I don't agree myself with any of this.
Supply and Demand is just another term for you finding a way to screw someone else over, just a clean business phrase.
Point is, humans are pretty greedy selfish animals, and given the chance to make some money in an easy way, many will take it.
Myself......... If you are poor and struggling, and find a way to make a few dollars for your family then I can forgive you mostly as long as it's legal.
What I despise is those with money, the greedy ones, who have no need for any more and still screw people over to fatten their bank accounts.
What I despise is those with money, the greedy ones, who have no need for any more and still screw people over to fatten their bank accounts.
Wow, you're really being obtuse about this. I'm out, as you obviously do not get it.
What value do scalpers present to the end user? All they are doing is being opportunists and needlessly driving up the price to the end user.
I'd rather not make money in a ******** way.
What value do scalpers present to the end user? All they are doing is being opportunists and needlessly driving up the price to the end user.
I'd rather not make money in a ******** way.
What value do scalpers present to the end user? All they are doing is being opportunists and needlessly driving up the price to the end user.
I'd rather not make money in a ******** way.
Another thing I despise is corporate ticket sales to events.
There is some popular event on, the public are told, sorry no more room, all tickets are sold, despite thousands more want to go.
Then you find out a fat chunk of tickets are saved/reserved for corporate people so some fat cats can take others on a business jolly along to the event.
So anytime the money doesn't go to the OEM it's scalping. So if I get a rare baseball card in a pack from the store and sell it for more than the pack cost am i scalping too? What about if I wait 5 years.
if the supply of the watch from Apple met the demand of the watch from the market then there wouldn't be a market for them at a higher price. You may not agree with it but it is supply and demand.
Tickets reserved for corporate give aways probably put more pressure on prices than scalpers.
No, not if customers sell them. If I buy something from Apple as a customer, there's no fine print saying I can't sell it to someone else (unless I make it a business).
Scalpers provide a needed service. That's why they exist.
Scalpers provide a service to those who have more money than time. If I have the money to waste but don't have the time to waste on standing in line for days then I will pay someone to do it for me.
You may not like the business practice but there's nothing criminal or shady about it. There are middle men everywhere, at every level of business.
They do have that in their agreement, however that is probably unenforceable once the purchaser has the product
Overslept and want to get a watch the day they become available... Internet didn't work that night and you don't want to wait... That's the value they present.
I sent an email to apple about this. Maybe I will be lucky enough to get a response. I will let you guys know what they say if I do.
If the scalpers didn't buy the item to resell then who's to say it wouldn't be available even if you overslept.
you really think apple cares. It is a "free" (semi) country. They cannot cancel an order b.c you want to resell it.
One reason for Apple to discourage resales is because the ultimate owner may be left without a valid warranty. Later the owner may turn into an unhappy customer.
Remember every penny counts, Apple is not about to spend valuable time and energy with some watches on eBay that gain additional attention AND income for Apple.
You left out the rest of the context: guidelines for a period of ONE (1) YEAR from the date of original retail purchase by the end-user purchaser ("Warranty Period")
This only determines the time of the coverage, the warranty doesn't start when a retailer purchases it from Apple and places it into inventory but when the retail purchaser takes possession. In order for the warranty to be limited to the original purchaser it would have to have language that says something like Bose has in their warranty:
You can list an item on eBay for pre sale as long as the item will be shipped within 30 days of the purchase date and the fact that it is a pre sale is clearly stated in the listing.
Apple canceling the orders of those suspected of reselling should be illegal. Because once someone buys a product it's theirs to do whatever they want with it.