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Apple Launches Third-Party USB Charger 'Takeback Program'
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Not cheap when I save $20/$30 jsut by stopping by when I pass. They have 5+ Apple adapters, and usually 5+ lightning cables and 10+ 30 pin.
That "green dot" means absolutely nothing when one (at least) of the companies manufacturing counterfeit chargers puts a green dot on its products.
A - you don't become a multi billion dollar company that way.
B - they're probably cheap, but certainly not free.
Or C: there is a real tangible benefit to winning or retaining customer goodwill. Plus, chances are people will go into a store and while there check out the new shiny and maybe pick something up.
Given there are ways companies try to calculate C, I'll take C thanks.
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That. Also, control over the connector on the remote end means they're free to extend as they see fit without breaking the USB standard, which people would be bitching about if they went "USB plug+apple extensions that don't work with anything else"
Apple is a capitalist company, therefore, no good will. Just profit. They will still profit monitarily from this as well as train you to always buy their $$$ chargers rather than anyone else.
I'm not saying capitalism is bad, I'd die before going away from it, I just think it silly to believe that a for profit company is doing this purely out of goodwill.
I'm not saying capitalism is bad, I'd die before going away from it, I just think it silly to believe that a for profit company is doing this purely out of goodwill.
Wrong! Why do you make statements on topics of which you have no knowledge? Read this: http://www.righto.com/2012/10/a-dozen-usb-chargers-in-lab-apple-is.html.
At $10.00 their still probably making an $8.00 profit 
If they didn't bone people on accessories this problem wouldn't exist in the first place!
If they didn't bone people on accessories this problem wouldn't exist in the first place!Explain how what I said was wrong.
I have yet to hear of anyone else getting zapped.
All of those things are made overseas.
All are based off of a switching PSU
Edit: why do you bait when it's clearly against the rules here?
so, you don't lose the cables? simply say you did get one from teh hotel and get a "new" one?
if so, that's lying, stealing and being cheap.
Nope - you are completely missing the point. SOME adapters are fine. You wouldn't chop in a Belkin for example. And a lot of the cheap USB chargers are ok - But There is now a plethora of dangerous USB chargers out there with very dangerous components, non-existent shielding - no insulation or breakers. And most people have no way of telling. It's just ebay crappola.
Any of the other stuff you are comparing there won't kill you will it if it's poorly made ( perhaps the cables )
Also... L Lenses are sometime worse than the Sigma or Tamron and they are way cheaper
THIS!!!
Because Apple charges so much for its adapters, it makes counterfeit ones very profitable!
It will be cheap insurance to sell quality adapters for a small loss then try and make profit off of it.
$10 as is, and $7 with trade in seems much better path.
But +1 Apple!
They do not "all come from the same place", unless that place is "overseas", as you stated.
All cars, televisions, computers, etc. are the same because they are built "overseas" and "are based on the same principle", right?
Again, you have no knowledge of what you are speaking about.
Yes but it's more useless plastic and electronics that needs to be recycled and thrown away. Don't you thing your world is cluttered enough as it is?
Apple will probably make millions in profit from this considering to costs next to nothing and a great ploy for people to buy their 'official' charger at a 'discount'.
The 'negative' story only exists because of Apple's exorbitant pricing on items that cost them next to nothing to produce. Apple's prices on adapters and cables make Monster HDMI cables look like a good deal.
Always amazing to see posters claim that Apple adapters cost next to nothing, cents, pennies etc. without knowing what they actually cost!
I am sure, if you ran that business you'd charge next to nothing.
To be honest, Apple will probably recycle the old adapter you give them anyway. Strip them for parts and materials or what not.
Samsung wants $35 for a 1A charger and $40 for a 2A
This is a great offer by Apple. Many brag about how their $2 knockoff chargers perform as well as an OEM, until of course something bad happens. If something were to happen (fried your phone, or worse) using a genuine Apple charger, you might have some recourse. If the same were to happened using a cheap knockoff, tough luck.
Think of the $20 Apple charges for a high quality original charger your insurance.
the answer is none of the above.
Apple is more clever than that.
The buyback sets the electrocution incident for wide dissemination - I never have heard of it if it until the buyback; Apple is leveraging on opportunity with the statement that buying counterfeit is a bad move and puts it in our face that Apple accessories are a good move at any cost considering the alternative could kill you- what better way or time to do that than now. $19 charger for $10; very inexpensive for Apple against the benefits.
Well in California you would pay 10% sales tax on the full $20 ($2) so it would really be like $3. Then you pay for gas and yeah....
Personally I would rather work 2 hours and make 100x that amount of money than look for a way to 'take advantage' of the program.
#America
There is a difference between Apple Authorized Reseller (which ATT and Radioshack would fall under), and an Apple Authorized Service Providers.
They have separate links on the locate page:
https://locate.apple.com