Early Adopters Are Entitled to Nothing
The iPhone doubles in memory to 16GB and the iPod touch climbs to 32GB. Forget the celebrations in the street. If you’re really quiet, you can actually hear tears of sorrow.
Prices change. Things improve. Life goes on.
For some reason, that’s a difficult concept for consumers to comprehend. The first thing they do is hit up the blogs and forums to see if the company will “make good” since they were early adopters.
With technology evolving at lightning speeds, do early adopters deserve price adjustments? Rebates? Leniency on returns?
Jack of All Blogs says ‘NO.’
It stinks, but life is a lot about luck. One minute you’re crossing the street. The next, you’re dead. Tough break.
Just because something is shinier and more powerful with a longer battery life and water resistant shell, doesn’t mean you get a refund on the model you bought last month. Sorry.
If a restaurant changed its prices or beefed up its portions the day after you ate there, would you demand compensation? No.
If your predecessor at your place of employment made $10k more than you, would you be able to squeeze it out of your boss? Likely not.
What if you voted in an election and then the elected changes their entire platform. Guess what. You’re NOT getting your vote back.
In life there’s no going backwards. No mulligans.
These folks are just mad that they no longer have the latest and greatest, which is the driving force behind the early purchase to begin with.
Sorry gang. The reality is, you’re still ahead of the curve. Lighten up.
LOL! That’s why I don’t vote.
jangelo said this on February 9, 2008 10:43 am
yeah thats true in all cases
seo tips said this on February 20, 2008 3:55 pm