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New Yorkers, we have little chance of getting an iPad 2 from Apple store anytime soon
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But they don't arrest you for jail breaking your device. Maybe they don't want you to but they don't stop you from jail breaking your iPhone or iPad. A lot of people jail break their devices all over and I don't see any repurcussions from them.
So that's not a great example.
If there wasn't apple stores you don't think people wouldn't be lined up at best buy's etc? You don't think they aren't there as well, is that Best Buy's fault that there are scalpers buying up all the iPad's there too?
Scalpers are going to be everywhere trying to exploit people whenever they can. Come down to Florida after a hurricane or any place there is a disaster when people need water, ice and gas or even food.
It happens and we just have to deal with it.
Hard to believe that anyone would buy an iPad2 for $2000 dollars when if they wait a month they can get the most expensive model for $829. Once the iPad2 is sold overseas the grey market will disappear. Lets hope these scalpers get burned by discovering that there aren't as many fools in China willing to pay 2k per iPad2 that these guys think there are.
Maybe this would work. If the scalpers spent an entire week and the store didn't get any stock, maybe they'd move along.
I dealt with it in nh and was going to lose my mind I can't imagine NYC. From now on I either preorder or Reserve for instore pickup.
Would it make me a bad person that I am very happy with this?...
From what I have read, the following post from this thread sheds some light.
I just would think there'd be some sort of international export law or something. I remember being on a train from the Czech Republic to Warsaw and them stopping the train and arresting a dude at gun point because he was trying to smuggle in cartons of cigarettes to sell at a profit because they were cheaper in Prague.........wth
Sorry but limiting the number of iPads to 1 and requiring credit cards would just have this forum flooded with threads of "I wanted to buy X number for my family, why won't Apple take my money!?!??!!"
I worked for Apple way back at the retail level and the original iPhone had all of these issues from scalpers to backlash at requiring credit cards, etc. There is no winning.
I worked for Apple way back at the retail level and the original iPhone had all of these issues from scalpers to backlash at requiring credit cards, etc. There is no winning.
Yeah, plus then the scalpers would just clean out gas stations and grocery stores of their stocks of $3 prepaid Visa cards and the whole problem will start again.
The only truly effective solution for the reseller problem is a global release at the same time as the US release. However, Apple would probably have had to wait like another month or something to stockpile sufficient quantities for a day one global release, so instead of a lot of end users in the US having to wait for an iPad, everybody would have to wait.
Welcome to the rest of the world where we can't get our hands on iPads either because they aren't on sale here yet. As long as they aren't on sale here, there will be a grey market supplied by easily accessible stores like the ones in NYC. Once the roll out comes to more countries, the situation will not doubt ease.
I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but is there some reason why you guys (and gals) couldn't have gotten in line on Friday afternoon like I did?
I waited seven hours for my iPad 2 because I was certain the device would be hard to find for the next month or so.
I was at the Apple Store on 14th Street; by 5pm on Friday, the line stretched all the way to Tenth Avenue and up to 18th Street. I was there at 2pm, camped out about 300 feet from the store entrance. On reflection, I should have gotten there around noon; I would have cut an hour off my two-hour wait to actually get the product once the store started selling them.
Were the rest of you just unable to make it? Or did you just decide over the weekend that you wanted the new iPad?
I waited seven hours for my iPad 2 because I was certain the device would be hard to find for the next month or so.
I was at the Apple Store on 14th Street; by 5pm on Friday, the line stretched all the way to Tenth Avenue and up to 18th Street. I was there at 2pm, camped out about 300 feet from the store entrance. On reflection, I should have gotten there around noon; I would have cut an hour off my two-hour wait to actually get the product once the store started selling them.
Were the rest of you just unable to make it? Or did you just decide over the weekend that you wanted the new iPad?
The scalpers don't need to work to pay rent and bill and put food on the table? When the iPad hits Asia legitimately, these people will be out of "work" and back to scaling fish in a dark basement somewhere in Chinatown. Since Bloomberg shut down their fake watch/bag industry on Canal St., there are hundreds of them with no income and no prospects. For some, scalping is the only thing keeping them going right now. Not saying it's not totally annoying, just saying everyone needs to eat.
What are you even talking about? Every scalper I saw on W14th was buying 2, which is the limit. None were buying just one. If they could buy 10 they would.
Have you seen how insane people are going waiting for their iPads to arrive (myself included)? I have no trouble imagining that people with the means are paying to relieve the pain of waiting, and China is minting new middle and upper class people every day.
But yes, the price will drop out in time and that's always a risk with scalping, which is why I've never had a problem with it. Whether it's tickets or iPads, there's risk and work involved in reselling that many of us aren't willing to do. Let 'em at it, I say.
Someone who misses the point on MacRumors?
Shocker.
I hope no stock comes to NYC for quite a while. Let them all sit out there for nothing.
LOL, pump it up bro!
I could not make it on Friday. But even if I could I'd probably go just an hour before. I honestly did not expect such a huge turnout. I waited in line for the iP4. But I had a reservation and I knew that no matter what I would get one.
To the OP: love what you do to release stress
EDIT: as a NYer I feel you. I live in Westchester and though I've decided for now not to upgraded to the 2 it occurred to me that I'd likely have better luck in the White Plains Mall shop, or the Danbury Mall. Can't be bothered for now though
If I decide to pull the trigger I'll likely just do a web order and wait...
EDIT: as a NYer I feel you. I live in Westchester and though I've decided for now not to upgraded to the 2 it occurred to me that I'd likely have better luck in the White Plains Mall shop, or the Danbury Mall. Can't be bothered for now though
If I decide to pull the trigger I'll likely just do a web order and wait...
Since Apple did not take pre-orders, the one iPad per customer rule should have been implemented. It's not fair for customers who actually want an iPad and waited in line can't get one. I know, some people say wake up early to get in line. However, some people do have responsibilities and need to work to pay rent and bill and put food on the table.
EXACT same experience. In the Manhasset, NY store this morning, 22nd on line. 18 people ahead of me were Asian with little pieces of paper telling them what to get, and another 150 behind me, mostly Asian. They gave out about 10 to 15 vouchers, were taken up by the first 6 or 7 people on line, and that's.
This is a big F U to the scalpers. You did it. You beat me. After 4 separate days of waiting on lines, you beat me. I can't get my iPad. I'll settle for mail order. F U to Apple for allowing this ******.
I'm on the phone ordering from B&H right now.
UPDATE: I have a feeling that all of these Asians in the NY area are being coordinating by the same, or linked organization. They all seemed to know each other.
This is a big F U to the scalpers. You did it. You beat me. After 4 separate days of waiting on lines, you beat me. I can't get my iPad. I'll settle for mail order. F U to Apple for allowing this ******.
I'm on the phone ordering from B&H right now.
UPDATE: I have a feeling that all of these Asians in the NY area are being coordinating by the same, or linked organization. They all seemed to know each other.
I don't think you were purposefully trying to be a d-bag with that statement, so to answer your question. Some of us have jobs and can't take off all day for a luxury device. I'm a physician, I had patients to see in the morning, and finished by 3:15, got to the store at 4 PM. There were 200 people in front of me, and they had run out by 6:30 PM and turned me away. I've tried every day since then, no dice. And the scalpers finally hit my neighborhood this morning, 100's of them on line, never seen them before. I gave up and ordered online from an authorized reseller.
I think you well know the people posting on here did not suddenly "decide on the weekend" they wanted an iPad. Stop asking rhetorical questions to trump your "achievement".