Dangers of hype: $650 empty iPhone box sold on eBay
- July 18th, 2008
- 5 Comments
In a not-too-surprising turn of events, someone has taken upon himself to purchase the new iPhone 3G, and then turn around and sell (some of) it on eBay. Figuring the hype would shoot up the bid, they were right, and the auction finished off at $650.00 with a ton of bidding. Well, now that its over, the winning bidder is the proud owner of an “iPhone 3G Black 16 GB Box and Instructions”.
Ah, the smell of the weak feeding upon the weak.
No iPhone is included as the auction was for just the box and instructions. I don’t know who was thinking what with this auction, but I’m sure this transaction will never be consummated. When the winner highest bidder realized that they weren’t going to get an iPhone, I would assume they weren’t in a rush to pony up the cash. Especially since the auction doesn’t bother to state that there is no iPhone included. Unless of course, they actually did want a $650 box, in which case I have nothing more to say.
Tom Woolf (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Reminds me of when the PS2 came out and was in short supply. Sony had also come out the the PSOne at about the same time (basically a smaller version of the original Playstation). There were tons of ebay auctions for “2nd generation Playstations.” The description never mentioned PS2, but instead stated “play with the latest Playstation from Sony.”
I wonder how many were suckered in by that.
TGFanaticUS (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Man check this out - there’s yet another such auction. What are the sellers thinking?? Wait, what are the bidders thinking???!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/iPhone-3G-Black-16-GB-Box-and-Instructions_W0QQitemZ110271810151QQihZ001QQcategoryZ3312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Erock (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Ebayer “jwcharles” is either the biggest douche ever or a freaking genius.
Art (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Serves them right for wanting that device in the first place. Idiots get what they deserve.
damien (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Well, he did said *box and instructions*