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Long Lines Forming for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Launch in Australia
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I was carrying my motorcycle helmet using the same arm, shopping on the other and it was the only practical way too o hold my phone
Besides that I thought it would be fun to violate the laws of nature to irritate you!
i'll let it pass this once
Looks at the people that wait in lines....
Most of them are Chinese...if you look at the pictures carefully.
I guess they can buy iphone 6 and sell them back to China for more than 2000 dollars profit on each unit.
Most of them are Chinese...if you look at the pictures carefully.
I guess they can buy iphone 6 and sell them back to China for more than 2000 dollars profit on each unit.
It's 7.30am on the east coast of au. People at most Apple stores are reporting only 30 to 60 depending on the store.
This is what I was thinking... Everyone in the photo looks asian. I was wondering if Australia had more asian people than I though.
SELL! SELL! SELL!
I will.
Wait, new breaking news. Apple is selling massive numbers of phones today. Good think the market wasn't open yet so I couldn't sell.
Unbelievable....
Went to Oberhausen Apple Store on thursday evening.
Was there around 8 pm, and the queue there was already about 500 - 600 people!
First did some eating and drinking and lined up at around midnight. By that time around 600 - 700 people were there.
The Store opened @ 8 am, and we had waited patiently....
@ around 10.00 am it appeared all 6 pluses were sold out already, and our queue hadn't moved an inch!!
@ around 11.00 it was very, very clear that no-one around our place in the queue would even get a 16 GB non-plus.
So, we left.... no iPhone 6 for us, then
The Oberhausen Store is the store most Dutch people (idiots like me, then...) go to, to get the Apple hardware before they arrive officially in the Netherlands.
Nowadays far too many people get there, and with hindsight you had to be there 24 hours before the launch.
This is crazy!!!
Went to Oberhausen Apple Store on thursday evening.
Was there around 8 pm, and the queue there was already about 500 - 600 people!
First did some eating and drinking and lined up at around midnight. By that time around 600 - 700 people were there.
The Store opened @ 8 am, and we had waited patiently....
@ around 10.00 am it appeared all 6 pluses were sold out already, and our queue hadn't moved an inch!!
@ around 11.00 it was very, very clear that no-one around our place in the queue would even get a 16 GB non-plus.
So, we left.... no iPhone 6 for us, then
The Oberhausen Store is the store most Dutch people (idiots like me, then...) go to, to get the Apple hardware before they arrive officially in the Netherlands.
Nowadays far too many people get there, and with hindsight you had to be there 24 hours before the launch.
This is crazy!!!
Just talked to one of my neighbors who came from China 5 years ago. They got 6 units - iPhone 6+ from local Apple store. (They show me the box and unit) They are going to send them back to China by EMS. According to them, after tax and shipping and insurance, they can make 600 - 800 USD and maybe way more than that if they hold them a bit. These 6 units are all sold and their friends already wired $ to them.
I should run the same business if someday I lose my job, lol. Clean and cut, easy money.
I should run the same business if someday I lose my job, lol. Clean and cut, easy money.
No undertones here. I'm stating a fact. Its all Asian people in line for the iPhones. Ruining it for others who actually want to buy one for themselves.
I hope Apple learns from this and does something about it for future releases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef_BznBwktw
This one is worse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VToyZo1SalE