I'm surprised by the outrage in this post. This is a very common - indeed, necessary - practice in retail.

A friend of mine manages a high-end retail store in the area. He tells me that there are a number of people who match this buying profile. The products either show up on Craigslist, eBay, or are moved out of state to be sold elsewhere, often in markets the retailer is unwilling or unable to enter for a variety of reasons. Like it or not, in pretty much any retail environment, this practice is unacceptable.

He also tells me that these small groups of people will often approach customers in the parking lot as they exit their vehicle, offering them cash to enter the store, buy the goods with a few crisp hundred-dollar bills, and to keep the change. This gray market is very real.

Beyond that, the guy admits he knew of the policy and was willingly violating it. There's really not much room for outrage here.

Outrage? Author's comment: "I don't think that I was wronged at all. I'm not even upset, nor do I think I was complaining."

The actual hacker's website is: http://linuxoniphone.blogspot.com/

He mentions at the end of the video he is looking for more contributors and if you want he has a paypal for donations. I don't have an iPhone but I threw a few bucks his way because I'm sure this took more than a bit of effort. Hopefully Google will put some resources behind this because it is really cool

Why would a high-end retail store care? They sell some product. They might be unwilling or unable to enter some market - and this guy does it for them. The retail store still receives the money and people who get the product are aware of the fact that they paid more than they would at the shop.

I still don't get why this practice is unacceptable. The shop doesn't seem to lose anything here.