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- ingoldsby, on 10/10/2007, -86/+1633If this doesn't make you love apple you're crazy. $100 store credit or not is way above and beyond imo.
- RedFoxEvan, on 10/10/2007, -37/+969Hopefully now everyone will shut the ***** up.
- xM55, on 10/02/2009, -32/+574Wow. This is magnificent. As usual, Apple proves itself worthy of its fanboys and its extremely high customer service rating.
- platypibri, on 10/10/2007, -20/+444Wow. NOBODY does stuff like this in the tech business. This why I am perfectly happy drinking the Apple Kool-ade. I just bought my 4th iPod, a shuffle, last Saturday. All 4 were worth every cent. And, like most Apple devices, they hold their value better than anything else in the industry.
- inactive, on 11/08/2007, -43/+412Jesus Jobs strikes again
- kiheimac, on 10/10/2007, -43/+392Thanks Steve. We love you.
- TwistyO, on 10/10/2007, -10/+351Name another large company that would respond so quickly. And respond with a positive and generous offer.
- kalisphoenix, on 10/10/2007, -76/+370The "sorry, we knowingly gouged you guys with a planned price drop in the pipeline" apology was all I wanted. Thanks, Steve.
- TKDEE, on 10/10/2007, -5/+231I can't believe I'm reading comments where people are complaining about getting a $100 gift certificate. Seriously.
- thecompkid, on 10/10/2007, -14/+214Holy *****.
Seriously, is this a joke or something?
Apple, I have now become more than a loyal customer.
Wait, I get it now. I get it all. Jobs figures he pulls off all this fake drama to get the early adopters all pissed off. Then, he reveals this cunning plan to make it up to all of us, effectively making us even more happy than we were before.
Well, either way, I love it. - felchdonkey, on 10/10/2007, -7/+189I was perfectly happy paying $599 for the chance to have the iPhone at launch. I knew damn well the price was going to drop, and I bought it anyway. I didn't want to wait.
That just makes this $100 more of a "thank you" in my opinion than an apology. A thank you for being an early adopter. I'm happy to have it. - samgab, on 10/10/2007, -9/+181This is brilliant. It will placate the angry early iPhone adopters who are feeling cheated, and it will create more Apple sales, because they'll probably all buy the new Nano. Or, many of them may have been considering updating their Macs, and they might see this as the perfect opportunity to do that --- with $100 off! Maybe they'll wait till October and get a new Mac with the new OSX... Being early adopters...
- drjones78, on 10/10/2007, -29/+169Well, I still stand by my statements that all of you bitching about the price drop because you chose to be an early adopter are being childish and unreasonable.
That being said.. thanks. I'll now have $200 store credit. - cheese06, on 10/10/2007, -18/+147Jobs is one nice guy. Why are the early adopters bitching about the price drop? You paid for that premium price so you guys could show it off the first couple months. If I were Jobs, I would not have budged. Jobs is one very nice guy
- Nesto, on 10/10/2007, -8/+134I was annoyed at the 66 day/$200 price cut, but willing to suffer the early adopter tax. This is brilliant, as I will probably use it toward an iPod touch for my wife I would not otherwise have bought.
- rudy23, on 10/10/2007, -9/+129its cuts $100 off anything that you might want to buy. Imagine geting a nano for 49.99
- iashraf, on 10/10/2007, -27/+143Jobs isn't a nice guy, he's a wise businessman. He knows how to manipulate the fanboys.
- bromac, on 10/10/2007, -11/+119Gouged? All you guys KNEW the price when you bought it. This only proves that they were making a stupid amount of margin on all you early adopters.
This is like giving in to the kids to shut them up, and try to prevent further tantrums. In my opinion, Apple should have just kept the money that people gave them. People GAVE THEM the money. Apple didn't steal it, or hold a gun to their head. Stop making it out to be some great con job.
Imagine if people pulled the same childish crap every time gas went up or down? Oh wait, they do...
We're *****. - nrose101, on 10/10/2007, -4/+110Looks like I am glad I held off on that bluetooth headset...now it's free!
- ahawks, on 10/10/2007, -6/+108Just keep in mind, a bluetooth headset is the #1 way to look like a giant douche, even if you are holding an iPhone.
- sholt, on 10/10/2007, -6/+104This is Apple Kool-Aid. And it tastes good.
- pcarm92, on 10/10/2007, -1/+90Hello, Leopard upgrade in October.
- Sle3per, on 10/10/2007, -4/+90Christmas gift for a family member?
