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Mac OS X Tiger Accidentally Shipped Early

Posted by Zonk on from the ooops-hey-this-is-shiny dept.

boarder8925 writes "Engadget reports: 'In many places around the world, Mac fans and Apple distributors received a shipment they weren't quite expecting: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger arrived at the door a full eight days ahead of schedule for some lucky folks who pre-ordered. Vendors PCMall/MacMall and ClubMac gave pre-order customers a treat by unleashing the OS ahead of schedule, quickly followed up by a 'recall' of the copies from PCMall.'"

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  1. Oh come on... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful
    They're telling customers the Tiger copies that shipped out early will not be supported by Apple, and that users will have to return the boxes and get new copies shipped next week
    What a bunch of jerks, they should just suck it up and admit they dropped the ball. There is no way that this boxed up and shipped version is going to be any different then the one they send a few days from now.
    1. Re:Oh come on... by TWX · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I've got one better...

      If I were a customer, I'd insist that they ship me the supposedly legitimate one and pay for my return postage before they get the other one back, seeing as how it was their mistake, not mine, and that I should not be liable for their cockup. If they want it right, they have to do the work to make it right, not me. If they won't support the product then the credit card company gets called and the charge is revoked, as I as a consumer haven't been given what I've paid for.

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      Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
  2. Re:Other early resellers... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Arrogant to no end"

    It is arrogant for some American companies trying to enfore American laws in foreign countries... .

  3. Re:Legal status of unordered merchandise by bleckywelcky · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But morally, hanging onto both shuffles would be wrong. In the Tiger case, people are trying to jerk them around, so they could keep their current copy until the release and exchange it for a "legit" copy and have a clear conscience. But with the shuffles, if the company realized their error and scheduled a pre-paid pickup, you should give it back. It's not actually your property, but by law you can keep it if you want - that doesn't mean it's right. If a $20 bill falls out of some guy's pocket and you pick it up, legally you could keep it, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't give it back.

  4. Moral status of unordered merchandise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well as the "moore library issue" and "your information wants to be free" stories show. There's a large number who don't think like that. Todays motto is "what's in it for me?". That's until the consequences of such come home to roost. Then it's "all your fault for me being a bad person." Multiply this with each succeeding generation, and you see were societies heading.

  5. Re:Other early resellers... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think the case law in Sweden firmly supports what thepiratebay is doing, especially since they are just a torrent tracker.

  6. Re:Apple cut piracy on Tiger. NOT. by As+Seen+On+TV · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Basically, yeah. The reason people buy things rather than making them themselves is so they can trade money for convenience. Here at Apple, we've established a reputation -- mostly, but not entirely, deserved -- for making the right decisions. If you buy an Apple product, be it a thing or a piece of software, you can be pretty darned confident that it will have been done right.

    According to last quarter's financials, we're doing pretty well in the marketplace. Our year-over-year sales went up by something like 40%.

    You draw your own conclusions.