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My 30 day iPhone 5 Journey
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When you said "
, you made it quite clear you had no intention of keeping the iPhone, and it was merely a stop gap until the release of the GS4. You very clearly stated it was your intention to "take advantage of Apple's 30 day return policy and purchase an unlocked iPhone 5 to use whilst waiting for the S4 to come out". Sorry but that is indeed abusing the return policy. People that do that sort of thing are the reason companies like Best Buy have cut their return period short, to discourage people from using them as a rental service. The purpose of the return policy is to give people a chance to buy a product in good faith, but be able to return it if necessary. It is not a means for people to rent products.
Yes, good job pulling a quote that is long before I knew much about the HTC One or the S4, instead of pulling a quote from the OP of this thread when time has passed and impressions of the S4 and One can be made (my initial impressions were of disappointment with both devices for various reasons).
Good job proving absolutely nothing. Please read the OP. Even Bmac4 has retracted his position that I only had one intent when purchasing the iPhone. We, in fact, had a nice short exchange via private message.
As for "abusing" the Apple return policy, please read the rest of the thread. It's been discussed ad nauseum how that's inaccurate.
Even if that was my sole intent of purchasing the iPhone, it still wouldn't be "abusing" the return policy. Daveathall sums it up the best here:
And again, the fact that Apple is accepting the return willingly, should be the end of this discussion. Please, if you want to preach about return policy changes, go preach to those iPhone users that return for the most minute "flaw" over and over and over again, or like others have said, the ones that lie about water damage or shattered devices, etc.
Please.
It is so abuse, for the reasons I have already stated. You can point at the OP all you want, but the fact is, you already stated your intention. You going back later and cleaning it up means absolutely nothing. Your intention from the beginning was to rent the phone, which you did. You did not purchase the phone in good faith, you purchased the phone with the intent of it holding you over until the release of another device. In other words, yes, you abused their policy.
I really don't want to be involved in this again. Couch I just trust you when you said you were not just buying the phone to hold you over for the next android. That is all I will say.
Thanks.
I also don't think people realize how close I came to keeping the iPhone. Especially after discovering how incredible the jailbreak community was. If jailbreak was more stable and if HTC didn't offer such amazing offers for the HTC One, I would have kept it and waited for the X Phone or the Nexus 5.
But iGentleman wants to only look at a post I made before I knew much about the One or the S4 instead of a post made later with more information. I even say "I may" in the post he quoted, yet he finds that incriminating and determining evidence.
Thanks.
I also don't think people realize how close I came to keeping the iPhone. Especially after discovering how incredible the jailbreak community was. If jailbreak was more stable and if HTC didn't offer such amazing offers for the HTC One, I would have kept it and waited for the X Phone or the Nexus 5.
But iGentleman wants to only look at a post I made before I knew much about the One or the S4 instead of a post made later with more information. I even say "I may" in the post he quoted, yet he finds that incriminating and determining evidence.
Well you just have to understand how it looks from the outside. You know what you meant, but they way it seems is that you just loaned the iPhone.
Now I will say don't get your hopes up too high for the nexus 5. I only say this because you did not like the nexus 4. It seems Google uses the same OEM for 2 phones, so that would mean the nexus 5 would be an LG again. I also don't know that they will ever go to SD cards again. With that said you did say they would up date the camera, so that could be good for you. Maybe the xphone will be more your thing.
Does this apply to undergarments? I would love to wear my hanes just once then return it for new ones.
Now that made me laugh.
Does this apply to undergarments? I would love to wear my hanes just once then return it for new ones.
If apple made undergarments they would probably be quite restrictive, bit they would 'just work'
Dont forget locked-down. They wouldnt leave a back door open to allow someone trojan entry
because that could be painful if you weren't prepared And the argument for the restrictions would be that they are to prevent "malwear"
That is exactly what return policies are for. Otherwise they can simply allow no returns.
If he likes it, he will change his mind and then not return it.
If not, oh well, they do allow a return right?
I don't know why a simple concept is too hard.
By this logic things like test drives, trial app periods, trial subscription models etc etc should all be simply shut down.
A lot of time people have no intention to use those things or services, but the companies offer them. You know why? Because they might change their mind after using it. This ends up making you even more of a loyal customer should you stick, because of their flexible draw in and the fact that YOU WANTED IN, not that YOU HAD NO CHOICE AND WERE STUCK.
I would rather take a loyal, happy customer over a forced customer if i were a business.
That's actually not what return policies are for. But this is a dead topic. You either get it or you don't. No sense in continuing to take up space with it.
Daveathall put it best earlier... at no point in the sale or contract or receipt between Apple and the customer does it state that you have to have an intent to keep it when purchasing.
Otherwise, what would be the point of having returns at all, like Sentinalsx mentioned? Apple would just have warranty to cover defects, but no need for returns.
Not to mention, how in the world would you even keep track of people's intent? Absurd.
You really don't know what you're talking about. Thankfully you don't run Apple's customer service.
It is YOU who doesn't get it. I bet if you ran a retail business, consumers would be going away in a couple months lol.
Yeah i don't check the forums daily, so i have no way if we have moved to another area of pointless bickering yet
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Some one is still pissed they don't get to enjoy something and return it eh?