Category: commerce
09/14/07 11:23 - 74ºF - ID#41091
The Way Rebates Should Be
11:12 AM - Click, '$100 Apple Store Credit for iPhone'
11:12 AM - Enter Serial Number and Phone Number
11:13 AM - Get text message with claim number
11:13 AM - Enter claim number on Apple's site
11:14 AM - $100 Credit in hand
Seriously, every rebate everywhere should be handled like this. Not like the crazy Best Buy ones that take like 3 months to find out that they lost your paperwork and you're out of luck.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: politics
09/13/07 09:48 - 70ºF - ID#41084
A Message From The President
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: photos
09/13/07 07:50 - 71ºF - ID#41081
It's like that...
Seen at Wegmans today.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: meta
09/11/07 11:32 - 55ºF - ID#41057
What's your estrip story?
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: photos
09/09/07 02:07 - 70ºF - ID#41013
Friday (I mean, Saturday!)
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: photos
09/07/07 06:04 - 89ºF - ID#40991
More With the New Lens and Flash
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: life
09/07/07 02:25 - 89ºF - ID#40988
A Vacation About Programming
I got permission from (e:James) and we are headed down to Charlotte NC at the beginning of November for 3 days of geekery!
James will just lounge pool-side while I soak in such topics as these: With a keynote by Matz, the creator of Ruby. FYI, Ruby is a programming language.
I've got the hotel booked and my registration for the conference all set, thankfully 'work' is paying for it :)
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: programming
09/07/07 10:24 - 77ºF - ID#40985
RubyConf 2007
I think I might just have to go...
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: hobbies
09/06/07 05:29 - 91ºF - ID#40973
Camera !!!
(bigger size here)
I sold some other stuff to pay for this but man oh man it was worth it!
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Location: Buffalo, NY
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As to the "overcharging", since I don't have an iPhone, who am I to disagree?
Happy iPhoning.
- Apple is giving credit to make up for the price drop, yes. But they do not feel bad for overcharging me, because there was no overcharging. There is just a different charge now, that is lower, and they are doing partial credits to acknowledge that it was quicker then usually happens. That is good manners, in my book.
- The rebate process was super easy, and I never expected a rebate or credit, so I am happy to get it.
The price was high when initial demand was high, and now that they're heading into Christmas and have production ramped up, they dropped the price to gain market share. I'm glad I paid an extra $200 to Apple if it meant I could walk into an Apple store and buy an iPhone, instead of not being able to get a phone because they were going for an extra $1000 on eBay because the prices at launch were so low that demand was out of sync with supply causing scalper scum to snatch up every damn phone in the country. Like happened to the Wii and xBox and PS3. Do you really think that's a better situation for people to be in? I do not.
- Apple overcharges you $200 for an iPhone
- Apple decides to give you a $100 store credit because they feel bad for charging you too much.
- You are grateful because they give you the store credit quickly and easily.
I'm just an unfrozen caveman linux geek and your modern Apple ways frighten and confuse me, but one thing I know for sure, if someone overcharged me $200, I wouldn't be happy until got $200 cash money back from them.
That being said, I'm happy that you're happy.