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Tag: scalpers

One scalper bot pre-ordered 1,592 Apple Vision Pro spatial computers

Thursday, January 25, 2024 11:01 amThursday, January 25, 20242 Comments

Kasada has observed scalpers using bots to successfully preorder thousands of Apple Vision Pro spatial computers…

Apple Retail Store plans for iPhone 6s/Plus: Getting your new iPhone on launch day

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 9:55 am5 Comments

Apple will limit customers to purchasing only two new iPhones per day…

Reservation required to buy Apple Watch in Apple Retail Stores; no walk-in sales

Monday, March 30, 2015 8:56 am12 Comments

As the Apple Watch launch approaches, details have been leaking out…

Why you didn’t get your iPhone on launch day despite getting in line at 4am: iPhone credit-mule fraud

Tuesday, December 23, 2014 2:59 pmTuesday, December 23, 201439 Comments

Middlemen were dispatched to seemingly random American cities, where they trolled homeless shelters and halfway houses…

Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus: Why millions are missing in action

Monday, September 22, 2014 1:01 pmMonday, September 22, 201423 Comments

More than half (57%) said they were in the queue to buy the iPhone 6 Plus….

Chinese scalpers and publicity seekers replace Apple fans in iPhone 6 queues

Saturday, September 20, 2014 5:09 pmSaturday, September 20, 201451 Comments

You probably have a certain image of someone who would wait in line for an iPhone…

Cupertino, we have a problem: iPhone 6 lines and the Chinese mafia

Saturday, September 20, 2014 1:01 pmSaturday, September 20, 2014150 Comments

Loyal Apple customers at their local Apple Store had a BAD experience, were certainly NOT DELIGHTED, and left feeling DISHEARTENED and DISAPPOINTED…

Chinese scalpers booking up all Apple Store Genius Bar appointments and selling online

Monday, July 29, 2013 2:01 pmMonday, July 29, 201319 Comments

Local ticket scalpers have found a new way to make money on Apple…

Why there were no long lines for iPhone 5’s China launch

Friday, December 14, 2012 6:54 pmFriday, December 14, 201213 Comments

China Apple Stores are only offering iPhone 5 on a contract with China Telecom to walk-in customers…

Scalpers lay seige to Apple’s iPad mini launch in Beijing

Friday, December 7, 2012 12:03 pmFriday, December 7, 201214 Comments

The release of Apple Inc.’s iPad Mini on Friday at its flagship store in Beijing…

Apple controls Chinese scalpers with lottery; online iPhone 4S sales resume

Friday, February 3, 2012 2:00 pmFriday, February 3, 20128 Comments

With organized scalpers working overtime to keep the red-hot iPhone 4S in stock…

Apple combats Hong Kong scalpers with new iPhone reservations lottery system

Monday, January 30, 2012 1:01 pmMonday, January 30, 20123 Comments

Apple has implemented an interested system to fight those pesky scalpers who spoiled…

Beijing’s iPhone 4S turmoil a lesson to Apple, say analysts

Friday, January 13, 2012 12:03 pmFriday, January 13, 201230 Comments

Apple should consider launching its products earlier in China…

Huge throng of red cap scalpers crushes Shanghai Apple Store for iPhone 4S launch (with photo)

Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:17 pm9 Comments

Huge lines for the iPhone 4S are seen at all five Apple stores in China…

Hong Kong scalpers buy up iPhone 4S and resell them for big profit outside Apple Store (with video)

Saturday, November 12, 2011 3:50 pmSaturday, November 12, 201117 Comments

Over three thousand people gathered outside the Hong Kong Apple store…

Scalpers offer tickets to Apple’s sold out WWDC 2011 at hefty markups via eBay, Craigslist

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 1:33 pmTuesday, March 29, 201114 Comments

If you really want to attend Apple’s sold-out Worldwide Developers Conference in June…

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