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8 People Bought $999.99 'I am Rich' App

Thursday August 7, 2008 8:20 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
LA Times reports that eight individuals bought the $999.99 I am Rich application from the App Store before it was pulled off the store.

The developer states he does not know why Apple removed the application:

Heinrich, a German software developer, has yet to hear back from Apple concerning the removal. "I have no idea why they did it and am not aware of any violation of the rules to sell software on the App Store," Heinrich said in an e-mail with The Times today.

According to Heinrich, six people in the U.S., one from Germany and one from France bought the $999.99 application. This brought Heinrich $5600 in net revenue.
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MacGeek7
Posted: 50 months ago

Apple couldn't pull it down before curious aristocrats -- eight of them -- had purchased it. Six people from the United States, one from Germany and one from France dropped a grand for the gem in the first 24 hours it was available, Heinrich said. That's $5,600 in revenue for Heinrich and $2,400 for Apple, which collects 30% of each sale for "store upkeep."


Here's the link to the story http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/08/iphone-i-am-ric.html

The developer made $5,600 from those 8 purchases...
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Mudbug
Posted: 50 months ago
next up for sale: "I'm a sucker" for $999
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swb1192
Posted: 50 months ago



LA Times reports that eight individuals bought the $999.99 I am Rich application from the App Store before it was pulled off the store.

The developer states he does not know why they removed the applicationAccording to Heinrich, six people in the U.S., one from Germany and one from France bought the $999.99 application. This brought Heinrich $5600 in net revenue.




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I'm 99.99% sure that when he called the App "I am Rich," he was referring to himself! (He earned $5600 for... what? Downloading the SDK?)
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HaroldC
Posted: 50 months ago
it never ceases to amaze me how many idiots there are out there......
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tonyeck
Posted: 50 months ago
Haha, I wonder how many were like, "oh look at this funny app for $999.99... oh crap I pressed the buy button"
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Superdrive
Posted: 50 months ago
I don't care who you are....


That's funny right there.
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Sun Baked
Posted: 50 months ago
Can't wait for "I Am Rich 2" with improved artwork featuring Steve the Bobblehead, with realistic sounds and head movement using the accelerometers.
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CP1091
Posted: 50 months ago
The developer was smart. Talk about making a quick 6 grand..
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xix
Posted: 50 months ago

it never ceases to amaze me how many idiots there are out there......


Apparently, there are eight.
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rstone3
Posted: 50 months ago

Haha, I wonder how many were like, "oh look at this funny app for $999.99... oh crap I pressed the buy button"


I'll bet you are right and that's why it was pulled - 6 out of the 8 were trying to impress their girlfriends and accidently bought it. I'll bet the developer won't make very much after all.
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