As with the flash sales in China with those Xiaomi who have a limit number of units To increase the hype about the device, in the United States there are many resellers of the Pixel who, knowing that it is quickly out of stock, take the opportunity to resell the terminals they have bought.
These actions are against Google's terms of service and now quite a few have seen their Google account has been suspended. This type of practice does not have restrictions in certain countries in which those same buyers carry products that are more difficult to find in these parts, but when it comes to a product that can be purchased without problems, things change.
This activity was first reported on the Dan's Deals site. This stated that started receiving emails from people They found that their Google account had been blocked. All of those reports came from those who had bought a Pixel phone and then sent it to the reseller in New Hampshire who paid them a small amount of profit, before selling those phones back to others. The report maintains that more than 200 Google accounts have been affected.
A Google spokesperson has released this statement:
A scheme was identified in which consumers were asked to purchase Pixel devices on behalf of a reseller, who then the cost of these devices rose in order to resell them to other consumers. We prohibit the commercial resale of devices purchased through Project Fi or the Google Store so that everyone has an equal opportunity to purchase devices at a fair price. Some of the suspended accounts were created for the sole purpose of this scheme. After investigating the situation, access to genuine accounts has been restored for customers who found Google services blocked.
