Oregon students returned thousands of fake iPhones, costing Apple $900k

Re:Oregon students returned thousands of fake iPhones, costi... by _cerv on Thursday April 04, 2019 @05:28PM (#19577302)

Costco would sell a couple dozen to several hundred iPod Classics, Nanos, and Touches, all in varied condition, as a "lot". At best you could buy these based off of a grade, which just judged their physical condition, but most of the time you were always buying these a couple dozen at a time, sight unseen.

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Re:Oregon students returned thousands of fake iPhones, costi... by akhilcacharya on Thursday April 04, 2019 @05:38PM (#19577371)

Oh my, I didn't know this was available. Who usually buys these? Third-party refurbishers?

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Re:Oregon students returned thousands of fake iPhones, costi... by bluedino on Thursday April 04, 2019 @07:09PM (#19578015)

https://liquidations.walmart.com/

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Re:Oregon students returned thousands of fake iPhones, costi... by _cerv on Thursday April 04, 2019 @05:54PM (#19577482)

You have to be a business in the state of Washington and sign an agreement with Costco. It isn't a thing they open with anyone and when I inquired about doing this on my own, even with a license, I was turned away at the door by security.

Pretty sure it is a shady arm of Costco.

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Re:Oregon students returned thousands of fake iPhones, costi... by gowld on Thursday April 04, 2019 @06:11PM (#19577618)

Why is it shady? It's just like Amazon Warehouse Deals or Apple Refurbished and Clearance, but Costco only sells in bulk

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