I'm a twenty-seven year old computer programmer.  I mention this so that you don't think I'm biased when I say: twenty-something male techies are some of the worst customers on the face of the earth.  I don't know why we spend so much time trying to sell to ourselves.<p>It is not my intention to criticize any person as an individual here, but let's review: pre-orderers of this product have <i>five dollars</i> on the line.  That will not even buy you a value meal at McDonalds these days, but people appear to have gone ballistic that the company they married (i.e. gave five dollars to) might -- wait for it, massive betrayal approaching -- <i>charge money</i> for products they had not previously announced.<p>The people who cause me the most amount of difficulty are poorer customers (I get a few, mostly older folks on fixed incomes), because a) they assume everyone is out to cheat them and b) any difficulty they have with a $25 transaction represents a Catastrophic Life Event to them whereas people with a bit more in the bank account just put it on the checklist of minor things to address today.<p>Twenty something techies are a curious bunch, with the purchasing power of employed professionals and the money sensibility of peasants in the middle of a famine.  It is madness: we spend our days talking about XYZ got a $N million round of funding and investment advice for the $20,000 made last month and, wait, WAIT, PAY MONTHLY?! I DON'T PAY MONTHLY!  Except for my $600 iPhone ($100 a month), Internet access ($60 a month), $15 a month for WoW, $15 a month for Netflix, etc etc but you want me to PAY MONTHLY WTF BBQ.