Can you believe this BS!!!! I was just in jury selection and I recall a question "Do you think there are too many lawsuits these days". With crap like this, I have to say YES. This story really gets my goat!



A New York woman is so angry at Apple Inc. for lopping $200 off the price of the iPhone that she's filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages.


Dongmei Li of Queens, N.Y., claimed the company violated price discrimination laws when it slashed the price of the 8-gigabyte iPhone by a third, from $599 to $399, within two months of the gadget's June debut.


Apple lowered the iPhone's price on Sept. 5 and also said it would stop selling the $499 4-gigabyte model. Hundreds of early customers who paid full price didn't expect a reduction so soon and complained.


Apple issued an apology the next day. Under its return policy, Apple refunded the $200 difference for those who bought the phone within 14 days of the reduction. And in a move to make peace with those who purchased the higher-priced phone before that period, the company offered a $100 credit at Apple stores.


According to Li's lawsuit, filed on Sept. 24 in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, the price reduction injured early purchasers like herself because they cannot resell the product for the same profit as those who bought the cell phone following the price cut.


Li purchased a 4GB iPhone for $499 and alleged that owners of the 4GB model were given less favorable terms than those who bought the 8GB model at the premium price, according to the lawsuit.


Apple spokeswoman Susan Lundgren declined to comment, citing the company's policy to not discuss pending litigation.


The lawsuit also named AT&T Inc., the exclusive carrier in the U.S. for the iPhone, and alleged the two companies' required two-year service contract for the iPhone constituted unfair business practices.


Mark Siegel, an AT&T spokesman, declined to comment, saying he had not yet seen the lawsuit.

oh come on.

*happily petting her cheapo razr phone* well, that's what they get. Paying all that damned money for a phone doesn't make sense to me anyway. I figured Apple would turn into mega-jerks over the iPhones and screw over their own customers. It's the reason why I only have an iPod from them.

Dumbass

I should rob her for that iPhone





seriously, I should

superspaceboy said:

I don't like it being advertised as £269 when it really costs £899, because of the 18 month contract you have to buy with it.
But I'm happy enough with my solution which is not to buy one .

Seems pretty reasonable to me. A company lowering their prices? I mean COME ON!

the high price seems fair to me,
if you have to be the first person on the block to have something


dumb fucks shooting and assaulting each other over this junk

I knew this was coming

horatio said:

I know, when in the history of new technology has a price started at it's lowest and then gone up after the lines for the product have subsided?