The Apple shepherds are conducting another roundup of their sheep disguised as a new product launch. Local news just showed a line of 100+ people outside a store at a local mall.
Given how close we are to the beginning of the month, how likely is it that a whole bunch of November rent or mortgage payments are about to be spent on $1000 devices?
I sure hope the family I heard about that took $3600 from their kid's college fund to buy 4 $900 iPhone 8s back in the spring (thus delaying his college start until January) isn't about to pull another $4000 out now. With the way Apple manipulates their customer base, that kid's never going to college.
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last commentWord up joc13.I've made a career with the same type of people by creating a sense of urgency.
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Since the beginning of time, an apple has led us to make bad decisions!!!
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As much as I love my iPhone, and all of the ones I've had before it, there's no way I'm standing in line to buy one. Nor am I ordering it on release day.
Apple is good, but not perfect, and almost every product they've release has some bugs that I find at least inconvenient. They generally fix those, but it's worth waiting.
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It’s amazing - how many folks will wait in line to pay full price for Apple products. As mentioned in the op - those are possibly folks who don’t have discretionary income to waste on new phones.
It’s a crazy cycle - as folks spend money they don’t have - on products they don’t need - and then they buy more unneeded stuff with those new phones - and get deeper in debt!
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And, standing in line for Starbucks. Same concept. Buying something branded as being the best. Affordable luxury. Read Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class for a fuller explanation.
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Apple has admitted to hiring addiction experts to design the their fruit phones with addictive "features".
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I’m sure it was fun watching them get their new phones - as they stood in the store and moved their heads around to setup the new unlock feature!
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I have never been a fan of Apple.
SJG
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