“Apple has ceased direct sales of its iPhone 4 at its retail outlets in Beijing and Shanghai and is only accepting online orders in order to curb rampant scalping, just 13 days after the company launched it in the mainland,” China Daily reports.
“Customers lined up continuously in front of the four Apple stores in the two cities after Apple launched the popular handset in the mainland on Sept 25,” China Daily reports. “The popularity of the iPhone 4 gave scalpers golden opportunities, who hired people to line up outside Apple stores and charged an extra 600 yuan per device. According to a report in the Shanghai Morning Post, the Sanlitun Apple store closed on Sept 29 due to scalping activities.”
China Daily reports, “Apple China announced the new rules for purchases of the iPhone 4 on its website on Thursday. Customers have to pre-order the phone online with their real name and pick it up from Apple outlets with their identity card or passport. Each customer can only pre-order one iPhone 4 per day, discouraging scalping.”
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Hmmm.. so the demand is strong.. very strong.. very very strong..
Hmmm.. so the demand is strong.. very strong.. very very strong..
Scalpers delight! There is an app for that.
Scalpers delight! There is an app for that.
Its got to be too cheap if people can afford bying multiple copies of it
Its got to be too cheap if people can afford bying multiple copies of it
What’s wrong with scalping!??
That’s what stock exchange day traders do every day!
Only difference in iPhone’s scalping, the profit is no small profit.
Am I right?
What’s wrong with scalping!??
That’s what stock exchange day traders do every day!
Only difference in iPhone’s scalping, the profit is no small profit.
Am I right?
Seems to me more outlets rather than fewer, is the solution.
Seems to me more outlets rather than fewer, is the solution.
I see that no mention of Android handset being scalped or waiting in line trying to get one
I see that no mention of Android handset being scalped or waiting in line trying to get one
Remember the good old days, before the white man came, when scalping only happened between buffalo hunts?
Remember the good old days, before the white man came, when scalping only happened between buffalo hunts?
Apple’s local management was foolish to allow anyone to buy iPhones in large quantities. It was an open invitation to engage in scalping.
Apple’s local management was foolish to allow anyone to buy iPhones in large quantities. It was an open invitation to engage in scalping.
1 per day LOL… :p
It’s still ALLOT.
1 per day LOL… :p
It’s still ALLOT.