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I got ripped off today
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you didn't ask before how much it was going to be? You have zero reason to be upset about anything. You always ask before. You were way off in your assumption on price and just because your expectation did not line up with reality is no reason to get mad. Next time, you check the price BEFORE you commit to anything.
You own any land?
That is crazy... because they are less than $0.03 to make, normally retail for $0.33 each online and then $33.00 installed at the Apple store.
Welcome to the wonderful world of retail.
Word of advice:
LEARN TO APPLY SCREEN PROTECTORS.
I started applying them years back when I got my iPod touch. Took a few tries but now I can apply them blindfolded. I do all of my friends and family members phones, no bubbles or trapped lint.
Also, I buy like 6 protectors for 2$ on eBay and the quality is just as good. Again, LEARN TO APPLY SCREEN PROTECTORS yourself. You got majorly ripped, lesson learned I hope.
LEARN TO APPLY SCREEN PROTECTORS.
I started applying them years back when I got my iPod touch. Took a few tries but now I can apply them blindfolded. I do all of my friends and family members phones, no bubbles or trapped lint.
Also, I buy like 6 protectors for 2$ on eBay and the quality is just as good. Again, LEARN TO APPLY SCREEN PROTECTORS yourself. You got majorly ripped, lesson learned I hope.
It's your fault for not asking the price first. Pay the $33 and consider lesson learned.
It's been perfectly installed by a professional and, at $33, it's around 5% of the cost of the phone - some might say that's a reasonable amount to protect the screen. I wouldn't. I'd say it's ridiculous and would have asked the cost first.
But then I also wouldn't pay up to $849 for a mobile telephone. If that isn't overpriced then I don't know what is!!
Not pay (already mentioned).
Shop around.
Buy $33 of screen protectors and get some practice with installing them.
Any of countless other options...
Read the OP again -- carefully.
As always, it's a matter of preference -- regardless of the device in question.
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You obviously have not been married and divorced with kids. Now THAT is an expensive lesson.....
If you didn't ask how much something cost before you purchased it, you didn't get ripped off. Hate to say it but you were ignorant in your purchase. Always ask how much an item cost.
Exactly. Never assume price, always ask before and no way would I have paid that.
A cloth too? For $33 it better come with a 6 pack of good beer and a mother ****ing hug.
This all could be prevented by asking how much. They're targeting people with their shiny new $200+ devices. Of course they're going to charge about 4x what they should charge for a screen protector. You weren't really ripped off, you were just foolish and they duped you.
I've used iOS devices since 2008 and i've never used a screen protector and i've never had a scratch on my screen. I don't put anything sharp or pointy in the same pocket in my phone, like keys. Personally, I think they are useless.
Ever hear of Caveat Emptor? First known use only 490 years ago...
(citation)Grabbing every penny is nothing new, all that's really changed is our increased awareness due to faster/easier/wider communication with others through the Internet. As consumers are better able to communicate with one another, companies seek new and less apparent ways to maintain their profit margins. When price becomes a major competitive factor the companies seek new ways to get more money; e.g. as airfare competition has increased airlines have sought new ways to add fees and other up-charges. Sort of like squeezing a half-full balloon; the more you squeeze in one spot the more it expands in another.
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I scratch my screen protectors every time because I wear earrings. It's unavoidable for me. I don't know what it would do to glass but since one pair are diamonds, I assume I can get scratches that way.
This. My wife and daughter occasionally end up using my phone to make a call.
Asking what earrings they're wearing before letting them use my phone would NOT end well.
Even if the glass doesn't get scratched, the coatings can be and still give the scratched appearance.
Asking what earrings they're wearing before letting them use my phone would NOT end well.
And THERE is the downside.
Disagree! The person should know that the price is high and should ask in the 1st place. If it was cheap, then it is understandable.
The kiosks is the Galleria are all a scam!! I hate all of them. Scam artists. Complain to the galleria.