Whats your paypal account I will transfer it now....lol
Oh damn I accidently hit send on this...is this a binding contract?
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Whats your paypal account I will transfer it now....lol
Oh damn I accidently hit send on this...is this a binding contract?
I have no idea why Apple pulled it. I think he could sue Apple if he didn't violate the terms of the service.....He would make a lot more than $5600 in that lawsuit. In fact I would suggest he do just that.
This is a transfer of wealth from the rich to a working man. What is the problem with that? If someone wants to pay for something like that, let them.
This is a transfer of wealth from the rich to a working man. What is the problem with that? If someone wants to pay for something like that, let them.
Indeed. But then the credit card company refuses to settle with Apple. And then Apple refuses to settle with the developer. And then the developer sues Apple. And then it gets ugly.
And then, all the starry-eyed developers that Apple is trying to attract to the platform, get disillusioned and cynical and start calling their lawyers before signing up with Apple.
And then the lawyers toast each other with champagne. Quite rightly!
The real reason Apple pulled it: if they hadn't the App store would be clogged with 50 gazillion copycat "I am rich" apps......
The app was listed for $999.99.
How can you mistake that for $9.99?
Apple was right to pull it. Otherwise the app store would be overrun with copycat apps, which will cheapen the whole concept like MySpace.
How can you mistake that for $9.99?
Apple was right to pull it. Otherwise the app store would be overrun with copycat apps, which will cheapen the whole concept like MySpace.
Meh.. I'm going to release an app that fills your contacts with hundreds of cool sounding random names & phone numbers to show off. Called: I Am Popular
I agree. The app store is like the Wild West right now. It's decidedly un-Apple like. (I wonder if it's been outsourced to a 3rd party?)
And if you read some of so-called app store "reviews" they do, indeed, read like MySpace thread-wars. Apple needs to segment the store or something. Right now it's a cross between Neiman Marcus and Dollar General (or Harrods and PoundStretcher, if you live in the UK).
He doesn't need to be perfect. It's enough that he is not a retarded idiot like the guy that did purchase the app and now cries like a carebear stripped of it's fur.
Am I the only to notice that some of the developers have been commenting on their own apps trying to manipulate the review rating? I saw one in which someone said that the app was buggy and needed some work. he gave it one star, but then the developer came back and gave some review telling the first guy to read the instructions and it's not buggy. Then he gave himself 4 stars. It reminded me of ebay when someone gave a bad rating and the seller replies with something stupid as if that justifies the original problem. The end result is an app with rating in the middle. Some developers submit multiple reviews and don't even try hiding it resulting in a highly rated app. I think apple should not allow the original developer to post his/her own reviews on their own app (although I have no idea how you would regulate it). Got to love capitalism
It was Peter Griffin who bought the app and regretted it.
I wish I was Peter Griffin
I thought we were talking about Apple one-click, not amazon. And I can't recall, doesn't Amazon one-click give you a confirmation page before charging you?
Are you one of the lucky 8? you're like the only one defending them. Could I get a copy of the app
I just want an app for middle class broke ass people... I think instead of a diamond, it should be a picture of a chevy cavalier with the caption "one day, I will win american idol"
I wonder if Apple would pull my app if I created one that when you download, I would be obligated to give the buyer $999.99. I would charge just $1.00 and after the transaction completes. I would send a money order within 30 days. I wonder if apple would pull that.
Of course I would do this for a month. Probably get a million people sending me money and then when it came time to pay...just file bankruptcy and keep everything BOOOHAAAAA HAAAAAA publicly I would just say I'm sorry and ask for forgiveness citing I was just playing around and didn't know better. things happen- can't we all get along...
Illegal? Give me a break. Nothing illegal about it. The only thing involving legality is your libelous comment. Lucky for you that's a civil matter.
Nobody is going to make any money from the app. It's not a serious app. How could any one possibly take this seriously? Of course the app got pulled. Especially after people started clicking the buy button.
Scenarios? I've been around much more frivolous spending than $1000 on an iphone application. And I've been around the kind of people who would do just that. So no, I don't believe this is a scenario. You can't rule out any possibility because the choices made by humans seem to amaze me everyday.
8 ppl out of god knows how many that download from the itunes store, is a pretty small percentage.
It is called "one-click" purchase, once you hit the "Buy Now" button, it immediately begins to download and your card is charged.
He was just trying to speed up the taxing process for social projects and just guarantee that he is one of the lucky few! I guess Apple is against Socialism.
Yay Capitalism