There are iPhones on eBay!!
You read it right: there are now iPhones on eBay – well, pre-orders.
Today is May 14th, and the seller is guaranteeing:
**the Apple iphone 8 GB will be in my hands 30 days from start of listing 5-11-07**
As in, June 11th, 2007. That is a lot more optimistic than most people are predicting to be the official launch of the iPhone. Apple has only confirmed “before the end of June.”
So this is either one very smart individual who is already planning to camp out to get the iPhone (and praying he gets it on time), or he’s already secured a pre-order. The seller has 99.00% positive feedback rating with 99 transactions, dismissing any immediate notions of fraud. There are a few other people who are selling the same thing. What do these people know that the rest of us don’t?
A short search indicates a few previous auctions have closed for above $1000. When PS3s can fetch four or five times their price, I know the iPhone can do it too. The relatively low closing prices are mostly likely because nobody is yet aware of these auctions existing.
