Sofmap exposes the fact of illegal purchase of Apple products in the United States! !
The other day, I went to the Sofmap Kawagoe store and asked for an assessment of the iPhone 13 Pro.
On the day of the appraisal, I was debating whether to remove the film from my iPhone or not. However, I decided to bring it to the appraisal as it is with the film attached. Since I used the film immediately after I bought it, I thought there was no way the screen would get scratched.
Then, after 4 o'clock that evening, I went to Kawagoe with his wife and went to the Sofmap Kawagoe store with the iPhone 13 Pro. I went to the purchase corner, completed the reception, and handed the iPhone 13 Pro I brought along with the box to the clerk.
And since the assessment will end at around 5:00, I decided to show up until then.
Then, I went out for a while, and when I went back to the Sofmap Kawagoe store just after 5:00, I was stunned when I heard the assessment results.
"Because it was badly damaged, it would be 20% off, which would be 72,000 yen." I had been using the film for a long time, so it was not supposed to have such deep scratches, but I could not understand why there were such deep scratches.
Then, when I asked him to show me the iPhone 13 Pro that I brought with me, the clerk said that the film was not attached from the beginning. And when I was using it until today, there was a big deep scratch on the screen that wasn't on at all. The deep wound was so deep that you could see it in one shot when you looked at the screen. I felt the deep wound with my finger and confirmed it.
I thought it was strange that there was a deep and large scratch that I could see immediately, but the store clerk said it was my iPhone and showed it to me, which was clearly not my iPhone. I didn't.
However, I asked for the purchase and returned with the cash.
I was certain that the iPhone the Sofmap clerk showed me at that time was not the iPhone I had brought with me, but I desperately needed the money, so I had no choice but to approve the appraisal.
It is a fact that the Sofmap Kawagoe store is actually committing fraudulent purchases using this method.
Everyone should be very careful when requesting purchases from Sofmap.
Also, after that, my wife brought the iPhone 13 Pro, which is exactly the same model as me, without any scratches, to the Sofmap Kawagoe store, but was told that it had deep scratches like me, so the assessed amount was reduced. It was.
The Sofmap Kawagoe store, which conducts such extremely illegal purchases, cannot be forgiven.
Perhaps Sofmap trades in Apple products purchased at these low prices to Apple Inc., and uses them as funds to purchase new Apple products, but the fact of such illegal purchases is confirmed by Apple Inc. If you didn't know at all, Apple, Inc. would surely be made a bad guy, and this fact could also be a fact that could develop into a boycott of Apple products.
If Apple of the United States learns of such fraudulent practices, Apple's trade-in system for Apple products will surely be abolished.
The Bic Camera Group, including Sofmap, must be fully aware that it is they who suffer from the exposure of such fraudulent facts!
Even if such blatant fraud is exposed, TSE-listed companies may be able to remain in peace for now without pain or itching. I think that the fact that Japan has become a company that does everything in Japan is a fact that as Japanese people should be ashamed of from the bottom of our hearts.