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Apple Reverses iPad "No Cash Purchase" Policy
ZipK writes "After a few days of bad publicity, Apple has reversed its no cash purchase policy, explaining that the policy was originally implemented to limit the number of iPads an individual could buy during the introductory period of short supply. Now that supply has caught up with demand — and the story has hit front pages and gained national attention — Apple has reversed its policy, and taken the opportunity to put a bow on the story by giving the formerly scorned Diane Campbell a free iPad."
The pattern is:
1. Apple does something really dumb
2. They get bad press for it
3. An army of Apple fanboys rush to their defence
4. Apple laugh at how dumb their fanboy users are
5. Boring story gets posted to slashdot frontpage
Not letting people buy 50 at a time somehow increases scarcity?
It wouldn't increase real scarcity, but if you'll read what you're replying to you'll see he was addressing artificial scarcity.
Stores were selling out on launch day. I would have been pissed if I was the twentieth guy in a 60-person line and was told "Sorry, the first three guys bought 25 each, we're out. (For the record I didn't wait in line for one and I don't even own one.)
Stores sold out of PlayStations, Xboxes, Wii's, you name it. Doesn't mean any of these items are 'scarce' today. Stores sold out of Twilight on it's first day out, too. Doesn't speak for the quality of THAT product either.
Artificial scarcity is common, and apparently you're falling for it.