4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> amazed us all with the following in
news:aafe6b2c-7e8b-487d-a46d-4a7a99cb1aea@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:

> On Jul 25, 1:50*pm, Ron <roncliff...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:49:13 -0700 (PDT), zwsdot...@gmail.com wrote:
>> >On Jul 25, 11:32*am, 4phun <vic.hea...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Apple opening to all operators in all markets on iPhone?
>>
>> >What beats me is why the Apple Stores have signs that say "no iPhones
>> >today" when I bought a gym iPod for my wife today and saw they had a
>> >cupboard full of phones.
>>
>> Not just Empty Boxes for Display?
>
> Some one bid $600 on am empty iPhone box on Ebay.
>
> The ones you saw were probably already sold. Many businesses are
> buying 500 to several thousand at a time for key employees.
> It is a cheap way to keep them happy in tough times.
>
>

Specifcally which businesses?