I'm having a nostalga trip

[Jalexster]

I haven't been on MacRumors all that long (found out about it because it was included as the default RSS stream in a RSS widget for Konfabulator), but I decided to go any look up the thread for when the iPod was first introduced.

It's it great to look at messages like:

Thumbs down Toooooo expensive piece of crap!!!
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I said the Cube was overpriced and should cost $1200, this piece of Sh... should cost no more than $90.

Apple is selling a bunch of overpriced things like the TiBook that won't be resellable for more than $1300 in less than 6 month because it is not upgredable.

This iPod is for spoil rich kids with insane parents or an Apple fan as fannatic as a Taliban. It has good features but forget about getting it for $399!!!! Never, who gets that thing is a very stupid person.

Steve Jobs is under terrible consuling or is under too much pot. This propusal is not realistic at all. If Apple does something like this again is going down.

This unit may work for an audio engeneer to record some conference or rock band on the field in place of buying a expensive DAT machine, that is the only real good market this machinne is gonna have.

And:

Thumbs down
I have no use for an Mp3 player.

My house has a CD player.
My car has a CD player.
My Mac has a CD player

I don't use headphones.

The iPod requires me to change my lifestyle to meet it's needs...

I need round holes, not square holes.

For $99 I might buy the toy, for $399? Why?

Doesn't a Mac with a CDR undermine the need for most of this? All that's left is the number of songs you can play and the ability to listen to all of them with headphones anywhere. Do I really need ALL my songs ALL the time?

uhm, no.

Won't last. Another Cube.

Just to look at those posts, brings a smile to my fact. I wish i could say to them all:

Guess what? iPod was a success! That right! iPod was a big, big success! And guess what? It's STILL overpriced compared to other players!

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

Working in the photo retail sector i have learned never to try to judge what the consumer will pay.

 

[Jalexster]

You mean they will pay for overpriced items, when they know there are cheaper items on the market, just because the overpriced items in questing are "cool, sexy, easy to use, and likly to get you laid"?

Hmm... (For you people out there who can't take a HINT, the items in question, are iPods).

 

[zelmo]

You mean they will pay for overpriced items, when they know there are cheaper items on the market, just because the overpriced items in questing are "cool, sexy, easy to use, and likly to get you laid"?

Hmm... (For you people out there who can't take a HINT, the items in question, are iPods).

If Apple advertised that the iPod would help you get laid, they could triple their sales figures.

 

[Mav451]

If Apple advertised that the iPod would help you get laid, they could triple their sales figures.

Sounds oddly reminiscent of the BMW sales pitch about how bimmer drivers get laid more...

 

[iJon]

So are you happy cause these people agree with you that the iPod is overpriced?

If so thanks for informing us 2 million iPod users. We have been hearing this since the iPod's release.

iJon

 

[sonofslim]

So are you happy cause these people agree with you that the iPod is overpriced?

read it again. Jalexster is pointing out that back in the day, even some of us faithful had serious doubts about the iPod. it's kind of a "who's laughing now" post.

and well done, at that. it should remind everyone that very few of us are actually consumer marketing experts, and all the jibberjabbering that goes on at macrumors isn't always an accurate prediction of how any given product will perform.