A leak from Appleby, a company offering tax haven services, has revealed tons of information about tax evasion practices from companies to rich individuals. The so-called Paradise Papers have also unveiled how the world's richest company has been moving money around.
The tax agreement signed between Apple and Ireland was proven hugely important for Apple's profits. After years of avoiding ... [ read the full article ]
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Apple is now officially the "epitome" of greedy, shitty American business. No better than the rest and often much worse as they DO NOT pass down savings to their unbeloved, sheeple of customers.
Only an Idiot would buy a phone today for more than $1000 from a company that is insanely greedy and everyday tries to make more profit from repairs to who knows what ? They pay $200 and sell the crap to you at more than $1000. You must be nuts. My LG phone at $28 does most everything there crap does and everything else is mostly free. Keep getting ripped off fools !
Recently my wife's 4 year old iPad went on the fritz. Apple offered to exchange it for $ 300/- with the same old model. Went to a local guy. Had the batteries replaced and the OS reinstalled. Cost me $35/- parts and labour. Working like a charm. We in India a;ways look for value for money. Just visit this to know what the Indian market is like.
Originally posted by ronhondo: Only an Idiot would buy a phone today for more than $1000 from a company that is insanely greedy and everyday tries to make more profit from repairs to who knows what ? They pay $200 and sell the crap to you at more than $1000. You must be nuts. My LG phone at $28 does most everything there crap does and everything else is mostly free. Keep getting ripped off fools !
A $5 Casio watch works as well (or better) than the most expensive Rolex. People buy the Rolex to show they have more dollars than sense, not to tell the time. I'm pretty sure that a lot of Apple users are following this model (except a used Rolex is still worth something). There are also those who can't really afford to throw money away but that want 'the best' and assume the most expensive thing is the best. Either way, jacking up the prices only helps the Apple allure. They just have to avoid the tipping point where so few people can afford them that even at $1,000,000 per phone they wouldn't be able to cover the cost of development. I'd like to imagine that people would just sort of sober up and act logically, but looking at everything else in the world...
