China shuts down two fake Apple Stores

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Chinese trade officials have raided and shut down two of five fake Apple Stores in Kunming, BBC News reported on Monday. The two stores weren’t closed for impersonating an Apple Store, instead both were shuttered for lacking business licenses. Travel blog BirdAbroad brought attention to the fake stores last week when it detailed one convincing shop in Kunming that sold real Apple products. That shop has not been closed because it “has a license to trade and is selling genuine Apple products,” BBC News said. Several of the store’s employees believe that they work for a real Apple Store. The Cupertino-based company has yet to respond to the growing number of illegitimate outlets.

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  • http://www.droiddoes.com/ iNorm

    When are they going to shut down Google and android for copying iOS?

    • Anonymous

      Had they cloned iOS byte for byte, Android would be shit. The fact it’s better than iPOS means that Google and the OHA didn’t clone it.

      • Anonymous

        You’re right they just took the really good parts of iOS and then fucked it up by adding their own shit code to it. Good observation you get a cookie and a free plastic Android phone.

    • Bringit

      Android is such a poor copy, no one really cares.  At least in China they did a pretty good job on these stores.

      • Ryan Smith

        Yeah…cause those notifications in iOS5, you know, being pulled down and all are SOOOO original. 

    • http://twitter.com/derrickisonline Derrick -Lex-

      When they shut down Apple for copying Palm and Windows Mobile (touch screen).

  • Anonymous

    Close ALL the tAmpon stores! I freaking hate apple.

    • Anonymous

      Did Apple assault you as a child? Seriously, ever think you could be overreacting juuuuuuuuuuuust a tad?

      • Anonymous

        My father would touch me when I was young. He would put his penis in what he called my “apple” I wouldn’t be able to shit right for a week after each time.

      • Andrepdx

        Grow up.

    • Anonymous

      Maybe it would be easier for you to disappear.

      • Anonymous

        Shaddap.

    • Anonymous

      Ohhhhh Scroaty-poo-pooo aka Scroat aka Mobile aka Trying To iMpersonate ME, they can’t close all the Apple tAmpons stores; where would I go shopping for my iToys that COPY Android but, DO NOTHING???

      BTW, my dad said that he didn’t mean to tear open your sugar walls last night.

      • http://www.droiddoes.com/ iNorm

        Thank god the real Papi is back

      • Anonymous

        The REAL PAPI will always be here, the PAPI iMpersonator aka Scroat aka Scroaty-poo-pooo aka My Dad Tore Apart his vAgiNa Last Night aka Mobile is just an iLoser.

      • Anonymous

        ATTENTION PLEASE!!! scroaty-poo-poo has stolen my ID. if you squint when you look at my name you will see it changes to Scroat! EVERYONE, CAN YOU SEE IT??? Please.. Someone? Can you see it?

      • Anonymous

        ATTENTION PLEASE!!! scroaty-poo-poo has stolen my ID. if you squint when you look at my name you will see it changes to Scroat! EVERYONE, CAN YOU SEE IT??? Please.. Someone? Can you see it?

      • Anonymous

        Wonderful now we have 2 Papi’s. Papi in stereo is not a good thing.

  • Anonymous

    Oh I get it…..in order to counterfeit,fake or mislead in China,one must be licensed to do so first…..

  • http://www.facebook.com/brentschmidt Brent Schmidt

    Just me, or every time i see that apple guy I just want to punch his face…

  • Anonymous

    Owners run to Kinko’s for jumbo store window decals….

  • Stereotypical

    I love the shot of the Asian Apple employee to accompany the article about the fake China stores

  • http://twitter.com/BeanTNT Bean

    lol at these idiots using every article to comment on ios vs android

  • Anonymous

    I woulda thought they got shut down for accepting kidneys as a form of payment.

    • Anonymous

      Apple doesn’t accept kidneys. Just hearts and souls. Or so it seems.

  • Lechero

    hmmm, china shutting copyright infringers, kinda. so we know what apple did with its 86 billion in cash, they bought china.

  • Anonymous

    I laugh so hard every time I see this picture. and that guy says yeah this is the life. and i love working for a fake APPLE store.

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