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Are people still waiting for the 6/6+ when scalpers are buying tons of them daily?

I think the stores in tax free states have more reseller action. The big store in DE has separate stock for online reservations, walk-in device only, and walk-in in-store-activation.

I hear the stores in Philly don't have linea anymore, but they still line up on delaware.
 
frank33v said:
I did.

And yes they are being withheld. Check online for availability for a store in southern NH. Shows available ...if you want to buy on contract online for in store pickup that day. Walk into that store in the afternoon and try to buy one. You can't. They tell you you have to line up in the morning. Go the next morning and suddenly there is enough for over 90 people to buy two.
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You're failing to understand that they get a new shipment of iPhones each day so they're not really withholding them but allocating each shipment inventory to each day.
 
frank33v said:
I did.

And yes they are being withheld. Check online for availability for a store in southern NH. Shows available ...if you want to buy on contract online for in store pickup that day. Walk into that store in the afternoon and try to buy one. You can't. They tell you you have to line up in the morning. Go the next morning and suddenly there is enough for over 90 people to buy two.
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So buy it online, wait for it to arrive, and then walk in on that day. Beats the hell out of getting frustrated doing it your way.
 
AppleRobert said:
Why aren't folks using Best Buy? Easy peasy.
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I had wanted to just buy a no-contract Verizon model at Best Buy, but they want $899 for the 128GB iPhone 6, whereas the no-contract version at Apple is $849. I don't really want to pay an additional $50 to Best Buy for the hell of it.
 
KdParker said:
Can you get unlocked phones from best buy?
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Anything you buy off contract (except Sprint) will be unlocked. The Verizon phone is unlocked regardless of where or how you bought it.

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AppleRobert said:
Why aren't folks using Best Buy? Easy peasy.
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I ended up buying from Best Buy, but finding a device was sheer luck. They had one device that an hour before was returned to inventory due to a preorder not getting picked up within 48 hours. I had to argue with the sales reps and manager to have them sell the damn thing to me. Granted, I had some inside info lol.
 
Surprising that there is still that much demand. Sure there is no guarantee that you'll just be able to walk into an Apple Store and take your pick of model, but with reservations and whatnot it really isn't that hard to find an iPhone 6 in London. Stock is being replenished fairly often.

Even when I ordered my 128GB 6+ from EE, every model was in stock for next day delivery (and had been during the week I was debating which model to buy).
 
frank33v said:
Your missing my point. I don't care who buys iPhones but I was surprised to find out that Apple was not in charge of who bought the phones rather the guys running this black market appeared to have more control than just another customer in line. The guy in charge was able to take me from the back of the line and bring me to the front and tell the Apple employee to wait on me first!

It does bother me that when I do get there first..the day before..during normal business hours.. and they have one (or many more) in stock but will not sell it to me because they are "saving" them for the line the next morning.

It's capitalism though. Apple can sell their product any way they choose but I suspect there is more going on than meets the eye.

I have no idea if local kickbacks are occurring to facilitate the process or to make sure product is siphoned to morning sales versus daily walk in sales but it appears that way. ALOT of money was invested in that line that morning. According to my math a minimum of $117,000 plus payment to the crew standing in line. It's not a small time operator doing that on a daily basis for weeks/months at a time.
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Got ya.... Hey, I'd sure like some kick backs at my work. Except service members are typically not very well off.
 
update: exchanged my 6+ for a 6 this morning...ughh

Called the Nashua store yesterday to see about returning my 6+ and getting a 6. They told me I would have to wait in line in the morning. They didn't have a lot of them (64GB/Space Gray) so I should get there early.

I though my Salem experience was enlightening....this one was just an ugly mess. Again though, for some reason, the boss brought me to the front of the line and I got one of the few 64gb 6's. They ran out about 30-40 people behind me.

