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Official iPhone Refund Policy Tomorrow?
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I personally wasn't too upset when I heard about the pirce drop, and now the $100.00 store credit will probably take away any ill feelings I had on the subject.
I am kind of stuck with a hard decission now though. I bought a 4gb Iphone cause I figured that would be enough for me, but now that the 8gb is less than I paid for my 4gb I was thinking of buying one of those with the store credit and selling my 4gb to a friend for a cheep price. That being said, I'm affraid now that they will put out a 16gb modle for $499 that will match the ipod touch's 16 gb. It couldn't be that far fetched for apple to do that, or do you suppose all the phone/camera components take up too much extra space.
Oh well, I guess I'll just wait a few months, nothing wrong with my 4gb phone and it's still not full (although if I put one more movie on there it would be)
I suppose if they do come out with a 16gb iPhone for $499 that it'll cause even more of an uproar among the 8gb iphone owners.
Time will tell I guess.
I am kind of stuck with a hard decission now though. I bought a 4gb Iphone cause I figured that would be enough for me, but now that the 8gb is less than I paid for my 4gb I was thinking of buying one of those with the store credit and selling my 4gb to a friend for a cheep price. That being said, I'm affraid now that they will put out a 16gb modle for $499 that will match the ipod touch's 16 gb. It couldn't be that far fetched for apple to do that, or do you suppose all the phone/camera components take up too much extra space.
Oh well, I guess I'll just wait a few months, nothing wrong with my 4gb phone and it's still not full (although if I put one more movie on there it would be)
I suppose if they do come out with a 16gb iPhone for $499 that it'll cause even more of an uproar among the 8gb iphone owners.
Time will tell I guess.
They should have dropped the price 50 bucks and and than another 50 bucks in 1.5 months and so on.
This has really put a bad taste in peoples mouths toward apple.
You know what this tells you is that the cost on these products are really low. They should have never sold them for 600 bucks.
You know why apples products are so good. They have to be with the way they treat their customers.
Thankfully I am not from the US (no offense) but .. otherwise I'd have bought it to find out it is now cheaper. And .. paying in Euro's I already pay more then US people. This price cut is very happy news for me, sorry for everybody who bought it and feel 'damnit!' right now. (feel, eh .. think)
Im surprised people are no FURIOUS about this.
I bought a 4gig iphone 30 days ago...
$499
when i called apple store they said that they would issue me a $100 credit and that my 4 gig phone had been discontinued...
TOTAL ********. Discontinuing a phone after 2 months of its release just says FAILURE and poor planning / strategy all over it.
Anyways I told the lady that wasnt going to happen and I kicked and screamed until she agreed to swap out my 4 gig for an 8gig AND gave me a $100 refund on my credit card
DONT LET THEM DO THIS TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I didnt even care about 8 gig vs 4 gig or I would have bought the 8 gig to begin with IT'S THE PRINCIPLE.
I have 6k saved for my first mac pro workstation and this has left a real ****** taste in my mouth, taste like pooh!
I bought a 4gig iphone 30 days ago...
$499
when i called apple store they said that they would issue me a $100 credit and that my 4 gig phone had been discontinued...
TOTAL ********. Discontinuing a phone after 2 months of its release just says FAILURE and poor planning / strategy all over it.
Anyways I told the lady that wasnt going to happen and I kicked and screamed until she agreed to swap out my 4 gig for an 8gig AND gave me a $100 refund on my credit card
DONT LET THEM DO THIS TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I didnt even care about 8 gig vs 4 gig or I would have bought the 8 gig to begin with IT'S THE PRINCIPLE.
I have 6k saved for my first mac pro workstation and this has left a real ****** taste in my mouth, taste like pooh!
I'm surprised so many are. Did these same people _behave_ the same way when a different company dropped their price?
But you will still buy the mac pro.
The retarded thing is, I would have still bought the mac pro if I didnt get this situation resolved on my iphone.
Point of my story was, don't bend over and take it in the rear, speak up , and demand they take back their discontinued product they just sold you, and make them give you the 8 gig. If you make enough of a big deal, they will do it.
