What Says 'I Am Rich' Better than a $1,000 Screensaver?

Developer Armin Heinrich is the genius who made headlines for putting up for sale on the iPhone App Store an iPhone application that is not much more than a screensaver for $1,000. It is called "I am Rich" and it is a glowing red-jeweled image that when the user touches the "i" chants a secret mantra that "may help you stay rich, healthy, and successful."

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It's actually surprising that this application got the go-ahead to be posted on the App Store in the first place with countless developers waiting for approval for their more reasonably priced and in many cases, more interesting applications to be posted to the App Store. But Heinrich came along with this amazingly stupendous overpriced gimmicky screensaver and it gets green-lighted one day, and then about 24 hours later gets quietly taken down.

All the while Heinrich earns, after fees, about $5,600 for one day of sales. But it doesn't stop there as more potential "customers" are now complaining to Apple that the application has been removed from the App Store, because they too want to get their share of the "I am Rich" app.

Most people would be amazed that eight people fell prey to this apparent scam, but to have more people ASKING to be "victims" to Heinrich's silly gimmick as well is just overwhelming. Well, we suppose that if Apple doesn't want to earn their huge share of the profits, Heinrich will likely set up his own website and sell them directly pocketing the fees. Who knows, Heinrich may have just found America's newest fad. However most would tell you that the rich don't get rich by being stupid with money.

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