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Apple Charges Customer 122 Times for Lion
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Why would you carry a balance on a credit card? That's just asking for trouble. They can raise my interest rates all they want and I don't care one bit.
sorry to hear of his plight, i am. i've been there-not necessarily with paypal or apple. i think it happens to the best of us no matter how careful we tread online.
i hope all he's looking for is the refund on the 121 copies of lion. maybe it was his intention to score a nice settlement by posting it online. this way, he won't have to worry about his next mortgage. i mean why bring up mortgage in the first place, if not to garner some sympathy votes. that's a problem he created and brought on himself, and a wholly different discussion.
i hope all he's looking for is the refund on the 121 copies of lion. maybe it was his intention to score a nice settlement by posting it online. this way, he won't have to worry about his next mortgage. i mean why bring up mortgage in the first place, if not to garner some sympathy votes. that's a problem he created and brought on himself, and a wholly different discussion.
Why are gold and diamonds worth anything? Because someone convinced us that they are. Ask the native americans how those beads worked out. Trust me, if things ever really hit the fan, I would rather not just be holding a pile of gold.
You bought $1,000 in iTunes gift cards at one time? Or did you try to use the same gift cards on 20 separate accounts? I buy iTunes gift cards at a discount (or use my credit card points when they are "on sale" for better prices then cash back), but I only put $50 on my account at a time. Why did you need $1,000 at one time?
Bought cards at one time, redeemed at the same time. Er.. maybe because I buy more music and movies than the average person (hint: look at my nickname!)
Since it's a significant value I didn't want all the money to be stored in one account. Didn't make a difference eventually, I couldn't use the credit at all.
Wow. Apple apologists out in full force. I can't tell if some are serious or if they're just out trolling. How can people seriously say "if he only had 4k in his bank account he shouldn't have been buying a luxury item like Lion"? Unless you've done some incredibly stupid things that resulted in you spending more than half of your income on housing and a car payment that takes up a good portion of whats left after that, theres really no reason why the vast majority of people couldn't live a very comfortable life on $4,000 per month.
The elitism in this thread is sickening.
The elitism in this thread is sickening.
There's a reasonable expectation that a company such as Apple wouldn't **** up and charge 121 copies of Lion to someone's bank account. The nice thing with debit and credit cards are fraudulent protections. Debit cards aren't as safe but they're working on it.
Seriously, this is like the third time in the past week I've seen or read about this happen or something similar. First thing's first, the guy should go to the bank and file a chargeback and cancel his debit/credit card and order a new one. If Apple or Paypal bitch, tell them to ****** off and that he had solid legal ground on the chargeback.
I was under the impression that you could only buy Lion through the Mac App Store. How was he using a developer beta of iTunes to purchase Lion?
Not sure if anyone posted this yet! But it reminds me of what this guy was talking about in his TED Talk
http://gizmodo.com/5824983/humanity-is-owned-by-computer-algorithms-and-resistance-is-futile
To sum it up, we've made all these complex algorithms to take care of things like our stock markets and banking, and when things go tits up sometimes we have no idea why :|
http://gizmodo.com/5824983/humanity-is-owned-by-computer-algorithms-and-resistance-is-futile
To sum it up, we've made all these complex algorithms to take care of things like our stock markets and banking, and when things go tits up sometimes we have no idea why :|
The guy just "lost" $4,000. This is not a trivial amount for a middle-class individual. If he said he can't make his mortgage has it occurred to you that he might be simply telling the truth (human interest or not)?
And what if it is an exaggeration? What if he does want to spend it on silly things (say, like unnecessary Apple stuff)? What if he *is* financially irresponsible (of which you have no proof)? Unlike you, this would not change my opinion on whether the matter should be resolved. It is an error and he is entitled to his money, period.
This isn't a story because he can't afford his mortgage, it's a story because Apple/Paypal goofed majorly.
