The iPhone will cost you, if you keep it or if you don't

Well, it's not like I can get an Apple, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone today, but say I was an American (or living in the U.S.) and say I wanted to buy an iPhone. Okay, so say all that were true, and I bought the iPhone and brought it home and ... and ... and I decided to return it. Why? Dunno, maybe cause I just couldn't get used to that really amazing touch-screen. Okay, maybe because it drove me nuts that there was no voice recognition. So I could just return it, right? Wrong!

According to TUAW, I'd have only 14 days to return my coveted iPhone and at the original point of purchase no less. I would have to return it unopened and shrink wrapped or else I'd "be charged a 10% open box restocking fee." Canceling the agreement will cost me as well, especially if I was slow and did it after three days.

Basically, TUAW calculated the rough costs of returning the phone and it ain't cheap: $50.00 for trying it out, returning and canceling the service within three days, or $86.00 within 14 days. I already mentioned before I was upset with some of iTunes policies, now this makes me a little uneasy as well.

Well, I'm not going to get an iPhone today, nor tomorrow and probably not even when it is finally released in Canada (September?) as my plan is with Bell (NYSE: BCE), not Rogers Communications, Inc. (NYSE: RCI). Even if I could get it today, you'd probably not see me standing in line for it (yes, yes, it's the bitterness talking...) However, TUAW already has two people in line and is inviting you to join them as "die-hard Mac zealots" dissect the device over the weekend.