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refurbished macbook - $109?
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nice! the best deal I got was $140 off my first iPod because the guy at the counter was a trainee and messed something up 
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thanx guys! anyway just always think that ur lucky..believe me it helps!hehehe anyway im still like wow!hehehe so this blackbook has 1gb w/c is 2 512 right? and it has only 2 slots? so can i exchange this ram to apple 4 2 1gb? and just add money? any thoughts?
thanx guys! anyway just always think that ur lucky..believe me it helps!hehehe anyway im still like wow!hehehe so this blackbook has 1gb w/c is 2 512 right? and it has only 2 slots? so can i exchange this ram to apple 4 2 1gb? and just add money? any thoughts?
This purchase is equivalent to stealing. The Apple store pricing was obviously in error. Apple took the ethical high road and sent you the macbook for $109 which shows that they honor their commitments. Apple did not have to send you the unit.
I hope you take a moment to think about this transaction. Imagine that YOU own a business that sells widgets in a window with a price marked $1000 on a sign. One day a zero falls off the sign and the price shows $100. Someone walks in off the street and asks for the the $100 widget. Do you sell it to the person? What if they ask for 10 widgets at the $100 price? Do you explain that there was an error on the sign? If you did sell the person a $1000 widget for $100, how would you treat that person when they come back into the store? Your store would lose money if you sold the widget for $100.
Yes, you did get a deal on the Macbook. Apple did honor the deal even though we all know that the pricing was clearly in error. The only person who doesn't have any honor or ethics in this transaction is the buyer!
I know you are happy you got a good deal and beat THE MAN. I hope you see that your ethics are wrong. The ethical thing for you to do would be to call Apple and talk to them about this transaction.
TFR
P.S. Rather than call Apple and ask for an exchange on the RAM in your $109 Macbook, I hope you take your 2 x 512MB RAM modules and shove them up your nose!
I hope you take a moment to think about this transaction. Imagine that YOU own a business that sells widgets in a window with a price marked $1000 on a sign. One day a zero falls off the sign and the price shows $100. Someone walks in off the street and asks for the the $100 widget. Do you sell it to the person? What if they ask for 10 widgets at the $100 price? Do you explain that there was an error on the sign? If you did sell the person a $1000 widget for $100, how would you treat that person when they come back into the store? Your store would lose money if you sold the widget for $100.
Yes, you did get a deal on the Macbook. Apple did honor the deal even though we all know that the pricing was clearly in error. The only person who doesn't have any honor or ethics in this transaction is the buyer!
I know you are happy you got a good deal and beat THE MAN. I hope you see that your ethics are wrong. The ethical thing for you to do would be to call Apple and talk to them about this transaction.
TFR
P.S. Rather than call Apple and ask for an exchange on the RAM in your $109 Macbook, I hope you take your 2 x 512MB RAM modules and shove them up your nose!
I doubt Apple are taking the ethical highroad as you say. I doubt anyone at Apple has noticed this mistake. The money was taken automatically, order information dealt with automatically and someone in the packaging department got an instruction to mail the item. If they'd noticed then they would have stopped it.
If anyone at Apple notices down the line, I doubt they'll care because they'll know its just a one off slip up and someone got lucky. Life deals huge amounts of bad luck so if something good comes your way, take it.
Wow sounds like some one is mad they didn't get a $109 macbook. Apple made the mistake, not the buyer.
huh?
looks like sum1 woke up in a bad mood? so it is my fault that i purchased a $109 macbook? im sorry that i got u upset..but if u were in my place i think u would buy it 2 without any cause...any why are you mad?dont u think that apple would notice? i mean c'mon apple makes what? billions? me? i make a thousand a month?haha i'm just a student who got lucky!so im happy with the decision i made..i think it's a secret contest that apple made..and i won!hehe sorry if i told u about the $109 macbook but i just want to let everybody know..that things mess up sometimes and one of us would be lucky so now was my turn..who knows someday would be yours! good luck!
looks like sum1 woke up in a bad mood? so it is my fault that i purchased a $109 macbook? im sorry that i got u upset..but if u were in my place i think u would buy it 2 without any cause...any why are you mad?dont u think that apple would notice? i mean c'mon apple makes what? billions? me? i make a thousand a month?haha i'm just a student who got lucky!so im happy with the decision i made..i think it's a secret contest that apple made..and i won!hehe sorry if i told u about the $109 macbook but i just want to let everybody know..that things mess up sometimes and one of us would be lucky so now was my turn..who knows someday would be yours! good luck!
This purchase is equivalent to stealing. The Apple store pricing was obviously in error. Apple took the ethical high road and sent you the macbook for $109 which shows that they honor their commitments. Apple did not have to send you the unit.
I hope you take a moment to think about this transaction. Imagine that YOU own a business that sells widgets in a window with a price marked $1000 on a sign. One day a zero falls off the sign and the price shows $100. Someone walks in off the street and asks for the the $100 widget. Do you sell it to the person? What if they ask for 10 widgets at the $100 price? Do you explain that there was an error on the sign? If you did sell the person a $1000 widget for $100, how would you treat that person when they come back into the store? Your store would lose money if you sold the widget for $100.
Yes, you did get a deal on the Macbook. Apple did honor the deal even though we all know that the pricing was clearly in error. The only person who doesn't have any honor or ethics in this transaction is the buyer!
I know you are happy you got a good deal and beat THE MAN. I hope you see that your ethics are wrong. The ethical thing for you to do would be to call Apple and talk to them about this transaction.
TFR
P.S. Rather than call Apple and ask for an exchange on the RAM in your $109 Macbook, I hope you take your 2 x 512MB RAM modules and shove them up your nose!
One cannot live on Ethnics alone.
He didn't steal and was not unethical. I believe it's a law that a store has to honor the advertised price.
You should probably read the fine print.
They have paragraphs that protect them against price errors on their online store.
But yeah, this is an amazing deal
Also, well done to apple for keeping up their side of the deal, when other retailers find out they've made a mistake like this they usually don't honour the order and put the change back.