Rogers gets Apple slapdown
- July 7th, 2008
- 11 Comments
Rogers, the Canadian carrier that pissed off an entire kind, gentle, and non-warlike nation, is now getting some nasty treatment from Apple after creating a pricing plan that was so sufficiently onerous that even the calm Canadians created a sternly-worded a petition against it.
The Rogers deal was supposed to bring great rejoicing to the frozen North. Rogers would screw its customers and they would get iPhones, case closed. Now, however, after Rogers planned a huge launch event and even hired calm, Canadian employees to staff stores, expecting orderly lines of Canadian iPhone fans who would calmly inquire about the phone (”What can you tell me aboot the iPhone, sir?”) and then purchase one with the strong Canadian dollar, Apple is rerouting most of the Canadian shipment to Europe. That’s right: because Rogers is staffed by greedy dicks Apple is screwing them. It’s rare that a cellphone manufacturer does anything other than massage a carrier’s delicate anal tissue with its tongue so even if you disagree with Apple’s methods, quality, or pricing, it’s nice to know these boys know how to play hardball with notoriously nasty carriers.
UPDATE - Or this could just be a dumb rumor.
diem (Who am I?)
4 months ago
Canada: America’s Hat.
guy (Who am I?)
4 months ago
America: Canada’s toilet.
SwissFreek (Who am I?)
4 months ago
I find this so amazingly hard to believe. Whatever, it’s been said a thousand times on all the blogs: People bitch and moan about how high the price *looks* but at the end of the day the base level price will be just fine for 90+% of the Rogers users, and us AT&T customers that have an “umlimited” plan are paying for something we will never really need.
Take off, ya’ hosers. Quit whining.
Rocky C (Who am I?)
4 months ago
Nicely put, tool.
>Take off, ya’ hosers. Quit whining.
Jo (Who am I?)
4 months ago
Rogers is also owning a company called Fido. Those are both carriers that will offer iPhone. In this case, Rogers is not alone…Fido is in the same business.
Christopher (Who am I?)
4 months ago
Trying to allow everyone a good idea what we are doing on Friday about the iPhone.
http://www.thisegg.com/iphone/canadaiphone.html
Please take the time to tell us what you are doing.
Thank You
Russell Gordon (Who am I?)
4 months ago
If you want to see why the Rogers plans are such a poor value, this site explains the issue in a clear and concise manner:
http://getthefactsonrogersiphone.com/
It also draws attention to Bill C-555, which aims to make cellphone service less expensive for all Canadians, not just iPhone users.
Eric D. (Who am I?)
4 months ago
As for being a rumour, check out:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/08/spat_with_rogers_leaves_canadian_apple_stores_without_iphones.html
Peter Urban (Who am I?)
4 months ago
Go Apple! Rogers should re-name itself into OutRagers and go sell ugly pink razor phones to teenies.
Mogilny (Who am I?)
4 months ago
Is the anal tongue massage part necessary?
Jakes (Who am I?)
4 months ago
It’s been confirmed.
Sounds like most Rogers’ stores will have less than 20 iPhones each : )
What a joke!
J