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Member since 11/06 1327 total posts
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Leo
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For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
Dude, you're getting Apple-owned
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QuoteTheRaven424
22 Months?!!!!
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
ouch 
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| Posted 9/6/07 12:54 PM |
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
I'm not surprised - I would never ever rush to buy the 1st model of anything - especially anything by Apple - they are always coming out with newer, better models of things - I mean - remember the 1st Ipod?
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| Posted 9/6/07 1:00 PM |
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bomb-blast
bye bye
Member since 11/06 1327 total posts
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Leo
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
Posted by lipglossjunky73
I'm not surprised - I would never ever rush to buy the 1st model of anything - especially anything by Apple - they are always coming out with newer, better models of things - I mean - remember the 1st Ipod?
While that is very true, the price of an iPod never dropped so dramatically within 2 months of its initial release, regardless of which generation of iPod.
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| Posted 9/6/07 1:15 PM |
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MrsPJB2007
MBA at your service!
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
i never understood ppl who rush and wait overnite for the "first' of something that will be outdated quick. 
i remember seeing a guy on the news who was waiting overnite for it and the reporter asked him WHY and he just shrugged his shoulders and said "I dunno--i just wanted to have it before anyone else"
so ppl with iPhone and iPods should be ****** at apple...i would
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funtime
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
That would be I...although I look at it as I paid $100/month to look cooler than everyone else :)
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| Posted 9/6/07 1:41 PM |
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
Posted by funtime
That would be I...although I look at it as I paid $100/month to look cooler than everyone else :)
Yeah... but at the same time, would you categorize someone who slept overnight in front of a store to buy a phone "cool?" 
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| Posted 9/6/07 1:45 PM |
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funtime
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
Well, I didn't camp out, so I need not worry about that ... But I do know people who did...I can understand why they did it, although I wouldn't characterize it as cool or not...
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seank80
Don't Taze My Dog Bro!!
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
Posted by funtime
That would be I...although I look at it as I paid $100/month to look cooler than everyone else :)
I have 200 in my pocket that says I am just as cool.
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| Posted 9/6/07 1:51 PM |
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
Posted by funtime
Well, I didn't camp out, so I need not worry about that ... But I do know people who did...I can understand why they did it, although I wouldn't characterize it as cool or not...
 My dad is the type of guy to always have the 1st of everything - you should see the ipod he has from the 1st batch - its like a relic!!!
He would never camp out though... bad back 
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Corinne
My munchkins
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
my husband stood on line for his job since he covers apple and got one. i got one for my birthday a month later and now we are pizzed becuase thats 400 dollars we could have spent on something else. i called up to see if they give adjustments and its only if purchased within 14 days of the price change.
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
Posted by seank80
Posted by funtime
That would be I...although I look at it as I paid $100/month to look cooler than everyone else :)
I have 200 in my pocket that says I am just as cool.
I have 50 cents jingling around in my pocket. I guess I'm not cool  Just broke.....
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| Posted 9/6/07 1:52 PM |
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
Posted by Corinne
my husband stood on line for his job since he covers apple and got one. i got one for my birthday a month later and now we are pizzed becuase thats 400 dollars we could have spent on something else. i called up to see if they give adjustments and its only if purchased within 14 days of the price change.
Wow - that majorly blows.... I'm sorry to hear that....
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| Posted 9/6/07 1:53 PM |
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funtime
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
I think that if you bought it within 30 days you can return it, pay the restocking fee of $50, then exchange it for a new one for the new price...in essence saving $150 per
Message edited 9/6/2007 1:53:52 PM.
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Kara
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They call me "Tater Salad"
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
The iPod touch can't make/receive calls, so it's not really a substitute for the iPhone.
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| Posted 9/6/07 1:55 PM |
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seank80
Don't Taze My Dog Bro!!
Member since 5/07 2240 total posts
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
Posted by lipglossjunky73
Posted by seank80
Posted by funtime
That would be I...although I look at it as I paid $100/month to look cooler than everyone else :)
I have 200 in my pocket that says I am just as cool.
I have 50 cents jingling around in my pocket. I guess I'm not cool Just broke.....
I got a shiny quarter with your name on it.
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| Posted 9/6/07 1:56 PM |
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seank80
Don't Taze My Dog Bro!!
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
I just spoke to a friend who is an AM for Cingular and he said they are refunding the 200 to people that bought the phones within the last two weeks.
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| Posted 9/6/07 1:58 PM |
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BabyAvocado
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
Yeah I heard about this yesterday - AFTER I told DH to NOT buy me one for my b-day because it was too expensive 
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| Posted 9/6/07 1:59 PM |
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SweetTooth
I'm a tired mommy!
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
Posted by Kara
The iPod touch can't make/receive calls, so it's not really a substitute for the iPhone.
The lowered the price of the iphone by $200...
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| Posted 9/6/07 2:00 PM |
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bomb-blast
bye bye
Member since 11/06 1327 total posts
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Leo
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
Posted by MrsPJB2007
i never understood ppl who rush and wait overnite for the "first' of something that will be outdated quick.
i remember seeing a guy on the news who was waiting overnite for it and the reporter asked him WHY and he just shrugged his shoulders and said "I dunno--i just wanted to have it before anyone else"
so ppl with iPhone and iPods should be ****** at apple...i would
Some people were smart, they waited on line and then sold them for an even higher price to people who wanted them even more.
And then there are those who bought them in order to open them up, figure out how they work, and create a whole line of accessories for them.
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Corinne
My munchkins
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
its not about being smart and waiting. if something comes out and you want to get it why should you be punished by those who criticize your decision to by it. my husband got his for his job and i got gc's from people to the apple store. i wanted the phone since my old phone broke and i think its a great phone. im upset becuase thats 400 dollars we could use elsewhere. becuase apple isnt selling as many phones as they want they dropped the price and pizzed off a lot of people. customer loyalty isnt going to be the same for those that got screweed!
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| Posted 9/6/07 2:25 PM |
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Kara
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
Posted by SweetTooth
Posted by Kara
The iPod touch can't make/receive calls, so it's not really a substitute for the iPhone.
The lowered the price of the iphone by $200...
OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH duh!!!
It's good that I can read.
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
that's not a smart move by Apple IMO
it's just going to p*ss off everyone who got one.
brilliant Marketing
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| Posted 9/6/07 2:30 PM |
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Ophelia
she's baaccckkkk ;)
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remember, when Gulliver traveled....
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
since Apple introduced the Iphone at that price, people were saying that it would inevitably drop, which is has, significantly.
Steve Jobs was test marketing...he knows he laid the golden egg with this Ipod stuff...he knows people LOVE them...he just wanted to see how much...
clearly it wasn't as much as he had hoped, so he lowered the price. I am not surprised by the price lowering, but by everyone else's reaction to it...since like I said, it was seemingly inevitable.
I mean, they sold 100 MILLION Ipods. that is a staggering amount. he is running out of people that DON'T own one already. he had to do something.
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| Posted 9/6/07 2:43 PM |
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BabyAvocado
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Re: For anyone who rushed to buy an iPhone
I know people that happily paid their early termination fees with other service providers just to be one of the first to have the iPhone - they just considered it part of the cost of the phone, period. I think the people who paid the original price should just see it that way - they paid a little more to have it first. Like Ophelia said, everyone knew the price would drop eventually so... those people essentially already knew they were overpaying for it, kwim?
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