$7000 in-store credit from Apple.


	$7000 in-store credit from Apple.

Scattered_Fusion

9-10-2007 3:34 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/010c511f-c585-4943-a675-506736fc68c9/E9BF6D9E-B350-4771-92D2-2A8FDF27A758/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bbspot.com/News/2007/09/jobs-offers-apple-lisa-early-adopters-store-credit.html" href="http://www.bbspot.com/News/2007/09/jobs-offers-apple-lisa-early-adopters-store-credit.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bbspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbspot.com/News/2007/09/jobs-offers-apple-lisa-early-adopters-store-credit.html"><P><IMG width="300" hspace="5" height="225" align="left" alt="Apple Lisa" src="http://www.bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2007/09/apple-lisa.jpg" />Apple released the Lisa in January of 1983 for $9,995, and  the similar <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="2949850">Macintosh</A> was released a year later for $2,495.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbspot.com/News/2007/09/jobs-offers-apple-lisa-early-adopters-store-credit.html"><P>"I've felt bad about people who bought the Lisa for a  long time. Anybody who bought one of the first Apple Lisas really got screwed,"  said Jobs. "Now that we've got some cash, I think it's about time we made  it right."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbspot.com/News/2007/09/jobs-offers-apple-lisa-early-adopters-store-credit.html"><P>People interested in the refund will need to bring in an  original receipt showing they bought the Lisa in 1983 and proof of purchase from  the Apple Lisa box.  Sales figures from  that year show that if all people who bought the <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="2951003">computer</A> claim the refund,  Apple could be liable for almost $70,000.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbspot.com/News/2007/09/jobs-offers-apple-lisa-early-adopters-store-credit.html"><P>Steve Bloughs, who bought a Lisa, said, "When I heard  about the iPhone refund, I was furious.   The Lisa screw job was much more egregious.  I've been waiting over twenty years for Apple  to make this right.  I'm glad they  finally have."</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E9BF6D9E-B350-4771-92D2-2A8FDF27A758/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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