Serves as a reminder that you should never have the one-click buy thing on iTunes on you iPhone. If you leave your phone unattended anybody might buy some apps or albums, to annoy you or by accident (kids playing around with it) and before you know it you're stuck with some of those 99$ medical apps which are useless to you.
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Eight people purchase "I am Rich"
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Now the App's been pulled, and assuming it isn't coming back, I honestly believe that if one of those 8 people who bought this App bought it on an iPod Touch, they could probably get at least 10x their outlay back by auctioning the Touch on Ebay sharpish.
The publicity potential of this is enormous.
The publicity potential of this is enormous.
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I wonder, if Apple allowed apps to be priced above $999.99, would the developer asked whatever the max was say $9999.99. I also wonder who would have purchased it then. Would that eight turn into 3? Think of the profit margin then.
I wonder, if Apple allowed apps to be priced above $999.99, would the developer asked whatever the max was say $9999.99. I also wonder who would have purchased it then. Would that eight turn into 3? Think of the profit margin then.
Exploiting a feature does not make someone a genius.
One-click was not intended for large dollar purchases. iTunes doesn't really have large dollar items except for some compilations and I've never seen something for $1000.
Given that, Apple should re-think their one click feature and either put a threshold on it or get rid of it. You have to be very lazy to not type in your password for a purchase.
It's funny, but in a sick kind of way. I doubt they'll get their money back.
One-click was not intended for large dollar purchases. iTunes doesn't really have large dollar items except for some compilations and I've never seen something for $1000.
Given that, Apple should re-think their one click feature and either put a threshold on it or get rid of it. You have to be very lazy to not type in your password for a purchase.
It's funny, but in a sick kind of way. I doubt they'll get their money back.
you're misquoting the poster.
as for the app?- this app is the one reason i turned off one-click on the wife's machine.
Better go tell Amazon.com and the countless other sites that have one click purchasing enabled for their stores
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if someone purchased this by mistake then i feel sorry for them.
I have the shopping cart turned on for buying music on iTunes. When I clicked buy on my first app in the itunes store, i believed it would be put in my shopping cart and i would have to go there to actually purchase just like i do for music. But low and behold, it didn't work the same way.
I can easily see how people would click the buy button for this app without knowing they would instantly buy it and therefore be upset. I instantly taught my kids and my wife about the difference in the app store process to protect my wallet.
Apple could put in some safeguards to protect people in these situations.
To call people some of the names i see here is just sad. I hope all of you never make a mistake. Shame on you.
I know you'll blast me for that statement, but if more people would treat each other with kindness instead of insults, the world would be a lot better off.
if someone purchased this by mistake then i feel sorry for them.
I have the shopping cart turned on for buying music on iTunes. When I clicked buy on my first app in the itunes store, i believed it would be put in my shopping cart and i would have to go there to actually purchase just like i do for music. But low and behold, it didn't work the same way.
I can easily see how people would click the buy button for this app without knowing they would instantly buy it and therefore be upset. I instantly taught my kids and my wife about the difference in the app store process to protect my wallet.
Apple could put in some safeguards to protect people in these situations.
To call people some of the names i see here is just sad. I hope all of you never make a mistake. Shame on you.
I know you'll blast me for that statement, but if more people would treat each other with kindness instead of insults, the world would be a lot better off.
This was what I was waiting for... the reports of people purchasing the app.
There will probably be a flip-side to this in twenty years, then the eight genuine purchased copies are selling at auction for millions of dollars.
There will probably be a flip-side to this in twenty years, then the eight genuine purchased copies are selling at auction for millions of dollars.
I read the review calling this app a scam and how apple needs to screen better. Whatever happened to being responsible for your own actions. if I want to put an app on the app store that says "Sucker" and offer it for $3.00 or $3000 and someone buys it, then thats on them. I saw the app when it came out and the last thing I was going to do was hit "buy". I think the developer should get his money and no one should get a refund. We have a problem with people thinking they can do what they want to and won't be held accountable. What's sad is that this is true. People just say they made a mistake or they didn't know and its okay- everyone forgives them. Maybe we need a good depression to instill some strife in everyone. I don't ever recall old people acting this way when I grew up. They were very responsible and frugal. Way to screw it up baby boomers.
Kinda funny for a guy who's CEO of a company sitting on a massive mound of cash...
All in all, everyone is entitled to their opinion. I just couldn't resist commenting. I wonder if the developer would have grounds for a law suit based on the contractual agreement between apple and developers- I don't think they can censor apps based on content verses price. Who are they to say how much the content of an app is worth. It seems he simply sold an image for a large amount of money. This app could set a precedence for future apps. I would think he could sue for loss of revenue or something like that -provided he didn't violate the developers agreement
I don't understand what all the fuzz is about
I can't really understand why anybody would this this is a scam. The description described what the application does and it does that well.
Dare I even suggest that since being pulled it does it even better. Since there are only 8 users of the application the value of it surely must have increased now, so the users really should have nothing to complain about. Surely if you vain (and rich) enough to buy this, then you understand the "true" value, and if you clever enough you might even be able to make some money with it. Just need to find somebody more vain and slightly richer then yourself.
I understand they might be upset, but it only because of their own curiosity that they ended up with this, shall we call it piece of art. What did they really expect to happen. World peace, flowers popping up and bunnies appearing.
I can't really understand why anybody would this this is a scam. The description described what the application does and it does that well.
Dare I even suggest that since being pulled it does it even better. Since there are only 8 users of the application the value of it surely must have increased now, so the users really should have nothing to complain about. Surely if you vain (and rich) enough to buy this, then you understand the "true" value, and if you clever enough you might even be able to make some money with it. Just need to find somebody more vain and slightly richer then yourself.
I understand they might be upset, but it only because of their own curiosity that they ended up with this, shall we call it piece of art. What did they really expect to happen. World peace, flowers popping up and bunnies appearing.