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iPhone 5 Hits Grey Market in Hong Kong Starting at $1100
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You hate people who sell stuff at market price? Or are you under the impression that he stole them?
It's not a tiny bit early.. We are talking months early. HK gets their iPhones in a few days but China won't get theirs for several more months.
Talk about a bad investment... This is like buying stock in a company and knowing for a fact that the value will plummet in a few days.
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The grey markets we are talking about are in Hong Kong. If someone can go to Hong Kong to get a $1100 iPhone, they can go to Hong Kong a few days later and get it much cheaper.
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He thinks that these were obtained by factory workers who stole them from the factories in China. It's a reasonable suspicion, but I won't point fingers until there is more reason for doubt. Where did they get the iPhones?
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It is indeed a real iPhone. There's nothing dirty about selling something at market value.
What I think is dirty about China is how Chinese companies shamelessly copy designs from American companies. I have nothing against global trade, but the USA should not allow imports from a country with such screwed up regulations. Huawei, a company which should burst into flames, completely stole binary code from Cisco routers and other products. The workers are slaves, and the factories are major polluters. Too bad any kind of tension between China and the USA would crash the stock market.
Folks in Western world pls read: DON'T BUY ANY "IPHONE" IN HONG KONG WHICH IS ON SALE AT NON-APPLE STORE OR UNAUTHORIZED RESELLERS. THEY ARE VERY LIKELY TO BE GOOPHONE OR OTHER FAKED CHINESE PRODUCTS!
FOR THOSE REAL IPHONES THOSE SHOPS BUY BACK FROM HONGKONGERS, THEY ARE MOSTLY TRANSPORTED TO GREY MARKETS IN CHINA!
FOR THOSE REAL IPHONES THOSE SHOPS BUY BACK FROM HONGKONGERS, THEY ARE MOSTLY TRANSPORTED TO GREY MARKETS IN CHINA!
Your location says "Toronto", but your post says otherwise. Yes, of course we are able to buy unlocked phones on day one in Canada. Apple themselves are selling factory unlocked phones directly. You can preorder one on their site right now.
That's just absurd. There are plenty of real iPhones at shops like this guy's. If you're all that concerned, just open it on the spot. They'd have to have balls of steel to try to cheat you like that.
And to those who wouldn't pay $1100, clearly you haven't seen the folks coming from China with obscene amounts of money. $1100 is a drop in the bucket for them. A tiny drop. Not only will they spend that on an iPhone, they'll go back home and brag to their buddies about having the new iPhone before its official release in China AND the price they paid for that privilege.
Free iPhone 5 in HK
There will be massive ques at the Apple store... and sellers like Mr Lo are marking the iPhone's up by a couple hundred US$ just becuase they can.
Check out this free giveaway that Localiiz Hong Kong is doing: http://www.localiiz.com/giveaway
Oh and they are buying from the Apple store so its not a fake Chinese product!
There will be massive ques at the Apple store... and sellers like Mr Lo are marking the iPhone's up by a couple hundred US$ just becuase they can.
Check out this free giveaway that Localiiz Hong Kong is doing: http://www.localiiz.com/giveaway
Oh and they are buying from the Apple store so its not a fake Chinese product!
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Some people are just that good at finding ways to waste their money.
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lol. hey, they're still trendy, thank you!
Also, who uses the word 'trendy' anymore?
In Canada we can order unlocked iPhone's from the Canada Apple store online.
But these are not delivered on day 1 probably. Not sure.
I saw this guy in Hong Kong during summer time. His shop is in the busiest district named Monk Kok, only about 300 sq fts big, but thousand of people go there daily, buy and sell, buy and sell continuously, like a stock market. Gotta love his Hollister shirt, I believe Hollister just opened their first store in Hong Kong last year, so he thinks he looks cool, but...hehee ... just my 2 cents.
... just my 2 cents.I saw this guy in Hong Kong during summer time. His shop is in the busiest district named Monk Kok, only about 300 sq fts big, but thousand of people go there daily, buy and sell, buy and sell continuously, like a stock market. Gotta love his Hollister shirt, I believe Hollister just opened their first store in Hong Kong last year, so he thinks he looks cool, but...hehee
That whole complex is full of these grey market stores that sells phones and tablets. I managed to get rid of my old 3g and first gen ipad there and still able to get reasonable deal even after a year or two old.
Exactly.
1. Reserve two iPhones today
2. Buy them at Apple Store tomorrow
3. Sell them to Mr. Lo and co.
It's almost a guaranteed and risk-less profit of US$500 just like that. That's why HK people call the reservation system iDraw here.
No queuing outside the store. No pre-orders. Just lottery.
Plenty of money in Hong Kong, it makes Manhattan look like a paupers colony. Hong Kong people love to have the latest tech to show off, and plenty will pay a premium to have stuff early.
3GS was sold for a lot more than that .. more shockingly, people in the UK and Germany paid that sort of money .. some eBay auctions went mental ...