Has Apple Imposed a Lifetime iPad Limit?

[Quiet Stranger]

Yeah this is fake

 

[Plurralbles]

I can understand the 2 at a time thing to keep prices artificially up, but to limit lifetime is shooting your business in teh foot.

I smell eitehr somone at Apple has never gone into an Econ class or this story is bullshit.

 

[Danpascooch]

I would ask to talk to someone who isn't a mindless peon and see what they have to say. If they say the same thing, tell them to get steve jobs himself in there and tell him he has lost a lifetime customer to his face. That will get this so called limit removed.

Yeah, because if it's true and there is a limit, that strategy will DEFINITELY work, the logic is airtight!

 

[Danpascooch]

I wonder how many of their sales will now be from people testing this story.

Probably 2, then they will cut the guy off, and the story will be confirmed.

 

[theklng]

Okay, right off the bat, have a disclaimer: There is no way of knowing whether any of this is true or not.

why bother posting it then? have the escapist articles really sunk to a tabloid low?

A tabloid is actually the size of the newspaper, not the kind.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tabloid

second entry:

a newspaper this size concentrating on sensational and lurid news, usually heavily illustrated.

 

[Silver Patriot]

If it bothers him that much he can have my lifetime limit as well.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

If only Apple took as big of leaps with innovation as they do with pretension, then maybe they'd be worth looking into.

 

[joystickjunki3]

I'm gonna go w/ "made up."

 

[Marter]

I'm having difficulty believing that any company would stop people from buying their products. I can understand a temporary ban, as the iPad is selling quite well right now, but they are just cutting their profits down.

I also have to wonder how this would affect the holiday season.

 

[Vitor Goncalves]

Its a fake story as everywhere it shows are just blogs quoting the original blog, apple site does not say anything about a lifetime limit.

 

[Starke]

Its a fake story as everywhere it shows are just blogs quoting the original blog, apple site does not say anything about a lifetime limit.

If it is true, then it was probably activated specifically on this guy's account. Probably based on him preordering another pair while they were trying to process the previous transaction. He has four orders pending... or something, and he gets banned from the apple store.

 

[yanipheonu]

Working at a call center myself, this is likely just some douche making up something so he can get off the phone and go on facebook again.

NEVER trust what you hear over the phone, even if they sound trustworthy. Only trust offical documents. I don't know how many problems I've had with people blindly trusting the agent on the phone.

 

[RoboPenguin]

They probably barred him, personally, from buying any more because his buying habits were suspicious. For all Apple knew, he was buying iPads and selling them, so they pulled his plug so to speak.

 

[newbieee]

I HATE THIS STUPID POLICY. I ORDERED 2 IPADS, AND I HAD MY SISTER MAKE ANOTHER APPLE ID AND ORDER 2 IN HER NAME USING A GIFT CARD. THIS IS WHAT SHE RECIEVED FROM APPLE ONLINE STORE:

Thank you for your recent Apple order.

To ensure that all customers are given equal opportunity to acquire this
product we have limited the amount available per customer. Therefore,
this order has been cancelled.

If you have any questions regarding this order, please contact us at
[email protected] or by simply replying to this email.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Sincerely,
Apple Online Store Customer Support

 

[Starke]

They probably barred him, personally, from buying any more because his buying habits were suspicious. For all Apple knew, he was buying iPads and selling them, so they pulled his plug so to speak.

That's actually exactly what he was doing.

 

[Wicky_42]

Guys (and gals), this is the beginning of the end: DRM extending into REAL LIFE! We've already had the built-in redundancy of the iPod's battery, now Apple's Limited Licences policy is preventing people from stock-piling their hardware to stave off failure and simultaneously ensure a market for the iPad Mk2 - after all, if the iPad's as good as fanatics think then why would they upgrade? Oh wait - Apple fanatics... my bad

 

[newbieee]

So, I called the Apple customer support online sales. The guy said the order was cancelled because it had the same address as mine, and since I have already ordered 2 ipads(3G) my sister's order was cancelled because it was the same address ( even thoug she was using a different apple ID, different card, etc) so, she has to find a new address to ship to. WOW can this get any more stupid!?

 

[RoboPenguin]

They probably barred him, personally, from buying any more because his buying habits were suspicious. For all Apple knew, he was buying iPads and selling them, so they pulled his plug so to speak.

That's actually exactly what he was doing.

He was selling them? I guess my reading comprehension is not that great, lol. I thought I had read that he was giving them to friends over seas.

 

[AmayaOnnaOtaku]

That throws out my idea of getting my mother and grandparents one. After I get one to be my ebook reader.