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Apple Sued for $1 Million over iPhone Price Cut
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what's the percentage? probably somewhere in the .000000000000000001% range. ------> how sad is that?
unfortunately, ignorance can be (and is often quite) used as an excuse to sue someone for something that should have zero merrit in a grand society like ours that we hold so dearly.
this is the reason why I hold EXTREME capital punishment so dearly in my opinion. other countries cut peoples' hands off as punishment for doing very bad crimes. I'd vote for the same policey here in America in a heartbeat if I could.
in other words, you play, you're gonna have to pay.
Given that there are only ~6,000,000,000 people in the world, this doesn't allow for any responsible people at all. The number you posted is 1:100,000,000,000,000,000,000 i.e. about 12 orders of magnitude larger than the population of the US.
(I know it was hyperbole, but it irks me when numbers people make up aren't remotely consistent with reality.)
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What a waste of time
No one made you buy an iPhone retard. Prices change all the time. That's how the tech business works. I stood in line and bought one knowing full well that they would drop in price someday. Now I have a 200.00 credit at apple for a new iMac. Maybe your just mad they were out of 8G so you had to get a 4.
No one wanted a 4 to begin with anyway. Get a life, stop wasting time, and stop trying to cash in at someone else's expense.
No one made you buy an iPhone retard. Prices change all the time. That's how the tech business works. I stood in line and bought one knowing full well that they would drop in price someday. Now I have a 200.00 credit at apple for a new iMac. Maybe your just mad they were out of 8G so you had to get a 4.
No one wanted a 4 to begin with anyway. Get a life, stop wasting time, and stop trying to cash in at someone else's expense.
Perish the thought.
This case might make a good, real nomination for a Stella Award, though.
Not that people often collect anything by filing bizarre lawsuits, they are price we pay for an open, accessible legal system.
Madness in Manhatten
That is one crazy country you live in, can you get sued for breaking wind as well?
That is one crazy country you live in, can you get sued for breaking wind as well?
Although the cases mentioned in the reply are all hilarious, not a single one of them. . . ever happened. You can search every jurisdiction in the United States, and nowhere will you find them.
They are, however, fabulous as comedy....
Now CANADIANS are talking smack?!?
That's IT! I'm suing Canada for this affront!
(no offense to SMART canadians... if you can find one.)
That's IT! I'm suing Canada for this affront!
(no offense to SMART canadians... if you can find one.)
Reality Check
As an attorney in the U.S., I can tell you that 99% of what you people are claiming out here is more silly than any lawsuit filed against Apple.
With regard to the McDonalds case, anyone who actually took the time to review it instead of spouting off about how the case was frivolous in such a lemming like fashion would discover the case was meritorious. That woman deserved every penny she received.
Secondly, you people do not even know anything about the merits of this case against Apple. I guess U.S. Courts have a huge disadvantage over the populous. They actually have to wait until the evidence is presented before making a decision. You people seem to have the inside track as to what is really going on. The American legal system should just chuck due process and legal procedure and simply consult Macrumors. It is, you know, just possible this case is based on the law. I know that comes as a shock to you legal experts out here.
Third, 12(b)(6)? Give me a break. It is a tough sell, and the case will almost certainly survive that stage.
Fourth, contingency agreements are used in more than personal injury cases. This was probably a contingency case. And the idea that lawyers file contingency cases without regard to their merit is ridiculous. In fact, contingency case are very risky to attorneys. The attorney must put up all the money, do all the work, and hope he gets paid. Attorneys use great care in taking them.
Finally, Americans and others continue to repeat this tired old claim the lawsuits are too prevalent in America. In reality, it is simply a Right Wing lie meant to convince juries that when a company is sued they should be given a break. Certainly some cases are frivolous, however, the vast majority are meritorious and maybe, just maybe, you people should consider the possibility that there is something here and you dont know everything with your crystal balls.
As an attorney in the U.S., I can tell you that 99% of what you people are claiming out here is more silly than any lawsuit filed against Apple.
With regard to the McDonalds case, anyone who actually took the time to review it instead of spouting off about how the case was frivolous in such a lemming like fashion would discover the case was meritorious. That woman deserved every penny she received.
Secondly, you people do not even know anything about the merits of this case against Apple. I guess U.S. Courts have a huge disadvantage over the populous. They actually have to wait until the evidence is presented before making a decision. You people seem to have the inside track as to what is really going on. The American legal system should just chuck due process and legal procedure and simply consult Macrumors. It is, you know, just possible this case is based on the law. I know that comes as a shock to you legal experts out here.
