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CUPERTINO - Apple announced today that it would no longer be accepting purchase requests for the iPhone. "We feel the iPhone is too good for regular humans," says the Apple spokesperson. "To protect our brand image, we have decided to stop selling our product altogether to maintain a level of exclusivity unattainable by any other product currently on the market."
The spokesperson also announced they would continue advertising in order to maintain the feel of unattainability. - Comments on
No kidding! This is gonna backfire in their faces since I don't see any future iPhone retailers (Best Buy, Cicuit City or Amazon) enforcing this.
This will further complicate the iPhone's widespread availability and hinder the company's projected 2008 sales. Way to go Apple! - Comments on
Just buy a simon mall credit card if you are *that* desperate, they are accepted anywhere visa is accepted and i think you can get them up to 1000 dollars - Comments on
Holy Shit! That's what I suggested as a workaround yesterday...they must've taken my comment to heart.
Oh and Dbrim it's iDiocy. - Comments on
Oh and on a sidenote, Apple will now no longer accept the $100 vouchers that it gave to Apple iPhone customers that it screwed over by lowering the price by $200. - Comments on
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I guess that's true, you can pay cash at best buy or wherever, or buy a gift card at those places. Unless Apple forces them to follow suit. Of course, then you can deposit money in your checking account, and pay for an ebay purchase with paypal and your checking account.
This just in, Apple no longer accepts PayPal. All owners must be preapproved, and submit a copy of their DL, SS Card, and Birth Certificate. - Comments on
You know, Apple's website (http://www.apple.com/go/giftcards/) says the following:
What products can I purchase using an Apple Gift Card?
You can purchase just about anything sold by Apple (except another Apple Gift Card, an iTunes Gift Certificate or purchases at the iTunes Music Store), including products from both Apple and third-party makers.
So they have clearly spelled out which products are not purchasable with a Gift Card, and the iPhone is not included. If you have a gift card, a copy of that website, and proof that you bought the card before you accessed that statement, Apple had better damned well let you apply your card toward an iPhone. - Comments on
To own it an iPhone it requires a way to pay the subscription, which means credit card.
Kids will not be using Gift Cards to buy iPhones, because they need a plan beyond buying the hardware to own and use the product. Not using Apple Gift Cards to buy iPhones is not a large issue. - Comments on
Its been ruled time and time again that a business can refuse to sell you a product or service for any reason, including payment method. Now if you owed apple money and they refused to take cash it would be a completely different issue. - Comments on
I think the problem is going to arise from the legalities surrounding gift cards. Recently laws have been made regarding accepting gift cards, expiration etc. I don't think that they can choose to not accept a form of payment that they themselves issue. It's disingenuous and I'm pretty sure illegal. Does anyone know? - Comments on
I'm no lawyer, but I believe Paul is Right. Imagine if you went to Best Buy and spent $1000 on Gift Cards and the very next day Best Buy decided it will no longer accept their own gift cards and will not refund any outstanding values.
They would be sued in a micro-second. Just because Apple is limiting this policy to one product, that does not excuse them from the responsibility to accept their own gift cards. - Comments on
Cant you just go to your bank and but one of those $1,000.00 reloadable credit cards??? There is always a workaround.
Why not just go to an AT&T store. Im not sure if they are also not accepting cash. - Comments on
the key word in your final quotation is " debts " . vendors don't have to accept cash, only creditors, i.e., your local bank, financial institution, credit card company, etc . - Comments on
Sorry, *Leo*, but you're wrong. The "...debts..." language refering to the US dollar has always been considered as a reference to any debt, including commercial sale. It isn't just refering to "debt" as a traditional obligation of payment or service. That said, *Rob*, *Brent* and others are 100% right that there is a mile-high stack of caselaw that makes it very clear that a private business can refuse a sale for (almost) any reason. This would likely be one of them. - Comments on
since there is a " mile-high stack " of case law, i would be interested in seeing a link to one such case . - Comments on
They sold 250,000 iphones to the Grey market...which is a crazy amount. No wonder they are clamping down hard. Apple loses about $420 from monthly subscriptions. Not to mention they cant have customer support..therefore brand image is tarnished. - Comments on
>>Apple loses about $420 from monthly subscriptions.
Stop saying this. They don't lose $420. They actually gain $400 for the sale of an iphone to a customer who otherwise would not have bought it. - Comments on
These are cutomers they would otherwise not have so it is actually money they would not have anyway.
Everybody I know that has one doesn't use AT&T and has cracked it. Also, I do not know anybody that bought it at the opriginal price. Ironically, I am the only one in my group of friends that is on AT&T but I do not have an iPhone. Go Figure.
Imagine how many they would have sold if it wasn't locked.
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I'm tired of individuals bringing up Apple's concerns and desires when discussing their behavior. Seriously, why should the customer (us) be concerned with whether or not our actions have maximized Apple's revenue. It's not logical for me to take Apple's concerns into consideration when making financial decisions (like buying an iPhone). Simply put, their crapping on the customers, there's no other way to say it. If M$ did the same thing, everyone would be saying "That's what you get from a crappy company like Microsoft".
...That being said, I'm still probably going to buy iPhones for my wife and I this Christmas. They're cool, and I have no problems with signing an AT&T contract. - Comments on
I was thinking about buying an iPhone, but because of all of the locked/unlocked/relocked crap, I decided to go with an HTC Kaiser instead.