Stop the iPhone Price-drop Drama

Obviously I'm not the only one tired of all the complaints iPhone owners have been voicing out these past few days since iPhone's price-cut. I can see a pattern with the arguments. There's the early adopters group that's so pissed off they're seeing red, the non-owners who are laughing in the face of the early adopters, and the people who are totally on Apple's side.

Everyone's taking it so personally that it's becoming such a bitter drama in my opinion. This article by Steven Pearlstein from WashingtonPost.com is brilliant. I love it so much that I'm quoting the article almost completely...

A bit of advice for all those who rushed out to be the first on their block with a new iPhone and are now bellyaching because Apple reduced the price:

Get a life.

What rock have you folks been living under? Have you bought an airline ticket recently? Or have you ever haggled with a rug salesman? Or bought a case of wine on sale at the local liquor store that sold for 20 percent more the week before?

As the generation that has grown up on eBay, Priceline and day-trading on Nasdaq, ou should have developed at least a rudimentary understanding of markets -- willing uyers and willing sellers and all that.

And fairness -- what's that have to do with anything? If Apple suddenly discovered that it was losing money on the new iPhones and suddenly raised the price, would you have volunteered to send a check?

I've got some news for you: Steve Jobs is not your friend. The reason he's a billionaire and you're not is that he's brilliant at selling you gadgets that make you feel so cool you're willing to pay way more than it costs to make them. His only mistake last week was letting you in on his little secret.

Credits: Steven Pearlstein

Very well said! Thanks Mr. Pearlstein for giving it to us (and the iPhone whiners) straight. You are very blunt but I couldn't agree with you more.

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