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FanIn80 · 09-07-2007, 10:22 AM

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/openiphoneletter/

Make sure you stay on top of this, if you want to collect.

Noticed it on a blog that i read (http://sethgodin.typepad.com).

I-Hate-Hulse · 09-07-2007, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by FanIn80

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/openiphoneletter/

Make sure you stay on top of this, if you want to collect.

Noticed it on a blog that i read (http://sethgodin.typepad.com).

And it's not enough for some people... Apple marketing has really hoodwinked some fans if they though Apple was anything other than a corporation. Did they really think it was the member of the Jedi Council or something?

http://www.overclockers.com/tips01212/

Some of these posts at the official Apple forum are hilarious:

http://discussions.apple.com/forum.j...D=1139&start=0

My favorite:

Now I feel ashamed when people see my iphone
Posted: Sep 7, 2007 7:16 AM

I have already gotten 3 comments yesterday by people reminding that the iphone dropped $200 after spotting me using it. They all had a little smirk on ther face. Honestly I don't feel comfortable using it now. This was my first and last Apple purchase. I wish we get $200 instead of the $100.

EDIT - This is a gem too:

I feel so much more comfortable using the iPhone in public now
Posted: Sep 7, 2007 7:39 AM

I no longer feel embarrassed and worry that people think I'm a show-off using a $600 iPhone that is recognizable from 15 feet away.

Now when people ask I just tell them it's only $399 now and they can go get their own.

Now I no longer feel the need to be discrete and that is a good thing!

Regorium · 09-07-2007, 10:59 AM

I think it's genious on Apple's part.

$100 will buy you half an Apple mouse, so giving $100 that will come back to you and more is an incredible "apology".

They should've just said, "Sorry, tech prices go down, you're SOL". Giving $100 credit feels more like an additional cash grab than a refund.

FanIn80 · 09-07-2007, 11:32 AM

No kidding. Generally, the only thing better than an Apple product is the marketing attached to said apple product.

BananaPancakes · 09-08-2007, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Regorium

I think it's genious on Apple's part.

$100 will buy you half an Apple mouse, so giving $100 that will come back to you and more is an incredible "apology".

They should've just said, "Sorry, tech prices go down, you're SOL". Giving $100 credit feels more like an additional cash grab than a refund.

Apple's most expensive mouse is $69.00. There are also a lot third-party products available in the store; Wacom Tablets, Printers, etc.

I think it's great. You don't see Microsoft, Sony or any other company offering any credit after price drops like that. Good on Apple, I say.

MarchHare · 09-08-2007, 12:48 PM

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I think it's great. You don't see Microsoft, Sony or any other company offering any credit after price drops like that. Good on Apple, I say.

You also don't see those other companies cutting the price of one of their popular products by $200 after just two months on the market either.

Regorium · 09-08-2007, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by BananaPancakes

Apple's most expensive mouse is $69.00. There are also a lot third-party products available in the store; Wacom Tablets, Printers, etc.

I think it's great. You don't see Microsoft, Sony or any other company offering any credit after price drops like that. Good on Apple, I say.

I'm just making a slight jab at overpriced apple products

Neeper · 09-08-2007, 10:56 PM

Apple's mice are garbage. That about the only complaint I have when it comes to Apple. Steve, can you please just make a 2 button mouse for f sakes??

cSpooge · 09-09-2007, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Neeper

Apple's mice are garbage. That about the only complaint I have when it comes to Apple. Steve, can you please just make a 2 button mouse for f sakes??

ummm the Mighty Mouse is 2 buttons... at least mine is.

Devils'Advocate · 09-09-2007, 10:25 AM

Did the "Mighty Mouse" come with your Mac? Or did you buy it seperately? The one that comes with the computers is typically garbage.

As for this $100 rebate - wha?!?! Let people complain. They bought the product at $X so they obviously felt it was worth $X to them. I was one of the first to get a PS3 and now the price has dropped. I'm not petitioning Sony to send me a rebate. My brother has a DVD player that cost $850 because he bought it almost 10 years ago. He has not written to Panasonic asking for a $700 rebate.

Keep the money Steve. Use the money to hire someone to work things out with Rogers to get the iPhone here.