'Short-lived' Souq.com iPhone 5 for Dh999 deal frustrates buyers

The Souq.com homepage, after being unavailable for most part of the morning, is back (around 10.30am). However, the Dh999 iPhone 5 deal, as feared, has already been "Sold Out". No word yet from Souq.com on the number of devices sold at that price, but one thing is for sure, customers who had been waiting to bag Apple's latest smartphone at thsoe bargain prices but weren't able to are not a happy lot.

“I am one of the regular readers of your newspaper’s online edition. I would like to bring to your notice that on 2nd April, 2013, there was an article published on your online edition saying: Get iPhone 5 for Dh999, iPad Mini for Dh499 in Dubai. I hope you might remember this. Neither of the deals were shown on souq.com on the said dates,” Shafi Mirza Baig emailed us in a not-so-happy tone.