Originally Posted by lordmenace

Does he take paypal? Is it $270US? I know this is a UK forum maybe he meant EUR? Is it the 8gb? Keep us updated.

Hi Lordmenace,

I extremely doubt they accept PayPal as they are trying to scam people and it is too much hassle for them as well as the 'Buyer Protection' PayPal offer. They will only accept methods of payment which you cannot trace easily or retrieve your money.

It doesn't matter whether it is USD or Euros, the price is still too low to be legitimate.

This is a worldwide forum, everyone is welcome and there are members and sellers from all over the world.

It doesn't really matter as they will just lie to you to try and get you to hand over your hard earned cash to them.

I really advise you to follow the advise of earlier posters and do not buy.

I live in Malaysia and anyone on here from KL will tell you the same thing I am saying. Over here you can get iPhones for around $280 if you speak the laungage and search for it. And the more you buy the cheaper it goes. I am thinking of getting one for myself. So it depends on where he is in the world if it is a scam. (western union well that is not my favorite way of paying).

But I am not saying the ones over here did not fall off the back of a truck but still they are REAL and are cheap. My neighbor in my complex keeps bragging about it and of course it make me want one even more. But that also goes for his PS3 (awwww the PS3 what a sweet machine) - that is the main reason I even hang out with him - lol

Scam stay away. I have almost been Scammed for 5 iphones @ 260 dollars. I have still not got my money back and i paid by paypal. STAY AWAY

Originally Posted by howdythere

I live in Malaysia and anyone on here from KL will tell you the same thing I am saying. Over here you can get iPhones for around $280

They will not be real, I'm sure you cannot buy authentic iPhones for around £140. If you could then I am sure that someone would have picked up on it.

They will most probably be fakes, Apple would never release iPhones into the market for such a huge amount below their own selling price.

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Last edited by jdbtelecom; 16-01-2008 at 09:05 PM.

actually if you want to be exact look at the article on techcrunch.com apple sold 700,000 units and made over $200+ million dollars profit. so lets take that number - 200,000,000 devide it by 700,000 and the answer is = $285.72. So Apple makes the Apple iPhone for less than $285.72.

So then remember that that cost aslo includes advertising and marketing, transportation of the devices, employes paid, etc. and then they calculate profit. In class we discuss this all the time (overhead+product manufacture (-)minus sell price (=)equals profit. Remember where I am in the world.

Remember that overhead overhere is a 1/6 of overhead in the USA, UK, and Europe do to lack of advertising, low employee wages, etc. That is why the Malaysian government is doing work studies to increase customer satisfaction in Malaysia by examining the USA and UK Market.

And don't forget that there is very high penalties in Malaysia unlike the rest of Asia for selling fakes. And they inforce this rule heavily except for downtown around China Town. The only fakes you can find everywhere in the city are DVD's and that is about it. In China Town there is anything from fake channel purses to fake you name it.

Most people have no idea of the potential in Malaysia but at the same time foreign owned business in Malaysia is growing at one of the most rapid rates in Asia. We study all of this constantly in a few of my business classes.

Look at the petronas towers - the symbol for Malaysia but not owned by Malaysia at all.

Come over here and you will be shocked at the deals you can find. bought a Acer computer that I am typing this message on right now to you for $350 less than retail in the USA thanks to a Malaysian friend negotiating the price for me. But that is key there is a Malaysian price and a foreigner price.(that is pretty much universal through out Asia, and anyone who lives in Asia that is a foreigner will tell you the same.)

Well I am off to business ethics class (my most boring professor yet) so I will be back on sometime later tonight.

you should become a wholesale distributor if you can get deals as good please let us all know if any are coming through some time in the near future

I am actually in the process of opening my own company over here but it is a lot of work. Tons of paperwork which my lawyer takes care of most of that for me. Just finding time in between my classes (this is a hard semester for me) is not easy.


But soon I should have a website going up. A few people from my school are trying to see if they can design it for me and get class credit. - that way it is free


But there are tons of deals over here. I have lived here for a little over two years now and since I have a basis of business through my classes I feel confident enough to start my own company. But student loans don't leave me to much spending money. So this is something I really want bad. Write me with any questions that you might have. If I know the answer I will certainly let you know any information I have available.

its a scam.. i wrote him and said he wud do US$280 with free shipping cost, then i asked wat payment method, he said paypal is fine... lol...
wat a joke...

Originally Posted by goraek

i wrote him and said he wud do US$280 with free shipping cost

Please do not contact this member regarding buying any 'iphones'. This person is not a registered seller and therefore it is in your best interest to stay away.

Originally Posted by goraek

its a scam.. i wrote him and said he wud do US$280 with free shipping cost, then i asked wat payment method, he said paypal is fine... lol...
wat a joke...

Was forum member "howdythere" trying to sell the phones through the forum ?

Scott

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