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Fake Apple Store Employee: We Just Want To Do A Good Job
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Think the sales person meant to the customer, it doesn't make a difference if they bought it from an authorised store or not. Well, as long as they aren't stolen goods..
But there has to be something else going on - how do they get their goods, and how are they making profit - enough profit to employee so many people.
If Apple sues and wins, the employees will only face short 5-10 year prison sentences.. the upper management/owners, executed.
Other than that, it doesn't make that big of a difference..
Other than that, it doesn't make that big of a difference..
You can bet your ass Apple would sue, its their favourite hobby on weekends. But not in China.
It makes no difference. A counterfeit is a counterfeit.
Who is this fake apple store accountable to? How does Apple ensure that their "good intentions" remain just that, and how does Apple go about enforcing this store's self-imposed values?
Think of Psystar.
I don't think the real Steve looks people straight in the eyes and smiles either.
all resellers (like this one) need to be approved, see here
http://channelprograms.apple.com/channel/
could you quit using the word fake?
Not true. 5-6 years back a man was convicted of copying DVDs and reselling bootleg copies of Hollywood movies.
He was executed.. Don't embarrass the party.
They may look the other way, but not when it comes to companies with money.
I'm not so sure there's a whole lot of faking going on. I'm sure there's a commission going on there. And the dollar signs speak for themselves.
No kidding.
Fake Apple Store is Fake. It is what it is.
Would you prefer "phony"?
It makes no difference whether their Apple gear is real.
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Assuming these a genuine Apple products, are the serial numbers registered somewhere in the Apple system?
If they are genuine, but ripped off, would they have legitimate serial numbers?
Wouldn't this all effect the warrantee?
Of course crazy salary demands, unions and strike mentality have nothing with it. Nor the consumer mentality demanding cheaper, cheaper cheaper so they can mindlessly consume more, more, more. Let's just blame the government instead, easier than looking in the mirror...
Exactly. That's what I was thinking as well. They could be "genuine" but not in Apple's systems.
Exactly. This is the land where +90% of software is pirated. Microsoft had to price Windows and Office for pennies on the dollar in order to make any headway at all.
Apple may eventually shut these folks down, but it's not like it is in the States.
It's totally, entirely different.
It is very unlikely that they are "fake" products, or pulled off the Foxconn product line. More likely they are acquired from US or Hong Kong Apple Stores via reseller activity, or bought direct from distributors.
As for warrantees, Apple could say they weren't purchased through official channels, but if they're legitimate products, Apple will not leave their customers out to dry. Apple gets paid either way. That's the beauty of it.
hmm
The product is either direct from the factory or bought from one of the 2 actual apple stores in the country and resold at a higher price.
The product is either direct from the factory or bought from one of the 2 actual apple stores in the country and resold at a higher price.