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Speaking of emails, I just go the latest marketing email from Apple. Here is what you need to bring:

What to bring.

To purchase and activate iPhone 3G, you need the following:*

• Credit card
• Social security number
• Valid, government-issued photo ID
• Your current wireless account number and password or PIN (if you’re new to AT&T)

One thing that Apple is good at (actually they are good at a lot of things) is how to work their enormous marketing machine. I used to work for a company with over 500 affiliate marketers. We decided to run a promotion to give them incentive to push our products harder. So we decided to give away 10 Apple iPhones to our 10 lucky winners. Buying 10 iPhones is not really easy. You have to talk to Apple representatives and show the proof that you are not buying the iPhones for your eBay business.

Story short, I gave up my personal email address to open an account with Apple and pay for the iPhones. That was a big mistake though. I can’t remember how many emails I have got from Apple about their products and the imminent launch of the Apple iPhone. Not only that, these guys called me twice a week (even when I refused to pick up the phone).

Apple has great products and a great marketing machine. They know how to make you love their products even if you are not interested in buying. You hear iPhone so many times that even if you can’t afford it you got to have it. Apple is not just good with innovation in making products. They are very good in finding innovative ways to make you want their product, and for that they got to be applauded. Even though for the rest of us it means we will have less savings to count on!