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RE[4]: Prices and choice
by Laurence on Tue 15th Jan 2013 09:35 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Prices and choice"
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According to my RSS reader stealing iPhones is a risky business. ;-)

True, but thieves exist and do target things like phones. so my point stands

It's a risk, but so is eating at McDonald's and crossing the streat.

I wouldn't really class them as risks unless you're unduly stupid. At least not with odds even approaching the same degree as accidentally wiping the value from your phone.

What you're describing strikes me as the same misconception that some home buys have when house prices increase. They believe that they've earned money, but assuming hose price increases are relatively even (which nationally they generally are) when they come to sell, the money they've earned on their house will be lost on the next house which has also increased in price.

It's the same thing here, whatever resale price you earn from the iPhone will be absorbed in the next purchase of an iPhone. So you're not gaining anything at all (and that's assuming you can even resell it - which as I said - is a gamble).

And this is why I hate the resale excuse that some Apple fans cite when justifying the higher prices. And please bare in mind that I'm not condoning the higher prices (I don't really want to get into that debate to be honest). I just think that particular reasoning is deeply flawed.

Edited 2013-01-15 09:39 UTC

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