Laptop Pricing - A small rant.
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@MattSpeller said:
@creayt that seems really crappy to me, we have a huge fleet of plastic fantastic Dell Latitudes and they take HUGE abuse. Drops, spills (of weird chemicals on occasion), bodily fluids.... just the worst possible stuff you can imagine. We do suffer some attrition but it's typically because I refuse to clean it (human hazmat I am not) or someone has one stolen.
That's impressive. The day the very first retina MacBook Pro came out I got one and took it to my office, and someone spilled some coffee on it ( the lid was shut, thank god ) and it permanently nuked the displayport jacks ( can't remember if they were Thunderbolt or not yet ). Had to pay a pretty penny to get stuff replaced at the Apple Store.
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If you lease an apple watch I wonder if you have to pay for any damage.. hmm. That could be really profitable for apple.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
If you lease an apple watch I wonder if you have to pay for any damage.. hmm. That could be really profitable for apple.
Apple isn't the one doing the leasing. So no, it wouldn't make Apple money. The leasing business doesn't seem to be a viable one at all.
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http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
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what was the name of his shop... 720SWAG? Rent-a-SWAG? Seems applicable.
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@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
That's just plain stupid.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
That's just plain stupid.
Yup. Twelve watches and they hope to make what, $20 on each if they are lucky? You can't lease $350 items in small quantity and even pay to keep the lights on, let alone employ anyone.
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@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
Not a bad idea, make a few bucks off the idea while its a fad.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
That's just plain stupid.
Yup. Twelve watches and they hope to make what, $20 on each if they are lucky? You can't lease $350 items in small quantity and even pay to keep the lights on, let alone employ anyone.
They can charge whatever they want to lease them. If they can't lease them or only lease them a few times they can just sell them. What you aren't considering is that the watches don't actually cost that much when you consider the resell value.
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@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
That's just plain stupid.
Yup. Twelve watches and they hope to make what, $20 on each if they are lucky? You can't lease $350 items in small quantity and even pay to keep the lights on, let alone employ anyone.
They can charge whatever they want to lease them. If they can't lease them or only lease them a few times they can just sell them. What you aren't considering is that the watches don't actually cost that much when you consider the resell value.
The theory is that there is no resell value.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
That's just plain stupid.
Yup. Twelve watches and they hope to make what, $20 on each if they are lucky? You can't lease $350 items in small quantity and even pay to keep the lights on, let alone employ anyone.
They can charge whatever they want to lease them. If they can't lease them or only lease them a few times they can just sell them. What you aren't considering is that the watches don't actually cost that much when you consider the resell value.
The theory is that there is no resell value.
Can you explain what you mean?
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@scottalanmiller said:
The theory is that there is no resell value.
I wouldn't buy one that's encrusted with someone else's human detritus - agreed.
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@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
That's just plain stupid.
Yup. Twelve watches and they hope to make what, $20 on each if they are lucky? You can't lease $350 items in small quantity and even pay to keep the lights on, let alone employ anyone.
They can charge whatever they want to lease them. If they can't lease them or only lease them a few times they can just sell them. What you aren't considering is that the watches don't actually cost that much when you consider the resell value.
The theory is that there is no resell value.
Can you explain what you mean?
It's a changing item. Technology in a watch. Normally watches are collectables. Technology in watches not so much. And even more so given that this is the first generation - which is usually apples "beta" basically meaning it won't last very long until they bring another one out to fix all the issues everyone has in less than 1 year.
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@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
That's just plain stupid.
Yup. Twelve watches and they hope to make what, $20 on each if they are lucky? You can't lease $350 items in small quantity and even pay to keep the lights on, let alone employ anyone.
They can charge whatever they want to lease them. If they can't lease them or only lease them a few times they can just sell them. What you aren't considering is that the watches don't actually cost that much when you consider the resell value.
The theory is that there is no resell value.
Can you explain what you mean?
Did you read the website? The leasing website is all dedicated to talking about how they believe Apple Watches have little resell value and that's their whole pitch for the leasing.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
That's just plain stupid.
Yup. Twelve watches and they hope to make what, $20 on each if they are lucky? You can't lease $350 items in small quantity and even pay to keep the lights on, let alone employ anyone.
They can charge whatever they want to lease them. If they can't lease them or only lease them a few times they can just sell them. What you aren't considering is that the watches don't actually cost that much when you consider the resell value.
The theory is that there is no resell value.
Can you explain what you mean?
Did you read the website? The leasing website is all dedicated to talking about how they believe Apple Watches have little resell value and that's their whole pitch for the leasing.
No I did not read the website. I just read the facts about them having 12 watches on here. Yes, that is a very stupid model
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Plus won't watches likely be heavily abused compared to, say, a laptop?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Plus won't watches likely be heavily abused compared to, say, a laptop?
I am sure the lease will be written unfavorably for the customer. People are desperate to get ahold of the watches. People accepting insane terms would not surprise me.
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@IRJ Sucker born every minute. I'd believe it, I've seen worse.
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@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Plus won't watches likely be heavily abused compared to, say, a laptop?
I am sure the lease will be written unfavorably for the customer. People are desperate to get ahold of the watches. People accepting insane terms would not surprise me.
It can only be so extreme before people, even dumb people, shell out $350 to just buy one. No matter what, they need a LOT of watches for this to work.
