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Wednesday, September 05, 2007 12:58:37 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00) ( Mobile | Tech )

iphone-cut-price Glad I didn't buy one yesterday. I thought about it. Considered it. Decided it was too much money at $600. Now it's $399. It can't feel good to me the proud owner of an 8GB iPhone that was purchased before today though. Ouch.

UPDATE: Om Malik points out that if you bought one in the past 14 days at the old price, you should be eligible for a refund of the difference. He quotes the Apple return policy:

Should Apple reduce its price on any Apple-branded product within fourteen (14) calendar days of the date of purchase, you may request a refund of the difference between the price paid and the current selling price. An original purchase receipt is required, and you must request your refund within fourteen (14) calendar days of the price reduction.

Now that it's in my range I can reconsider, but then again there probably won't be any in stock to grab. Heh.

Read about it pretty much everywhere, including here.

Decisions, decisions...

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Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:35:15 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

Yeah, I knew being an early adopter came with a price tag. I figured, hell maybe $100, sure it's worth it to have one on release day. Man what a shock. The 4GB model is GONE, and I could have saved $200 ouchies! heh.

Oh well, as my dad says, "You can always get a job as a programmer...." hmmm wait a minute....

John

John Batdorf

Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:31:37 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

Well, I did it. I broke down and stood in an impressive line late this evening at the local mall as people snapped up reduced price Apple gear, inclusing lots of 8GB iPhones. They were completely out of the 4GB models. Gotta hand it to 'em, they know how to sell.

Greg

Thursday, September 06, 2007 1:01:36 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

Congrats!

Check it out.... http://www.apple.com/hotnews/openiphoneletter/

Apple is stepping up and offering a $100 in store credit to people (like me) that purchased the iPhone at full retail.

Oh, and here's some iPhoen applications to check out.

http://www.johnbatdorf.net/blog/iPhoneMyFavoriteWebApplicationsSoFar.aspx

John Batdorf