中國黃牛佔領紐約人行道搶購iPhone 6

Anybody who has stood in line waiting to buy a new iPhone knows the score: Many, if not most, of your fellow line sitters are paid to be there. They are the foot soldiers in a chain of resales that leads from the Apple Store, through Hong Kong, to mainland China, where the devices command a premium on the grey market.

等着排隊購買新iPhone手機的人都知道：許多人，甚至大多數人，都是在拿錢替人排隊。他們是一個轉售鏈條中的“步兵”，這個鏈條從蘋果商店開始，輾轉香港進入中國大陸。在中國大陸的黑市上，一部手機可以賺得高額差價。

It’s an old story, one I’ve seen played out at nearly every iPhone launch event. But I’ve never seen anything like what happened in the hours leading up to Friday’s launch of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

這不是什麼新鮮事，每一款新iPhone手機上市的時候，我都會談到這個問題。但在上週五iPhone 6和iPhone 6 Plus上市幾個小時前，我卻見到了以前從未看到的一幕。

Film producer Casey Neistat (HBO’s The Neistat Brothers) captured the scene in the attached YouTube video, documenting the first three steps — the wait, the switch and the cash payout — plus some sidewalk drama courtesy of the New York City Police Department.

電影製片人凱西o尼斯塔特【其作品包括HBO電影頻道爆出的《尼斯塔特兄弟》（The Neistat Brothers））拍攝了一段視頻，併發布到YouTube上。這段視頻記錄了前三個步驟——等人、換人、付錢，外加紐約市警察局在人行道上上演的好戲。

“How can this possibly be good marketing for Apple?” asks a man at 6:00 minute mark.

在這段6分鐘的視頻裏，有個人問道：“這對蘋果（Apple）的營銷會有什麼好處？”

A better question: What can Apple possibly do about it?

一個更好的問題是：蘋果對此能做些什麼？