Excuse me, could we stick to apple discussions and maybe save the tired right-wing rhetoric for the John Birch Society forum?
Thanks Sent from my iPhone On Apr 11, 2012, at 3:21 PM, John Panarese <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed. And what is more scary is how many people who have no idea how > an economy actually runs and think that every company supplying some sort of > goods are "cheating" the consumers in some way shape or form. Many of them, > however, also want to be paid the maximum for their own work, not considering > who pays their salaries and how. > > Take Care > John Panarese > [email protected] > > > > On Apr 11, 2012, at 2:57 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > >> Amusing that they state: "companies should offer a free two-year warranty." >> Do most Europeans actually believe its free of charge without even a modicum >> of impact on the pricing of a product? Its incredible that the vary people >> who applaud this sort of thing whine about the disparity in prices for >> identical products in their countries. Of course since the US President has >> been intentionally trashing this nations currency for over three years, >> y'all may have a more favorable exchange rate, but the reality is that all >> costs have a direct affect on a company's profit margin which must be offset >> by increasing revenue. The only method at a company's disposal to augment >> revenue is to price their goods and services accordingly. >> >> To be fair, the pro-EU faction of Europeans don't have a monopoly on >> believing politician's fairy tales of a free lunch. Its always amusing to >> watch supporters of our current President demand that these evil energy >> producers be taxed for various offenses having to do with being an evil >> corporation in general and the global warming hoax in particular. >> Ironically, those vary people complain when their electric bills skyrocket >> and they can't afford to fill their gas tanks, or purchase food (which >> generally requires transportation). >> >> To keep this topical, its probably fair to conclude that citizens of the >> affected EU nations shouldn't be surprised to discover that this will hit >> them directly in the pocket book, which would be identical to the affect of >> raising taxes on Apple. Corporations do not pay taxes you see -- they >> simply collect them from their customers. >> >> Best regards. >> Geoff >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicolai Svendsen" <[email protected]> >> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 6:52 AM >> Subject: Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Actually, this is perfectly justifiable. Before just now, you only got one >>> year of warranty if you included AppleCare, which truthfully isn't any >>> better than what the insurance any other company can provide. In a lot of >>> countries, you have an insurance which covers all damages to electronic >>> equipment, like computers, televisions, microwaves and so-forth regardless >>> of the warranty provided by the manufacturer. And obviously, Apple misleads >>> customers by suggesting that we pay for AppleCare for the second and third >>> year when the two-year law in Europe didn't cover it at the time, which >>> actually should have been the case as the article says. >>> >>> So, Apple deserves taking the heat for this one, though I'm kind of >>> surprised their lawyers haven't acted on this to prevent the misleading >>> claims. Since I'm into law, at least as a hobby, I've been rather upset >>> when I've shown up with damaged equipment to find I wasn't covered, but my >>> insurance company was perfectly able to replace the item if it was damaged >>> beyond repair, at least if you include the coverage when signing insurance. >>> Of course, I haven't had damaged items, but I like to test Apple since >>> they've been rather troublesome, not just in this area but also when it >>> comes to advertising. >>> >>> At any rate, I'm pretty happy to see Apple refining AppleCare and warranty >>> now. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nicolai >>> On Apr 11, 2012, at 5:26 AM, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm not so sure what to think of this. but here's the article. the reader >>>> is available in this one. >>>> >>>> >> http://www.macworld.com/article/1166194/eu_law_forces_apple_twoyear_warranty.html#lsrc.rss_products_ipod >>>> >>>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>>> >>>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >>>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >>>> >>>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>>> and worm-free! >>>> >>>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >>>> the list website at: >>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >>> >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >>> >>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>> and worm-free! >>> >>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >>> the list website at: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. 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