- kalisphoenix, on 10/10/2007, -4/+85I did too. It's part of the liability of having a wife :-(
"If I don't get one of those, you're not getting any more of this -> (_|_)" - felchdonkey, on 10/10/2007, -6/+86You could have an iPod shuffle, the iWork suite or the iLife suite, the sweet new aluminum wireless keyboard... all of those are just $79. You could pick up some RAM, some in-ear sound isolating headphones, I don't know, there's tons of stuff.
It's a free gift that you weren't expecting when you first bought an iPhone.
Considering that Apple runs a business, not a charity, I'd say that's pretty damn good. - jackyyll, on 10/10/2007, -5/+83Why does your wife have parenthesis ?
- kalisphoenix, on 10/10/2007, -4/+80More profit for Apple. Less I have to pay for toys. I'm not sure I see the problem here.
- H3avyC, on 10/10/2007, -1/+73Well, this should just about cover the cost of Leopard this fall. Thanks Apple.
- mpcoady, on 10/10/2007, -10/+79I love it. I got the iPhone in mid-July, and after yesterday's announcement, I was obviously bummed I didn't wait. I got so much ***** from my friends for buying the iPhone early. They are all too busy massaging their Sprint pieces of crap. Steve Jobs: you are the man.
- totorototoro, on 10/10/2007, -2/+66So I can get a fat nano for $49? I'm in :D
- gers4302, on 10/10/2007, -5/+63Wow, I was about 10 minutes away from purchasing a new iPod classic to go along with my iPhone that I purchased a week after the release. I'm glad I had a little hesitation. I wanted the 160GB, but fiscal responsibility was telling me to get the 80GB. Hopefully next week this won't be an issue. Thanks Santa Steve.
- ZandorMonkeyBoy, on 10/10/2007, -3/+58Maybe Microsoft will follow suit with "We're sorry you bought Vista" and send people a voucher for a REAL operating system.
- e1en0r, on 10/10/2007, -4/+59Some iPhone accessories, an iTunes gift card, or an iPod shuffle for starters.
- ericdano, on 10/10/2007, -3/+54Steve, you are the man. I'd have no problems if you didn't do this. I think my iPhone is worth the $600 that I paid for it. $100 now at the Apple Store.....hmmm........
- nusuni, on 10/10/2007, -17/+66At least it is a start.
Now get working on the holographic multitouch displays! - _skin_, on 10/10/2007, -3/+51A gift for the Mrs. Maybe I can finally get some after a gift like this.
- Joshuarr, on 10/10/2007, -6/+53Keep hoping.
- 72Devilz, on 10/10/2007, -6/+52Apple did the right thing, you are back in my good graces again not to mention the newcomers to the Apple brand. Steve should have known better and seen this coming and announced this yesterday!
Thank You for Thinking Different - davidrools, on 10/10/2007, -4/+46exactly what they want you to do.
- saleem, on 10/10/2007, -0/+41please take your sarcasm detector to geek squad for repair.
- supermansuper, on 10/10/2007, -5/+46Dint you read the post properly? He drinks the Apple Kool-ade, why are you trying to reason with him?
- Machine, on 10/10/2007, -2/+39Give them cash and they'll complain that it's hard to break a hundred dollar bill? :)
- 16x9, on 10/10/2007, -4/+40Apple could have offered a new car and oral sex to every early adopter and I don't think rolosworld's message would have changed one bit.
Apple is far from a perfect company but I think what they are now doing goes way above the call of duty. - kaytrio, on 10/10/2007, -9/+45I'm sorry I ever doubted you, Steve.
- Charlotte_Web, on 10/10/2007, -1/+36You can get probably most of that $100 back; you just have to work for it a little.
If Apple sends you a gift card, sell the card on eBay, opening bid $90.
If it's a store credit that's not transferable, then buy an iPod Nano for $149 and resell it on eBay for $139. - TheKorn2, on 10/10/2007, -8/+43You bought two iphones?
- LordSubtle, on 10/10/2007, -4/+38Talk about looking the gift horse in the mouth. Technology prices go down over time, apple isnt entilted to give anything to anyone. They dont have to do this and they are.
- tjex, on 10/10/2007, -4/+37People like to complain. Give them $100 and they say "What, that's i?"
Give them $200 and they'll say "Not good enough, I don't want a store credit, I want cash" - mt066, on 10/10/2007, -1/+34now everyone can go back to complaining that the new ipod isn't 200 gigs or whatever
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+35Yes, it makes me love them. Meanwhile, there's another company that charges 500$ (CAD) for their "Ultimate" product version, while absolutely failing to offer any of the advantages that version promised. Great.
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