Has apple started an inadvertent trend? (Score 1)

One wonders if the $500 suckers have learned from the folly of their impatience? Apple's tricks on people's perceptions of value could return to bite them in the ass. I can easily see lots of people (me included) never purchasing an new apple product until they slash (\ ha! ha! the pun...) the prices by about 30% about a month or so after the launch.