.Just days after Apple launched the Chinese version of their online store, the iPhone 4 has sold out. M.I.C gadget is reporting that scalpers are the reason for Apple’s online store’s rapid stock depletion. This of course, is the same problem that was plaguing Apple’s Chinese retail stores until the company put more stringent purchasing requirements in place such as reservations, purchase limits and personal IDs.
Here’s what a scalper tells us,
“You will not have a chance to buy one. We have an auto-refresh system to place order, and we are watching it for 24 hours, can you do this?”
Demand from legitimate customers is still high, but are having trouble competing with scalpers who rush to grab as much of the stock as they can.
As far as we know, there’s a high demand for iPhone 4 in China, especially Beijing and Shanghai. The people here do not mind about the price, they just wish to buy one and tell their friends that they have got an iPhone 4. So, consumers no longer need to buy an iPhone 4 through China Unicom, the only telecom operator offering Apple’s iPhone in China, they just need to learn how to act faster than those irritating scalpers and place an order on China online Apple Store before a scalper does.
I don’t know how Apple is going to quash the scalping epidemic in China, but they better get on top of it. On the other hand, they are a corporation, and may not care who they are selling to, as long as the product is selling. However, I doubt this. Expect Apple to put restrictions on the Chinese online store like they have for their retail stores and other international stores.
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