People have strange ideas of worth
Sep. 14th, 2008 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pecuniumWhat would you pay for a first generation iPhone?
Because I saw someone offering one (still in the packaging), for $500, another $100 will get it unlocked.
Seems to me (what with the oddities I recall of unlocked iPhones becoming bricked), that's a pretty high price (new, they were $499, and that got rebated. Right now the 3g is (so it seems to me) $160 up front.
Is there some hugely collectible nature to them? Some hidden value for the phone in the box? Because I am just not seeing how it can be worth $600.
Because I saw someone offering one (still in the packaging), for $500, another $100 will get it unlocked.
Seems to me (what with the oddities I recall of unlocked iPhones becoming bricked), that's a pretty high price (new, they were $499, and that got rebated. Right now the 3g is (so it seems to me) $160 up front.
Is there some hugely collectible nature to them? Some hidden value for the phone in the box? Because I am just not seeing how it can be worth $600.
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Date: 2008-09-14 11:37 pm (UTC)There may be also some things about actually getting an iphone. Previously, I don't think you could get an iphone without a contract. Due to recent California rulings, as far as I know, you don't have to worry about the contract. But other states might still have the contract which the seller may be trying to recoup.