Grok Bot sourced a sold-out iPhone with a virtual card
At a glance
Liam gave Grok Bot a virtual card when Apple said wait until late October for an iPhone 18 Pro Max; the bot emailed stores, found stock, ordered, and had it delivered early. This workflow is listed under shopping, iphone, virtual-card, sold-out, personal-agents.
With the phone sold out and Apple quoting end-of-October availability, he gave Grok Bot a virtual card and told it to find one. The bot emailed stores, found stock, verified, ordered, and arranged delivery.
How it went
He said he was writing the post from that iPhone about a month earlier than Apple could supply one.
Worth knowing
He used a spend-limited virtual card rather than handing over an open primary payment method.
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