"If they told me at the outset the iPhone would be $200 cheaper the next day, I would have thought about it for a second -- and still bought it," said Andrew Brin, a 47-year-old addiction therapist in Los Angeles. "It was $600 and that was the price I was willing to pay for it." I weep for his children.
I saw this today and was like WTF. That's so stupid, you want to be on the bleeding edge you pay the extra $ and risk the bugs on a 1st gen product. I must say though, I had to really fight buying one at the new rate cause I want a 2nd gen or maybe even a later version.
Too bad it's no longer a "status symbol" for these suckers. What will happen in a year when they start giving this phone away for free with contract?
Sent Steve an email that basically said "f$$k you and thanks for screwing me out of $200 hard earned dollars, AGAIN". My days at the Apple store in Manhattan is over.
The fact that Jobs was never "dinged" for the stock option backdating at Apple is simply amazing. "Only in America"
It depends on his wealth though. 600 dollars didn't exactly break my bank. If it was credit card debt...thats patriotic.