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Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 03:46 PM Jun 2012

Apple Store In Georgia Refuses To Sell iPad, iPhone To Farsi-Speaking Customer, Citing Company Polic

Apple Store In Georgia Refuses To Sell iPad, iPhone To Farsi-Speaking Customer, Citing Company Policy

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/19/apple-store-refuses-to-sell-ipad-to-iranian_n_1609734.html



A 19-year-old woman in Alpharetta, Ga., claims that her local Apple store refused to sell her anything after she was heard speaking Farsi with her uncle while she was trying to buy an iPhone and iPad.

"When we said 'Farsi, I'm from Iran,' he said, 'I just can't sell this to you. Our countries have bad relations,'" Sahar Sabet told WSB-TV.

According to the report, the Apple store employee cited the company's official policy, which prohibits the sale of their products to countries with which trade is prohibited by U.S. embargo.

Apple makes note of the policy on its website.
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Apple Store In Georgia Refuses To Sell iPad, iPhone To Farsi-Speaking Customer, Citing Company Polic (Original Post) Amerigo Vespucci Jun 2012 OP
Um. two things wrong with the picture Woody Woodpecker Jun 2012 #1
This has been extensively discussed in another thread. HubertHeaver Jun 2012 #2
Except Dick Cheney and friends Hestia Jun 2012 #3
There is no US Zombie clause Indianademocrat91 Jun 2012 #4
Funny you should mention old Dick. HubertHeaver Jun 2012 #5
 

Woody Woodpecker

(562 posts)
1. Um. two things wrong with the picture
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 03:51 PM
Jun 2012

1) Sabet is an U.S. Citizen
2) She is buying Ipad for herself, not sending anything to Iran (I think) which would violate the embargo.

The store employee better find himself another job quickly because he'll be fired for misquoting company policy, and Apple begins apologizing to Sabet.



HubertHeaver

(2,520 posts)
2. This has been extensively discussed in another thread.
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 04:33 PM
Jun 2012

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=831237

The Huff-Po article seems to have left out a key line present in the Yahoo account: "Sabet is a U.S. citizen and a student at the University of Georgia but the iPad was to be a gift for a cousin living in Iran." The purchase was destined for Iran, a country on the restricted countries list (Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Syria, Sudan). A US citizen nor a US company may do business with any of the countries on the list.

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