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Mpilar
Posts: 5577
Incept: 2009-01-05
Nashville, TN
Online
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Hmm...I wonder what the pricing will be for Linux users :)
Que government to spank Orbitz for their pricing models in 3...2...
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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. H. L. Mencken
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Azengrcat
Posts: 184
Incept: 2010-05-31
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I won't be visiting orbitz with my hackintosh anytime soon.
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Anti
Posts: 4281
Incept: 2007-10-09
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How can they tell what is sending the request?
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Tickerfan
Posts: 2847
Incept: 2008-01-02
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How long before consumers are not just targeted to receive information on higher-priced options, but are given an entirely separate price list? Nah, that could never happen.
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Ckaminski
Posts: 1569
Incept: 2011-04-08
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Nor will I.
This is nothing new - Amazon has been doing stuff like this for years. I'm not sure what their parameters were, but I've noticed two different prices for the same good on two different computers before (don't think it was Prime related).
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Ckaminski
Posts: 1569
Incept: 2011-04-08
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Uwe
Posts: 6428
Incept: 2009-01-03
19446
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KD wrote..It would make sense that this is one of the places where marketers have figured out that people who will pay more for one thing might pay more for another. Exactly. People who are willing to spend the money on a Mac probably wouldn't be happy with a dank, bedbug-infested $39.95 / night hotel room, so why market that to them? Just imagine what Orbitz could do if they knew the make, model, and year of car their customers were traveling in? People driving 10 year old TDIs would probably get the opposite treatment that Mac owners do.  -Uwe-
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“Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.” - John Locke
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Ciaoboniface
Posts: 87
Incept: 2009-02-06
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If you visit from Linux they hook you up with a cardboard box and a tool chest.
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Debtpie
Posts: 534
Incept: 2009-12-17
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An Apple guy ruined JCP thinking some flashy (and politically correct two dads) ads would turn the company around...wrongo!
Now Orbitz thinks it can be Apple? wrongo! Apple is God to it's base because Microsoft is the devil with it's 'looks good, but works horribly' products.
Apple users may pay "whatever" for Apple products...but they are some the most tight fisted scrooges I know...and they know how to fish a deal out of the web...guarantee 90%+ have already figured out/heard of Orbits game and will not fall pray.
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"Exactly. People who are willing to spend the money on a Mac probably wouldn't be happy with a dank, bedbug-infested $39.95 / night hotel room, so why market that to them?"
Are they not showing them the "bedbug-infested $39.95/night hotel room", or are they simply charging them $59.95/night for the bedbug infested room?
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2dogs
Posts: 2931
Incept: 2009-03-25
Land of the Lost
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Quote:Apple users may pay "whatever" for Apple products...but they are some the most tight fisted scrooges I know...and they know how to fish a deal out of the web... lol... Many of the Apple users I know have NO financial sense whatsoever. Many are having financial difficulties and have absolutely NO idea how they got there or how to even try to begin to work their way out of the mess.
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You can't defeat the combined effects of massive voter fraud, the Free **** Army, and the entire bought and paid for media complex. This nation is done.
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Sparticlebrane
Posts: 287
Incept: 2009-08-25
Banned
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Quote:Many of the Apple users I know have NO financial sense whatsoever. Many are having financial difficulties and have absolutely NO idea how they got there or how to even try to begin to work their way out of the mess. ...and this differs from the majority of people, how? Quote:If you were dumb enough to pay twice as much for a computer with zero serviceability, especially when all portable computers include a battery that has a known service life but you can't replace it, and you willingly and intentionally subjected yourself to this, you're also likely to overpay for something as simple as a place to sleep. Come'on Karl...MacbookPro batteries are replaceable, they just require screws to access. Any moron can do it. Example: 13" MacbookPro Battery: $120 http://www.ifixit.com/MacBook-Parts/MacB....Guide: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing-M....Reason:
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Poodlelover
Posts: 143
Incept: 2012-02-02
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Are they paying for the same room, though, or getting better rooms? If the latter, this data tells me that they spend more because they are more affluent, which may also be why they purchase more expensive devices.
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Trades50
Posts: 4214
Incept: 2007-10-30
Land of Tax and Spend
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Quote: How long before consumers are not just targeted to receive information on higher-priced options, but are given an entirely separate price list? Since these consumers are higher end spenders it seems like a good way for marketers to exploit this group. I know a guy that buys all the Apple products he goes on trips to California to taste the yearly wine selections. He has a high-end SUV. He likes to think of himself and being more sophisticated. So he pays more. Apple to him is like a woman that buys a coach purse. I know a woman that buys all the coach products she also owns an Apple.
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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. - Thomas Jefferson
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Marvinmartian
Posts: 746
Incept: 2011-03-16
Pasadena, CA
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I write this on a 4 year old Macbook Pro. Its the last model with a battery that is designed to be user replacable. Models after that were expecting 1000 charge/discharge cycles so they figured that the laptop would probably become obsolete before the battery died.
Applecare replaced my battery about a year ago. They decided that premature shrinking in the energy/depth-of-discharge on my laptop was a problem they needed to correct.
I've recently doubled the RAM size, and doubled the internal HDD size, and boosted its speed to 7200 RPM.
