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Oasis
post Oct 29 2007, 12:52 PM
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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.


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post Nov 5 2007, 10:20 AM
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i went from hating the iphone to liking the iphone and wanting to buy one and now back to hating it

a month ago i would have loved to have bought one but apple just keeps fucking shit up... i'm going to get a palm treo as a hold-over until google comes out with the gphone

fuck apple
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post Nov 5 2007, 10:30 AM
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QUOTE (Watchman @ Nov 5 2007, 10:20 AM) *
i went from hating the iphone to liking the iphone and wanting to buy one and now back to hating it

a month ago i would have loved to have bought one but apple just keeps fucking shit up... i'm going to get a palm treo as a hold-over until google comes out with the gphone

fuck apple

i thought you were anti-google?


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- Oasis   More Apple douchebaggary   Oct 29 2007, 12:52 PM
- - 1up   not accepting cash has to be against the law as ca...   Oct 29 2007, 02:00 PM
|- - Spectatrix   QUOTE (1up @ Oct 29 2007, 03:00 PM) not a...   Oct 29 2007, 02:11 PM
- - Hartmann   Also, you can buy Mac products from third parties ...   Oct 29 2007, 05:32 PM
- - prefix   QUOTE (Oasis @ Oct 29 2007, 12:52 PM) And...   Nov 4 2007, 11:59 PM
- - zetec   wrong. They don't have apple stores, but they ...   Nov 5 2007, 12:52 AM
- - blaarg   after reading the article I think that they have a...   Nov 5 2007, 01:13 AM
- - blaarg   QUOTE (Oasis @ Oct 29 2007, 12:52 PM) And...   Nov 5 2007, 01:21 AM
- - pysex   I agree that their marketing campaign is borderlin...   Nov 5 2007, 09:29 AM
|- - Divergent Reality   QUOTE (pysex @ Nov 5 2007, 09:29 AM) I ag...   Nov 5 2007, 09:36 AM
- - pysex   Hahaha holy shit nice   Nov 5 2007, 09:45 AM
- - Spectatrix   Yeah, ipods are sold all over the place, not just ...   Nov 5 2007, 10:06 AM
- - cmac   you're required to pay for iphones with a cred...   Nov 5 2007, 10:14 AM
- - Watchman   i went from hating the iphone to liking the iphone...   Nov 5 2007, 10:20 AM
|- - jonathan83   QUOTE (Watchman @ Nov 5 2007, 10:20 AM) i...   Nov 5 2007, 10:30 AM
- - Watchman   i'm also anti-cell phone industry and anytime ...   Nov 5 2007, 10:36 AM
|- - pysex   QUOTE (Watchman @ Nov 5 2007, 10:36 AM) i...   Nov 5 2007, 12:23 PM
|- - Spectatrix   QUOTE (pysex @ Nov 5 2007, 12:23 PM) cric...   Nov 5 2007, 02:34 PM
|- - TTUAthleticTrainer   QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Nov 5 2007, 02:34 PM)...   Nov 5 2007, 03:16 PM
- - jonathan83   just wait until microsoft comes out with their own...   Nov 5 2007, 10:53 AM
- - cmac   you mean like this: (phone) http://www.youtube.com...   Nov 5 2007, 12:03 PM
- - zetec   yeah, google's android platform should give th...   Nov 6 2007, 05:50 PM
|- - Watchman   QUOTE (zetec @ Nov 6 2007, 05:50 PM) yeah...   Nov 6 2007, 05:52 PM
- - zetec   no windows mobile? seriously? I love my WM. Some t...   Nov 7 2007, 12:34 AM
- - Watchman   dude you're a sell-out, haha   Nov 7 2007, 10:22 AM
- - pebkac   WM does have some pretty glaring flaws, but overal...   Nov 7 2007, 01:27 PM
- - Hartmann   A 34 company committee couldn't get a ham sand...   Nov 7 2007, 06:07 PM
|- - pebkac   QUOTE (Hartmann @ Nov 7 2007, 06:07 PM) A...   Nov 7 2007, 06:20 PM
- - zetec   QUOTE (Hartmann @ Nov 7 2007, 06:07 PM) A...   Nov 8 2007, 01:56 AM
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