Possible windfall for early buyers of the iPhone

I saw this earlier - a bit of good news for some of the people who
paid too much for their iPhone:
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"How To Get $200 Back If You Just Got An iPhone" by Om Malik

Did you just buy an 8GB iPhone and paid full price? And are you
feeling upset over the $200 dollar price drop that Apple (AAPL) just
announced? Well there is a way you can help yourself and get $200
back. Apple's store return policy states:

Should Apple reduce its price on any Apple-branded product within
fourteen (14) calendar days of the date of purchase, you may request a
refund of the difference between the price paid and the current
selling price. An original purchase receipt is required, and you must
request your refund within fourteen (14) calendar days of the price
reduction.

Just to clarify, if you bought the phone from Apple store, then you
can get the refund from Apple. Otherwise visit the AT&T Store to
request a refund.

http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/how-to-...got-an-iphone/
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I wonder if the suits responsible for the price-drop were aware of
this? Or is someone for the high-jump?

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"John Bailo, Texeme.Construct" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Getting an iPhone is like being stuck with a subprime mortgage on a
> depreciating house.

except the iPhone is much more fun to use!

On Sep 6, 11:05 am, dapunka <[email protected]> wrote:
> I saw this earlier - a bit of good news for some of the people who
> paid too much for their iPhone:
> ----------
> "How To Get $200 Back If You Just Got An iPhone" by Om Malik
>
> Did you just buy an 8GB iPhone and paid full price? And are you
> feeling upset over the $200 dollar price drop that Apple (AAPL) just
> announced? Well there is a way you can help yourself and get $200
> back. Apple's store return policy states:
>
> Should Apple reduce its price on any Apple-branded product within
> fourteen (14) calendar days of the date of purchase, you may request a
> refund of the difference between the price paid and the current
> selling price. An original purchase receipt is required, and you must
> request your refund within fourteen (14) calendar days of the price
> reduction.
>
> Just to clarify, if you bought the phone from Apple store, then you
> can get the refund from Apple. Otherwise visit the AT&T Store to
> request a refund.
>
> http://gigaom.com/2007/09/05/how-to-...-just-got-an-i...
> --------
> I wonder if the suits responsible for the price-drop were aware of
> this? Or is someone for the high-jump?

Yep. I called Apple yesterday after the announcement and got them to
refund me $100 for my 4GB iPhone. Actually, I left it up to them. I
said either give me $100 back or process a RMA. They gave me the
$100.

On Sep 6, 12:29 pm, "John Bailo, Texeme.Construct"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sep 6, 10:28 am, Chris Clement <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Yep. I called Apple yesterday after the announcement and got them to
> > refund me $100 for my 4GB iPhone. Actually, I left it up to them. I
> > said either give me $100 back or process a RMA. They gave me the
> > $100.
>
> They'll probably send you a $100 gift certificate for a suede iMouse
> cover.

Uh....no, they'll send me cash.

On Sep 6, 12:25 pm, "John Bailo, Texeme.Construct"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sep 6, 10:18 am, none <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > "John Bailo, Texeme.Construct" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Getting an iPhone is like being stuck with a subprime mortgage on a
> > > depreciating house.
>
> > except the iPhone is much more fun to use!
>
> I can figure out better ways to get fun for $799.
>
> No thanks, I'll wait for a $200 eee or a free gPhone.

What costs $799? I thought we were talking about the iPhone. Why
are you bringing up free phones and laptops? You're not making sense,
dude.

Chris Clement wrote:

> On Sep 6, 12:25 pm, "John Bailo, Texeme.Construct"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Sep 6, 10:18 am, none <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > "John Bailo, Texeme.Construct" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > > Getting an iPhone is like being stuck with a subprime mortgage on a
>> > > depreciating house.
>>
>> > except the iPhone is much more fun to use!
>>
>> I can figure out better ways to get fun for $799.
>>
>> No thanks, I'll wait for a $200 eee or a free gPhone.
>
> What costs $799? I thought we were talking about the iPhone. Why
> are you bringing up free phones and laptops? You're not making sense,
> dude.

You are talking to Bailo
He never makes sense
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On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:29:06 -0700, John Bailo, Texeme.Construct wrote:

> On Sep 6, 9:05 am, dapunka <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Should Apple reduce its price on any Apple-branded product within
>> fourteen (14) calendar days
>
>
> Getting an iPhone is like being stuck with a subprime mortgage on a
> depreciating house.

.... Bailo is an idiot with no common sense.

--
Rick

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:25:27 -0700, John Bailo, Texeme.Construct wrote:

> On Sep 6, 10:18 am, none <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "John Bailo, Texeme.Construct" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Getting an iPhone is like being stuck with a subprime mortgage on a
>> > depreciating house.
>>
>> except the iPhone is much more fun to use!
>
> I can figure out better ways to get fun for $799.
>
> No thanks, I'll wait for a $200 eee or a free gPhone.

Fine. You use what you want, and let others use what they want.

--
Rick

"John Bailo, Texeme.Construct" <[email protected]> wrote:

> > except the iPhone is much more fun to use!
>
> I can figure out better ways to get fun for $799.

$799? the most expensive iPhone was only $699, now $599 with the credit.

you sure aren't good with numbers!

I was told it is a credit in an Apple Store purchase. No cash. Jobs gets
the credit money back. Such sincerity.

Link: http://tinyurl.com/2os8zu

Then I see, link off the bottom of the same page above called "Apple Snubs
AT&T, Hoses Early iPhone Buyers" and "iPhone: Flaky Device Overrated,
Expectations Out of Hand" that he is quarreling with AT&T and going to offer
iPhones Wi-Fi through Starbucks which is T-Mobile.

