karl
September 20th, 2013, 08:42 AM
Elation turns to anger as stores run out of Apple's iPhone 5S model: Handsets being sold on eBay for THREE TIMES their retail value and on black market outside shops!
Apple fans desperate to get their hands on the new iPhone that went on sale this morning were left disappointed and angered after iPhone 5S handsets sold out in certain locations before stores even officially opened.
The phones are now in such demand that some have appeared on eBay for three times their retail value, while others are being blatantly re-sold on the black market outside shops with mark ups of around £100.
Stocks of the iPhone 5S sold out by 7.50am UK time at the Apple store in Cardiff and by 8am in Liverpool as the limited amount of tickets reserving handsets only stretched to around half the people in the queue.
Stocks in Sheffield were also affected and Twitter user Richard Devine tweeted before lunchtime: 'iPhone 5s sold out at Meadowhall. Half the queue just got sent home. Not a particularly massive queue either.'
Full story and video clip here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2426167/The-great-iGrab-Frenzy-fans-world-start-getting-hands-hotly-anticipated-new-iPhone-live-hype.html#ixzz2fRLqAcJr
Apple fans desperate to get their hands on the new iPhone that went on sale this morning were left disappointed and angered after iPhone 5S handsets sold out in certain locations before stores even officially opened.
The phones are now in such demand that some have appeared on eBay for three times their retail value, while others are being blatantly re-sold on the black market outside shops with mark ups of around £100.
Stocks of the iPhone 5S sold out by 7.50am UK time at the Apple store in Cardiff and by 8am in Liverpool as the limited amount of tickets reserving handsets only stretched to around half the people in the queue.
Stocks in Sheffield were also affected and Twitter user Richard Devine tweeted before lunchtime: 'iPhone 5s sold out at Meadowhall. Half the queue just got sent home. Not a particularly massive queue either.'
Full story and video clip here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2426167/The-great-iGrab-Frenzy-fans-world-start-getting-hands-hotly-anticipated-new-iPhone-live-hype.html#ixzz2fRLqAcJr