No more 3GiPhones for now - Ebay has them for $1200 ea

Apple is in the envious position of having sold all their 3G iPhone
stock. There simply are no more to be had. This has lead to outrageous
bids for 3g iPhones on Ebay where some are going for $1200 or more.

Think of it. If you had scored one of the few new phones you could be
selling it for $900 to $1000 MORE THAN YOU PAID FOR IT.


Buy low sell high.

What other cell phone has had that sort of value?

COSPIRACY THEORY

Some nut jobs believe that the incredible shortage of the iPhone is
deliberate. Apple is believed by these conspiracy buffs to be
intentionally not haveing enough iPhone on hand to meet expected
demand thus driving wealthy would be users into making desperate bids
to obtain one.

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At 18 Jul 2008 13:30:58 -0700 4phun wrote:

> This has lead to outrageous
> bids for 3g iPhones on Ebay where some are going for $1200 or more.
>
> Think of it. If you had scored one of the few new phones you could be
> selling it for $900 to $1000 MORE THAN YOU PAID FOR IT.


Sort of-you're neglecting the nearly $300 in first month's service and
early-termination fees the seller gets hit with when cancelling service,
but still a nice profit if you can get it.


> COSPIRACY THEORY
>
> Some nut jobs believe that the incredible shortage of the iPhone is
> deliberate. Apple is believed by these conspiracy buffs to be
> intentionally not haveing enough iPhone on hand to meet expected
> demand thus driving wealthy would be users into making desperate bids
> to obtain one.


And how does that benefit Apple any more than scalping $50 concert tickets
for $300 helps the performers?

Generally a conspiracy theory has to make sense, at least from the
perspective of those perpetrating the conspiracy.


Unless they're hoping this "profit opportunity" will reward the same people
that were screwed in last year's price drop, and balance the corporate
Karma? ;-)

"Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> At 18 Jul 2008 13:30:58 -0700 4phun wrote:
>
>> This has lead to outrageous
>> bids for 3g iPhones on Ebay where some are going for $1200 or more.
>>
>> Think of it. If you had scored one of the few new phones you could be
>> selling it for $900 to $1000 MORE THAN YOU PAID FOR IT.
>
>
> Sort of-you're neglecting the nearly $300 in first month's service and
> early-termination fees the seller gets hit with when cancelling service,
> but still a nice profit if you can get it.
>
>
>> COSPIRACY THEORY
>>
>> Some nut jobs believe that the incredible shortage of the iPhone is
>> deliberate. Apple is believed by these conspiracy buffs to be
>> intentionally not haveing enough iPhone on hand to meet expected
>> demand thus driving wealthy would be users into making desperate bids
>> to obtain one.
>
>
> And how does that benefit Apple any more than scalping $50 concert tickets
> for $300 helps the performers?
>
> Generally a conspiracy theory has to make sense, at least from the
> perspective of those perpetrating the conspiracy.
>
>
> Unless they're hoping this "profit opportunity" will reward the same
> people
> that were screwed in last year's price drop, and balance the corporate
> Karma? ;-)
>

Maybe this is how Apple trains all the fanbois to wait on line for a week to
buy each new incarnation of their products
>

I see they are up to $1375 (USD) now in Russia in bids for the iPhone.
Even the new president has a black market iPhone over there. If you
are fortunate enough to have a new iPhone you can make money with it
if you want to sell it.

On 7/18/08 3:30 PM, in article
145e84e9-4dd8-47d8-839e-e69d73f1ff63...oglegroups.com, "4phun"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Apple is in the envious position of having sold all their 3G iPhone
> stock. There simply are no more to be had. This has lead to outrageous
> bids for 3g iPhones on Ebay where some are going for $1200 or more.
>
> Think of it. If you had scored one of the few new phones you could be
> selling it for $900 to $1000 MORE THAN YOU PAID FOR IT.
>
>
> Buy low sell high.
>
> What other cell phone has had that sort of value?
>
> COSPIRACY THEORY
>
> Some nut jobs believe that the incredible shortage of the iPhone is
> deliberate. Apple is believed by these conspiracy buffs to be
> intentionally not haveing enough iPhone on hand to meet expected
> demand thus driving wealthy would be users into making desperate bids
> to obtain one.
>
SHHHHHHHHHH!!!

You're giving larry fuel for fodder - another conspiracy for the fool's
folly...

In message <[email protected]> Todd Allcock
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Sort of-you're neglecting the nearly $300 in first month's service and
>early-termination fees the seller gets hit with when cancelling service,
>but still a nice profit if you can get it.

If you happened to be an AT&T TILT user, you could just toss your SIM
back in the TILT and sell the iPhone, no ETF needed since the contract
would still be active.

