Apple iPhone owners, to put it mildly, are ticked off.

[atticus]

"If they told me at the outset the iPhone would be $200 cheaper the next day, I would have thought about it for a second -- and still bought it," said Andrew Brin, a 47-year-old addiction therapist in Los Angeles. "It was $600 and that was the price I was willing to pay for it."

I weep for his children.

 

[Matt24SPFL]

Quote from imbiber:

I thought it was pretty common knowledge that tech gadgets go down in price after a period of time.

What a bunch of idiots. LOL.

I know right.. lol

 

[mcichocki]

Quote from crazy_trader:

Steve trying to keep fan happy

AAPL Apple SAYS TO GIVE EVERY EXISTING IPHONE CUSTOMER $100 STORE CREDIT - Reuters (136.20 -0.56) -Update-

I saw this today and was like WTF. That's so stupid, you want to be on the bleeding edge you pay the extra $ and risk the bugs on a 1st gen product.

I must say though, I had to really fight buying one at the new rate cause I want a 2nd gen or maybe even a later version.

 

[a529612]

Too bad it's no longer a "status symbol" for these suckers. What will happen in a year when they start giving this phone away for free with contract?

 

[mde2004]

Sent Steve an email that basically said "f$$k you and thanks for screwing me out of $200 hard earned dollars, AGAIN".

My days at the Apple store in Manhattan is over.

 

[syswizard]

The fact that Jobs was never "dinged" for the stock option backdating at Apple is simply amazing.

"Only in America"

 

[MattF]

that extra $200 could have helped pay off the credit card they used to buy it...

 

[pkts]

Quote from mde2004:

Sent Steve an email that basically said "f$$k you and thanks for screwing me out of $200 hard earned dollars, AGAIN".

My days at the Apple store in Manhattan is over.

Huh? Did he put a gun to your head and force you to buy the iPhone?

 

[Brandonf]

Quote from atticus:

"If they told me at the outset the iPhone would be $200 cheaper the next day, I would have thought about it for a second -- and still bought it," said Andrew Brin, a 47-year-old addiction therapist in Los Angeles. "It was $600 and that was the price I was willing to pay for it."

I weep for his children.

Welcome to America: I spend, therefore I am. And in LA it's to the Nth degree.

 

[pkts]

Quote from Brandonf:

Welcome to America: I spend, therefore I am. And in LA it's to the Nth degree.

It depends on his wealth though. 600 dollars didn't exactly break my bank. If it was credit card debt...thats patriotic.