Anyone who buys one of these and then pays for one of these deserves to lose their money imo.

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One should ask him for the unboxing pictures;)

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Rather than be cynical, I reported the auction to eBay as fraudulent. Hopefully this will spare some naive buyers from losing out on money, and will have eBay tighten up iPhone auctions like they did for the PS3 and Wii.

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Nearly as bad, myspace has had banner ads for "get your free iphone" promotions since the day after the announcement.

"Supplies are limited!"

No kidding? Huh!

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Shame on him? Nah. If someone is retarded enough to actually bid on this, they get what they deserve.

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Item location: La Quinta, CA, United States

Holy crap, I can actually go to that person's house and kick their ass, if I find the exact address.

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also reported to eBay as fraudulent...

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Can someone bid it up to a few thousand bucks and yank that guys chain. Ask him to send something of value before you pay?

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There were a same scam on a hungarian auction site too, i pointed out it yesterday, and it's gone today :)

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Another one Item number: 250096401244

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I believe cisco released a sort of IP telephony device called the iPhone, so the scammer might be trying to pawn one of those off on you for a sweet chunk of change. If you bid on these anyway, you deserve to be shot with a cannon at point blank range.

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Hey,
I found some iPhones as well on eBay, and I wrote to the guy, who promised to ship an ORIGINAL iPhone for $250, saying he got a lot of them as promotion - sure thing.

Here is his reply:
The price for one unit is 200 Euro including the shipping fees and
insurance. The phones is brand new, UNLOCKED, with all accesories
(Adapter, Cable, Battery, Car Charger, Case, Holder, Faceplate,
Housing, Headset, Memory, Software, Wall Charger). With standard
global warranty (2 years).
Let me know if you agree my prices..if you don`t..let me know your
best offert..we have a PROMOTIONAL offert: you buy 3 phones + 1 free
for only 550 Euro you will receive one phone gift (you can also
combine the models and the price remains the same). I will lock
business only under my conditions.
Thank you...

P.S.

The price for 10 phones is 1400 Euro including all shipping taxes.

I hope no one falls for these mo'fos...
Wait until June...

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you really have to be a complete ass to fall for that...

similar subject - being "get rich off the iphone" check this guy out
http://cgi.ebay.com/Mac-iPhone-Domain-URL-for-Sale-www-used-iphones-com_W0QQitemZ120098709122QQcategoryZ102333QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Michael, as a born-and-rasied, Brooklynite, I applaud your use of Yiddish; however, a more appropriate phrase might be "oy, gevalt!"

Though based on the accompanying picture, "rubble rubble" could also work.

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I reported those listings for the iPhone as fraudulent also. That's so ridiculous!

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I reported this one to ebay which has now been ended early because of "an error in the listing"

http://cgi.ebay.com/APPLE-iPHONE-4GB-BNIB-THIS-IS-NOT-A-PREORDER-AUCTION_W0QQitemZ170093231449QQcategoryZ102333QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Do you like the fake box and instructions the guy went to the bother of making..!?!!!

I tend to agree that it's really buyer beware on ebay. If you buy something that is not available from someone with zero feedback that costs hundreds of dollars, you probably need a full time nanny to protect you from the big bad world. That said, the good ebay users should report these scams, but they'll never go away.

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Some of the iPhone auctions are absolutely pitiful - blatant ripoffs aside, some of the "hot new iPhone domain addresses!!!!" and "hot rare GET IT NOW!!!" iPhone related email addresses up for auction are a joke.

Anyone stupid enough to fall for the iPhone auctions is a few french fries short of a happy meal.

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Ok, auction 180098963510 is a riot.

A cardboard box with an iPhone sticker on it.

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The one that I reported, the guy is now claiming that he's been told he can't sell them until they get FCC clearance...
Yeah, like people selling unreleased hardware on ebay really care about what the FCC says...

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