Apple charges 2X more to fix a Steel Watch as the same aluminium one

Re:Apple charges 2X more to fix a Steel Watch as the same al... by shagie on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @09:35PM (#29561381)

> The biggest atrocity would be the poor folks who spent $10k+ on the original 24k gold Apple Watch Edition Series 0.

If you are spending $10k on a 24k gold watch, I would contend two things are true:

1: You are not poor and can afford to upgrade

2: You are more interested in the display of wealth than the functionality that it has

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Re:Apple charges 2X more to fix a Steel Watch as the same al... by vmception on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @10:39PM (#29561796)

or they like and appreciate it more than the wealth part

the great thing about expensive watches is that nobody notices or recognizes them, in favor of fawning or expressing disdain over the medium tier brand that they heard in a rap song

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Re:Apple charges 2X more to fix a Steel Watch as the same al... by fiddlerwoaroof on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @11:04PM (#29561959)

I’ve found this is generally true: in any category of goods there are the brands that signal “I have money” (Johnnie Walker Blue) and then there are the brands that people who know what they’re doing buy.

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