Incase people don't jump threads too often Check out my experience of getting my $200 + tax back from my June 29th 8gig purchase. I hope this helps.
So don't be an early adopter if you can't handle price fluctuations you big cry babies. Seriously, we are ALL sick and tired of the forums cluttered with these posts. You didn't have a single issue paying $600 2 months ago and showing everyone how cool you were, what's changed today? This happens ALL the time. Grow up, my god.
Don't get all the complaining. This last two days will save me $300 on my girlfriend's iPhone that I promised to buy her next week. Wake up complainers, this is a great business move all the way around and great for customers. More customers, better support, more 3rd party accessories. Thank God that Jobs runs Apple and not all the whiners.
Ridiculous. Apple looked at the sales figures and decided they wanted to add a few million more iPhone users and a reduced price is the best way to get the fence sitters in the door. Any other conspiracy theories? ... Aliens run Apple maybe?
I don't get what the problem is...It's a ****ing price drop. Be happy that everyone isn't going to harp on you for paying $600 for a phone. They're giving you $100, who cares? I don't think anyone has the right to be mad about a price drop. Steve said it great...if you wait, you'll never buy new technology.
All these iPhone users are doubly pissed.
Why? Because of the price drop AND because the iPod touch is full Wifi.
Be real... the real reason to get the iPhone had very little to do with making phone calls. Now a better phoneless-iPhone is out and it is what people wanted from the start. Had the iPod Touch come out first, NOBODY would have bought the iPhone.
And that is the truth.
I was looking at smartphones for a while. What I wanted was a mobile platform to read email and access the Internet to look stuff up when I was out and about. I was even considering purchasing a PSP to do that. I could care less that the iPhone is a iPod. I still carry my 60 gb 5G iPod, as that is a better platform for listening to music, and the 8 gb iPhone (or even a 16 gb) is not enough storage to contain my music, especially since Apple crippled iTunes to disallow you to actually manage your music on your mobile device well.
Honestly, if the iPod touch was a 60 gb one, and had email, web and IM, and could be used anywhere, I'd still be carrying my RAZR because I believe it to be much superior PHONE to the iPhone. But, I don't talk on the phone much anyways, so the iPhone fits well enough.
I did stop carrying my pocket camera, though, and don't have to tote my PDA around most of the time unless I need a GPS. So, I eliminated 2 of my occasional devices.
The iPhone is a compromise. It's not a very good solution to anything, but it does a little bit of everything. That's why I bought it. I was willing to pay $650 when it was new, and I'd do it again today, but if you can save $200, who would be stupid enough not to try?
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Having a hard time believing all the whining going on, but then again so are quite a few others I guess. I'd have bought the iphone all over again on day one even knowing about the price cut and without the generous rebate offer. Remember when everyone was asking how much it cost and then calling you crazy? Well they were right because many of you can't seem to handle an inevitable price drop. Get over it and stop yapping about "principle" save that for something worthwhile and be happy that more can now afford it.
What about a $200 store credit or some options?
I'm glad I bit for the iPhone in early August when I had some time off to play with it. What I don't get from a business perspective (keeping the loyal Mac folks satisfied and spreading the word) is why Jobs doesn't give us something more meaningful. The $100 store credit is not going to make us very happy so why not up it to $200 or $150? After all we are more likely to apply a bigger credit to something higher end. Right now I don't need anything in the lower range. Or perhaps offer the ATV for $100 as an option--that's a nice system and even folks who have one might want a second or give it as a gift. Sometimes good will is worth a hell of a lot more than $$ to the bottom line. BTW how do you communicate something to Apple about this?
I'm glad I bit for the iPhone in early August when I had some time off to play with it. What I don't get from a business perspective (keeping the loyal Mac folks satisfied and spreading the word) is why Jobs doesn't give us something more meaningful. The $100 store credit is not going to make us very happy so why not up it to $200 or $150? After all we are more likely to apply a bigger credit to something higher end. Right now I don't need anything in the lower range. Or perhaps offer the ATV for $100 as an option--that's a nice system and even folks who have one might want a second or give it as a gift. Sometimes good will is worth a hell of a lot more than $$ to the bottom line. BTW how do you communicate something to Apple about this?