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Tim Kimberl said 1:06PM on 9-14-2007
Leopard for 29$ whenever that comes out.
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Jason Carroll said 1:06PM on 9-14-2007
I will buy a sub-$100 accessory not made by Apple from the Apple store. I'm thinking some good earphones with microphone and button...once something like that exists.
*to all critics, I know there are sets out there that indeed "exist", but I'm looking for all-round quality PLUS the button to control phone and songs.
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Dave said 1:13PM on 9-14-2007
Umm... Nothing because I live in Canada, bought my iPhone in Buffalo and use it as a wifi iPod (well, I ran the SIM unlock software using Erica's GUI last night, but I won't have a valid Canadian SIM to put in it for a couple of days; that's another story).
I guess this is the price one pays for taking such a risk. I'm disappointed but that's the way things are. My original plan was to pick up an iPod Touch for my wifi with the discount.
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Donald Burr said 1:13PM on 9-14-2007
I'm planning on saving mine for Leopard as well. Come on Apple devs - hurry up and finish it already!!! :)
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brian said 1:14PM on 9-14-2007
"the financial blow for Apple - if you could even call it that"
Let's be really, really generous and say that, out of the million people that bought iPhones in the last 3 months, half of them are eligible for and will get the store credit. 500,000 x $100 = $50 MILLION dollars. Even Apple might feel that.
As for me, I bought a refurbished 4 GB model right when it came out, 10 days before the price drop. That qualified me for the price protection ($150 in my case) which arrived back on my credit card yesterday. That makes me the very, very happy owner of a $249 iPhone. :-)
The funny thing is, there are probably more than a few people who bought one on day 1, sold it for a profit, *and* will get the $100 credit from Apple if they hung on to the original receipt. (Though if I were paying over retail for a phone I'd certainly demand the original receipt.)
As for what will I do with the money--nothing in particular, though I am very pleased with how Apple handled this whole thing and will continue to be a happy customer.
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Dave said 1:14PM on 9-14-2007
"My original plan was to pick up an iPod Touch for my wifi with the discount."
Haha. My original plan was to pick up the iPod Touch for my WIFE. While I love technology, I don't care about my network THAT much. :)
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Ryan Meyers said 1:18PM on 9-14-2007
I will use for Leopard, airport extreme (need for timemachine wireless backup), and apple tv. All of which I had planned on getting anyway, but this $100 off makes it a bit more attractive.
Oh and while we are on the subject, isn't it funny how apple finally got this rebate available after ALL the new iPod gear hits the stores. Coincidence? I think not.
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brian said 1:16PM on 9-14-2007
Sorry for replying to my own post but I just read other story about how Apple will send you an SMS as part of the credit process. Very clever.
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Rob said 1:18PM on 9-14-2007
Actually I wanted a $100 itunes credit but I can't seem to buy a itunes gift card for myself with the store credit.
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Michael Simmons said 1:19PM on 9-14-2007
Another iPhone!
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Tim Anderson said 1:22PM on 9-14-2007
I'm going to buy a Mac Mini once the next OSX is released... do we have a date yet?
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Chuck Heimberg said 1:21PM on 9-14-2007
Used it to pay for half of my daughters birthday present for next week, an ipod nano.
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WillGonz said 1:20PM on 9-14-2007
By Apple using a store credit instead of cash makes it look like they are giving out $50M but it is less than that considering a lot of people never activated their phone through AT&T and Apple is getting some of the money back anyway when you buy from them.
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Donald MacKenzie said 1:21PM on 9-14-2007
I was thinking car charger for the iPhone and the new A/V dock connector cables for watching iPhone video content on TV when I travel. I figure I should put my $100 "profit" back into the phone that brought it to me.
Wonder why Apple's not lettting people buy iTunes cards with the credit?
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Daniel said 1:22PM on 9-14-2007
Is there an expiration on the credit? Has anyone used it to by AppleCare for iPhone?
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Josh said 1:29PM on 9-14-2007
Saving it for Leopard...unless a really good pair of in-ear headphones with mic and button make an appearance before then.
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Kon said 1:24PM on 9-14-2007
I just used it to purchase a 4Gb iphone for the wife :) She has a TMobile Dash... what a piece of junk^H^H^H^Hwork that is (WM6 with it's cute 'START' menu, pygmy keyboard, etc.).
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Alan said 2:41PM on 9-14-2007
I'm going to buy a 160gb iPod classic
the iPhone is ok for some music but as an audiophile I need the extra room.......
Not really bit I coils always use a few more gigs of storage
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Marroug said 1:26PM on 9-14-2007
From Apple's terms and conditions: "...customers must submit requests between September 13, 2007, and November 30, 2007". NOT September 19 as this article says.
Also, to brian, those who bought an iPhone and sold it (for profit or not) will not be able to get the rebate since you must have the iPhone in your possession and activated to a phone number known by you to receive the text message back from Apple before receiving the rebate. No one who sold their iPhone will be able to get the rebate. Apple did a nice job with this...
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João Gonçalves said 1:27PM on 9-14-2007
I'll wait until Leopard comes out and spend it on that.
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