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Man blames Apple after buying ridiculously expensive software

A US iPhone user has attacked Apple after he accidentally bought an application costing $999.99.

Laughably, the piece of software – called ‘I Am Rich’ – simply displays a red ruby on the screen.  

The iTunes user in question, Lee5279xx, posted a scathing review of the application, saying: “This is not a joke. I need someone from Apple to help me with this scam. I saw this app with a few friends and we jokingly clicked ‘buy’ thinking it was a joke, to see what would happen. I forgot my wife had ‘iclick’ activated on my laptop, and it really bought it for $999.”

I Am Rich has now reportedly been taken down from iTunes.

Link: Valleywag

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A fool and his money...

posted by Lee Aug 08, 2008 at 12:27 pm
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... are soon parted. And what a fool! What the hell is 'iclick' anyway?

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Re: A fool and his money...

posted by Mr Smart Aug 08, 2008 at 1:32 pm
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - that's what you get for letting your wife touch your iPhone.

Sounds like a great app to me...

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Re: Re: A fool and his money...

posted by karl Aug 08, 2008 at 2:20 pm
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What a plank !! $999 - oh let me click buy now and see what happens- what u thinks gonna happen !! derrrr

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Re: Re: Re: A fool and his money...

posted by Darkcat Systems Aug 08, 2008 at 2:28 pm
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HAHAHAHA!!!!! this proves how dangerous any app that stores your card details "for ease of use" can be.

NEVER CLICK "Buy" to "see what happens" i think its rather obvious.....

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Re: Re: Re: Re: A fool and his money...

posted by jo Aug 09, 2008 at 11:29 am
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so if he clicked on "buy" by mistake why blame apple?

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: A fool and his money...

posted by Bman Aug 11, 2008 at 3:32 pm
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iTunes is really not user friendly. I never buy anything from iTunes BUT with my new iPhone 3G to install FREE apps from iTunes, I still have to enter all my credit card details. I think Apple should offer a normal service which DO NOT require credit card details...it's too dangerous!!!

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