To Apple: Voice from an angry customer

Hi all,
I want to ask any policy there from Apple to their authorized retailers. The situation of selling iPad 2 is getting lost control right here in Hong Kong, even for those few Apple authorized premium retailers.
As understood from local media, there are only very few numbers of iPad 2 delivered to each retailers' stores everyday. Due to limited supply of iPad 2 in the town, Hong Kong Apple retailers are using different ways and tricky "technique" to increase the price of iPad2.
- Broadway Hong Kong (http://www.broadway.com.hk/)
Besides the original iPad2 machine, it is required to purchase additional HKD1000 - 2000 non-apple branded iPad accessories. Those accessories includes cases and screen protector. When asking for reasons behind, answers are always "Those packages are reserved by customers from China, but can be spared to you, just you need to buy with all other accessories, otherwise, no machine for you". Those additional "required" items are different store by store and time to time. Price are different by model and store, and sales person. In general, for 64GB 3G version, additional HKD1500 - 2000 spend is required.
- Fortress Hong Kong (http://www.fortress.com.hk )
Additional purchase of other digital product (Digital camera or Mobile phone) is required. When asking for reason, sales person tell that is their company policy on iPad2. In general, additional 3000 - 4000 HKD spend is required if you purchase iPad 2 from Fortress.
The most hopeless part of this, is they are all Apple's premium retailers. As a consumer, I wonder are they getting authorization from Apple of doing this?
Same reason to the limited supply, very likely, those ones who line up in front of stores every early morning are all speculators. They just bought machines and resell at mini un-official stores at a much higher price (around 1500 - 3000 HKD markup per machine).
At the end of the day, no real users can afford the cost, and non of us have chance to get the product under equal and reasonable condition.
We are seeing the situation of launching Apple products is getting worse and worse in Hong Kong. From iPhone to now iPad 2... The consumer purchase experience is no more excited as Apple's product itself, indeed, very worse.
Is this something Apple likely to see? Just an angry voice from a loyal Apple customer...
Ken Chung from Hong Kong

This does not help a lot to change the selling approach of those big chains stores... I just dropped by Fortress again yesterday, and the answer I got is they only sell the machine to those "loyal" customers. "Loyal customers" means the ones who purphase over $3000 - $4000 of mobile phone/ camera at the same time...
Stupid! I consider to give up iPad.. Too troublesome. Perhaps Xoom will be a better idea in this case.
I am so looking forward to see Apple's own retail store open in the town by the end of this year. Those stupid big chain stores will lose their business opportunities with selling Apple's products.

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