Rumor: Apple To Open Refund Policy Tomorrow? [Update]

Apple's controversial decision to slash the price of the iPhone has left the many who waited to purchase the iPhone until now absolutely ecstatic, but it has also left the many, many Apple fans who devotedly rushed to the stores to purchase their iPhones feeling badly burned. Still, there may be hope for some. A couple users on the Apple Support Discussion Boards are claiming that Apple refunded the difference in cost for their iPhone.

A select few users claim that, upon hearing the news that the price had been dramatically cut, they immediately wrote Apple and complained. Luckily, they had happened to have purchased their phones less than 14 days before today. This is their limit for returning products to get a full refund on.

As it happens, the users who had bought the phones within that time and wrote in claim that they were refunded the difference in cost between their iPhone and the new iPhones, but only in credit to purchase something else in the Apple Store.

Details are still emerging, so it's still to early to say if these claims are in fact true, so until we have proof, I'd assume they are just rumors. Still, if you purchased an iPhone recently it couldn't hurt to write them and find out.

Update: Veronica Belmont claims that a friend of her's says he managed to get a $200 refund from Apple because of the difference in iPhone cost after spending an hour on the phone with them. We don't know if this is true, but if it is, it may be a good sign for those hoping to get the $200.

You can see some of the discussions here, but you have to log in to their database first in order to view them.

In the off-chance that you succeed in getting a credit rebate for your iPhone's difference in cost, a guy named Wilson of Monkeykit's Blog has compiled a list of 50 Apple products you can consider, including ipods, applecare plans, software, and assorted hardware items. You can view the full list at Monkeykit's Blog.

[via Apple, Veronica Belmont, Monkeykit's Blog]

Update: USA Today posted a Q&A with Steve Jobs and after the keynote and he stated Apple will be sticking to its 14 day return/refund policy. If a phone is older than that no rebate will be offered.

That's technology. If they bought it this morning, they should go back to where they bought it and talk to them. If they bought it a month ago, well, that's what happens in technology.

[Via Macrumors]