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only 2 per person per lifetime!?!?!? seriously?

my assistant is telling me that a person can only buy two iphones in their lifetime!??!?! i have broken two and am on my third. this must be a new rule, and if so then i won't be able to get another iphone. if that turns out to be the case i will be seriously ****** off and will be contemplating my personal commitment to apple products as the foundation to my technology platforms both at home and at the office.

tell me it isn't so. i realize apple is doing so well, that even those of us who stuck with them through the tough times don't really matter anymore...but, ****, this would be a real bummer, esp. for a phone with no insurance and one that breaks really easily.

mac book pro, Mac OS X (10.5.1), i have approx 7 macs, have one of each ipod, iphone, itv, etc etc...pretty much everything released

Posted on Dec 3, 2007 11:58 AM

30 replies

Dec 8, 2007 3:24 PM in response to ivyyvi

ivyyvi wrote:
That is 100% true!!!
*You can buy only 2 iphones in your LIFETIME!!*
I'd heard of that more than 4 times in Apple stores (New York) last month.

In a word, this is BS.

I've bought three iPhones, myself, and will be buying fourth by the end of the month.

...and BTW, I've never had a problem, NOT ONE, with any of them. All activated without a glitch, synced without a problem, updated firmware on the first try every time, and certainly haven't scratched or broken a screen. We couldn't be more pleased.

Dec 3, 2007 12:08 PM in response to naturalone

I'm not sure about the 2 iphones per LIFETIME rule, but even so if you broke it I'm sure they'd let you get a new one. I always thought that you can only buy 2 in one go.

pc2k07

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Dec 3, 2007 12:21 PM in response to naturalone

I believe the restriction is: you can only buy two iphones in one DAY. This is to stop people from buying a bunch of them and selling them or unlocking them.

Tamara

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Dec 3, 2007 12:43 PM in response to naturalone

Your assistant is an idiot. A person may only purchase 2 phones at one time.

Ansuz82

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Dec 3, 2007 12:47 PM in response to Tamara

I stand corrected. Still no lifetime limit, though.

Goshia

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Dec 3, 2007 1:43 PM in response to Tamara

You can pay cash for a IPhone.... I did at the apple store.

Dec 3, 2007 4:31 PM in response to naturalone

I just purchased an iPhone for my husband and asked about the limit on the sell of iPhones. I could have purchased 3 more iPhones. I used credit card for my protection.

deggie

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Dec 3, 2007 4:43 PM in response to jadkeough

Where did you purchase it from? Last time I was in the Southlake Store they had the limit 2/no cash sign still prominently displayed.

Dec 3, 2007 6:35 PM in response to deggie

Deggie, Try Huntsville area.

Dec 3, 2007 6:38 PM in response to Tamara

Tamara wrote:
Your assistant is an idiot. A person may only purchase 2 phones at one time.

May want to hire a better assistant

deggie

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Dec 4, 2007 8:51 AM in response to jadkeough

So the Apple Store there did not have the sign up?

Dec 4, 2007 4:34 PM in response to deggie

Actually it was an AT&T store. Sorry I forgot to put that in my post. And evidently they didn't have "sign up" because I have no clue what you are talking about.

deggie

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Dec 5, 2007 6:07 AM in response to jadkeough

This thread is referring to purchasing iPhones at the Apple Store, not from AT&T.

Ansuz82

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Dec 8, 2007 2:33 PM in response to ivyyvi

Show me on paper and I'll believe it...

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jacdem

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Dec 8, 2007 2:37 PM in response to ivyyvi

It was announced today that the limit was now 5 iPhones. Check iPhone Atlas' site.

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only 2 per person per lifetime!?!?!? seriously?