Dud. Apple will never learn . These prices are just educational discounts. Poor Apple.
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When I think Walmart I think saving some extra money. When Think Apple I think products should be sold a lot less. Just my opinion. Flame away!
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Apple Posts Black Friday 2013 'One-Day Shopping Event' Teaser
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Dud. Apple will never learn . These prices are just educational discounts. Poor Apple.
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When I think Walmart I think saving some extra money. When Think Apple I think products should be sold a lot less. Just my opinion. Flame away!
Those prices are last years Black Friday so we don't yet know if Apple has learned
.They don't need to offer steeper discounts. Black Friday was started by American retailers; Americans bought into the idea big, so retailers kept doing it. Now people expect big discounts if they go through the madness of Walmart at 3 in the morning (now actually on Thanksgiving). If Walmart has good deals, Target and Best Buy don't need to have them, but to compete they do. Apple doesn't have this competition, especially considering that a lot of people won't wait in line on Thanksgiving, period.
My point: Yes, Apple doesn't need to offer steep discounts to compete, but if leaving Thanksgiving early means saving a few hundred bucks, there are people who will do it. And the shopping spurred by these discounts does increase Apple's sales beyond what it would be otherwise.
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Cuz then they would make less profit to report per quarterly. LOL
i used to get excited to see what apple could afford in term of discount but after 2-3 years in a row..the pattern was too obvious. sick of you apple.com
I already explained this but apparently you ignored it. The items that Best Buy limits are drastically discounted, 50%+. These are called "loss leaders". Best Buy can afford to sell a small amount to entice people into the store, at which point they will buy enough to make up for that loss.
Apple is not discounting anything by such an amount, which is why it has no constraints on items. It will sell every single item at profit and only offer marginal discounts. Discounts which are matched by stores like Best Buy and Amazon for most of the year. But since it is Apple selling it, it's suddenly an amazing deal.
If Apple was selling something at a large discount, say... 30% (which would be unbelievably massive for Apple), they would also put a limit on the number of items available. They aren't limiting them because the discount is tiny.
This is flat out not correct. Bestbuy.com and the store are now the same prices, other than errors. BB.com has MORE items, but not different prices.
Furthermore, not only is Best Buy offering its black friday deals online, they're also available online for this entire week to its reward zone members.
And again, the deals are not comparable. The deals at Best Buy that "sell out" are discounted significantly more than any deal Apple will ever run. Apple will never offer a new item at 50% off.
This is true. There will be (I believe) 6 in-store only deals.
Because that's what you said.
You are saying Apple is better because it won't sell out but it has nothing to sell out of.
I didn't say I want to wait in line, and I didn't say Best Buy was better for me, I said you're committing a logical fallacy so you can make your favorite brand look better.
Apple is 'better' here because they are offering an inferior deal which you seem to think is equivalent to a better deal.
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It's probably better than Best Buy and Walmart whatever it is. I'm fairly certain they aren't forcing their employees to work on Thanksgiving.
Who cares? I am a computer buyer, not a liberal worried about what other people earn....
Much more livable than the countless souls in Foxconn working tirelessly to make our shiny new toys a reality.
What?
Oh, oh like those over priced sealed macbook pros on ebay or what ever - for over 3000, ya they are making a killing, no one is buying them, so even if you get a system on major discount, and you wanna "re-sell" it, what? Are you going to mark it up 1000% and expect you'll make some kind of profit, and pat yourself on the back for being so clever?
The people do not deserve to go into debt for over priced landfiller gadgets over the "holiday shopping craze" thank you so very much.
This red crispy shiny fruity company can afford to give 60% discounts to anyone, don't justify why they don't give many discounts, do they pay your mortgage or something?
HAHAHAH!
Sigh.
You just like to argue, don't you?
One of the good points of the Apple deals is that they won't sell out and everyone gets the same deal. That doesn't mean Apple is better. One of the good points of the Best Buy deals is that they're marked off more. That doesn't mean Best Buy is better.
You ARE allowed to say good and bad things about each. You don't have to be a complete fanboy of Apple or Best Buy.
For those who have EPP discounts via Apple, these discounts probably aren't going to make those folks salivate.
Because spending more money and walking into a store with the
on it makes you "classy?" < There, I'm classy now! I love my getting my daily lol from reading your comments. So much nonsense you don't even know it.
I find it funny.
Always get a good laugh.I hate when people say this but "well said."
People who think they need to buy an Apple product at an Apple Store to be "classy" are insecure and use the
as a status symbol. If that weren't true, you would have no problem buying an iPhone or whatever at WalMart.Flaming coming in 3...2...1...go!
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Exactly the reason why their products are not selling as much in the apple store. Third party always have a better deals. I love apple products but they should have better deals.
im betting similar discounts this year. if you want deals on apple products the only place to go is their refurb section or an outside retailer for new.