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Anyone fluent in Cantonese?
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wrinkster22
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soberbrain
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I also need help telling a girl she looks pretty in Cantonese.
I'm just a slacker from Aurora, IL. Which is a suburb of Chicago.
I also need help telling a girl she looks pretty in Cantonese.
I'm just a slacker from Aurora, IL. Which is a suburb of Chicago.
Let me get this straight - you're looking to buy a ton of iPhones in the US where supply is low to resell them on the Chinese black market. This in turn will deny many people on the forum a chance to walk into their local Apple or AT&T/VZW/Sprint store to buy an iPhone for quite some time due to low supply thanks to said black market, and you're looking for someone here to assist you with that?
Good luck.
Does Google Translate speak?
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+1 - usually they don't like it. Particularly if they are not Cantonese speakers or even Chinese.
Yes, the first sentence is right. I didn't meant to offend anyone. I also doubt my buying 20-30 phones will have any significant impact on the forums/ stores goers.
The same way my not doing this will change much for anyone anyway.
In the grand scheme of things...
Looking to make some $$$. Isn't this America? Window of opportunity? Make money etc.?
I do. They still need more. A lot of people are buying them in HK and reselling in mainland.
The resellers in HK can use more supply.
Do you know any resellers on the ground there?
Sorry I don't....
I hope you have business account sort of type setup, because to purchase mass amount of iPhone, business entity need to exist. My friend in Taiwan already sought of this when iPad first came out, I called Apple and they said to buy more than 2 unit it needs to be under a business name.
I wouldn't do it that way. I would just go around and buy-up 20 to 30 phones.
Are you in Hong Kong? Isn't there a place called the "iPhone Plaza" where everyone goes to buy phones?
koruki
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It's Hong Kong, they were still under British rule not too long ago. Everyone can read English, an e-mail would be good. I know friends born in native English speaking countries that can outclassed by HK locals written English skills. It's just pronunciation that causes them issues. Bit of advice, HK is cut throat, tread carefully.
ericrwalker
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Good luck bro, as long as there is nothing illegal about what you're doing I wish you best of luck. Nothing wrong with someone trying to make a little bit of cash. Again, I don't know the legality of it, and that's the only place I'd be wary.
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I think it was 1999 or 2000 they went back to Chinese rule...yet I think most people from HK still feel, or try to feel separate.
Edit...looks like 1997
according to wiki: English is also an official language, and according to a 1996 by-census is spoken by 3.1 percent of the population as an everyday language and by 34.9 percent of the population as a second language
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I think it was 1999 or 2000 they went back to Chinese rule...yet I think most people from HK still feel, or try to feel separate.
Edit...looks like 1997
according to wiki: English is also an official language, and according to a 1996 by-census is spoken by 3.1 percent of the population as an everyday language and by 34.9 percent of the population as a second language
I am sure reselling is covered by the fine print. Need to read that.
I called a couple of stores there this AM and could not get the message across. Maybe better luck in writing... but then again, who reads emails? I much prefer picking up the phone.
Thank you for the advice, I could see that. Are you in Hong Kong?
maflynn
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