New Yorker Dongmei Li sacrificed hours out of her life to become the proud owner of a coveted iPhone and how does Apple repay her early-adopting ways? By cutting the price of the 8GB model from USD$599 to $399 a mere two months after its release and phasing out the lower-spec 4GB version altogether.
Li’s having none of it and is suing Apple for a cool million, accusing the company of “price discrimination, underselling, discrimination in rebates, deceptive actions and other wrongdoings.” This is the latest in a string of lawsuits filed against Apple over its iPhone, beginning on the day of its launch over the iPhone’s branding to claims of inflated charges and problems with iPhone’s battery.
A ballsy move or just another American sucker caught up in a litigation-crazed society?
Apple sued for $1m over $200 iPhone discount [Times Online]
cdog
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 12:31 PMThis always happens to early adopters, suing is just nuts.
Reckless
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 2:06 PMI agree.
She must have thought the iPhone was worth $599 when she paid for it, otherwise why do it? She threw down money to have the latest gadgets and now has buyers remorse for not waiting a while.
Tough titties.
Dexxie
Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 2:42 PMYes Apple and pretty much any other company that releases a device inflate the price up front. If you don’t realise that, well more fool you.
Though with all this bad iPhone Press, I’m really starting to get a kick out of people realising just how “evil” apple are.