Comments on: iPhone Lesson: Yet ANOTHER way to piss off your customers

By: Viral Marketing Gone Horribly Awry | Beyond Niche Marketing

Viral Marketing Gone Horribly Awry | Beyond Niche Marketing — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:39:56 +0000

[...] Take for example, the new iPhone 3 G. The last thing Apple wants is for the public to be reminded of the huge price drop just a few weeks after the original iPhone introduction. As a matter of fact, the original iPhone marketing plan is a perfect example of how to piss off your customers. [...]

By: Joe Wikert

Joe Wikert — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:57:44 +0000

Thanks for the link and all, but if you re-read my original post you’ll see that I was *not* suggesting that the price go up over time. Rather, I said Apple could have charged a higher price initially, even higher than the price they launched with. I went on to say that they could then reduce the price down the road, as they’ve already done. I totally agree with you that it would be hard, if not laughable, to increase the price structure of a tech product!