I use my debit card because I don't like credit cards at all. I also only have a limited amount of money in that account as most of my savings are in another account (which is why it only went through 4 times otherwise it would have gone through 22 times!!). All the charges were dropped today so now I have my money back but I still have to pay Apple...
Do you think maybe I should ask for it for free? I mean it was annoying having no money in that account for a week.
Mac app store simply sucks
I bought Xcode 4 for 4.99. Now the store doesn't allow me to download XCode 4 unless I run Lion, in which case, the Xcode 4 is free. Totally sucks.
I bought Xcode 4 for 4.99. Now the store doesn't allow me to download XCode 4 unless I run Lion, in which case, the Xcode 4 is free. Totally sucks.
If you were spending the money right away then why did you need it separated like that? If I'm going to spend $1,000 tonight I'm not going to worry about it getting hacked in the twenty minutes it takes me to purchase.
Don't try arguing with people who believe that gold is "real money", and especially don't argue with people who tell you you can get rich investing in silver. These are "feel good" investments, not "money making" investments. If things get so bad that were bartering goods for gold, you'll be more likely negotiating with the barrel of gun than someone offering gold.
What "damage"? I if didn't authorise a transaction my bank removes it immediately and I am not liable for it. End of story. You don't need a prepaid card or anything else. Under the law you're not liable.
That's not true. It might vary from bank to bank but Chase, for example, reverse any transactions you didn't authorise immediately.
Before blame is laid, I will give you a brief run down on what happened to me.
It was either the Lion launch day or the one after. I purchased the Applecare pack. I was on the phone with Apple, during the process I tried to pay with my debit / credit cards. I use the words in terms of many as each was rejected.
This was a real puzzle
After talking to the bank(s) and credit card companies [their fraud departments] it transpired that Apple had tried to take several payments for the same Applecare product. Luckily they were instantly one after the other and so the doors were shut and the cards were bounced.
The cards were eventually sorted and the transactioned carried out later in the day. So something wasn't right, never got a straight answer from Apple but it at least ended pleasantly
It was either the Lion launch day or the one after. I purchased the Applecare pack. I was on the phone with Apple, during the process I tried to pay with my debit / credit cards. I use the words in terms of many as each was rejected.
This was a real puzzle
After talking to the bank(s) and credit card companies [their fraud departments] it transpired that Apple had tried to take several payments for the same Applecare product. Luckily they were instantly one after the other and so the doors were shut and the cards were bounced.
The cards were eventually sorted and the transactioned carried out later in the day. So something wasn't right, never got a straight answer from Apple but it at least ended pleasantly
Because I didn't need to spend it right away. We have to make last minute decisions depending on projects involved. It's not like you have an idea of what music to purchase 30 days earlier.. you get a phone call "We need music that sounds like this album.. now".. and bam.. you buy the album, get an idea of what the whole thing is, and then work with musicians/producers or whatever to create that kind of music.
I like to have accounts ready with credit so I can go ahead and purchase when required. So I would feel a lot safer if I had $1000 spread out in different accounts, with different passwords. I actually found out that my accounts were suspended while trying to buy some music (2 accounts worked, and from then on nothing worked)
I CANNOT FATHOM what people are on about when they say someone who makes $4K a month shouldn't be buying something for $29.
An iPhone costs $650 unlocked. By that estimation, a person should be making over $80,000 a month if they want to buy one of those. Only millionaires should have a Mac by this way of thinking.
What are you people on?
An iPhone costs $650 unlocked. By that estimation, a person should be making over $80,000 a month if they want to buy one of those. Only millionaires should have a Mac by this way of thinking.
What are you people on?
its not how Confidentiality clauses/NDAs work dude. And unless her husband owns Paypay he is not sighing a NDA with Apple. Not that anything she wrote is confidential anyway, big deal, her husband thinks its Apples fault... what coroprate secrets about Apple/Paypal are disclosed...
Its a computer bug, if he sends out the code where the bug is present you can get him on legal grounds.