Third, 12(b)(6)? Give me a break. It is a tough sell, and the case will almost certainly survive that stage.
Fourth, contingency agreements are used in more than personal injury cases. This was probably a contingency case. And the idea that lawyers file contingency cases without regard to their merit is ridiculous. In fact, contingency case are very risky to attorneys. The attorney must put up all the money, do all the work, and hope he gets paid. Attorneys use great care in taking them.
Finally, Americans and others continue to repeat this tired old claim the lawsuits are too prevalent in America. In reality, it is simply a Right Wing lie meant to convince juries that when a company is sued they should be given a break. Certainly some cases are frivolous, however, the vast majority are meritorious and maybe, just maybe, you people should consider the possibility that there is something here and you dont know everything with your crystal balls.
It may be true that a lot of lawsuits have merit, but suing a company for dropping the price on a product when you bought a lot of stock to re-sell at a higher price seems ridiculous. If that is indeed what she was doing, that would be what we call speculation, the same thing people always do whenever a hot new product comes out that they expect to be difficult to find.
Speculation always carries a heavy risk, and based on what has been released to the public in terms of information on the case, it sounds like she expects Apple to compensate her for lost sales and profits because she (an unauthorized reseller) couldn't make a profit on the phones she purchased. If she had entered into some sort of reseller agreement with Apple with regard to the phones and they had promised Price protection and had failed to provide it after the drop, which resulted in substantial losses for her, I could see it being a meritorious case.
Speculation always carries a heavy risk, and based on what has been released to the public in terms of information on the case, it sounds like she expects Apple to compensate her for lost sales and profits because she (an unauthorized reseller) couldn't make a profit on the phones she purchased. If she had entered into some sort of reseller agreement with Apple with regard to the phones and they had promised Price protection and had failed to provide it after the drop, which resulted in substantial losses for her, I could see it being a meritorious case.
Idiots!!!!!
This is by far the dumbest thing i've ever heard of on the face of the planet!! First of all this lady person that thinks that she'll get a cool mil cause she cant get over the fact that everything depreciates nothing will ever hold its value especially a phone that about 2-3 million people have!! Second this isn't freaking court so why the hell am i reading a legal dispute between two people from two differrent countries?
This is by far the dumbest thing i've ever heard of on the face of the planet!! First of all this lady person that thinks that she'll get a cool mil cause she cant get over the fact that everything depreciates nothing will ever hold its value especially a phone that about 2-3 million people have!! Second this isn't freaking court so why the hell am i reading a legal dispute between two people from two differrent countries?
She could actually win or possibly settle the stella awards are proof of the stupidest lawsuits ever.For the doubters just read first place and tell me she does not have a chance
You must be very young, or don't get out much.
These "cases" are all urban myths.
It happens all the time and will always continue to happen. Just embrace it and join the crusade. Let's burn this mother f'er down!!!!!!!
I think the appropriate response is: "Why, I oughtta....!", followed by a prolonged bout of wheezing from the exertion.
I think the appropriate response is: "Why, I oughtta....!", followed by a prolonged bout of wheezing from the exertion.
You're right of course, and I would have remembered but for the Alzheimer's.
Almost all tech-based consumer items drop in price from the time they are introduced until the time they are discontinued. There is no reason to expect that the iPhone is any different. Only a dysfunctional jury could find in the plaintiff's favor in this case.
Get real.
This is a perfect example of stories being summarized in a way that casts poor light on them and the American legal system and then get repeated, distorted, repeated, etc. Your seven stories are basically fiction. The McDonalds case, as an example, was a case that should have been brought much sooner - others would not have been injured.
These cases demonstrate that people love to find injustice where no injustice has occurred. And while I understand there are always the ignorant out there who choose to remain so, for those interested in seeing how a meritorious case can be distorted by those hoping to discredit the American legal system, read the real story at the link below. McDonalds got exactly what they deserved. (And they probably should have had to pay more.)
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm
This is a perfect example of stories being summarized in a way that casts poor light on them and the American legal system and then get repeated, distorted, repeated, etc. Your seven stories are basically fiction. The McDonalds case, as an example, was a case that should have been brought much sooner - others would not have been injured.
These cases demonstrate that people love to find injustice where no injustice has occurred. And while I understand there are always the ignorant out there who choose to remain so, for those interested in seeing how a meritorious case can be distorted by those hoping to discredit the American legal system, read the real story at the link below. McDonalds got exactly what they deserved. (And they probably should have had to pay more.)
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm