For those naysayers and whatnot out there in internetland mocking us early adopters, allegedly worshipping at the altar of Steve Jobs. Yeah, I bought one. Yeah, I like for the first time having a smart phone that’s designed to actually work with my MacBook.
But, I do realize it’s a phone. I have perspective. It’s not like it’s a vibrator, right? (Then again, I can’t check my email on any sex toy I’ve heard of.)
The real sting was supposed to be the precipitous price drop that made the papers. $200 American spent above the current bottom line.
If you are going to be a soulless yuppie, though, consuming and shit, take some advice from someone with a pretty good credit rating and the flexibility to shop as I please. Use American Express. Membership and privileges and marketing, I shot customer service a call. They gave me the hook up with a $100 credit as a good customer looking for some spending assistance.
That and the $100 “early owner” credit, I’m back in black. And I still gots my shiny iPhone.
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Soooo. . . Did you get the $200.00 credit or did AMex increase the total credit to $300.00 ? I thought the price drop was $200.00. I also love your Iphone.
I was working a convention last week, a lot of foreign business men, and they all wanted to know where to go to buy an Iphone. Dig it !
I broke even on the price cut, which was $200. Apple only refunded $100. But Ame gave me the other $100. And, I get to keep the phone.