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Man Robbed After Buying 300 iPhones From Apple Fifth Avenue
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Apple, as always, because they haven’t implemented Grizzly detection yet.
Could be to do with the fact he may have got $15,000 in Apple Store gift cards on 300 iPhone 13’s to considerably increase his profit margins on the next purchases he makes for the business?! That would make sense if he can sell them for profit abroad anyway!
Although not too bright doing it in the middle of the night!
Although not too bright doing it in the middle of the night!
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Really not sure how he was able to purchase 300 iPhones just fine. Apple does not even have 300+ iPhones available in stock in any of the 4 stores in Las Vegas.
Do you guys see that red label message? You can only purchase 1-10.
Do you guys see that red label message? You can only purchase 1-10.
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Wouldn't that be around 120lbs of iPhones? None of this story makes any sense.
Crime-ridden NYC? Lol crime is at all time lows in NYC and has been very low for a couple decades now. Is your only experience with NYC movies set in 80's NYC or something?
They are a business, anyone can walk in and buy anything they want as long as they provide proper payment.
The Fifth Avenue store has always been open 24 hours (since 2006).
Man, don't take it so seriously. I was just kidding, although Apple used to have a cap back in the day when it iPhones were very hard to get.
I didn't realize I had my serious hat on. You asked a question, I answered it.
yeah, a very obvious answer in a serious manner.
These people have internet investigator degrees from Netflix, bro. They're qualified.
Welp, then the guy deserved to get robbed. Play stupid games etc.
A previous neighbor of mine is in prison for fraud after running a racket shipping millions of dollars of dollars of iPhones from Portland OR to Saudi Arabia by freight, claiming them as stolen en route for an insurance payout, and then selling the devices on the black market.
He also falsified financial documents to get big bank loans, and pay no taxes. He got knocked out by the book.
So yeah, this sounds like insurance fraud to me. I guarantee you this will be investigated very closely.
He also falsified financial documents to get big bank loans, and pay no taxes. He got knocked out by the book.
So yeah, this sounds like insurance fraud to me. I guarantee you this will be investigated very closely.
He'll be easily caught if that's what it is. I like to think nobody is that stupid to think this would work but there are a lot of dumb people out there.
Some sort of money laundering scheme?
An unnamed 27-year-old man who purchased 300 iPhones from Apple Fifth Avenue on Monday morning was robbed shortly after leaving the store, according to 1010Wins Radio in New York.
He was carrying 300 iPhone 13s in three bags and walking to his car at 1:45 a.m. when another car pulled up next to him. Two men jumped out and demanded that he hand over the bags. Not wanting to hand over 300 iPhones, the victim put up a fight and was ultimately punched in the face before thieves made off with one of the bags.
The bag contained 125 iPhones that were worth $95,000. Police said the man in question often made large iPhone purchases from the Fifth Avenue Store in order to resell them through his small business. It is not clear why he was making the purchase at 1:00 in the morning, nor whether he was specifically targeted based on past purchasing habits.
Apple's Fifth Avenue location is open 24 hours a day, allowing for the early morning purchases. Apple also had a Black Friday sale going on at the time, which the thieves may have been aware of.
The NYPD is investigating the robbery, and the victim was not seriously injured. A description of the suspects and their vehicles has not yet been released.
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So did he buy 10 iPhones 30 separate times and set them all up for the same pickup day/time?
Weird.
I'm sorry to blame the victim, but if you're going to buy 300 iPhones in-store and plan to walk out with them, you don't do it at 2am. It's wrong and the people who assaulted and robbed him are to blame, but you have to be smarter. And if I'm buying 300 iPhones, I'm going in and out with a small team of dudes with me.