A Tiktoker orders a few new iPhones. But in the end he receives the devices delivered in boxes. He shares the strange case on social media. But many people in the community don’t believe him.
It happens that people order a product and then accidentally receive way too much or even something completely different.
The American Tiktoker “legends_gio” ordered 4 new iPhone 15 Pro Max with 1 TB of storage space from Apple. The price for a single device is 1,849 euros. But when the shipment arrived, he was amazed.
Instead of 4 devices, he gets 3 boxes with a total of 60 devices
What was the problem? He expected to receive the four devices he had ordered and paid for, but he also found himself with three large boxes. When he opened the 3 boxes, he was surprised: in each box he found 20 iPhone 15 Pro Max with 1 TB of storage space.
When he opened them, he was surprised to find 20 iPhone 15 Pro Max with 1TB of storage in each box. Someone must have gotten confused. And hugely so.
Accidentally receives an iPhone 15 Pro Max worth 110,940 euros
The colleagues at Applesfera.com suspect that the shipment with the three boxes arrived at the wrong address and that the packages were originally on their way to an Apple store.
What does he do with all the equipment? Apple may have already noticed the error and contacted the Tiktoker. After all, this involves a goods value of more than 100,000 euros. On top of that, he probably won’t be able to do much with all the devices anyway. Because Apple can deactivate the devices and then the iPhones are as good as useless.
By the way, many salespeople do this with cell phones. They then have the IMEI number of the smartphone put on a blacklist. This means that it is no longer possible to dial into the cell phone network and you can no longer make calls or use mobile data with the stolen device.
Community thinks he is a fraud who just wants fame
Why is the “story” criticized? Many criticize the Tiktoker story. Someone explains that the whole operation is hard to believe and speculates: “He probably ordered all the phones, became famous on the Internet and will return them all.”
Another explains that the Tiktoker probably once worked at Apple or still does. Because iPhones are usually not shipped in such boxes if you buy privately or for a company (via reddit.com):
I’m betting he’s a former Apple Store inventory control specialist, probably wanted by Apple Loss Prevention and local police since the devices appear to have been removed from the store.
Reason… I have purchased up to 40 iPhones at once for our business organization – and they never arrived in these boxes. These boxes are used by Apple to stock their stores and distribution warehouses – I was a Mac genius for 7 years, so I remember boxes like these. If a customer buys a lot of devices, they will not receive these boxes.
A third added irritably that you would never share such a mistake with the world: “Imagine if you received $100,000 instead of $4,000 in the mail and your first step was to tell everyone?” Above all,
Another user has now bought an old cell phone for more than 160,000 euros.
Someone bought a 16-year-old cell phone for more than 160,000 euros