|
|
|
|
|
BlackBerry Javelin Sold on Ebay for $17,100!!!
By
Kevin Michaluk |
17 Sep 2008 14:32
|
120 comments
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!
Filed Under:
News & Rumors
|
| ADVERTISEMENT |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
| See Today's Posts | See All Forums |
 |
|
|
|
| View Blog Index |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
| See All CrackBerry Articles |
| ADVERTISEMENT | |
|
|
|
Create your own Wallpapers with the
CrackBerry.com Wallpaper Maker Tool. Once you have yours made, you can share it with the
CrackBerry Community by adding it to our Wallpaper Gallery!
 | |||||
You can visit CrackBerry.com on your BlackBerry for mobile versions of our Blogs, Forums, and App store. There is also a handy link directory which features hundreds of Berry-Friendly sites.
Install the CrackBerry.com shortcut and you will never be more than a click away!
|
 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
The names RIM and BlackBerry are registered Trademarks of Research in Motion Limited. |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Digg
Facebook
probly the funniest thing Ive heard all year....hahaha what a joke
$17,000.00 & they still had to pay shipping!!!!
Can't be.
WTF?
No phone is worth that!!!!!
Maybe someone from RIM bought it to find out where the leak is coming from. $17,000 to RIM is chump change.
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.
did any of you bother to look at the bid history?
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!
Small house
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...
where do you live? in chicago 170k wont even get you the smallest of houses
I live in Chicago, I've paid well over double that for about 1400 square feet. That would be a tiny freaking house.
Ditto in Seattle and it's suburbs. Tiny crappy condo for $170K
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.
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?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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...
BS on this.
That is crazy! But I guess if you have it like that... WOW! I am in shock.
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?????
:)
Maybe John McCain bought it to be up to snuff.
Nah, John Mayer bought it since RIM didn't give him one for free lol
check out the pictures. Why did they blur out the OS and other info about what the device is running?
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...
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!
I just threw up all over my desk...
that was some funny ass shit hahahah
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
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.
I'm with you on that. Good logic there and I wouldn't doubt 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.
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
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.