bought my MBP from Amazon for $1,869.99 with my Amazon card so I got $93.50 credit the following month from Chase bank card. So I bought it for $100 less than Apple wanted, plus I got another $93.50 in credit to spend on anything in the future, which I did of course.