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Re:Chinese scalpers booking up all Genius Bar appointments a... by freehunter on Thursday August 01, 2013 @12:18PM (#6141333)
I'm just going based off US law and not Chinese law (since I don't know Chinese law), but I don't see why it should be illegal. It might be against Apple's TOS, but take ticket scalping for example. In the US, there's no federal law against it, and it's only against the law in a handful of states.

Even if the TOS said you couldn't do this, it wouldn't make it illegal (in the US). The TOS is not law, and the only repercussions would be civil.

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Re:Chinese scalpers booking up all Genius Bar appointments a... by jack-r-abbit on Thursday August 01, 2013 @12:22PM (#6141365)
That was my thought too. Simply exploiting a loophole of sorts. It sounds like once a booking is made, there is a way to go in and edit your info. Still curious if this a TOS violation or not.
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Re:Chinese scalpers booking up all Genius Bar appointments a... by Shivetya on Thursday August 01, 2013 @12:31PM (#6141437)
well per replies on the original site, restrict access to those who an Apple ID and associated CC info on file.

The only issue I see with that solution is, is the Genius Bar also there so advise people on which apple products to buy, hence new customers?

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Re:Chinese scalpers booking up all Genius Bar appointments a... by jack-r-abbit on Thursday August 01, 2013 @12:56PM (#6141665)
Those replies simply give ideas on how Apple could prevent it if they wanted to. But that doesn't mean it violates the TOS currently. If it is not in the TOS right now, adding it would be one possible way to prevent it without causing issues for new customers.
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