Comments on: Apple Cracks Down on iPhone Resellers By Restricting Sales

By: TechieLife.com

TechieLife.com — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:49:53 +0000

HTC Touch Cruise is better than the iPhone
- 3G
- GPS
- MS Exchange syncing
- 3rd party apps
- unlocked version available

http://www.tech...tya/2007/11/12/

By: Jon Burg's Future Visions

Jon Burg's Future Visions — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:26:42 +0000

around the blogosphere : 10-29…

Apple Cracks Down on iPhone Resellers By Restricting Sales Why would you restrict who can sell your product, particularly in the tech sector? It’s not like they aren’t already flying off the shelves! Diva Marketing Blog – Marketing blogs and…

By: BikerDan

BikerDan — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:54:29 +0000

@25

Good research there. Do you have a link to a list of States where the selective currency practice is not permitted?

The Fed link you gave says that States may prohibit this activity on their own. How many have done so, and where do we find out in which States Apple is breaking the law?

By: Michael Geary

Michael Geary — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:02:32 +0000

Everyone who thinks this is illegal, you are mistaken:

http://www.trea...al-tender.shtml

By: David

David — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:17:31 +0000

Another reason I like this move is because of the experience I had in an Apple store. I was trying to purchase a product and had to wait in line for over 30 minutes because EVERYONE in front and behind me was buying the maximum and paying with crisp $20 bills.

By: freeonlinedatingsites.googlepages.com

freeonlinedatingsites.googlepages.com — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:39:41 +0000

If people like your product and if you can’t supply to their demand thats really bad,selling 1.4 million iphones is the sign how people love apple.Why are they framing rules for those who buy instead of producing to the demands ..??

By: Geek And Poke

Geek And Poke — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:01:41 +0000

How To Protect The iPhone Against The Evil…

Apple tries to protecte the iPhone against the evil resellers (see TechCrunch or Engadget – seen through Techmeme).This is my humble suggestion how to manage this….

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:43:44 +0000

The other competitors will gain the advantage of supply problem.

By: whoopie

whoopie — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:01:02 +0000

and why not, apple has a great “abusive spouse” relationship with their users. they pound the shit out of them on a regular basis and then find some way to blame the victim

someone intervene with a copy of ubuntu

By: Alan Wilensky

Alan Wilensky — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:44:57 +0000

I don’t think they can legally refuse cash; this would restrict access to people with temporary credit problems, freezes due to id theft, etc. legal tender issues.

By: rich

rich — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:13:26 +0000

this supports my claim

http://bits.blo...the-831-iphone/

By: rich

rich — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:05:10 +0000

The hacker sales must be cutting into any back end deal apple has with att. Its the only reason why apple would concered about how the phones are used.

Maybe, like Gillette, Apple is selling the “razor” (IPhone) once and the blades frorever (cell time). It’s the only reason why apple would be concerned if hackers take the phones off the att network.

I wonder if att is restricting sales at their stores? IE: I dont have a credit card or credit and I want to get an iphone and use the pay as you go plan?

By: Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:37:03 +0000

Apple against the free Market!
They get worse everyday!
This is why you people should boycott themm and go all Microsoft only!

http://fakestev...er.blogspot.com

By: byronomo

byronomo — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:25:10 +0000

“Legal Tender…” Superceded by Apple?

By: MeetingFlex.com

MeetingFlex.com — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:53:44 +0000

Apple is a control-freak company…it loves contrl techniues like:

1) DRM on ITunes
2) Not letting developers on IPhone ( now they do a bit)…
3) The IPhone does not support Java ( un-believable)
4) The MAC OS was propreiary for a long-long time

The only reason that apple is surviving is they are very..very…very good in design and they have cult-following in a a full generation of apple users…..but sooner or later ..it has to stop these propreitary attitude.

http://www.meetingflex.com
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By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:55:09 +0000

Well, obviously Apple wants the money for their product. Selling unlocked iphones where it isn’t available screws Apple over. Of course I personally couldn’t care about Apple but I can understand why they want to do it.

By: BikerDan

BikerDan — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:51:34 +0000

From what I understand, it is illegal to refuse cash in the USA. Technically, cash is the ONLY truly “legal” tender…everything else can be refused, but NOT cash, as this would be a federal violation.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:00:55 +0000

I see it as Apple wanting its customers to get it thru the proper channels overseas (thru its stores or preferred cellular carriers) rather than trying to restrict sales… after the first week in November, this will all be old news when overseas customers can get one legitimately like the rest of America can.

By: Diogo Peixoto

Diogo Peixoto — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:16:39 +0000

Apple is killing iPhone with all that stupid restrictions.

By: Don Wilson

Don Wilson — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:58:42 +0000

Yannick Desjardins, that was quite an amusing comment. First sign of a company acting stupid? COMMUNISM!

By: Yannick Desjardins

Yannick Desjardins — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:54:02 +0000

O’er the land of the free… really starts to feel like a communist country.

By: bob mathews

bob mathews — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:21:20 +0000

It’s against the Federal Law to refuse to accept U.S. dollars for purchases. The feds should come down on apple hard. They certainly have done so on other businesses in the past.

By: adeline

adeline — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:07:02 +0000

Its a good thing that I decided to increase the money supply this month, because now all those iphone hippies will need to buy them with cash!

By: Abdur-Rahman Advany

Abdur-Rahman Advany — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:05:20 +0000

I am getting in today (exported by someone yesterday), and I live in the Netherlands Can’t wait….

By: EH

EH — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:31:01 +0000

They’re going for a little Wii thunder.