Apple aangeklaagd wegens oneerlijk handeldrijven

Started by Erik, February 19, 2005, 10:15:12

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Erik

Van tweakers.net

Ben benieuwd hoe dit in NL in zijn werk gaat.

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Volgens AppleInsider is Apple in Amerika aangeklaagd door consumenten en verkopers van Apple-producten. De aanklagers vinden dat het bedrijf oneerlijk en onwettelijk zaken doet en overeenkomsten schendt. Daarbij zouden wetten die consumenten beschermen zijn overtreden. Apple wordt beschuldigd van het als nieuw verkopen van gerepareerde apparaten zonder daarvan de tussenhandelaren of consumenten op de hoogte te stellen. Verder zou er zijn gesjoemeld met garantieperiodes, bijvoorbeeld door de duur van een reparatie niet als verlenging bij de garantieperiode op te tellen. Dit zou later soms tot onnodige reparatiekosten hebben geleid bij kopers en verkopers.

AppleVerkopers van Apple-producten voegden daar nog enkele aantijgingen aan toe in aparte zaken. Deze gaan voornamelijk over het bevoordelen van Apple van de eigen consumentenverkoop ten nadele van de andere onafhankelijke verkopers. Het bedrijf zou onder andere vertrouwelijke informatie van de verkopers gebruiken om klanten aan zichzelf te binden en direct producten verkopen onder de inkoopprijs voor tussenhandelaren. Apple kon of wilde nog geen commentaar geven op de zaken.
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."
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Spacebass

Hup aanpakken en ten gronde richtten dat bedrijf...wellicht dat ze overgenomen kunnen worden door een eerlijker bedrijf als Microsoft  ;D

Zonder gekheid, zou mij erg tegenvallen als het waar zou zijn. Momenteel valt (bijna) iedereen over Microsoft, maar dan blijkt de "underdog" Apple ook er ook rare praktijken op na te houden  :(

Nou ja hebben we weer wat voor de klaagthread!  ;D

Erik

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Quote from: Spacebass on February 19, 2005, 10:23:39Momenteel valt (bijna) iedereen over Microsoft, maar dan blijkt de "underdog" Apple ook er ook rare praktijken op na te houden :(

Nou ja hebben we weer wat voor de klaagthread! ;D
Had ik al ergens anders vermeld hier in een ander topic over mini macs.
Stukje uit automatiseringsgids, MS/BG heeft de naam, maar underdog Apple/SJ kan er ook wat van. Begin me zelfs af te vragen wie van d etwee erger is.
Ze zeggen wel eens in liefde en oorlog is alles geoorloofd (alhoewel de laatste sinds Irak foto's vast betwist wordt ;) ) maar zo te zien is in "handel" ook alles geoorloofd.  :o

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Dit zijn ook leuke stukjes, met zulke vrienden heb je geen vijanden nodig ;)

While Apple has maintained since the first day it began retail operations that it aimed to complement resellers rather than compete with them, Think Secret reported in June 2004 that Apple's retail intentions involved shifting customers away from the reseller channel directly to Apple. As Apple rolled out more and more retail stores across the United States, resellers reported increased difficulty in securing adequate quantities of new products from Apple for sale to customers, while Apple's own retail stores received stock first.

In August 2004 Think Secret reported that Apple had launched an aggressive price matching campaign against third-party resellers, and in October 2004 brought news that Apple was actively pursuing clients from independent dealers, going so far as to phone customers who had recently made a purchase at a reseller to offer better prices on other products than dealers could.

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The moves in 2004 came on top of changes in 2003 that made it more difficult for Apple resellers to gain or maintain Apple Specialist status and reduced the number of Specialists, while Apple also launched a direct sales force targeting dealer customers.

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MacOnline echoed similar sentiments. A letter taped to the closed doors of MacOnline that boldly begins with "WE QUIT!" goes on to add: "MacOnline cannot compete with Apple's corporate store in the Arden Fair Mall. Apple Computer has made it impossible for us to compete as Apple fills their retail stores first with new products fulfilling demand, then supplying resellers with only a few units, weeks and sometimes months later. This has destroyed our customer confidence as our customer cannot understand why the Apple store has them in stock and we can't get them for weeks and months on end. We simply cannot and will not continue to conduct business in this manner."

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One customer who purchased an Apple Xserve G5 with Apple's premium support plan from his local Apple Specialist reports that no more than a week later a regional Apple sales representative contacted him directly offering an Xserve RAID unit at a substantial savings over list price. When his dealer wasn't able to immediately match the offer, the customer accepted the Apple rep's special price, who added that if the customer contacted him directly in the future, similar savings were in store.

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MACadam Customers,

After 16 years of having the pleasure of servicing our Macintosh family in Northern California, we are closing our doors. This decision did not come easy. In fact, it came as possibly the most difficult thing I have ever done. MACadam was not simply a company, it was a family of different people from all different walks of life.

I can site a number of reasons why, but it primarily focuses on but two. The consistent bad behavior of our number one supplier, Apple Computer. They have made it so difficult to both get product in a timely fashion and treat our customers with the respect that they currently treat their Apple Direct customers. We have tried everything to resolve these problems over the last 4 plus years, yet our requests for help have simply gone unanswered.

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"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."
- Winston Churchill