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Apple Halts In-Store iPhone 4S Sales in China Over Safety Concerns
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smallnshort247
macrumors 6502a
justperry
macrumors G5
This is Asia, people don't queue up here.
And not only here but in many poor Countries people don't queue.
I am used to it now but it takes time to get used to the unorderly crowds.
I think the best solution would be for Apple to sell online only in China, on the other hand Apple wants to sell as many as they can so why should they, for safety of people I guess.
Scalpers are just scum.
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Seriously dude...this is what the #Occupy movement was all about. Losing one life is one life too many.
justperry
macrumors G5
Who says, do you know Apples plans, I think that actually want many more but doing business in Asia is NOT easy and takes time, especially when you don't want to pay money to officials😉
Edit : Asia Except a few countries like Singapore, Hong Kong and the like
Not really, there's another one born every minute.
This whole idea that one life is to too many to loose always befuddles me. In the grand scheme of things, "we" are less important than we like to think.
kalsta
macrumors 68000
Hang on
How is Apple not able to meet demand at this time? The 4S has been out in other countries for a while now, and surely sales have slowed a bit in those countries. Why not have a hundred thousand of them ready and waiting in the Beijing store on launch day and let people buy as many as they want
Then what incentive would the scalpers have? But as long as supply is constrained, and there's a commercial incentive to scalp, they will do it.
Shrink
macrumors G3
Yeah, those barbaric foreigners. It's a good thing we good American's never have riots over stupid stuff - oh, like say, sporting events. Because if, say, people actually died in some of these riots (which, of course, don't occur here) - why, we might not be so quick to call others animals and barbarians.
But, since nothing like that ever happens here, we can feel free to assert our moral superiority and call others names.
Lucky thing...🙄
But, since nothing like that ever happens here, we can feel free to assert our moral superiority and call others names.
Lucky thing...🙄
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justperry
macrumors G5
I agree but don't tell anyone😉
The cause of the downfall of this world are the numbers of us, too many and growing at an alarming pace.
We should ship out the occupy protesters to work in the deplorable conditions in China to see if they still have something to complain about. lololololol
I'm not a racist person, but... what is it with the Chinese and taking shopping too seriously 😕.
When the iPhone 4S was released here, yes it was popular, but there was an orderly queue. People when they got to the front of the queue went in and bought themselves an iPhone. There was no "scalping". There was no pushing and shoving. People just, well, bought the phone.
And at the Christmas sales this year in London:
(Selfridges)
It's like Where's Waldo?, but instead is spot the Englishman!
When the iPhone 4S was released here, yes it was popular, but there was an orderly queue. People when they got to the front of the queue went in and bought themselves an iPhone. There was no "scalping". There was no pushing and shoving. People just, well, bought the phone.
And at the Christmas sales this year in London:
(Selfridges)
It's like Where's Waldo?, but instead is spot the Englishman!
OddyOh
macrumors 6502
Or a more direct comparison...Black Friday (or Boxing Day in Canada, although we've seemingly adopted Black Friday, despite our October Thanksgiving). Retail madness. 😱
Think you're not seeing the forest through the trees here. Yes, people commit suicide. How many of them do it where they work? The fact that you're championing "only" 4 at work suicide attempts is a bit disconcerting. I've been working in a place of business for over 17 years. Not once has some one tried to kill themselves at work, let alone 4 attempts in one year.
kalsta
macrumors 68000
Oh good grief It's been pointed out many, many times on this forum now that the suicide rate amongst Foxconn workers is lower than the suicide rate in the USA.
If that's what you really believe then I suggest you really shouldn't be buying Apple products.
Really? And what's more important than human life pray tell?
I agree..Things in this country aren't much better. I was in line at Starbucks for my Venti White Chocolate Mocha and I was bumped from behind twice.
NZed
macrumors 65816
I think a lot of people take shopping seriously.
But Chinese, they're just all over the world. Thats all
justperry
macrumors G5
Read My post #55 above.
And 2 of many explanations is that
1: Asians love Gadgets
2: Asians love to show of how rich they are as much as they can.
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gnasher729
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So Apple should start selling at $2,000 and reduce the price by $10 whenever they run out of buyers, until they reach the intended sale price.
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Best post of the AM. You scored really high on the Unintentional Comedy Scale.
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Best post of the AM. You scored really high on the Unintentional Comedy Scale.
However, if this is really how you feel, you may want to change your email sig...
Arithon
macrumors newbie
In England back in October...
This was just a bit like the local Apple store last October. Several hundred Chinese immigrants (none of them spoke English) were bussed in by a gang-master to buy two iPhones each (the Apple store limit) to sell overseas - Dubai we're told. This caused stock to run out almost immediately. Mind you, the locals here didn't riot! Those at the wrong end of the queue just packed up quietly and went home.
This was just a bit like the local Apple store last October. Several hundred Chinese immigrants (none of them spoke English) were bussed in by a gang-master to buy two iPhones each (the Apple store limit) to sell overseas - Dubai we're told. This caused stock to run out almost immediately. Mind you, the locals here didn't riot! Those at the wrong end of the queue just packed up quietly and went home.
mw360
macrumors 68020
Sorry, but you are being racist. If by 'here' you mean the UK, you are somehow forgetting the murder of some kid in tense Boxing Day sales on Oxford Street. Or did that not count, because the kid didn't meet your definition of an Englishman either.
This story is about a large angry crowd a little too eager for goods. The UK saw a lot of those not so long ago. There were plenty of white people in the news pictures, and they were throwing a lot worse than eggs.
The only difference is that these folks are after electronic goods, which happen to be popular in some Eastern cultures. Some cultures fight over training shoes, some over kitchenware, some over bottles of drinking water, some over a seat on a train (Euston to Manchester mainly) but everybody, no matter what their colour is capable of acting like an idiot when part of a big enough crowd.
Yamcha
macrumors 68000
Thats a silly thing to say, have you had the opportunity to ask every single Chinese person if they hate America?
I see people do this often, they look at the actions of a few, and judge a whole race/creed etc.. based on the negative experience .. In other words people generalize & stereotype..
yet you continue to use it.🙄
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he is being prejudice maybe, but not racist....that's not the correct way to use that term.