Nice, content-free reply. And congrats on throwing in the gratuitous
ad hominem—and false—insults questioning, among other things, my arithmetic skills, and accusing me of lying 🙄 Feel free to sack up and apologize.
1) Despite your claiming I don’t know anything about the Canadian dollar, exchange rates or basic arithmetic, the truth is exactly as I stated above in post #152, where I replied to your post whining that the SE was “massively overpriced”.
As I said, it’s $25 more than it is here in the States. $25.95 to be exact:
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599 Canadian is 424.95 US. So you’re claim of “massively overpriced” is false—total BS, right? It’s all of $25.95 more than the $399 we pay.
And you said “No discount compared to the iPhone 8” which I take to mean it was also 599 Canadian. Well, that’s 424.95 US. We were paying $449 here.
So actually it’s you who do not understand the value (or lack thereof) of your own Canadian dollar, exchange rates—or basic arithmetic, isn’t it?
Awaiting your apology for the various insults and accusation that I was lying.
2) What you call “rambling incoherently” was a concise statement of facts—unrefuted by you, I note—comparing the $799 pricing of the 2018 8/128 mini to its $749 price in the 2014 model.
You don’t seem to want to acknowledge that the price is basically the same. You want that not to be true, but it’s a simple, unequivocal fact, isn’t it?
I get you may not like those facts, and that you’re angry and upset it’s the truth. You think the new model should have been priced lower? Fine, whatever. But it wasn’t. Deal with it. We have a saying here: you’re entitled to your own opinion but not your own set of facts. You don’t have to like it—but it’s the truth regardless.
When I state the prices, that’s a simple statement of fact. Just like the fact that the $999 8/256 got a price cut last month to $799 🤷♂️
Don’t whine about how facts aren’t true when they clearly are. You don’t need to make snide, condescending replies like, “That’s not the way it works, chief”. I get you don’t like the facts, but that’s a you problem, isn’t it?
3) re: your question about relevance to this thread: that’s the pot calling the kettle black, isn’t it? It was in reply to your post:
No, the Mac mini isn’t overpriced for 2020. Expensive maybe, but not overpriced. And less expensive than ever, now that the 8/256 config that previously sold for $999 is priced at $799.
If you post crap, expect to get called on it. And when you post OT—even in a boring waiting-to-go-live thread—don’t complain about a reply you don’t like being OT. That’s a foolish response, and bad form on top of it.
