One hour in jail for an iPhone
How’s this one for all the people who live outside of the US who want to get their hands on an iPhone. Cameron Johnson, a 42-year-old from Toronto spent an hour in a holding cell at the Niagara Falls border crossing and paid a $400 fine for purchasing an iPhone for him and one that he planned on selling on Craigslist with a substantial markup. Canadian Customs officials caught the iPhones in the back
“The one officer said to the other, ‘Hey Ted, look! An iPhone!’” said Mr. Johnson, who manages a portfolio of online domain names. “And of course, they had to get rid of the grin and be serious with me. They said to me they had to seize [the iPhones] and I started blubbering.”
“I remember thinking to myself while I was in the holding tank, ‘What am I doing here and why does my technolust get the best of me?’” said Mr. Johnson,
You can’t really blame him. When the iPhone was released I drove into Buffalo to purchase one only to be turned back from the AT&T store because I didn’t have a US address or a credit card drafted from a US bank.
The way the rumors are flying around Canada about unlimited data plan costs for the iPhone when it finally hits Canadian shelves, $400 a month would seem just right.
[Via The Globe and Mail]
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