Apple rant for today

[~Dan]

Hi all,

I ordered an Apple Watch 7 last week, directly from Apple's website (nearest Apple Store is 150 miles away).

The next day I got a shipping notice from Apple and the very next E-Mail was an alert from Amazon that they were selling the same exact watch for $50.00 less than what Apple charged me.

When you hit the order link on the Amazon site it opened a new tab at Apple.com where indeed the same watch was $50.00 less.

I called Apple and asked if they could credit me $50.00 or price match somehow. They refused, so I was penalized for going directly to them, instead of ordering from Amazon.

How do they justify that? It was simply a re-direct to the same Apple site that I had ordered from originally..

Long story short ... after taking an hour of my time and speaking to 5 different people at Apple, I am getting a call tag from them and returning that watch.

The new one I ordered from Amazon will be here Tuesday ... $70.00 less than Apple's price, because Amazon gave a me a $20.00 'courtesy credit' as well.

SMH

[wurm]

I'd have done the same thing. Good for you.

[C(-)ris]

I've never seen amazon redirect buyers to any third party site. I just tried to purchase an Apple Watch on Amazon and was directed to the Amazon checkout. How did you get to Apple from Amazon?

[deckeda]

My first CDR was an Iomega CD 650. Some of you may remember it, it was purple and yes it matched my Grape iMac. 1999?

Pretty sure I bought it from apple.com and there was some sort of price discrepancy and the person on the phone said, "so?"

I think they adjusted the cost to get me to shut up.

[jdc]

C(-)ris wrote:
I've never seen amazon redirect buyers to any third party site. I just tried to purchase an Apple Watch on Amazon and was directed to the Amazon checkout. How did you get to Apple from Amazon?

Same. Apple store inside the amazon site is *not* the same place.

These days the only thing you buy direct from apple is refurbs... cause its the only place.

Anything new... keyboards, headphones, cases, MBPs -- straight to somewhere else on the web for $$ savings.

[testcase]

"I've never seen amazon redirect buyers to any third party site."


It's happening more and more and, the practice is spreading to other sellers.


I expect that Amazon and other sites get a "bounty" for whatever sales result from these links.

[C(-)ris]

testcase wrote:
"I've never seen amazon redirect buyers to any third party site."


It's happening more and more and, the practice is spreading to other sellers.


I expect that Amazon and other sites get a "bounty" for whatever sales result from these links.

Can you show me an example of this?

[testcase]

"Can you show me an example of this?"

Sure. A short while ago, I placed an order with newegg.com for what appeared to be quality USB-C cables. I got an email telling me that some OTHER Chinese company would be fulfilling said order. I was charged the $20+ I had agreed to BUT, the cables sent to me by the Chinese "subcontractor" were CRAP. They were also labeled as $5.99 cables but, NO adjustment / allowance was made re the high price I paid. I returned the cables.

I'd bought from newegg.com multiple times in the past ALL without problems. Obviously, newegg has "changed" its' business model and, as far as I'm concerned, I can NO LONGER trust newegg.

There are several Chinese companies online offering a variety of products for sale. Reading the descriptions provided, NOWHERE do they inform buyers that the product you're ordering will ship from China. Buyers are led to believe that said products are here in the U.S. which simply is, in too many cases, simply NOT true.