Stupid Lawsuit Of The Week

[VanCitySportsGuy]

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071002/apple_iphone_lawsuit.html?.v=2

"A New York woman is so angry at Apple Inc. for lopping $200 off the price of the iPhone that she's filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages.

Dongmei Li of Queens, N.Y., claimed the company violated price discrimination laws when it slashed the price of the 8-gigabyte iPhone by a third, from $599 to $399, within two months of the gadget's June debut.

According to Li's lawsuit, filed on Sept. 24 in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, the price reduction injured early purchasers like herself because they cannot resell the product for the same profit as those who bought the cell phone following the price cut."

So basically she's upset the price cut ruined her chances at making a profit because she's one of those scumbags who buy the latest gadgets that are on short supply only to list them on eBay.

After reading this, I think we should all sue Microsoft for dropping the price on the 360. PS3 owners should do the same once their price drop gets announced later this month.

[SPTO]

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Caveat Emptor.

That's all I have to say about this silly lawsuit.

[SlimKibbles]

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I wish people in this country would be held accountable for ridiculous lawsuits like this. If you lose a lawsuit you filed against someone or some company, you should have to pay the amount your were seeking from them. All these lawyers are doing is filing suits with the goal of just getting a settlement by hoping the person being sued won't want to go through the trial and such. It's a joke.

[Double Eights]

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I don't agree with the lawsuit, but I see where she is coming from.

It is absolutely ridiculous to release a product at one price, and then cut the product's price by One-Third only two months later. That is straight up bull****. I would be so pissed off if I bought something for $599, only to find out they dropped the price $200 only a few months later.

Edit: I'm still pissed off that I am out $50 after buying my 360 for $399, and then just a few months later it was dropped to $350. And this took place after over a year of the 360 at it's normal price. Apple dropped the price 1/3 after only a few months.

[CMH]

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Truth. I'd be pissed too if I had bought the iPhone for 600 and saw it at 400 two months later.

I'm sure Apple wouldn't have as many angry fans if they cut it to 550 or something, which to me is reasonable after a few months.

But, that being said, Apple is offering 100 dollar rebates to those that bought the product within a month of the price cut.

The earlier customers just have to deal with the fact that it's the computer age and this is going to happen to them at least 5 more times in their lifetime.

[MassNole]

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Sucks to be her, hell I'd say she has a suit for $100-200, but $1 million, that should get the lawyer who filed this disbarred as a frivolous claim solely to harass Apple. There is no merit unless I am grossly misinformed on NY Law.