Larry <[email protected]> wrote:

> But, alas, Apple is going to send YOUR 3G you're waiting for to one of the
> 20 NEW countries they are opening up iPhone sales in soon.
>
> How awful....customer support.

no larry it doesn't work that way, the block of each 20 countries to be
modernized will have additional production by the time of the rollout.

read over the conference call

"Q: Gene Munster: iPhone good launch. Out of product. When will channel
refill? Tim: Pleased with production ramp. Shipping as fast as we can.
Confident enough that we will be launching 20 additional countries on
Aug. 22. Still expect to sell in more than 70 countries before the end
of the year. Not going to predict when supply will meet demand.

http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com...he-apple-q3-ea
rnings-call/

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in other news, 3G iphones are now selling for over $2,200 on ebay.

On Jul 21, 6:35*pm, DevilsPGD <[email protected]> wrote:
> In message <[email protected]> Todd Allcock
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Sort of-you're neglecting the nearly $300 in first month's service and
> >early-termination fees the seller gets hit with when cancelling service,
> >but still a nice profit if you can get it. *
>
> If you happened to be an AT&T TILT user, you could just toss your SIM
> back in the TILT and sell the iPhone, no ETF needed since the contract
> would still be active.

Hey that is a good idea if you needed the money.

On Jul 21, 10:35*pm, Larry <[email protected]> wrote:


>
> In today's conference call with the money boys, it was said there was less
> than 2% of the stores with a 3G to sell, not good news for the investors -
> no product to sell - makes them nervous.
>
> But, alas, Apple is going to send YOUR 3G you're waiting for to one of the
> 20 NEW countries they are opening up iPhone sales in soon.
>
> How awful....customer support.

They had only four to sell yesterday in the USA and one of those was
in Alaska. Maybe someone will return theirs in the 30 day window and
they will sell it as refurbished for less. If we could grab a few
before they become generally available again we could make a killing!

On Jul 22, 3:32*am, Todd Allcock <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 21 Jul 2008 16:35:59 -0600 DevilsPGD wrote:
>
> > >Sort of-you're neglecting the nearly $300 in first month's service and
> > >early-termination fees the seller gets hit with when cancelling service,
> > >but still a nice profit if you can get it. *
>
> > If you happened to be an AT&T TILT user, you could just toss your SIM
> > back in the TILT and sell the iPhone, no ETF needed since the contract
> > would still be active.
>
> If you had a Tilt, why in heaven's name would you have bought an iPhone in
> the first place? * *;-)

Tilts are dirt cheap on Craig's List

4phun <[email protected]> wrote in news:077d32af-0164-4e8b-ab6b-
[email protected]:

> They had only four to sell yesterday in the USA and one of those was
> in Alaska. Maybe someone will return theirs in the 30 day window and
> they will sell it as refurbished for less. If we could grab a few
> before they become generally available again we could make a killing!
>
>

So how the hell are these stupid bastards supposed to make their
shareholders any PROFIT? Long dick bragging points don't make money!

No wonder the stock is nose diving! We oughta sue their sorry asses.

In message <[email protected]> Todd Allcock
<[email protected]> wrote:

>At 21 Jul 2008 16:35:59 -0600 DevilsPGD wrote:
>
>> >Sort of-you're neglecting the nearly $300 in first month's service and
>> >early-termination fees the seller gets hit with when cancelling service,
>> >but still a nice profit if you can get it.
>>
>> If you happened to be an AT&T TILT user, you could just toss your SIM
>> back in the TILT and sell the iPhone, no ETF needed since the contract
>> would still be active.
>
>
>If you had a Tilt, why in heaven's name would you have bought an iPhone in
>the first place? ;-)

Well, a couple reasons.

First, I get to support the platform, so I may as well become familiar
with it.

Second, I can sell my iPod Touch 8GB for more then the iPhone 8GB will
cost me, and the iPhone does a lot more then the Touch even without a
SIM card. So the iPhone upgrade is a freebie for me.

Third, Rogers has a $30/6GB/month data plan that is only available to
qualifying 3G devices. The Tilt doesn't qualify as Rogers doesn't offer
the device.

A bit of quick math says that $30/6GB/month is a better deal then
$80/500MB/month, and over the next 36 months, I'll save $1800 by
investing $199 today, even if I never took the iPhone out of the box.

I've been going back and forth, I'm finding that as a PDA, I still
prefer the Tilt. As a phone and for games, definitely the iPhone.

Both work nicely without a SIM card, which is rather nice.

In message
<c328357c-358a-44ed-8017-18de02aa2878@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>
4phun <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Jul 21, 6:35*pm, DevilsPGD <[email protected]> wrote:
>> In message <[email protected]> Todd Allcock
>>
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >Sort of-you're neglecting the nearly $300 in first month's service and
>> >early-termination fees the seller gets hit with when cancelling service,
>> >but still a nice profit if you can get it. *
>>
>> If you happened to be an AT&T TILT user, you could just toss your SIM
>> back in the TILT and sell the iPhone, no ETF needed since the contract
>> would still be active.
>
>Hey that is a good idea if you needed the money.

If you don't mind the contract renewal, and happen to have a store or
two nearby that has 'em in stock, it does seem like a good gig.