Australian Buyers Say They Were Told "No iPad Without Accessories" 412
CuteSteveJobs writes "Australian iPad buyers have been forced to buy all manner of unnecessary add-ons, including screen protectors, docking stations, covers, chargers, and extended warranties, due to a reported official Apple policy. Shoppers reported sales assistants said it was 'company policy' or 'Apple policy' to sell the devices only with accessories, or not at all. A store manager for Authorised Apple Reseller JB Hi-Fi said it was 'a bad policy but it was Apple's policy and they couldn't sell one without it.' Other customers were told they must 'buy a Telstra SIM because the iPad is locked to Telstra,' even though it wasn't. The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission and Consumer Affairs are investigating the complaints."
Get Mick Dundee (Score:5, Funny)
bad apple policies (Score:4, Funny)
no flash... No ads...now no ipad without accessories...it's not so hard to believe
Re:super kawaii~ (Score:5, Funny)
pirst fost!
this one is for super kawaii and the kawaii supers
Yer good kid, real good, but while I'm around, you'll always be second best... see?
Re:It's about time a stop was put to these combos (Score:3, Funny)
Sounds like the same argument you had with the good lord when he was trying to force you to get a neural net.. why get all those millions cells when it seems you could be quite happy with just a few of them
Re:False Flag (Score:5, Funny)
Shush! Dont you know that Apple are solely responsible for rogue Australian electronics stores, massive Chinese factories with below-average suicide rates, the security of AT&T's website, the state of the 3G network, global warming, exploding lithium batteries, the BP oil spill and the Kennedy Assasination?
In fact, Apple are responsible for original sin: the company name is a dead giveaway.
Re:Bad summary (Score:5, Funny)
and IMO is one Government department that is WELL worth the money spent on it
If Americans have taught me anything, its that the government interfering in private companies is ALWAYS bad. So clearly this must be false. Despite the well documented gains from the department. Hopefully Tony Abbott will continue Howard's tradition of becoming more like America. Hail Jesus!
Re:Get Mick Dundee (Score:5, Funny)
That's not a tablet! This is a tablet!
http://nozama.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54ed05fc288330128771bd234970c-800wi [typepad.com]
Re:bad apple policies (Score:1, Funny)
Here in Australia we do business a little differently from the way you do business over there. Also, how many shops can afford to stock the iPad, over there in the trailer park?
Re:You got to wonder sometimes (Score:5, Funny)
And for what? A few extra dollars? Australian dollars at that.
Sorry to be pedantic, but it's about .85 AUD to the USD at the moment, and its been hovering around .90 for a long time, so its not that much of a difference.
The primary difference in the two currencies is US dollars used to be exchangeable for gold where as the AUD is exchangeable for beer.
Re:Get Steve Irwin (Score:4, Funny)
Wotch thes! Oym gonna gow boy an Oypaid without any accessories! Cehful now...heh we go...
Re:Bad summary (Score:4, Funny)
You think they wouldn't want the credit card and bank account details of rich people with lots of disposable income?
Re:bad apple policies (Score:2, Funny)
Re:bad apple policies (Score:2, Funny)
I'd have had one serious conversation with the lieutenant of that police department. Brandishing their firearms and detaining your whole family like that was excessive.
Re:bad apple policies (Score:3, Funny)
I'm getting the feeling that the reason you have a permit is that lots of people would like to shoot you.
I no longer wonder why.