I'm contemplating taking out the optical drive and putting in a SSD.
I'm going to keep this laptop until the display chip no longer lets me run the current software. It made the cutoff for OSX Mountain Lion, so its still current for the next year.
Along about 2009, Apple decided to go for smaller & lighter appliances with no user replacable parts. I dont like this move.
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2dogs
Posts: 2931
Incept: 2009-03-25
Land of the Lost
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Quote:...and this differs from the majority of people, how? Apple users are spending MORE than they have to on a product that ISN'T user-serviceable. That places them in a special category of "here take EVEN MORE of the money I can't afford to pay, please!" http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/19/should-....
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You can't defeat the combined effects of massive voter fraud, the Free **** Army, and the entire bought and paid for media complex. This nation is done.
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Mikeit83
Posts: 963
Incept: 2009-06-19
East Coast
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My wife has had her macbook pro for almost 3 years now. Battery still holds a great charge- she charges it every day. It outlast my work laptop x2 still. I have had 3 work laptops in the same three years and have had countless failures. (motherboard failures, hard drive failures, and one broken screen). I had a dell xps 17'' laptop(personal). It too had 2 motherboard failures, one bad memory stick, and an overheating problem.
I got tired of my crap breaking from dell and HP and bought an iMac. I typically dislike apple because I was like you guys. But honestly, I have never been more happy with my computing experience with their products. Overpriced, absolutely. But once you make the investment I look at it like this. I can sell my apple equipment at 65-75% original purchase price after a year and a half and get the latest and greatest. And thats what I do.
Try buying a mid to higher end dell or HP and try doing that even 3 months after you get it. YOu will be lucky to get 30% resale value.
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Mikeit83
Posts: 963
Incept: 2009-06-19
East Coast
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And if wife's laptop battery DID fail, you CAN unscrew the back aluminum case, disconnect the old battery and connect a new one in less than 15 minutes. Its a moot point. I'll take 2x battery life and a solid bottom case over removable batteries...
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Trades50
Posts: 4214
Incept: 2007-10-30
Land of Tax and Spend
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When it's become a cult and people wait in line for their newest products that has huge profit margins written all over it.
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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. - Thomas Jefferson
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Penguinzee
Posts: 222
Incept: 2010-06-13
Tampa Bay, FL
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hmmm, I've been a LONG-TIME mac user (20+ years) and there's a reason for it-the **** works, and I have work to do... it's worth every penny since I'm up and running well over 99% of the time vs. 90-95% for the PCs we have here at work... and I pound on mine (100mb photoshop files all the time)... couple hundred bucks more on the front end, pays itself back long before the year is over...
As far as Orbitz is concerned... screw 'em!!! They have always seemed overpriced to me, so I never used them... now I know why, ****in bastards!!! Pretty much seals that deal for me...
As far as new Macs are concerned, yeah, it's not a healthy trend when you can't get in and replace a battery... kinda understandable on the Air models, but a regular MacBookPro should have an easily swappable battery in it-don't mind a couple screws, but you shouldn't have to completely dicombobulate the thing just to replace something that will wear out... good thing I have a really good tech in my neck of the woods if anything does go haywire...
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Frat
Posts: 1934
Incept: 2009-07-15
NKY
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Remind me never to check that site from my phone!
I love my iPhone. It was the first phone to give my exactly what I wanted, and as with most Apple ****, it just plain WORKS.
That being said.... I despise Apple as a company, and the ONLY Apple products my family owns ARE the phones. Besides enjoying building my own computers and upgrading, I've been on PCs since I was 4 years old. I understand them (mostly). I like them. I also ****ing HATE PROPRIETARY BULL****, which Apple excels at and purposely forces on all their products. The quintessential example is iTunes.
I ****ing HATE iTunes!!!!
As you can see, I'm not a typical fanboy, but I can appreciate a good product. As such... I have ZERO problem with what Orbitz is doing here - I'm just glad I had someone point it out.
Thanks again Gen!
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We're ****ed. Where's Henry Bowman when you need him?
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Jimg
Posts: 180
Incept: 2009-02-04
Dunedin, FL
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Orbitz is a ripoff, period. Their entire business plan is ripping off people who don't comparison shop. Their lowest price guarantee only applies to a lower price on the same type room for the same date at the same hotel OFFERED THROUGH ORBITZ.
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Grf
Posts: 1337
Incept: 2008-12-08
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Orbitz is not the only company that has figured this out.
No Mac or Windows in my house, all BSD/Linux.
The idea is as old as rocks - Sell things to people that will overpay in order to feel special. Good for Apple that they figured this out.
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Resistance
Posts: 6162
Incept: 2008-09-26
Banned
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Another day, another TF Apple-bashing thread. Who coulda knowed?
Just log in on the Windows' partition of your disk. Problem solved.
Hate on.
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"Why must political experiments always be in the direction of more government? Why not give the free market a county or even a state or two, and see what it can accomplish?"Murray Rothbard - The Fallacy of the Public Sector
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Kwerk
Posts: 908
Incept: 2009-03-02
Banned
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LOL. That is awesome. They should go all the way and just show them different prices.
if (preg_match('/Mac/', $useragent)) {
$price *= 1.30;
}
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