https://gizmodo.com/iphone-launch-at-t-vs-apple-store-273978
The first come from the University Village AT&T depot at
4626 25th Ave NE , Seattle , WA ( Phone 206 - 729 - 7184 ) . When buying the iPhone yesterday , the store say all client must by two accessories with an iPhone , but the accessories could be returned , open , without a restocking fee . add together to that the fact that the salesman did n’t even know a courser was included and tried to upsell a unlike charger to the reader .
The second , at the Hawthorne California AT&T Store at 5249 W. Rosecrans in Hawthorne California ( Phone 310 - 725 - 9902 ) , the memory manager say customer were call for to buy a “ bundle ” of accessories . The bundle , written up with charming marker on an unofficial sign , listed the 4 GB bundle at $ 650 and the 8 GB pile at $ 750 . The manager told the client that they could n’t buy the phones without the sheaf and that they could leave the store if they did n’t want it . When asked if he could render the items , they said yes , but only tomorrow ( today ) .
The third shop , at Pike Street in Seattle , forced masses to bribe $ 60 Charles Frederick Worth of accessary ( a example and car charger ) , and if you did n’t , you ’d get a voucher and the iPhone would be mailed to you some time next week . The reader eventually went to the Apple Store nearby , and eventually his friend ( who rest at the AT&T store ) enjoin him they break campaign the accessories .
One is a fluke , two is a coincidence , but three ? And perhaps more ? That , my friend , is ridiculous .
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Update : Joel say the AT&T store on broadway near city hall in NY was doing the same until some guy told them it was “ illegal ” .
Scott sound out the 4th Street entrepot in Santa Ana had 20 phone , and after 10 citizenry go in they announce everything was sell out . They then recount the remain customer that throgh a “ special deal ” , they could regulate an iPhone and receive it within 2 business days . The special softwood ? To buy 3 accessories that nighttime .
Update 2 : A reader tells us if an AT&T repp does n’t betray between $ 60-$65 worth of accessories for each phone sale and $ 20-$30 worth of feature article , he can be write up and terminated if cut-rate sale do n’t improve within 45 days . If customers came and bought iPhones without accessories , this would have make a big downwards drag on their record . Each accessory sold will count toward a rep ’s sales event goals , even if it ’s returned the next day , plus he get six penny on the one dollar bill .
Update 3 : Not force the accessory on people , but the store on Bridford Parkway in Greensboro , NC sealed the phone in with the accessories anyone purchased so they could charge the 10 % restocking fee even if the iPhone loge was unopened .
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