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http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/...ed-out-of-iphone-6-queue-20140919-10j7uq.html
Confucius says: You can take a Tiong out of Tiongland, but you can't take the Tiongness out of a Tiong.
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A young woman was in tears after police kicked her out of the queue to Apple's flagship Sydney store before she was able to buy the new iPhone 6.
Anna, a 24-year-old international student from China, was ordered by police about 10am to leave the George Street area for six hours or risk being arrested, after they asked her multiple times to stay put in the queue.
Two models of the new smartphone, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, went on sale at 8am AEST at Apple stores across the country, as well as other retailers such as Telstra, Optus and Vodafone.
The upset student was questioned by police.
The upset student was questioned by police. Photo: Hannah Francis
The student, who wouldn't give her last name, said she had lined up for more than 24 hours but the number of people in front of her had grown from about 80 to 180 overnight as people joined their friends.
She became worried that she wouldn't get to the front of the queue in time to buy two 4.7-inch iPhone 6 handsets as planned, because she had to leave to study for a law exam.
Other people in the queue then offered to sell her handsets at inflated prices which she could not afford – more than twice the price in one case, she said.
Anna left her spot in the queue more than once to see if anyone could sell her a phone at a more reasonable price.
Confucius says: You can take a Tiong out of Tiongland, but you can't take the Tiongness out of a Tiong.


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https://sound cloud .com/en_rubb/woman-ordered-away-from-sydney-apple-store-iphone-queue-1
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