SamD
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I am on my 3rd iPhone...... the previous 2 have randomly decided to stop making calls.
Just had shocking customer service from Apple re: a broken Time Capsule too, so they are not my favorite organisation at this point.
I am on my 3rd iPhone...... the previous 2 have randomly decided to stop making calls.
Just had shocking customer service from Apple re: a broken Time Capsule too, so they are not my favorite organisation at this point.
Vodafone joins the club
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/29/vodafone_iphone/
From early next year tho...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/29/vodafone_iphone/
From early next year tho...
Thunder
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How bollox is that! Just picked up the new prices from Car phone warehouse .. the price from Orange is the bloody same as the price from O2
Oh .. well .. I suppose I MUST HAVE it
Not surprising, it's been said already Apple set the prices and suppliers can't discount them.
Deleted Member I
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Not surprising, it's been said already Apple set the prices and suppliers can't discount them.
That's against the law!
Although you do think that Apple think they are above the law .. like many multi billion pound businesses around the world
Thunder
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That's against the law!
Although you do think that Apple think they are above the law .. like many multi billion pound businesses around the world
How so? What law? Apple choose who sell their products and the terms under which they are sold. Works for the consumer in the end, check out Apple used prices compared to the competition.
You want one, you buy it on their terms. Simple!
Deleted Member I
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Manufacturers are not allowed to set RRP ... it's the LAW!
Perhaps as Apple also sell the iphone they are allowed to set the RRP to prevent being undersold themselves 
Thunder
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Again, what law? They don't set a Recommended Retail Price they set the Retail Price.
Recommended Retail Price is just that, recommended, so in fact they are not setting the RRP.
maybe apple just set the margin really tight so the RRP comes out near identical across telcos?
maybe orange just looked at o2 and thought they could charge the same (nearly. i did read you can save 7p over a 2 year deal)?
i suspect apple just stop supplying stock if retailers don't toe the line though.
maybe orange just looked at o2 and thought they could charge the same (nearly. i did read you can save 7p over a 2 year deal)?
i suspect apple just stop supplying stock if retailers don't toe the line though.
Deleted Member I
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THE LAW!!!
http://www.oft.gov.uk/news/press/2003/pn_34-03
http://www.oft.gov.uk/news/press/2003/pn_107-03
http://www.oft.gov.uk/advice_and_resources/resource_base/ca98/closure/Oakley
My understanding is that the manufacturer can set the price they sell to the retailer BUT not determine the price a retailer sells to the consumer. OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thunder
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THE LAW!!!
http://www.oft.gov.uk/news/press/2003/pn_34-03
http://www.oft.gov.uk/news/press/2003/pn_107-03
http://www.oft.gov.uk/advice_and_resources/resource_base/ca98/closure/Oakley
My understanding is that the manufacturer can set the price they sell to the retailer BUT not determine the price a retailer sells to the consumer. OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You might want to confirm your understanding in relation to the Apple business model, but then again you may have wasted enough time today rifling through the OFT's website
Deleted Member I
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You might want to confirm your understanding in relation to the Apple business model, but then again you may have wasted enough time today rifling through the OFT's website
Damn you Roger
Deleted Member I
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You might want to confirm your understanding in relation to the Apple business model, but then again you may have wasted enough time today rifling through the OFT's website
Just wrote a note to OFT .. hope it works!
Don't hold your breath
Deleted Member I
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I know .. but if I didn't write in then the chances would have definitely be zero. Now it may be 0.000000000000000000000000000001% likely to happen and that is infinitely better than zero
Deleted account W
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So what is the fixed retail price that Apple have stuck on this phone?
Deleted Member I
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Depends on the plan and model. But the prices from both Orange and O2 are identical.
From FREE for a two year £75 per month contract for the 3GS 16GB
to £274.23 for 18 months £30 per month contract for the 3GS 32GB.
Deleted account W
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So they both could be discounting the retail price Apple has set by the same amount?
