Selling it on ebay would have cost the 10% restocking fee anyway (if not more). If you notice, people are getting the 8gb model on ebay for UNDER $600, sans tax. Factor in the cost of posting it on ebay, the cut they take, and the cut paypal takes and it's just easier to get the same amount of money back right away at the store (and no hassle with the phone plan you just activated being canceled or somehow being charged for someone else's new plan).
>jdaciuk @ Jun 30th 2007 9:28PM > >Selling it on ebay would have cost the 10% restocking fee >anyway (if not more). If you notice, people are getting >the 8gb model on ebay for UNDER $600, sans tax.
Actually, I hadn't noticed that. So I went to Ebay and looked it up. In the last few minutes, here are what the iPhone sold for:
Depending on how much tax one paid (or if they paid any tax), these still seem not only reasonably profitable and far better than the $540 one would get back after the restocking fee.
on launch day someone on ebay pay $100,000.00 for a single iphone. i feel bad for the guy cuz all he had to do was go to apple.com,and order one. the shipping time is about 2 weeks, but its better than paying 100+ times the retail price
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should have just sold it on ebay
Selling it on ebay would have cost the 10% restocking fee anyway (if not more). If you notice, people are getting the 8gb model on ebay for UNDER $600, sans tax. Factor in the cost of posting it on ebay, the cut they take, and the cut paypal takes and it's just easier to get the same amount of money back right away at the store (and no hassle with the phone plan you just activated being canceled or somehow being charged for someone else's new plan).
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>jdaciuk @ Jun 30th 2007 9:28PM
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>Selling it on ebay would have cost the 10% restocking fee
>anyway (if not more). If you notice, people are getting
>the 8gb model on ebay for UNDER $600, sans tax.
Actually, I hadn't noticed that. So I went to Ebay and looked it up. In the last few minutes, here are what the iPhone sold for:
8GB $720+ $20 shipping
8GB $725 shipped
8GB $670+ $35 shipping
8GB $700 shipped
8GB $700 shipped
4GB $710 shipped (with charger and case)
Here are a couple of the links:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-iPhone-i-Phone-8-GB-BRAND-NEW-IN-BOX-IN-HAND-NJ_W0QQitemZ290134468639QQihZ019QQcategoryZ64355QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-Apple-iPhone-8-GB-AT-T-100-SOLD-OUT_W0QQitemZ170126860230QQihZ007QQcategoryZ64355QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Apple-4GB-iPhone-with-Accessories-In-Hand-6-29_W0QQitemZ190127807408QQihZ009QQcategoryZ64355QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Depending on how much tax one paid (or if they paid any tax), these still seem not only reasonably profitable and far better than the $540 one would get back after the restocking fee.
on launch day someone on ebay pay $100,000.00 for a single iphone.
i feel bad for the guy cuz all he had to do was go to apple.com,and order one. the shipping time is about 2 weeks, but its better than paying 100+ times the retail price