I snapped up a Bose SoundLink III at my local Apple Store last weekend, just in case.
I also noticed that all GoPro products are gone from both the online and brick-and-mortar Apple Stores. I thought it might be that Apple wanted to get rid of old stock before the Hero 4 was launched, but nope. No Hero 4's anywhere on the Apple site or in stores.
Good. People can buy Bose from a million other places. They don't need to be on Apple's website and in their physical stores, especially with the lawsuits and tensions.
I never cease to be amazed at the foolishness of many consumers. It is trivially easy to find other vendors selling the same products that the Apple online store sells for less. You could be right that Bose loses "millions of dollars in sales" as a result of this, but that's a measure of the idiocy of the buying public.
I should have done a little "research." It appears that Bose products are discounted even less than Apple products. So whether you buy from the Apple Store or Amazon or Best Buy or whether, you're likely to pay the exact same price. So I obviously there is no "idiocy" in buying Bose products at the Apple Store (not that you can now) instead of somewhere else.
Bose and Sennheiser are a quantum leap above Beats in terms of sound quality! Beats is simply a brand for teenagers. Makes strategic sense for Apple to go for Beats but would Steve Jobs have compromised on quality?
Well, DOJ is going to file another anti-trust case against Apple. Seriously I don't see much value for Apple from the Beats deal. Apple doesn't need Beats to make iPhone and Apple WATCH a must have item.
There's nothing the DOJ can or should do. Can't force somebody to sell your products.
Bose usually sells at their retail price. Occasionally, the Bose stores would have a 10-15% off sale, plus black Friday, etc., & that may be duplicated in Best Buy & other stores as well. I've never seen Bose products marked down whatsoever at the Apple Stores, so I've never made a purchase of Bose products there. Many other products I've seen else ware much less than the 'suggested retail price, never at the Apple Store, unless it was close out stuff. Just my perception.
Samdung - profits down 60%. Can be directly attributed to Apple entering the Phablet market
Google - profits down 7%. Apple just needs to default search away from Google and their profits will drop 50%. That is litearlly one software update away
Bose - out of Apple stores
Apple could get search part done if they bought Yahoo and Flickr comes free.
No wonder the store was down so long this a.m. ;-)
This actually changed at some point yesterday. You could search Accessories / Headphones and filter results by the "Bose" brand, but nothing would show up. As of today, that "Bose" filter/button is gone.
Apple is a huge sales channel of millions of customers worldwide, to say that Bose doesn't need Apple is an arrogant statement.
The loss of millions of dollars in sales just around the holiday shopping season is nothing to sneeze at.
I never cease to be amazed at the foolishness of many consumers. It is trivially easy to find other vendors selling the same products that the Apple online store sells for less. You could be right that Bose loses "millions of dollars in sales" as a result of this, but that's a measure of the idiocy of the buying public.
The trick to selling high dollar products is to market it where the money is.
Honestly, I can't get over how colossally tonedeaf Bose has been over the past couple of weeks. Insist the NFL fine a very popular young quarterback for wearing a competing brand of headphones, give Beats the equivalent of millions in free advertising via the 24-hour news cycle, make every kid want the "outlawed" brand, and have Apple show their products the door. There must be some real geniuses on that marketing team...
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I also noticed that all GoPro products are gone from both the online and brick-and-mortar Apple Stores. I thought it might be that Apple wanted to get rid of old stock before the Hero 4 was launched, but nope. No Hero 4's anywhere on the Apple site or in stores.
No it isn't.
Many people don't want to deal with the crappy customer service you see in Best buy, Walmart, ect.
Also people make implusive buy decisions. Went to Apple store and bought an ipad. Hey! I should buy new headphones too while I'm here.
its like expecting someone to buy milk at Costco and then meat at Walmart and then veggies at Whole foods.
I was referring to the online store, as was this article. How's your self-imposed week-long ban treating you?
Good. People can buy Bose from a million other places. They don't need to be on Apple's website and in their physical stores, especially with the lawsuits and tensions.
I never cease to be amazed at the foolishness of many consumers. It is trivially easy to find other vendors selling the same products that the Apple online store sells for less. You could be right that Bose loses "millions of dollars in sales" as a result of this, but that's a measure of the idiocy of the buying public.
I should have done a little "research." It appears that Bose products are discounted even less than Apple products. So whether you buy from the Apple Store or Amazon or Best Buy or whether, you're likely to pay the exact same price. So I obviously there is no "idiocy" in buying Bose products at the Apple Store (not that you can now) instead of somewhere else.
no ban
Apple did comeout with a new tv - iMac 5k
Wow. So in your mind, Apple has finally rolled out a true Apple TV. Fascinating. They are just being very secretive and subtle about it?
Well, DOJ is going to file another anti-trust case against Apple. Seriously I don't see much value for Apple from the Beats deal. Apple doesn't need Beats to make iPhone and Apple WATCH a must have item.
There's nothing the DOJ can or should do. Can't force somebody to sell your products.
Bing has even been great for a while now. I haven’t used Google in years. Trying DDG on my clean installs; seems pretty simple right now.
Been using Bing for a couple of years now. Results and layout are as good or better and every once in a while I get a $5 Amazon gift card.
Meh. It doesn't really change anything.
Bose doesn't need Apple. Headphones are not the dominant nor only revenue source for Bose.
True, however, Apple owns the most trafficked and valuable retail stores. The loss of such a presence can't be a good thing.
Been using Bing for a couple of years now. Results and layout are as good or better and every once in a while I get a $5 Amazon gift card.
I elect to get the $5 Starbucks card. I prefer Bing over Google 90 percent of the time.
There's nothing the DOJ can or should do. Can't force somebody to sell your products.
It didn't stop the DOJ from suing Apple over the bogus price fixing suit further entrenching Amazon's monopoly in e-books.
Bose usually sells at their retail price. Occasionally, the Bose stores would have a 10-15% off sale, plus black Friday, etc., & that may be duplicated in Best Buy & other stores as well. I've never seen Bose products marked down whatsoever at the Apple Stores, so I've never made a purchase of Bose products there. Many other products I've seen else ware much less than the 'suggested retail price, never at the Apple Store, unless it was close out stuff. Just my perception.
Apple could get search part done if they bought Yahoo and Flickr comes free.
That settles that!
No wonder the store was down so long this a.m. ;-)
This actually changed at some point yesterday. You could search Accessories / Headphones and filter results by the "Bose" brand, but nothing would show up. As of today, that "Bose" filter/button is gone.
Bose doesn't need Apple. Headphones are not the dominant nor only revenue source for Bose.
I thought most of their revenues came from the QuietComfort headphones. Is there a breakdown somewhere of revenue by product category?
The elderly will be so disappointed.
Old bald dudes will always have those kiosks inside airport terminals, right?
Adios Bose. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
Good Riddance! LOL
Apple is a huge sales channel of millions of customers worldwide, to say that Bose doesn't need Apple is an arrogant statement.
The loss of millions of dollars in sales just around the holiday shopping season is nothing to sneeze at.
I never cease to be amazed at the foolishness of many consumers. It is trivially easy to find other vendors selling the same products that the Apple online store sells for less. You could be right that Bose loses "millions of dollars in sales" as a result of this, but that's a measure of the idiocy of the buying public.
The trick to selling high dollar products is to market it where the money is.
Honestly, I can't get over how colossally tonedeaf Bose has been over the past couple of weeks. Insist the NFL fine a very popular young quarterback for wearing a competing brand of headphones, give Beats the equivalent of millions in free advertising via the 24-hour news cycle, make every kid want the "outlawed" brand, and have Apple show their products the door. There must be some real geniuses on that marketing team...