Slashdot Mirror
Australian Buyers Say They Were Told "No iPad Without Accessories"
CuteSteveJobs writes "Australian iPad buyers have been forced to buy all manner of unnecessary add-ons, including screen protectors, docking stations, covers, chargers, and extended warranties, due to a reported official Apple policy. Shoppers reported sales assistants said it was 'company policy' or 'Apple policy' to sell the devices only with accessories, or not at all. A store manager for Authorised Apple Reseller JB Hi-Fi said it was 'a bad policy but it was Apple's policy and they couldn't sell one without it.' Other customers were told they must 'buy a Telstra SIM because the iPad is locked to Telstra,' even though it wasn't. The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission and Consumer Affairs are investigating the complaints."
Why do they not hire a lawyer for the marketing department and funnel every piece of communication through him. Then he gives the standard lawyer advice in any situation: SHUT UP.
Why does Apple even bother with this? Do they really think that nobody is going to complain? And for what? A few extra dollars? Australian dollars at that.
I swear the if Apple and MS were just to shut the fuck up for a month, their reputation would sky-rocket. Someone finds a "misplaced" prototype: SHUT UP. Someone comments that they replaced your software with their own because they don't like yours: SHUT UP.
What did Apple gain with the whole "stolen" iPhone business? What did MS gain by claiming Windows is the most secure OS when Google said they were going to stop using it? Nothing but bad press.
And now this. Is nobody at Apple aware that other countries have got something called consumer protection laws? That not every country in the world bows down (or should that be "bends over") for the almighty companies?
Just because you see your foot in the morning does NOT mean you have to ponder all day on ways to shoot it. Leave it alone, it has done you no harm.
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
Dear Steve Jobs,
You are an asshole.
Sincerely,
Fuck you.
Wealth is the gift that keeps on giving.
Any real problems today? Oh, yes, pensions are invested in oil. Good way to enable climate action isn't it?
Its just a big iPod touch with less features.
Man, I am sick of reading this horse shit. What the fuck are these mystical features in the goddamn iPod Touch? Is "lack of 3G" a feature now?
And why is it that every single waste of space who repeats this line (as if it were their own actual opinion), has the writing skills of a turnip? My current conspiracy theory is that Apple pays these people to write inane tripe on random sites to trick the rest of us into buying iPads so we don't look like morons. I guess I'm an optimist.
Because hipsters are addicts with too much money? Steve told them to go buy it.. they must obey.
How we know is more important than what we know.
The right to free speech. When a UK iPod owner had his device suddenly start smoking and then burn-up, Apple initially denied the problem existed by blaming the owner for abuse. Then they reconsidered an offered him a refund, but only if he signs a lifelong gag order (non-disclosure agreement).
If some store told me I "have" to buy accessories, the conversation would probably go like this:
ME: "No. Now here's your $500 cash plus $30 for tax."
CLERK:"But sir you must buy accessories."
ME: (opening coat to reveal concealed gun)* "No I don't. You have the money. I have my phone. We're done here."
And walk out the door with my phone. I will not be forced to do things I do not want to do, especially when the store, Apple, or whoever is in violation of consumer protection laws.
*
*(Before you freak out, I have a concealed carry permit issued by the government.)
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
How does showing the gun holstered on my hip "threaten" anybody? It has not been aimed, or even unsheathed. It's simply there.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
>>>free speech is guaranteed to never be deprived by the government...
Megacorps share many of the same powers as government, such as a concentration of wealth to hire security guards (cops), strike-busters, and goons to make citizens' lives miserable. Megacorps can not throw people into jail, but they can tie them up for a decade in court cases, and thereby bankrupt the citizen.
I think we need a Second Bill of Rights that applies to corporations to protect people from these types of evils. I don't care what a megacorp does on its campus, but when it starts reaching-out its tendrils to abuse individuals (see RIAA, MPAA, MAFIAA) then it needs to be stopped. Nobody should ever lose the right to speak freely about a device, car, whatever that has caused them harm.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
>>>So basically, you performed an armed robbery.
No I didn't. In my *imaginary* scenario I never removed or even touched my gun - it's just hanging there inside a holster. And I did not steal, because the iPad was paid for ($530 cash handed-over for a $529.99 item). So what exactly can I be charged for? Nothing. No laws have been broken by me.
I suppose one could argue the store refused to sell the Pad, but that itself is a crime (discrimination), and the owner would be guilty not me.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
We're supposed to be able to force everyone else bow to our individual demands at any time, for any reason, no matter what the demand. And if that doesn't happen then clearly everyone else is trampling my rights and I need the Government to step in and force everyone to do exactly as I demand. Going elsewhere or waiting a week until the next shipment arrives at another vendor means I don't get my Constitutionally Guaranteed right to immediate satisfaction on my own terms and thus must break hundreds of UN resolutions and human rights!
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
You get those chestnuts because we're tired of retards like yourself and the GP whining about it.
You know the drill.
Its not new, its certainly not new for Apple. They haven't changed. They aren't getting any worse. They aren't the only ones that do this sort of thing, its pretty common even if you're too busy railing against the machine to know how often you buy into this same thing.
We're just tired of seeing you idiots rant on about the same thing over and over again as if its something different and that Apple is just the scum of the Earth for doing it.
As soon as you stop making retarded statements about how evil the company is everytime the do something that makes them money because you disagree with it, then the rest of us will stop saying ...
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY IT YOU FUCKING MORON.
Persistent Volume manager for Kubernetes - https://github.com/dwimsey/openshift-pvmanager
So for years I thought I hated the mac. There's really nothing wrong with the mac technically. PC's have the 3d game market of course but as a work machine its usable. I've had an Iphone for years now but always jail broken. So I figured out its not the Mac I hate. It Apple and Jobs. The company was a much better company when Woz was still there. They have always been naziesk on there no clone prices and go out of there way to force you to buy there hardware when they can. Again that's all apple. Now I do have an issue with Apple users who can not answer the simple question of "Why do you feel the mac is superior?". If they can't answer it I treat them like marketing people. But the company would do much better I think on a whole if they go rid of Jobs. His moronic ideas of company doctrine will eventually kill the company. Anyone for a vote of no confidence?
--- Always remember. 99.36% of all statistics are inaccurate.