Apple App store

[Rottie]

If you are not satisify with app you purchase do Apple App store give you money back? I wish they had demo or trial/test drive app before buy it like Tmobile catalog have.

 

[ViRGE]

Technically, all sales are final.

Every now and then someone does manage to get a refund. http://cybernetnews.com/apple-app-store-refund/

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Well trial/test drive apps are usually the free versions of those apps. It's a hard process to get a refund.

 

[mmntech]

Technically, all sales are final.

Every now and then someone does manage to get a refund. http://cybernetnews.com/apple-app-store-refund/

That's understandable, but I think in most cases (say you just didn't like the app), they'd pull the old no returns on copyrighted material shenanigans.

 

[Rottie]

thanks...I guess I have to take a risk on purchase Trillian IM off Apple App store today. I hope I like it.

 

[alfa147x]

Hypothetically I would pirate the app, then I would buy it...

Hypothetically I would ban you, and then I wouldn't undo it...

-ViRGE

 

[silverpig]

You can, but it costs the developers money.

If you buy an app for $10, the dev gets $7 and apple gets $3 (I think that's the ratio anyways).

If you get a refund on an app, you get $10, and $10 comes out of the developer's pocket, while apple keeps their $3.

 

[Ns1]

thanks...I guess I have to take a risk on purchase Trillian IM off Apple App store today. I hope I like it.

<3 beejive

 

[sourceninja]

I have gotten refunds, but only for apps the removed from the app store. Getting a refund hurts the developer in a massive way. Apple charges the developer the full refund cost, but only pays the developer a portion of that price and takes the rest as their cut.

In short, apple never loses. No matter what they get to keep the money.

 

[alfa147x]

Hypothetically I would pirate the app, then I would buy it...

Hypothetically I would ban you, and then I wouldn't undo it...

-ViRGE

Hypothetically is the key word here

But on a serious note: Developers need to come out with either a striped down free version of their app or a 15 day trial... if I see an app with out either pshhh not risking the $$$

I'm on a blackberry 9700 from a iPhone their app store has a lot more trials
one thing I disliked about the Apple App store... I do miss the large amounts off apps

 

[speg]

Can't you read/research reviews before buying the Trillian App?

 

[alfa147x]

Can't you read/research reviews before buying the Trillian App?

You probably can read the reviews but just because billy bob and 100 other people are happy with it doesnt mean I will be

 

[Kmax82]

You probably can read the reviews but just because billy bob and 100 other people are happy with it doesnt mean I will be

This is my issue with buying high priced apps.

$1 here and there, isn't an issue for me, and typically even $5, I'm ok with if I don't find it truly amazing.

But I recently purchased Navigon for $60 and have had nothing but issues with it. It doesn't keep your place when you exit the app. It doesn't find my GPS location 80% of the time, etc... so I requested a refund, and surprisingly they gave it to me. So if you really hate the app, then at least try.. but this is something I would request sparingly, and typically only if you're having technical issues with the app. Like for me, GPS just didn't work.

 

[Rottie]

<3 beejive

I already purchased Beejive IM 2 months ago...but I thought Trillian Astra is slow to come out but it came out sooner than I expected.

 

[Rottie]

Can't you read/research reviews before buying the Trillian App?

I always read their reviews all the times but everyone have their own opinions/tastes....