Comments on: Italy not letting Apple off the hook for illegal warranty policy http://gigaom.com/2012/07/02/italy-not-letting-apple-off-the-hook-for-illegal-warranty-policy/ Fri, 24 May 2013 23:55:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rich http://gigaom.com/2012/07/02/italy-not-letting-apple-off-the-hook-for-illegal-warranty-policy/#comment-865608 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:37:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=538923#comment-865608 That’s what I’d do if I were Apple.

]]> By: Marco De Roni http://gigaom.com/2012/07/02/italy-not-letting-apple-off-the-hook-for-illegal-warranty-policy/#comment-860760 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:00:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=538923#comment-860760 Not to mention that Apple is so polite to translate 249$ for an Ipod not into 184€ BUT into 249€ in EU
“who’s bad” now?

]]> By: Mansion House http://gigaom.com/2012/07/02/italy-not-letting-apple-off-the-hook-for-illegal-warranty-policy/#comment-860334 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:17:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=538923#comment-860334 I still think Apple has no right to claim sovereignty over the market. But as: http://www.abhirdayaram.com/2012/07/04/apples-fight-dominance-tablet-market-sign-concern/ points oit, their fight for dominance is more of a sign of concern than anything else.

]]> By: Sir Eye http://gigaom.com/2012/07/02/italy-not-letting-apple-off-the-hook-for-illegal-warranty-policy/#comment-860001 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:28:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=538923#comment-860001 This is not solely an Italian law.

http://www.eccnl.eu/page/en/themes/Kopen-in-de-EU

Strictly speaking, Apple is flouting the law in every country that adheres to the above EU directive. What makes this even funnier is that said directive has been around for a decade now, yet not many people have heard of it.

]]> By: Mansion House http://gigaom.com/2012/07/02/italy-not-letting-apple-off-the-hook-for-illegal-warranty-policy/#comment-859982 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 07:02:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=538923#comment-859982 Can Apple afford this right now? To me they need to be in every possible market they can. As: http://www.abhirdayaram.com/2012/06/09/apple-losing-samsung/ points out, they are not as strong as some would suggest.

]]> By: Clueless http://gigaom.com/2012/07/02/italy-not-letting-apple-off-the-hook-for-illegal-warranty-policy/#comment-859892 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:40:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=538923#comment-859892 How come Apple doesn’t just price the phone a little more in Italy and include AppleCare?

]]> By: Michael W. Perry http://gigaom.com/2012/07/02/italy-not-letting-apple-off-the-hook-for-illegal-warranty-policy/#comment-859810 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:43:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=538923#comment-859810 This makes little sense. Apple should toss in a year of AppleCare with each product they sell in Italy and add the cost to their Italian price.

]]> By: Harry Minhas http://gigaom.com/2012/07/02/italy-not-letting-apple-off-the-hook-for-illegal-warranty-policy/#comment-859795 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:16:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=538923#comment-859795 Apple does not care about local laws. Another fine from an european government. The amount paid on fine will be recouped within a day after the launch of iPhone 5 ( http://harryminhas.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/iphone-5/ ).

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