seeking thwart would-be iphone scalpers in hong kong, apple has instituted new reservation system (via 9to5mac) handle in-store purchases. new system, customers wishing purchase iphone @ company's retail store in ifc mall must request reservation between 9:00 , noon 1 day prior desired purchase. 9:00 pm same day, apple determine stock levels following day , notify customers granted reservations following morning.
apple's previous reservation system had opened @ irregular times during day, bots run scalpers snapping available slots within seconds. under new system, customers wishing make reservations need list contact information , government id numbers, apple presumably cross-checking information before granting reservations. customers have show government id once arrive purchase iphone 4sunder reservation.hong kong 1 area apple has experienced problems scalpers snapping available stocks of popular iphone models. violence associated iphone 4s launch in mainland china resulted apple halting in-store sales @ company's 5 retail stores in mainland china earlier month, , company has yet reinstate in-store sales in country.
article link: apple seeks thwart iphone scalpers in hong kong new reservation system
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