Iphone price

[x2 3600 rules sazakky]

http://www.trustedreviews.com/...ils-Disappointments/p1

This link says Iphone won't cost more than $199 in any country. Yet when I go on Ebay, there selling for $800.

 

[JohnAn2112]

Yup. The same reason why Nintendo Wii's were going for so much when they retail for $249. Supply and demand.

 

[Sunrise089]

Much more than supply and demand - no contract.

Hypothetically one might want an iPhone only for music, GPS, wi-fi, etc. In that case the $400 AT&T subsidy isn't worth the $2,000 in unused cell-phone charges. $800 reflects the utility of the phone for the buyers, either because of availability (the Wii parallel) or simply because they don't want a contract.

 

[musicetime101]

$199 and $800 are big difference.

 

[tdawg]

Apple/AT&T can't control prices on ebay. I'm not sure why ebay prices surprise you.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: x2 3600 rules sazakky
http://www.trustedreviews.com/...ils-Disappointments/p1

This link says Iphone won't cost more than $199 in any country. Yet when I go on Ebay, there selling for $800.

$199 at an Apple store or authorized reseller.

Stop being stupid.

 

[Sunrise089]

Originally posted by: musicetime101
$199 and $800 are big difference.

Nonsense. They are totally different products. For example, I would sell everything I own if someone offered to sell me a new Ferrari 430 Spider for $30,000. If they offered me the right to have a Ferrari 430 Spider AND PAY THE NORMAL PAYMENTS over 60 months for $30,000 I would laugh at the offer.

An iPhone with a 2-year contract and an iPhone with no obligations are very different. Anyone paying $800 for an iPhone that enters them into a 2-year contract is very poorly informed, but I suspect they don't exist.