Exceeding Expectations
I know a lot of people were miffed about the iPhone price drop. I was one of the folks who shelled out $599 for an 8GB iPhone in July only to see them drop to $399 this week. That said, I figured that was just the price of being an early adopter: you pay more to get to play with the “cool new stuff” first.
For example…
I paid $7000 for a 46″ 1080p LCD TV in 2003. You can get a really nice one now for less than $2500.
I bought my car with a GM Supplier discount for about 20% off sticker. About a year later, in the post-9/11 semi-recession, GM was offering similar deals to *everyone*, and with a bit of negotiating, I could have probably bought my car for a bit less if I’d waited.
I’m not even going to mention how much my Playstation 3, PowerMac G5, Sun AMD-based workstation, and all the hard drives I’ve bought have depreciated as technology and economics combined to drop prices.
So I accept that it’s just part of the game that if you dive in early, you pay more to be the first.
That said, I am pleasantly surprised by Apple’s willingness to offer a $100 credit for early adopters.
Just because I didn’t expect it doesn’t mean I won’t take advantage of it! Woo-hah!
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