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Scalpers are now "scalping" INSIDE the apple store (NYC)
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What is politically incorrect about saying whether they were elderly Chinese women? The vast majority, if not all the scalpers I have seen buying the 6 and 6+ were Chinese. Just stating a fact.
At least they are not selling Samsung phones or drugs.
This map explain exactly why they are so many people from Asia in the USA, and some day you will see more asian people than anyone else.
If you see this activity please report it to an Apple genius who will take immediate actions against the scalpers.
This debate has been rehashed many times on Macrumors, and it comes down to this: some people (most, I would wager), support an orderly society where people follow the law. Others (not necessarily the person you are replying to) value an anarchic free-market economics at the cost of nearly everything else. They don't care about the filth and trash that the camping scalpers in NYC left behind, or the cost of police overtime to the taxpayers. Rules are for other people.
And yes, I am a crank shouting at the self-entitled kids to get off my lawn!
So what laws have the scalpers been breaking?
I know this is unpopular opinion, but they're technically not doing anything illegal. Once they buy it, they can do what they want with it. As long as the buyer is willing to pay for it, it's not something I'll lose sleep over.
Still think it's unethical and it infringes on Apple's trademark rights though.
Still think it's unethical and it infringes on Apple's trademark rights though.
If you hold a garage sale technically supposed to collect and pay sales or use tax to the govt. selling these iphones are no different.
If the store manager found out and called the cops they could be charged with trespassing or other minor offense.
Wrong. You are forgetting that if a market exists for scalping, the person who buys from the scalper "will use the device". So net sum is zero.
If Apple made 10M iPhones available in its initial production/sales run and they sell out, that means 10M end consumers end up with iPhones - regardless of whether 10, 10,000, or 1M of those phones were bought and resold by scalpers.
You get an "F" in basic economics.
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Exactly how are all scalpers committing tax evasion? Do you even know what you're talking about or are you just pulling terms you hear on TV out of your ***?
Reporting facts, such as their race, is not racist. It's like saying that they are ladies is a sexist statement.
The fact that you wrote that simply increases the fact that you're being racist.
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Yet you've already sounded off loud and clear! Why even bring up the race of the individuals? Oh wait... you didn't
Hmmmm well when the race of the individual adds ZERO to the story, why even bring up race?
Really? There is a negative connotation about Chinese scalpers here on MR..... do the searches. When adding the race of the person does nothing to add to the story why include it? Or as OP did..."not" include it?
And there is no proof or reason to suspect that any laws are broken. Gut feelings are not reasons.
Hmmmmm nope...... can only be charged with trespassing if they refused to leave after being asked to do so. Simply being on the property isn't a criminal offense if the public is allowed in the same area at the same time.
People like you make me fear for the future.... You have no clue what your rights actually are and that allows mistaken bacon who wants to over flex their power to feel empowered and allows them to think it's ok to stomp on all people's rights.
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what he said.
Lol INS doesn't exist anymore....just wear an ICE jacket or easier enough just wear any Law Enforcement jacket and they'll probably scram lol. But seriously don't take me seriously as the feds get all butt hurt when civvies/others wear their super-special-secret-squirell-raid jackets. I saw a US Marshal get all bent out of shape when a local police officer wore a US Marshal raid jacket on a joint raid because the local cop didn't have any identifying jacket.
Precisely. The trespassing threat is enough to ward off 99.9999999999999% of scalpers if needed....surely no one would want to be charged with trespassing when they can find another hotspot to wheel and deal...I don't understand why people assume something is illegal if its frowned on...all you gotta do is learn some basic law...its really sad...I even see LE officials not know citizens rights...
Sounds kind of paranoid but in this day and age I understand....that said who cares? I call people out all the time, I am not afraid of "race baiters" as I treat everyone equally as crappy if they do something wrong no matter what color they are....
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