Apple is a greedy company
I'm sorry, but I'm not impressed with Apple's Black Friday Sale. Neither the scope nor the depth of it. They don't even offer a discount on the MacPro! And $101 off the MacBook. Not impressive. It is more and more obvious to me that Apple just doesn't get it. Other secondary vendors can sell for less that Apple? this just shows that Apple is gouging for all they can get.
I have no doubt most of their customer base is unfazed by Apple's attitude. I will probably get skewered by a few fanboys for my opinion. I haven't been too complimentary of Apple lately, but they just seem to be very non-customer friendly these days. Their computers have been overpriced for more than three years now and they seem absolutely unwilling to lower their prices.
Apple should be offering their 15" MacBook Pro for $1700 or less during this sale. But they don't even cut the price one cent. They have a monopoly right now because of their great OS. Their machines are also top-notch. But other vendors can make similar quality machines (I am not saying Apple's equal though) for much much less. This will be over one day for Apple. It's a shame to me that Apple refuses to budge one bit just because they don't have to. There is more to good business than simply charging the highest price you can force people to pay. There is also a matter of goodwill among your customers. Apple has a lot of very loyal customers because they make the best computers available. But these customers are limited in number.
I am just disappointed that Apple seems so unappreciative of their customers. Go ahead and rake me over the coals fanboys.
I'm sorry, but I'm not impressed with Apple's Black Friday Sale. Neither the scope nor the depth of it. They don't even offer a discount on the MacPro! And $101 off the MacBook. Not impressive. It is more and more obvious to me that Apple just doesn't get it. Other secondary vendors can sell for less that Apple? this just shows that Apple is gouging for all they can get.
I have no doubt most of their customer base is unfazed by Apple's attitude. I will probably get skewered by a few fanboys for my opinion. I haven't been too complimentary of Apple lately, but they just seem to be very non-customer friendly these days. Their computers have been overpriced for more than three years now and they seem absolutely unwilling to lower their prices.
Apple should be offering their 15" MacBook Pro for $1700 or less during this sale. But they don't even cut the price one cent. They have a monopoly right now because of their great OS. Their machines are also top-notch. But other vendors can make similar quality machines (I am not saying Apple's equal though) for much much less. This will be over one day for Apple. It's a shame to me that Apple refuses to budge one bit just because they don't have to. There is more to good business than simply charging the highest price you can force people to pay. There is also a matter of goodwill among your customers. Apple has a lot of very loyal customers because they make the best computers available. But these customers are limited in number.
I am just disappointed that Apple seems so unappreciative of their customers. Go ahead and rake me over the coals fanboys.