tangomonster
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Let the Buyer Beware?
We already had a thread on iPhones, but today's newspaper had an article about how upset the initial buyers of the iPhone are about paying $599 when the price is now $399. To appease them, Apple is refunding (some articles I read said the full $200, some said $100). Now I admit to using some stores' price guarantee and requesting a refund within the allotted seven or fourteen days. But they bought the phone on June 29th, so it's been over two months. And they were more than happy to shell out $500; in fact, many stood in line for hours to do so. To me, it's just the premium they had to pay for being "early adopters." They had to have these things the second they came out and now they're whining because the price has dropped.
In high school civics class, we learned about Caveat Emptor/Let the Buyer Beware. Probably it's worth it to Apple to appease them, but I wonder if it's really necessary. They made the choice to buy it at $599 at that time. There was a chance the price could have gone up quickly thereafter if there was a big demand, or it could have dropped as demand slowed.
You takes your chances, as the saying goes. Or am I being too hard-nosed?
We already had a thread on iPhones, but today's newspaper had an article about how upset the initial buyers of the iPhone are about paying $599 when the price is now $399. To appease them, Apple is refunding (some articles I read said the full $200, some said $100). Now I admit to using some stores' price guarantee and requesting a refund within the allotted seven or fourteen days. But they bought the phone on June 29th, so it's been over two months. And they were more than happy to shell out $500; in fact, many stood in line for hours to do so. To me, it's just the premium they had to pay for being "early adopters." They had to have these things the second they came out and now they're whining because the price has dropped.
In high school civics class, we learned about Caveat Emptor/Let the Buyer Beware. Probably it's worth it to Apple to appease them, but I wonder if it's really necessary. They made the choice to buy it at $599 at that time. There was a chance the price could have gone up quickly thereafter if there was a big demand, or it could have dropped as demand slowed.
You takes your chances, as the saying goes. Or am I being too hard-nosed?