I think it has little to do with their ethnicity or us not making money by reselling the iPads. Instead it's probably because many of us feel the scalpers really jammed the lines and made the shortage worse, blocking out many of the would-be sincere buyers who just wanted to buy the device to actually use them instead of trying to "make a buck".
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Reselling Apple Products on Launch Day: "This whole game is over"
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I think it has little to do with their ethnicity or us not making money by reselling the iPads. Instead it's probably because many of us feel the scalpers really jammed the lines and made the shortage worse, blocking out many of the would-be sincere buyers who just wanted to buy the device to actually use them instead of trying to "make a buck".
You can't police it, if somebody wants something that's not available then people will pay over the odds for it. If Apple keep stock levels for future releases as good as this then the problem should go away naturally.
They didn't. They had other folks do it for them. Just like they have other folks stand in line and make the purchases.
I'm not shocked by this outcome really. Apple rolled out the iPad faster which reduces the window for folks to turn to resellers in the first place. Add to this the whole tax thing and Chinese customs having a vested interest in being aware of iPad shipments thanks to all the Proview stuff which could result in them having to turn away all iPads in the near future. The doom was inevitable
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I bought two and returned one because i preordered due to the fiasco that was the ipad 2 launch. Turned out supply was ample so i bought one from bestbuy since i have a $170 gift card and then returned the preordered one to apple when it arrived.
I bought two and returned one because i preordered due to the fiasco that was the ipad 2 launch. Turned out supply was ample so i bought one from bestbuy since i have a $170 gift card and then returned the preordered one to apple when it arrived.
I think the general contempt for scalpers is they are part of the reason an item is not available. The are (or were) exacerbating a shortage that they then turned around to fill. It's like the fire department going around starting fires.
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Now hopefully Apple will do this again for the next iPhone. I honestly would love to see the launch lines go away because people are afraid they might have to wait weeks to get one.
Exploiting a supply shortage to turn a quick profit isn't capitalism. It is scalping, and it's borderline fraud.
I'm going to be anti-these guys as well.
Being familiar with scalpers from last years Stanley Cup Finals, it's a joke.
Yes people are stupid for buying from them, but really Apple is stupid for selling to them. Who needs 5 iPads? Should be 1 per I.D.
Then the scalpers would actually have to wait in line instead of hiring homeless guys or using their dirtbag workers.
Being familiar with scalpers from last years Stanley Cup Finals, it's a joke.
Yes people are stupid for buying from them, but really Apple is stupid for selling to them. Who needs 5 iPads? Should be 1 per I.D.
Then the scalpers would actually have to wait in line instead of hiring homeless guys or using their dirtbag workers.
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Lol but this is still amazing. If u look at the other side of the story. How a company can launch a global demand for an item. Apple!
Lol but this is still amazing. If u look at the other side of the story. How a company can launch a global demand for an item. Apple!
I love this. i dealt with madness last year because of scalpers. Good riddance. I wish it was 1 iPad return per day per customer make them work to get their money back.
Lol I love it, if only they had a policy of no returns when buying more than 10 or at the very least a restocking fee.
Yeah, 'cuz now that everyone has an iPad they're REALLY gonna want something inferior.
Money makes the world go round. You don't like it, move to a communist like China, North Korea, or Vietnam.
I don't think anyone said it was illegal but it is a scummy thing to do, you're essentially doing it off of someone else's business (apple), I don't think thats anything to be proud of.
