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#1 2007-09-05 1:38 pm
iPhone Exchange Program?
Alright Apple...it took you two months and one week to obsolete my 4GB iPhone, and drop the price of the next model from $100 more than what I paid for my 4GB to $100 less.
Bait and switch?
Where is the exchange program so I can get my 8GB model? I won't even demand you give me back the $100 difference.
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#2 2007-09-05 1:41 pm
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Apple dropped the price of my 10-week-old device by $200... that's absolute bullsmurf. I would've waited if I'd known I could save 200 smurfing dollars.
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#3 2007-09-05 1:44 pm
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No kidding.
Anyone up for a class action?
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#4 2007-09-05 1:50 pm
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I think it's doable since it doesn't adhere to any other planned buying schedule. You guys might get an accessory out of it. Make some lawyers some money.
Credence to a 3G model in 4Q?
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#5 2007-09-05 1:57 pm
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If you're gonna make acronyms to be cool, at least do it right! 4th quarter = Q4, you dummy! 
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#6 2007-09-05 2:03 pm
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Unfortunately its not a bait and switch. They advertised a certain product and a certain price and you were sold exactly what you asked for.
Even if Apple knew about the price reductions, etc. coming down the pike, it is still not against business law to do what apple did.
And trust me, I love a class action as much as the next guy.
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#7 2007-09-05 2:04 pm
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Class action won't happen and it's not worth it. Going to a store and complaining won't fix anything and isn't worth it. Basically it's complete bullsmurf but we're left with our dicks in our hands and nothing to do about it.
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#8 2007-09-05 2:12 pm
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KHannon wrote:
Unfortunately its not a bait and switch. They advertised a certain product and a certain price and you were sold exactly what you asked for.
Even if Apple knew about the price reductions, etc. coming down the pike, it is still not against business law to do what apple did.
And trust me, I love a class action as much as the next guy.
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#9 2007-09-05 2:12 pm
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Re: iPhone Exchange Program?
Early adopter tax.
The price of being "cool"
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#10 2007-09-05 2:15 pm
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Freakout Jackson wrote:
Early adopter tax.
The price of being "cool"
Still, $200 is a bit much for an early adopter surcharge, don't you think?
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#11 2007-09-05 2:15 pm
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Imagine buying a car and having its value drop 33% in 10 weeks. Or a computer. Or whatever. If you bought late, sure. But if it was brand-smurfing-new?
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#12 2007-09-05 2:19 pm
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whaaa whaaa boo hoo. how is this any different then buying gas at $2.50/gal then later that day seeing the price is $2.20/gal. prices change 
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#13 2007-09-05 2:22 pm
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Donkey Butter wrote:
whaaa whaaa boo hoo. how is this any different then buying gas at $2.50/gal then later that day seeing the price is $2.20/gal. prices change
Did you seriously just try to equate technology with gas prices?
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#14 2007-09-05 2:23 pm
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Oh, hmph, you got me there.
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#15 2007-09-05 2:26 pm
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Especially those sorry folks who sat in line for 2+ days to pay $200 more.
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#16 2007-09-05 2:29 pm
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my point was that prices change (sorry you missed that).
surly you knew that the price of the iPhone was going to drop. how this came as a surprise to anyone is beyond me.
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#17 2007-09-05 2:31 pm
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Donkey Butter wrote:
my point was that prices change (sorry you missed that).
surly you knew that the price of the iPhone was going to drop. how this came as a surprise to anyone is beyond me.
Its not that the price dropped. Yes everyone knew that would happen.. But A month and a half after it was released?
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#18 2007-09-05 2:31 pm
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I would've expected a price drop in a year.
Spirit was crushed; now is fading, But I want to help make things right.
Because I can see and I can feel, and you can see and you can feel
So why don't we both either stand up and fight
Or at least together we'll call it a night.
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#20 2007-09-05 2:40 pm
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sorry but I find this whole situation to be quite humorous. When the phone was released and you guys bought it, you all said that it was worth every penny and it was so cool. now you want to chuck a tantrum to get some money back or file a lawsuit. 
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#21 2007-09-05 2:43 pm
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Actually that's just me it seems. I'm good at throwing tantrums and being pissed off. Don't you read TRR/MiniThink?
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#22 2007-09-05 2:48 pm
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MB38 wrote:
Imagine buying a car and having its value drop 33% in 10 weeks. Or a computer. Or whatever. If you bought late, sure. But if it was brand-smurfing-new?
As I understand, the value of a new car drops thousands of dollars the moment you drive it off the lot.
I'm really sorry you guys got burned by the price drop. Really! ( 
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#23 2007-09-05 2:52 pm
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DukeofNuke wrote:
As I understand, the value of a new car drops thousands of dollars the moment you drive it off the lot.
Absolutely.
Is this actually a different version, or just a cheaper price?
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#24 2007-09-05 3:02 pm
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They dropped the 4 gig model from the lineup completely, and dunked the price of the 8 gig one by $200.
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#25 2007-09-05 3:03 pm
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The early adopter tax ? I'm glad I paid, in my case. I needed Internet this summer while away from home.
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