More Apple douchebaggary Options

[Oasis]

And people wonder why the general public hates Apple and thinks they're elitist douchebags

http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/apple-r...-em-to-two-per/

What kind of assclown heads up their marketing team?

1. You can only buy Apple products at Apple stores, not at Best Buy or anywhere like that. I, for one, don't have a fucking clue where an Apple store is. And excuse me for being too lazy to look. I'll go and buy a competitor's product at Best Buy where I know they'll be sold. I shouldn't have to go out on a scavenger hunt to buy a mass produced cell phone or MP3 player

2. Only Apple would try to limit the number of products their customers can buy. How is that even remotely financially intelligent?

3. Only Apple would refuse to accept cash. While not illegal (I had to check because for some reason I thought it was illegal to not accept US currency), it screams "I'm a surly asshole, take your business elsewhere"

4. What the hell is an "unauthorized reseller"? 'Scuse me, Apple, but when I buy something and legally own it I can resell it whenever I want and for whatever price I want. Have fun trying to stop me.


Seems they're trying to create a false sense of demand and hype for the Iphone by severely limiting availability and making it difficult for people to get ahold of one. Stellar business model. They're either elitists or complete dipshits, take your pick. I have nothing against the Iphone itself. I've played with one and it's pretty nifty once you figure out how to use it. But I've seen probably 500 people using cell phones since this summer and maybe 10-15 had an Iphone. Maybe Apple is just scared that if they made them easy to buy, they're realize there isn't as much demand as they thought.


Awesome quote from someone on Digg's discussion board:
You know what? Im a long time Mac user, but fuck Apple. Im so disgusted on how they are handling the iPhone. Seems like its weekly they are doing something else to piss people off with this god damn thing.

I hope Steve Jobs chokes on that fucking phone of his. Maybe he'll remember that he once ran a computer company.

[pysex]

I agree that their marketing campaign is borderline criminal but as a private corporation they can choose to accept only Visa credit cards as payment. It says on that little faq that a business is required to accept cash if there's a state mandate. And Apple does consider their products to be above and beyond so you won't see them sold at a place like walmart where a lot of the other "mass produced" crap is sold.

[Divergent Realit...]

I agree that their marketing campaign is borderline criminal but as a private corporation they can choose to accept only Visa credit cards as payment. It says on that little faq that a business is required to accept cash if there's a state mandate. And Apple does consider their products to be above and beyond so you won't see them sold at a place like walmart where a lot of the other "mass produced" crap is sold.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7942582

wut?