probly the funniest thing Ive heard all year....hahaha what a joke

Can't be.

WTF?

No phone is worth that!!!!!

Someone just wasted $17k on a phone that will stop working in a few days...holy crap.

Why can't these people just send me money.

I'm going to wait on that package to arrive and smash it to a million pieces

Ok, so I totally agree with EVERYONE who has already posted, as well as those who haven't yet! Are you SERIOUS!?! I mean, $17K for a phone! WTF? I can think of MUCH, MUCH better things to do with the $17K...

1. Down payment on a house
2. New motorcycle
3. New car / truck
4. New electronics in the house
5. New wardrobe
6. Pretty much ANYTHING else!

I'm wanting the Storm now (just cause I don't think VZW will be releasing the Javelin / Niagra any time soon!) but still won't pay over $500 for either of them!

Honestly man... Come on... He's NUCKING FUTZ!

I hope it doesn't work, haha.

Someone's got too much money on their hands. Insane!

this is ridiculous. and the pin will stop working within days?!
someone needs to be bopped in the head like those V8 commercials lol.

I would bet that the seller and "buyer" know each other, or are the same person and they got the bids jacked up as high as they could just to get attention. How can anyone justify 17K for a phone that will only work for a few days?!

as soon as i saw this i knew i had to send it in. glad you posted it up kevin!!

that is absolutely insane. too bad its only good for 2 months until the actual device is released.

is this serious? that's pretty much a brand new car.

What was so special about it?

Is that in pesos?

BS on this.

That is crazy! But I guess if you have it like that... WOW! I am in shock.

I've heard it mentioned before, but look at that person's hands... they are way toooooo BIG!!!

you must be f***ing kidding me.... OMG!

I can't believe he paid $30.00 for shipping...

The funny thing is, the Javelin sucks compared to the Bold too. The only thing it has going for it is the 3.2MP camera and the size. The screen is smaller and hence looks a little sharper. THAT's IT!

A Bold wins over the Javelin, ANY DAY! My opinion..

More money then brains obviously,besides that...I'll believe it more when fr0zen actually posts he has receieved the payment anyone could have jacked that bid up just for the hell of it

One of 2 things will happen.

Either he won't pay up (the seller won't hear from him) as he was probably being dumb.

Or, it's RIM creating a publicity stunt. (I'm going to go with either of these as feasible before someone actually paying 17,000 for this).

If someone did, they deserve to be neutered because that is so stupid it's not even funny.

or maybe the person got rich on selling RIM stocks.

The person might be trying to sell one of the units that RIM gives out to test and the bidder might be RIM to catch the person that is putting all the pre-release devices on ebay for sale. We probably will never know.

Thats just stupid. Some people in this world cannot even afford to eat let alone even think of buying a cell phone. And this person spends 17 Grand on a friggin cell! If your that rich share the wealth.
Time to think of others!

Maybe it's someone's desperate attempt to get RIM to release the phone earlier: "C'mon, look how much you could have earned if you released yours!"

hahaha. and they have the nerve to ask for $30.00 in shipping costs! Um, with the $17,100 you just won for selling your Javelin, I'm sure you can shell out money for the shipping cost yourself!

someone was probably ghost bidding. money says the phone gets relisted in a few days.

I am sure this is a scam and Ebay should investigate. Who ever said in the post above that "they should know, they are the wining bidder" is an "I D I O T". Sorry, but if the shoe fits... Just send me the money... I'll get you a phone.

I figure it was a company buying it. I've got a list of suspects...

http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/17/blackberry-8900-javelin-sells-for-1...

never under estimate the stupid people of the world.

Anyone that thinks this is real is retarded. For one...it shows the winning bidder. You don't do that anymore on Ebay. Two, the winning bidder has only 5 feedbacks. I call complete BS.

Buy a car... or something. Or exercise some patience and get the exact same device for $16,500 less *rolleyes -- some people*

The buyer is to say a retard, no that's saying to much of him he's a crackhead!!!!! Oh how nice of the seller to refund the shipping cost. "BIG HELP THERE AFTER 17G"

Daaaaaaaaamn

That's just Frackin crazy *shakes head*

WOW....I guess if you live outside of a 3G area, ya just gotta have it.

