Comments on: Should Apple Fire Employees for cashing in their iPhone credit?

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:49:05 +0000

I think its funny…thats what Apple gets for ripping customers off in the first place..KARMA

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By: alexr

alexr — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:58:58 +0000

AFAICT, the website knows what phone serial numbers were given to employees and refuses to process the refund.

By: Brendan Clarke

Brendan Clarke — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:15:50 +0000

Good, I think Apple is better off without thieves on the team.

By: Blair

Blair — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:34:13 +0000

I interview Thursday….. So that’s why….

By: J. Sheppard

J. Sheppard — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:53:55 +0000

Well,Mr. McDonald has demonstrated both his ethics and intelligence (or lack thereof). The rebate offer itsself prohibits employees from taking the rebate(ref: Ars Technica article above referenced). Violation of contract was decided by the Marshall court (U.S. Supreme Court circa early 1800s).
In other words this is clearly theft, those without morals and ethics notwithstanding.

By: David Macdonald

David Macdonald — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:19:59 +0000

Bull! It’s not against the law to claim a rebate on something you received for free. If Apple knew what they were doing, they should have barred all those free phones from being able to claim a rebate. If anything the employees who cashed in should be commended for their resourcefulness.

By: VaughnSC

VaughnSC — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:17:23 +0000

As I recall, didnt employees receive a free _4GB_ model?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:54:22 +0000

We live in a society with people who don’t pay income taxes (because their income is low) and yet complain when they don’t get a tax cut. People don’t understand that you shouldn’t be getting a cut or refund on something you didn’t pay (or pay for).

By: Art Fuller

Art Fuller — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:42:14 +0000

How obvious can this issue be? It is a perfectly good filter to get rid of dishonest/stupid employees. Let them move on over to Best Buy.

By: kwramm

kwramm — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:21:15 +0000

ouch. sounds a bit harsh. I guess those guys weren’t the most valuable employees if they get fired right away instead of getting a slap on their fingers and a warning first, and getting the $100 subtracted from their next paycheck of course.

By: krye

krye — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:48:27 +0000

Yeh, that’s totally stealing. They are totally taking advantage of the situtation. You can’t tell me that anyone with half a brain would think for a second that it would be “OK” to get back $100 on a phone that they were given for free. That’s just downright dishonest.