Why not have more?
In July we learned that enterprising businessmen in China have created fake Apple stores that replicated the Jobs & Co. experience so well that even the employees thought they were working for Cupertino.
Customers weren't too happy with that, and demanded refunds. Of course, the products that they were sold were real Apple products but were from grey market importing to sidestep taxes.
Originally, authorities found five such fake Apple Stores. Now Reuters has followed up and discovered that authorities have identified another 22 stores that are falsely parading as Apple Stores.
Apple China has already complained to China's Administration for Industry and Commerce for unfair competition and violating its registered trademark.
While China does have laws against IP theft, enforcing it is an entirely different issue. And it's not just Apple Stores being copied – does this look familiar to you?
Apple pays Foxconn 50dollars per iphone and ipad made.
Apple sells it for 500dollars.
People buy it.
Foxconn sells iphone and ipad to the blackmarket for 100dollars per.
Blackmarket sells it for 250dollars.
People buy it.
Not sure who is wrong.
Actually gold is correct for both Apple and the church. Maybe more so for Apple.
Apple pays Foxconn 50dollars per iphone and ipad made.
Apple sells it for 500dollars.
People buy it.
Foxconn sells iphone and ipad to the blackmarket for 100dollars per.
Blackmarket sells it for 250dollars.
People buy it.
Not sure who is wrong.
Actually gold is correct for both Apple and the church. Maybe more so for Apple.
But of it though say the issue of legitimate? stores are anyones guess to say though. Especially given that out of say the what 23 stores now, there might be only 2 legitimates in it all. Of those 2 you'd probably also think they'd be like , what is going on today?? But maybe not though of course, , very depending on many subjective and speculative means of things to say.
Still, IPs might be a good place to be at at times, but it still doesn't say much to why there is 22 fake stores just for Apple, is what im incling the most. But still is debatable.
The difference between Blackmarket and second stores is anyones guess sometimes i would guess to say anyways. Otherwise alot of stores would seem a need to be bigger then they are to say. Still, though despite the idea or thought. Is Rather there is a place of difference for second stores to say anyways, or Blackmarket. As said.
Amin brother amin!
And that is a magnificent Freudian slip, best I've ever seen!
Dude. What do you keep saying? No offence, but i haven't been able to understand a single comment of yours till date!
It's almost like you're spamming or something...or high...
Is that why they call it the almighty buck?
"fake!...fake...fake!....fake!"