Comments on: Motorola Droid Auction On EBay

By: Zak

Zak — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:06:44 +0000

Here is a response I got from someone selling one on ebay.
Q: Can you post pics of the phone, box, and accessories?
A: I work for Verizon and though I have the phone, I am not able to send it until Nov. 9 since that is the official release date. My Buy It Now price is $700 but again, it couldn’t be sent until Nov. 9. And for legal reasons I am not allowed to send pics of it.

- nicolee0003

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:12:18 +0000

This listing (190343966090) has been removed, or this item is not available.

By: bamaredwingsfan

bamaredwingsfan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:52:00 +0000

I noticed there was 3 auctions this morning, and now the 1st one is gone, and it still had 2 days an some hrs left on it. I wonder if verizon or motorola made him take it down?

By: JT

JT — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:14:20 +0000

Now there are two more Droid’s on ebay. Its flat out dumb to buy off ebay, the point stated earlier about someone who purchases these devices here will be getting them later then if you just waited for the release by Verizon, not to mention the high price difference

By: Jon Mayer

Jon Mayer — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:21:46 +0000

At the highest pricepoint:
phone = 200 + plan = 100 + early termination = 175 totals
$475
Still cheaper than the $600 retail and still >$500 profit.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:20:20 +0000

Okay…………….I got the cliq….unopened and in the original box……Anyone want to bid before i post this on ebay…….paypal only…….must wait ten to fourteen days to allow payment to clear…..Then allow 1-30 days to allow it to be appropriately packaged…….then 1-14 days to get it to the shipper—-then ill send it next day air for free.
you too can buy this before anyone else can buy it….and shipping is free…….Oh…bidding ends soon….

By: listen

listen — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:13 +0000

Look, there is a reason for which people will pay these sums of money for these phones. It is simple. They live in a desolate/secluded area and have a lot of money. It is therefor more convenient AND trendy for them to buy the phone on Ebay, thereby guaranteeing that they WILL have one when it comes out without having to wait in line or get off of their sweet italian leather couch at all. They don’t even have to stop the hors d’œuvres.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:02:43 +0000

Just more proof that P.T. Barnum was right.

By: DroidDaddy

DroidDaddy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:32:47 +0000

@ Anthony & CrPercodani, totally agree w/u guys.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:27:46 +0000

errrp… my bad… they’re SDHC cards, not microSDHC cards, but he’s still advertising the 600mhz OMAP and 8gb microsd card…

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:26:43 +0000

Everybody should know, the auctioned item is advertised as coming with an 8gb card, not a 16gb card… and the seller purchased (3) 8gb cards on ebay on Oct 5, so I would definitely wait for a legitimate release!

By: CrPercodani

CrPercodani — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:02:19 +0000

I would ask him to take some pics of it in the box before bothering with a bid. Like everyone said he is probably gonna buy one the day it comes out then ship it. But really even if your on another carrier you can cancel and pay etf, which is like $200 at most with tmobile, and 175 or less with the rest, then buy a new one from vzw for $199 on contract. So your paying $400 at the most, why bother with this mess?

By: Brad

Brad — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:00:15 +0000

Hmm, you’d have to be a complete idiot to pay that price when you can get on subsidized in the store for probably a quarter of the cost two weeks later. Plus, I have my doubts Verizon would even allow this one to be activated before they go live with it. It’s not like you can just drop in your SIM card and run with it. And btw, don’t forget that when you buy an unsubsidized phone, you’re still going to have to pay the same fee for rate plans, which have phone subsidies padded into them, so you’re just throwing more money at Verizon.

By: Azralag

Azralag — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:18:59 +0000

This is the same picture from BGR’s site, just cropped.

By: dnyce

dnyce — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:43:53 +0000

@Frank: hahaha Hey Man… can’t we all just get along. I’ll tell you what, you can have this one. There’s more than enough Android to go around. :-)