So I was told the mall would not allow people in the parking lot area prior to 6am so I should park next door and they told me which service door to line up at. I arrived a little before 6am to find a ton of people in a mob at the adjacent parking lot. I asked if this was the line and they said yes. Then a few minutes before 6am everyone starts RUNNING to the service entrance! At the service entrance is ONE cop and three henchmen. Everyone lines up...I say lines up but really they mobbed the door. Then the henchmen and the cop sends everyone back to the adjacent lot! Says anyone in the parking lot will be arrested. I guess we headed over too early?? We head back to the sidewalk and the cop is yelling for everyone to get on the sidewalk while he is allowing 10 or so at a time to head over to the service entrance. Each time he picks 10 people but 20 or so run with that group. He chases after them and brings them back. Finally I am in a group allowed to head to the real line. Now when I get there there is a mob of people up front and then a line of us honest buyers. What do the henchmen do? Back us all up so the people who cut up front can squeeze in to make a single file line and the cop does nothing. This whole time not a single apple employee managing a line. Just the henchmen. There must have been a couple hundred of us in line and of course I am near the end. I kept thinking who the hell are these guys telling me to backup to make room for the cutters...but clearly they are all working together. Then a woman is walking up the line writing something down as she talks to people. She gives me a double take as she doesn't recognize me. I said hi. She asked if I was upgrading. Told her my story and she took me up to the front of the line. Even the cop asked what she was doing...but let her do whatever she wanted. She said they where all working for her and it would be ok if I went first as I was only buying one for myself. I asked the guy behind me and he said yes she was the big boss. At 7am the apple group comes out and gives out reservation slips...sees a nice clean line. Then 8am they let us in to buy our phones.

I am sure that if I did not get bumped to the front I it would have been all for nothing. Naturally I thanked the boss lady on my way out but she was still busy handing out prepaid gift cards to the rest of the group still in line.

TL:DR...don't bother trying to line up in Nashua unless you want to hustle/fight for your spot in line and no need to get there before 6am. Horrible line management and a large group of scalpers working together.
 
I'm surprised these are still that hard to get. I walked in an Apple store about a month after release, bought one full price/no contract, only about 5 people in line.
 
Gizmotoy said:
I had wanted to just buy a no-contract Verizon model at Best Buy, but they want $899 for the 128GB iPhone 6, whereas the no-contract version at Apple is $849. I don't really want to pay an additional $50 to Best Buy for the hell of it.
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An in-store rep confirmed to me this evening that they will price match Apple.com's price. In my case that's $749 for VZW iPhone 6 64gb, down from Best Buy's listed $799.

That being said, Best Buy has suspended price matching from today through December 1st (at least in Pittsburgh).
 
I am confused and hopefully someone can straighten this out for me. I have been using computers since the 70s but I am brand new to the Apple world. I am a photographer and the Android phones cameras suck so I bought me an iPhone 6 since it is now regarded as the best camera phone on the market.

I don't understand why people are standing in line to buy an iPhone and why they are paying VZ and ATT the outrageous prices for service. A few weeks ago I ordered my 6 from Walmart.com for $649 (gold 16g) and it arrived two days later. I signed up with Straight Talk and unlimited everything is $45 per month.

So what am I missing?

BTW - I absolutely love the phone.
 
Whenever I have checked Walmart only has the 16gb version of the 6 and no plus.

This is a topic for another thread but 16gb is not enough in my opinion when Apple forces their IOS upgrades to be downloaded to your phone whether you choose to install them or not.
 
frank33v said:
Whenever I have checked Walmart only has the 16gb version of the 6 and no plus.

This is a topic for another thread but 16gb is not enough in my opinion when Apple forces their IOS upgrades to be downloaded to your phone whether you choose to install them or not.
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They have had the + in stock every time I have checked.

16 is way more than enough for me. I don't play games, watch movies or listen to music on my phone. I have much bigger screens that do a better job for those things. I am basically using it as a camera and a phone. None of the other uses have any appeal to me. In fact I would have bought an 8 gig model if that was an option. I have already upgraded to 8.1.1 without an issue.
 
SeilerBird said:
They have had the + in stock every time I have checked.

16 is way more than enough for me. I don't play games, watch movies or listen to music on my phone. I have much bigger screens that do a better job for those things. I am basically using it as a camera and a phone. None of the other uses have any appeal to me. In fact I would have bought an 8 gig model if that was an option. I have already upgraded to 8.1.1 without an issue.
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What is the point of having an iPhone 6 then? All that money just for a camera and a phone? Plenty of dumb phones or cheap smartphones have great cameras.
 
onepoint said:
An in-store rep confirmed to me this evening that they will price match Apple.com's price. In my case that's $749 for VZW iPhone 6 64gb, down from Best Buy's listed $799.



That being said, Best Buy has suspended price matching from today through December 1st (at least in Pittsburgh).
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I unfortunately was desperate and paid the 899 for the 6 plus at best buy . I didn't realize that there was a 50 dollar difference. I have 5 days left to get price matching but can't pull up full verizon retail on Apple site.
 
Why wait in line? I would have thought that everyone in this forum would have his own iPhone handler for that. This is December 2014. :D
 
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