EBAY INFO:
The winner:JDAVIDSON31
Member since: Oct-18-06 in Canada

A fool and his money are easily parted!

I love BlackBerry but that's just ridiculous. I'd never pay for a phone what I could pay for a CAR. lol

Can Someone Really Be this Addicted!!!!!!

That someone would spend that kind a money on a cellphone. I still can't believe it!!!!

not everyone has unlimited amounts of spending money...

stupid paris hilton....

IS THIS FOR REAL? DID SOMEONE PAY 17,100 FOR A PHONE.

IS THIS FOR REAL? DID SOMEONE PAY 17,100 FOR A PHONE. THIS IS OUT OF THE BOX.

If it's a pre-production unit like your Bold, Kevin I wonder just how the winning bidder will feel when RIM shut his phone down like they did yours.

Look at the buyer's feedback! What do you want to bet that this seller never sees a penny of the 17k?

More money than sense!

There really is a "fool born every minute"!

What did Jamie Lee say, "I had a dress that had a higher I Q" bahahahaha

The 30.00 flat shipping fee was too much to resist-LOL

Dude I saw this and I was like wtf? this is insane. You must be a complete idiot to have bought this phone for 17,000. I mean I am a blackberry addict but wow thats way to much.

see if the guy get's paid

If you cross reference the buyers purchases through other buyers that have gave him feedback he seems to buy a bunch of nickel and dime stuff. Although he did make a purchase of some Blackberry software once. I am dubious as to weather this guy will ever pay???

BTW:more than half of the bids which Jacked up the price of the Javelin were by some idiot with a zero feedback,, go figure :-p

this is really fishy...

1) no activity on both the seller and buyers account since 2007, the seller did have activity april 2008 but the buyer is no longer a member....
2) both seller and buyer are located up here in Canada... just saying...
3) the main bidder was someone who had a zero rating with ebay...
just saying.. .

says it all

There's no doubt that it was purchased by someone at RIM. They don't want the phone out there. Don't think they're planning on paying that, either!

one of the javelins was taken off of ebay for violating some sort of policy. CRAZY

that bid history is a little fishy.

I was just about to bid $17,101.00 :(

lol check bid history...

your kidding me....

who in the heck would buy a phone for 17000...they must be rich or stupid as........

If this is an individual and not RIM or some other company buying it or some sham and no money changes hands, then I wish people with that kind of money to burn would give it to me. After all not everyone is lucky to get huge incomes.

If this is an individual and not RIM or some other company buying it or some sham and no money changes hands, then I wish people with that kind of money to burn would give it to me. After all not everyone is lucky to get huge incomes.

that is friggin perposterous. That a freakin car. Why u u wanna spend that much on a phone. I am as much a BB addict as the nexy but geesh. Just save yourself about 16900 and wait till it comes out. Wow wow wow

wow, i wonder if the bidder is even going to pay that?

For that price, it better swallow...

Or they'd know that the PIN will be locked and it will become the world's most expensive paper weight...

Who's to say it wasn't some rich actor, athlete, musician etc? if i had 17k to throw around and had to choose between giving to charity or buying a Javelin i'd do both! lol

The E-Trade Baby dumped his AIG stock on Tuesday to buy it :)

Did anyone else notice that all of the bidders (with the exception of a few at the beginning) have very little to NO feedbacks.

I agree that it was probably a fake publicity stunt.

Did anyone else notice that all of the bidders (with the exception of a few at the beginning) have very little to NO feedbacks.

I agree that it was probably a fake publicity stunt.

nobody paid that much for a phone....you know its not for real....blackberrys are awesome but not that awesome

its his money so he can spend it like he wants to.no way could i do that or would i do that but their are a plenty of people that would be small change for so more power to them.

its their money so they can spend it like they want to. there are plenty of people that would be small change for.if they have the money then its more power to them.

sorry about the double post my computer locked up on the first post and i didn't think that it posted and i don't see a way to delete it.

Pure FAKE IMHO.

Does Anyone still have the Link to the auction

I know it end'ed but we can still look at the pictures and read what he had to say about the phone.

you know look at the listing

Canada is its location, seems like it was stolen from the Factory... :P