wow this is unbelievable. THis guys going to be rich if someone actually pays up. Im sure theirs a lot of people just randomly bidding for fun. I emailed the guy directly n said he;s going to be a millionaire very lucky LoL.
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Prototype iPhone 4 Appears on eBay
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iAmYou
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klamse25
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If it'd not taken down, I'd like to see what price it hits in a week! I know they aren't legitimate bids, though.
Givmeabrek
macrumors 68040
Puleeze, this is common practice. When an obviously bogus or illegal auction is put up people use "throw away" accounts to bid it out of range. Nothing new here. It does not mean someone is interested in buying it! It means many are interested in blocking the auction and reporting the seller. Goes on all the time.
This is stolen property! Apple (or any other company) does not sell prototypes!!
Adidas Addict
macrumors 65816
Yes.
Where do you think most stolen items get sold in this day and age (not to mention all the blatant fake items on ebay)? If not craigslist then ebay. If you think otherwise then you're naive.
gnasher729
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Bad news for the guy who found an iPhone 4 prototype and sold it on instead of trying to return it to Apple. If there is a bid for $25,000 today, how much money would it have been worth before the iPhone was released?
Common, every year the same thing. Lets wait in patience for iPhone 5!!
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Nicolas4ever
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the8thark
macrumors 601
From the auction listing:
Ebay auctions like this disgust me.
This looks extremely suspect to me. Who would turn down the safeguards of paypal for an item as valuable as this. Unless the item is fake and the person wants to pawn off the fake with the buyer having no way of getting his money back. (or the seller just wants your money and has no intention of sending the product).
Ebay auctions like this disgust me.
It may have been
rather than the item itself. eBay are militant about requiring PayPal. Basically, sell all the stolen goods you want, but don't diss PayPal.
ThunderSkunk
macrumors 601
Paypal doesn't protect sellers worth a damn, especially on items over a few hundred dollars. That service has gotten progressively worse over the last few years. Everything I sell is either a hundred dollars or less, or a few thousand. On big-ticket items, I don't accept paypal. After the third time you get scammed for a couple grand, and paypal shrugs and says "sorry", you start finding other ways to sell.
And Batch is right, they make you accept paypals lousy service, and if you put any text in your auction stating you won't accept it, your auctions get taken down. You have to be more clever about it, like stating you'll reluctantly accept paypal, but will enthusiastically give a discount to buyers who use other more traditional forms of payment.
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krzyglue
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I agree, it probably was the seller's Paypal comment, and not the dubious nature of the phone itself...
I must say, it'd certainly be a cool thing to have, though not for several thousand dollars o.0
jetlife2
macrumors regular
Can you explain?
Can you explain how you can get scammed on paypal as the seller? If the funds have arrived in your account as an instant payment (not echeck), then you are OK, no? Sorry I don' t see the scenario here. Thanks in advance for an explanation.
Can you explain how you can get scammed on paypal as the seller? If the funds have arrived in your account as an instant payment (not echeck), then you are OK, no? Sorry I don' t see the scenario here. Thanks in advance for an explanation.
Alisstar
macrumors 6502
The winning bidder can place a claim for any of various reasons, such as a stolen credit card for example. They wait after the item has shipped to do this. Paypal then instantly gives them a refund and you lose your item and your money.
