Apple is chickenshit rip off.

[Duffer]

Check this website out, apple is trying to sell this new Red nano for 200 and they say they are going to donate 10 dollars to the aids foundation.


How cheap can a company get, they are using a foundation to make sales, and they say that they are helping by only giving 10 out of 200 dollars a person spends on the ipod.

Apple has reaced a new low for using an organization so important to help boosts sales.  :angry:

http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/red/

[nemo]

I don't get what the problem is with this at all, the usual 4gb ipod sells for $199, the red 1 sells for $199 with $10 of each sale going to a good cause, what can possibly be bad about that? Apple isn't a charity, they're a business, their aim is to make money, they're not obliged to give anything away, the fact that they are should be applauded, not attacked as some sort of cynical cashgrabbing scheme

[Duffer]

They should give more.

I think they are using this for a way to make more money that they don't need.

[gnrfreek]

one thing i dont get.
why is the 8gb nano and the 30gb video going for the same price?

nothing wrong with giving tht much money in my opinion

[RKD]

They should give more.

I think they are using this for a way to make more money that they don't need.

but if a regular 4gb nano is $199 and this is $199 that means apple is losing $10 per sale. plus RED are getting money and publicity from it which is never a bad thing when charities are involved.

i don't think Steve Jobs would try and screw over a charity.

[Slashist]

i think there is nothing wrong with it.  people who were going to get a nano anyways will get the red one and help out a charity, its not like it costs $10 more.  they didn't have to do it at all, but then you would have nothing to bitch about

[ageisler18]

i don't think Steve Jobs would try and screw over a charity.

Or Steve Wozniac for that matter.

[irishaxl]

I don't think I'll ever have an iPod.. i mean in some cases you're just paying another £50/100 for the name.. As long as i have music, i dont care which piece of shit it's stored on..

[Slashist]

ipod are actually comparable in price to other players of the same size.  i've had one for three years and i love it, but i'd probably be happy with whatever player i had

[Julien]

They should give more.

I think they are using this for a way to make more money that they don't need.

I think it's good they're using it at all.

[RyanRose]

Blame Bono not Apple

[Y2marmar]

I think it's good that their donating some of the money to AIDs. If I'd known that, I would've bought one of those instead of the ipod I've got now.

[Riotradio_x]

I thought you were talking about the food....    

[monom]

So all right mr. Duffer, obviously you weren't complaining when they weren't giving any money, But once they start, you're gonna bitch? Ah come on that's just plain stupid...