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Re:Antitrust lawsuit says Apple and Amazon colluded to raise... by mike_d on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @03:55PM (#33537694)
Organized retail theft rings. Both the stuff you see on the evening news where a group grabs everything off the shelf at an Apple store and one off thefts from places like Best Buy.

The fact that Amazon willingly participated in this scheme is a strong indicator that they were getting a high volume of charge backs and returns that they had to eat because the devices were new in box but couldn't be activated.

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Re:Antitrust lawsuit says Apple and Amazon colluded to raise... by asadlionpk on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @05:12PM (#33538730)
Are you telling me Apple doesn't immediately ban those devices?
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Re:Antitrust lawsuit says Apple and Amazon colluded to raise... by sokoloff on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @05:14PM (#33538761)
Isn't that why GP says they'd be getting returned to Amazon?
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Re:Antitrust lawsuit says Apple and Amazon colluded to raise... by galuano1 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @06:58AM (#33545198)
Some devices have their warranty expired, but not disabled per se.
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Re:Antitrust lawsuit says Apple and Amazon colluded to raise... by drewg123 on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @05:16PM (#33538773)
Couldn't Apple just enable Activation Lock for the IMEI or serial numbers of the stolen devices? Maybe the retailers are not able to report the serial numbers / IMEIs of stolen devices back to Apple?
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