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BlackBerry Javelin Sold on Ebay for $17,100!!!

by Kevin Michaluk on 17 Sep 2008 02:32 PM
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BlackBerry Javelin on eBay Sells for $17,100USD.

Wow. Speechless. $17,100 for a BlackBerry and it's not even plated in 24k Gold. All I can say is, it wasn't me!

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Posted by Noodleduece Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by lamonicaj Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

$17,000.00 & they still had to pay shipping!!!!

 
 
Posted by nooch76 Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

Can't be.

 
 
Posted by legendofdon Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

WTF?

 
 
Posted by scottlucky13 Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

No phone is worth that!!!!!

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

Maybe someone from RIM bought it to find out where the leak is coming from. $17,000 to RIM is chump change.

 
 
Posted by phikai Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

did any of you bother to look at the bid history?

 
 
Posted by twig_and_bberries Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by Grafixx01 Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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!

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

Small house

 
 
Posted by NamelessLiar Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

Hmmm...Down payment on a house? Usually 10%.

That would make $17K the down payment on a $170K house. That's not a small house no matter how you slice it...

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

where do you live? in chicago 170k wont even get you the smallest of houses

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

I live in Chicago, I've paid well over double that for about 1400 square feet. That would be a tiny freaking house.

 
 
Posted by Inger70 Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

Ditto in Seattle and it's suburbs. Tiny crappy condo for $170K

 
 
Posted by DaddyNautilus Thursday, Sep 18, 2008 1233 days ago

In Austin it would get you a 2200-2800 square footer in nice burbs and we are always listed in the top 10 places to live.

 
 
Posted by s2by10 Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

I hope it doesn't work, haha.

 
 
Posted by PuterDude Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by jujibee Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by legendofdon Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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?!

 
 
Posted by mdonders Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by ej25sti Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by berry_abuser Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

What was so special about it?

 
 
Posted by DadTo4XYs Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

Is that in pesos?

 
 
Posted by Crystall09 Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

It's only like $16,999 after the mail-in, with a 2-year-contract. Duh.

Also, I would suggest everyone note the winner's name. You could probably sell him a Pearl for at least $800. A fool and his money...

 
 
Posted by Hi-Definition Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

BS on this.

 
 
Posted by glamcam Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by thenamesThor Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

This is real.. and i know cause i'm the winning bidder!! and yeah its worth it, i'm a bazillionare and i wanted the phone so whats a couple bucks.. shoot i payed for it in a $50,000 bill, oh and i let him keep the change...

the real question is........who wouldnt pay a ridiculous amount of money to have a shiny new phone that will only work for a little bit and doesnt have any applications, themes or games built for it?? seriously WHO?????

:)

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

Maybe John McCain bought it to be up to snuff.

 
 
Posted by legendofdon Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

Nah, John Mayer bought it since RIM didn't give him one for free lol

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

check out the pictures. Why did they blur out the OS and other info about what the device is running?

 
 
Posted by fatboy97 Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by massabsamurai Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by gomez72000 Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by Spaghetti Cat Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

lol, Agree. Also, the listing says under items included "1 Car charger (if bidding goes above $400)"...I guess that lucky buyer is getting the car charger!! Better be OEM!

 
 
Posted by Spaghetti Cat Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

I just threw up all over my desk...

 
 
Posted by juKe187 Saturday, Sep 20, 2008 1231 days ago

that was some funny ass shit hahahah

 
 
Posted by SurrealCivic Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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..

 
 
Posted by Bla1ze Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

It was probably blackberry / RIM who bought the device, 1- to keep it away from competitors hands or other people, 2- to figure out where it came from - the leak.

 
 
Posted by Kevin Michaluk Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

I'm with you on that. Good logic there and I wouldn't doubt it.

 
 
Posted by amkls704 Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by Smiley88 Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

or maybe the person got rich on selling RIM stocks.

 
 
Posted by MWPatterson Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by Anonymous Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

HAHAHAHA....thats such a joke. I hope its either
1. RIM bought it to find the leak.
2. A Shadow bid that Ebay will suspend the accounts of both involved.
IF and I do mean IF it is real they are the biggest toolbox on Earth. Why would you buy a phone thats gonna get locked by RIM as soon as the real unit comes out. what a dumass

 
 
Posted by DBahnuik Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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!

 
 
Posted by Jim-Beam Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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!"

 
 
Posted by jujibee Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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!

 
 
Posted by Katsumoto Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 1234 days ago

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

 
 
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