yep. just like the year that the phone came out a bit later.... I made extra monthly payments on my phone.... so I "overpaid" more than the 1/2 required to upgrade.
it's not dirty... it's part of the contract....
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iPhone 13 Pro Apple Upgrade Program Fee
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it's not dirty... it's part of the contract....
the program is to allow you to get a phone YEARLY.... not necessarily on launch..... if you want the phone after 11 months... you pay the 12th payment.
good god the entitlement in this thread!
Your basically paying your last two payments or 1 in advance , or you can just wait til October but you still gonna have to pay that bill
but you ARE able to get a new phone in one year.... that's 12 months.... 12 payments. NO ONE said you are entitled to a new phone on launch. you can have a phone in one month from now without an extra payment... that's 12 months... contract fulfilled.
there's nothing nefarious going on here.
apple didn't purposely make the phones late last year... they couldn't get parts... the people making the damned phones were getting covid and couldn't work.
this year they are back on NORMAL schedule and released ALL FOUR together.
you want the phone EARLY you pay off your portion of the contract.
how.hard.is.that.to.understand?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
but it IS a YEARLY upgrade... you pay TWELVE months... ONE YEAR.... you get a phone.
it is not a "launch day" plan. it's a YEARLY plan
that ALWAYS irritated me to NO END!
I can buy a car at a discounted price an only pay tax on the price I actually pay...
I can buy clothes or other electronics or whatever else that is discounted or on sale and only pay tax on the price "I" pay... but with phones the lovely KOMMIEFORNIA has to get their hands on more of my hard earned money...
UGH!
but you only pay for the price of the car you actually pay. you don't pay on the MSRP like you have to with a phone.
with phone... for whatever reason... kommiefornia thinks, regardless of if you actually pay a lower price... you have to pay tax on the MSRP of that phone.
It's over 10% in some cities. Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena area is 10.25% and I'm pretty sure there are cities that have even higher.
Something else that some people probably don’t really think about is not everyone on the iUP goes straight to the top of the line phone. Consider the people who can only budget for an XR, then after 12 month’s worth of payments they decide to upgrade to a 13 mini. Then 12 months later they decide they want a bigger phone and get the 13 or whatever when the 14 comes out.
Point is there are many people who use the iUP and don’t necessarily want to get the top end latest and greatest every year. The terms of the program benefit them just as well.
Point is there are many people who use the iUP and don’t necessarily want to get the top end latest and greatest every year. The terms of the program benefit them just as well.
Link to that marketing? Here's what they have on their website:
iPhone Upgrade Program
Get a new iPhone every year, and the protection of AppleCare+ with the iPhone Upgrade Program. Buy now or visit an Apple Store today.
www.apple.com
I don't see anything about getting a new iPhone "when they come out" (i.e. "launch day"). It simply says get a new iPhone every year (i.e. after you've made 12 payments). As others have said, launch day can vary.
Seems like the "I have to have it NOW" mindset has hit the brick wall of reality.
As with many topics on this forum, it's not that it's hard to understand - it's that people don't WANT to understand it.
Exactly. People are wanting *a* new iPhone to be *the* new iPhone, when that never was implied.Link to that marketing? Here's what they have on their website:
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iPhone Upgrade Program
Get a new iPhone every year, and the protection of AppleCare+ with the iPhone Upgrade Program. Buy now or visit an Apple Store today.www.apple.com
I don't see anything about getting a new iPhone "when they come out" (i.e. "launch day"). It simply says get a new iPhone every year (i.e. after you've made 12 payments). As others have said, launch day can vary.
Seems like the "I have to have it NOW" mindset has hit the brick wall of reality.
I would never put a phone on a credit bearing card that I wasn't going to pay off the balance monthly.
if this was a new phone on launch program... it would only be available in September.... but since it's an every 12 months program.... you are free to join in October or November or December or January or February or march or April or May or June or July or August.
It's never been a yearly RELEASE day program! NEVER!
It's never been a yearly RELEASE day program! NEVER!
I understand it lol. Gotta pay to play. Let me keep the phone for the month I'm paying for though. Fair enough?
Oh so now you want to complain about forking money over. 😂
Love that I triggered mostly everyone but when it comes to anything personal for them. They would have some type of justification for their reason. Apple refunded the fee through citizen one. They said they were the ones to move the release date last year and if those that want to upgrade on launch day.
but oh well. I have nothing to prove here. I posted to really just share and honestly the hype of triggering the internet patrol police, made it better. Thanks lol
but oh well. I have nothing to prove here. I posted to really just share and honestly the hype of triggering the internet patrol police, made it better. Thanks lol
1) you CAN keep the phone for a month. you wait and order after you've paid your contracted agreement amount.
2) there's a huge difference in whining about a CONTRACT that states UP FRONT 12 payments to upgrade and paying tax on an MSRP price when NO OTHER PRODUCT in this kommie state requires it. You buy a car on sale... you pay tax on the sale price. you buy a phone case on sale... you pay tax on the sale price. AND there are VERY FEW states that do this asinine way of charging on an MRSP of a phone.
so we're triggered because we pointed out what's in your contract?
and just like other years with apple order issues... you call and whine and get the "right" apple rep.... you get what you want.
Nope didn’t whine. Sorry not a lefty. Actually just asked and it got escalated without asking for it to be and got a call back saying it was refunded. Easy peasy. Have a good one ☺️
Who did you call to get to happen. Essentially i was double charged the 12th payment. I paid the 57 to apple for the early upgrade on the 17th (which would have been the 12th payment), and then Citizens took my 12th payment as well on September 22nd. Citizens isn't showing an overpayment, and apple has told me they are requesting a refund but can't tell me where or when i'm going to get the refund. They are basically telling me to talk to Citizens but when i do Citizens is like nope we don't see anything in our system even though the loan balance clearly shows there have been 13 payments made.
Honestly, I’m not sure. I’m sorry. All I did was make one call to apple and politely asked them about the upgrade. They put me on hold and then came back and had a senior advisor on the line that took my info and then someone else called me back higher than the senior advisor and said it would be refunded. Not sure that helps. Hope it does though