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...

Yeah I emailed him as well, and he quoted me about $270-$280 as well but in EUROS...which is over $400 US Dollars. I tried to bait him and offer him payment via bank transfer, and he refused?? I then tried to offer him Western Union to see what he'd do and he said that he pays his supplier via paypal so any form of payment outside of paypal would only slow things down....A scammer who only accepts paypal?vI don't know guys he seems to be legit.. but just some random guy who found a source not a true business you know? I dont know he claims to have wiis so I might buy one from him this week depending on if the OP kyllen has any feedback.

scam stay away

Hey all, I am new here, Ive read this thread and I am pretty surprised. I know there are tons of scamms out there, but you can still get original electronics for wholesale prices from china. After tons of searching I finally found a scource for 8gb unlocked original iphones. They cost me 350$ each, but the more you buy the less expensive it is. One thing I can say is to make sure you ask tons of questions. I had my suppler show me a video of the actual item they sell, just so i can make sure it uses mac S XO since no clone/fake iphone uses mac S XO. I places an order for a sample and I recieved it a few days ago, and as far as I can tell it is a genuine iphone, Trust me I have seen fakes. STILL before i start selling these I want to be 100% sure these are real. Is there a website like apple.com or somewhere I can go to verify that the serial number on this iphone is real? Other than that I was going to take it to Best Buy to see if they would be able to tell me if its just a very good counterfeit, but I have seen most of the high-copy iphones and non of them look this good so hopefully I am correct in my GUESS that this is a real iphone. Obviously I want to make sure these are real before I post suppliers info. So if anyone can give me information to prove this iphone is real, I will post my supplier info as soon as i can verify this.

Originally Posted by Shake

Hey all, I am new here, Ive read this thread and I am pretty surprised. I know there are tons of scamms out there, but you can still get original electronics for wholesale prices from china. After tons of searching I finally found a scource for 8gb unlocked original iphones. They cost me 350$ each, but the more you buy the less expensive it is. One thing I can say is to make sure you ask tons of questions. I had my suppler show me a video of the actual item they sell, just so i can make sure it uses mac S XO since no clone/fake iphone uses mac S XO. I places an order for a sample and I recieved it a few days ago, and as far as I can tell it is a genuine iphone, Trust me I have seen fakes. STILL before i start selling these I want to be 100% sure these are real. Is there a website like apple.com or somewhere I can go to verify that the serial number on this iphone is real? Other than that I was going to take it to Best Buy to see if they would be able to tell me if its just a very good counterfeit, but I have seen most of the high-copy iphones and non of them look this good so hopefully I am correct in my GUESS that this is a real iphone. Obviously I want to make sure these are real before I post suppliers info. So if anyone can give me information to prove this iphone is real, I will post my supplier info as soon as i can verify this.

$350 isn't $270 though. I'm sure you know what you're doing but just make sure they haven't got you on a long con, sending you the real deal for a sample before stinging you for big bucks.

Not meaning to insult you here mate, just don;t want to see you scammed.

Thank you friend, I understand what you are saying its good to be catious. I have thought the same thing "Mabey they are only sending me the real thing now, then later they will send fakes." Hopefully that does not happen. Your right 350$ is not 270. I have made contact with other suppliers who say that offer the original for 260$-290$, but I am very skeptical. I decided to use this provider until I generate enough cash to try samples of other suppliers. Also I met another supplier told me they are a licensed retailer of apple in china and they can offer me any apple product iphones at 340$ agian. I am wondering is there such things as companies in china licensed to sell the real iphone? They say they only sale wholesale, but agian I am skeptical. Thanks agian for the help

The iPhone has not been official released in Asia,news article at

http://www.computerworld.com/action/...c=news_ts_head

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thanks for the article, Ive read similar articles while looking for suppliers. Also ive had a friend show me his iphone for comparision too the one I bought online and from "looking" at them both they are exactly the same. The one I bought does use mac S XO and that confuses me since ive read articles that iphones have not been released in china. Also I know that fake/clone iphones dont use mac S XO soooo either I have a real copy as bait or mby its a True supplier or a fake. I am doing my best to find out if this iphone is real or fake.

Originally Posted by Shake

mac S XO

You should be wary when buying iPhones for such a price and also it is Mac OSX

thanks, LOL i called it S XO...im not tooo knowledgable on it. The only reason I mention it is beacuse I know that clone/fake iphones dont use that system.

any info anyone can post soo I can make sure this is a real iphone would help. I need more info to tell other than looks thanks agian guys