The first day of sale of iPhone 13: The 128GB Pro Max version sold out, the iPhone price on the “black market” was pushed up

After about a week of starting the pre-order program, on October 22, Apple’s authorized resellers simultaneously opened for sale a set of four genuine iPhone 13s. Many agents such as FPT Shop, Mobile Viet, … sell iPhones from 00:00, while other agents such as CellphoneS, The Gioi Di Dong… deliver phones to customers who have pre-ordered from 6 a.m. to ensure safety during the pandemic.

Like in previous years, in the early days, the supply of iPhone was not enough to deliver the device to users. The shortage of goods helps traders “hug goods”, pushing the price of iPhone to sky-high.

iPhone 13 Pro Max sold out

According to our records, iPhone 13 Pro Max 128GB is the version that many users are most interested in, followed by the regular pink iPhone 13. Mr. Nguyen Lac Huy, representative of CellphoneS system, said that on the first day, the number of customers coming to receive iPhone 13 Pro Max and pink iPhone 13 accounted for 70% of the total 3000 devices delivered to users by this system.

At many dealers, customers come to receive the device very crowded from 6 am

Out of stock mainly occurs for standard memory versions, but with large capacity versions such as 512GB or 1TB, the system is still available for users to pick up.

Pham Tuan Anh, a representative of ShopDunk system, also said that on the first day of opening for sale, the system also encountered a situation of not delivering enough devices to customers because the supplier did not have enough supplies, specifically the pink iPhone 13 only. receive 80% of the goods. Customers who have pre-ordered the device but arrived late to receive the device are scheduled to deliver the device after 3 days.

A shortage of goods also occurs on e-commerce sites when the iPhone 13 Pro Max models in different colors, iPhone 13 pink are all out of stock very quickly after opening for sale, especially when the price of the genuine iPhone is sold on the Internet. These exchanges are greatly reduced compared to the listed price on the first day of sale. A small number of goods that were re-opened for sale after a short time were also sold out very quickly due to high purchasing power.

iPhone 13 Pro Max is the version that many users are most interested in

The shortage is expected to last until November. Currently, retailers have also allowed customers to pre-order the device for the second delivery, which will take place in November. Due to high demand, iPhone prices on the “black market” are pushed up, creating conditions for merchants to “hug goods” to resell at high prices.

The price of iPhone “black market” is so high

Anticipating the phenomenon of scarcity of goods, many people have put up for sale the deposit rates of iPhone or genuine/portable devices with prices ranging from 2 to 5 million VND higher than the listed prices at other systems. system.

Genuine iPhone 13 models are resold for 2-5 million VND higher than the listed price

As noted, the versions that have been pushed up in price include iPhone 13 Pro Max 128GB/256GB in colors, iPhone 13 Pro 128GB/256GB in blue and gold, and iPhone 13 pink 128GB. Posts for reselling iPhones have appeared a lot since the systems have finished delivering the goods to customers and the e-commerce platforms also have no more goods to sell.

A blue iPhone 13 Pro Max 256GB model on the “black market” is priced up to 41.5 million VND

Previously, in order to avoid the phenomenon of “speculation”, retail systems also asked customers to remove the device and activate the product at the store. However, according to our records, at a branch of a reseller, there is still a situation where customers are allowed to hold the device with the unactivated seal, just give a “reasonable” reason as the reason. The member will no longer ask to activate the device at the store. Even when the device has been activated, many people still accept to buy these machines at high prices when they are put up for resale.

Customers who buy iPhone 13 at retail systems are required to peel off the device and activate it at the store

Representative of CellphoneS system, Mr. Nguyen Lac Huy, said that buyers need to be alert when choosing to buy iPhones on the black market to avoid scams: “Online trading is prone to risks such as transferring a deposit without a machines, or buy manufactured goods, portable goods … these goods are not warranted in Vietnam according to Apple’s regulations”.

It is predicted that the situation of “speculation to resell” high-priced iPhones will end when the systems have enough supplies back in November.