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My guess is it's the 80/20 rule applied to customers and Apple likes profit margins much more than just revenues. Also, it's stereotypical that third world fol

• wynand 16y ago
  > My guess is it's the 80/20 rule applied to customers and Apple likes profit margins much more than just revenues. Speculating is one thing... > Also, it's stereotypical that third world folks abuse store return policies and customer support in general. ...but it's inexcusable when it leads to unsubstantiated claims that tar so many people with the same brush. Also it's a massive stretch to call any but a very small handful of Eastern European countries "3rd world". (I need not defend Eastern Europe, since I'm South African myself, but it's plain as day that a lot of Eastern Europe is not doing too badly).
  • ovi256 16y ago
    Uhmm, you may all want to brush up on your geopolitics and what "3rd world" means. Eastern Europe is and always was in the "2nd world" (the label that never stuck, just like "1st world").
    • dimitar 16y ago
      Which is a label as relevant as "communist world", and "non-aligned world" isn't it?
  • ahk 16y ago
    A poor person has a different relationship with the things he/she purchases than a rich person. One of the ways this manifests itself is in store returns and higher demands on customer support (as well as, sometimes, a lack of appreciation or desire to pay for quality). This seems obvious to me and I don't feel the need to be PC on the internet.