No wonder AT&T is going to market the HTC Super Smart phones like the
forthcoming HTC TyTn II. Maybe the Apple promise of "x number of iPhones on
AT&T" didn't meet the expectations of AT&T's bandwidth for all the other
Smartphones on the horizon (Nokia N95 8gig too) so they are cutting back on
iPhone bandwidth so Job's is researching other network options - aka
Starbucks and T-Mobile.

Mack

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:18:28 -0600, none wrote:

> "John Bailo, Texeme.Construct" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Getting an iPhone is like being stuck with a subprime mortgage on a
>> depreciating house.
>
> except the iPhone is much more fun to use!

I dunno about that.... anyone with a significant other and a bedroom might
argue that point ;-)

At 07 Sep 2007 10:14:36 -0700 M. MacDonald wrote:

> I was told it is a credit in an Apple Store purchase. No cash.
> Jobs gets
> the credit money back. Such sincerity.
>

IMHO, it's fair. Perhaps not overly generous, but certainly fair.

>
> Link: http://tinyurl.com/2os8zu
>
> Then I see, link off the bottom of the same page above called "Apple
> Snubs AT&T, Hoses Early iPhone Buyers" and "iPhone: Flaky Device
> Overrated,
> Expectations Out of Hand" that he is quarreling with AT&T and going
> to offer
> iPhones Wi-Fi through Starbucks which is T-Mobile.


All unresearched opinion written by the same blogger.


> No wonder AT&T is going to market the HTC Super Smart phones like
> the forthcoming HTC TyTn II.

AT&T has no obligations to stop selling other Smartphones- even Apple
knows their product doesn't directly compete with enterprise-class
RIM or WinMo devices. They never intended it to.

> Maybe the Apple promise of "x number of iPhones on
> AT&T" didn't meet the expectations of AT&T's bandwidth for all the
> other Smartphones on the horizon (Nokia N95 8gig too) so they are
> cutting back on iPhone bandwidth so Job's is researching other
> network options aka Starbucks and T-Mobile.


"Cutting back on bandwidth?" Please. It's a phone- data isn't
allocated to manufacturers! The Starbucks deal is a simple cross
promotion thing. Coffee buyers see iPhone/iPod/iTunes signs, and
iPhone/iPod owners see a Starbucks icon on their phone. The T-Mobile
connection, while ironic, is a red herring- if Starbucks used
Boingo's network the same deal would've been done.

iPhones, like TyTns and N95s, have WiFi. Nothing prevents AT&T WiFi
phone owners from buying T-Mo's WiFi "Hotspots" service
($19.99/month.)
It has nothing to do with thecellular service.


--

"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures
or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for
all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with
ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003

> "Todd Allcock" wrote:
>> Maybe the Apple promise of "x number of iPhones on
>> AT&T" didn't meet the expectations of AT&T's bandwidth for all the
>> other Smartphones on the horizon (Nokia N95 8gig too) so they are
>> cutting back on iPhone bandwidth so Job's is researching other
>> network options aka Starbucks and T-Mobile.
>
> "Cutting back on bandwidth?" Please. It's a phone- data isn't
> allocated to manufacturers! The Starbucks deal is a simple cross
> promotion thing. Coffee buyers see iPhone/iPod/iTunes signs, and
> iPhone/iPod owners see a Starbucks icon on their phone. The T-Mobile
> connection, while ironic, is a red herring- if Starbucks used
> Boingo's network the same deal would've been done.
>
> iPhones, like TyTns and N95s, have WiFi. Nothing prevents AT&T WiFi
> phone owners from buying T-Mo's WiFi "Hotspots" service
> ($19.99/month.)
> It has nothing to do with thecellular service.

Could be right Todd. If you saw today's news, Comcast cut "Unlimited
Internet" service to their customers who pay for "Unlimited Service" by
doing heavy downloads - i.e. "no connection available" at all! The HTC TyTn
II runs Windows Mobile 6 and doesn't need to run server based as does the
iPhone and it is supposedly to run on 3.5g so it will be very fast with far
more features like the ability to scan in business cards, and will run GPS
as well. Apple sees the writing and cannot compete with it unless they dump
the iPhone for a newer model that will knock down the HTC. I doubt if it
will happen as Apple prefers the user to be tied to their service like
sealed-in batteries and no slot for any other memory rather than tying up a
computer or server to make the exchange (HTC got that right as did Nokia).

Unfortunately, as has always been Apple's problem, very little software is
written for it compared to Windows based anything. Plus, Bill Gates has
backed HTC now so the iPhone is going to have a very short sales run except
to the Apple people who buy into Apple's sales "gimmicks" which are very
good. HTC makes a lot of manufacture's phones and no doubt learned form
their mistakes. Now they go it one their own having learned those mistakes.
Just wished it were cheaper than $1000 but that will change as did the
iPhone (I hope!).

Glad I didn't jump on the iPhone bandwagon - and now certainly won't.
There's always something better around the corner.

B~

alt <[email protected]> wrote:

> > except the iPhone is much more fun to use!
>
> I dunno about that.... anyone with a significant other and a bedroom might
> argue that point ;-)

then, they just don't know about this:

http://www.ohmibod.com/ohmibod.html

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<[email protected]>,
"B. Peg" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Unfortunately, as has always been Apple's problem, very little software is
> written for it compared to Windows based anything.

Yes, no "ClosetRemodel 3D" available for Mac. Damn those software
developers.
We have so few programs it makes me cry at night.

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