I don't understand these phone with more then one button on them.

Dooosh

@daftrok: Not as much as people rape their own wallets.

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

but since it was bid up by 2 people with 0 feedback this was a prank... or whatever you may call it... maybe it was some RIM employees who posted it and bid on it to do their own viral advertising

purple-pillows

@JackTheTripper:

Well my answer would have been, "I'm rich bitch!". And of course, our Future President created it. ;)

Hoominaga

@OGHowie: that is possible... its cheaper than rolling out an ad campaign...

purple-pillows

@Hoominaga:
No problem. But really, you're making me blush. I'm just an average guy with a basic understanding of lot's of thing. And it seemed Mr_Maze wasn't understanding why someone would pay so much for something and I didn't think he would take "Because they really wanted it." as an answer.

JackTheTripper

Might be a website trying to buy it for the traffic they'd receive for their exclusive first review? Didn't CrackBerry do that with the Curve?

OGHowie

OMFG I paid $17,000 for this phone and I don't get reception here?!?!?! THIS IS BULLSHIT!

DJWeezy

@JackTheTripper:

Thanks for that amazing Economics Lesson! If you're not a Professor at Harvard or atleast the lowly Yale, please do apply. They are missing out on your Genius.

Hoominaga

@Mr_Maze:
K, I'll try. Well see, when something is really important to someone they have to make a decision as to how much they are willing to spend to obtain it. For example I really wanted one of those bowling balls with a skull in it but most were selling for about $100. I didn't want to spend more than $80 so I kept getting outbid. Finally I bid on one and got it for $78. In this case this person was willing to spend up to $17,000 (or maybe even more) on this item. It's kind of the whole idea ebay is based on.

Hope that helps. :)

JackTheTripper

@Mr_Maze: Someone, anyone, please, explain why you would pay $17,130 for a Blackberry. Because John McCain invented it?

wjousts

atually, if you look at the bid history, you can see that the winning bidder and someone else with 0 feedback basically bid the phone up to that amount.
Obviously those two are prank bidders. I'll bet the seller will put the phone back up for auction in a few days.

gerrylum

Agreed with pdditty. That bidder will never pay.

gerrylum

@pdditty: I also want to know if the winner actually pays up, or if its that jerk who outbid me on an iMac and then never payed for it.

Mr_Maze

Someone, anyone, please, explain why you would pay $17,130 for a Blackberry. I honestly want to know.

Mr_Maze

This just proves people have too much money and too little sense.

Emiat

the winner will never pay that

pdditty

It's not even that great. The Bold rapes this device.

daftrok

$30 for shipping? WTF!

seamustry

why wouldnt that guy just wait a little and save over 10000 dollars? people these days.

jspec1594

holy crap jdavidson31 outbid me by $20 in 2004 for a custom dw drum kit that i really really wanted. that sniveling bastard.

FlapDangerous

Thank god he actually ended up paying me, I was feeling lazy to relist that phone!

Fused7

This is just a stripped down 3G less Bold, who ever bought it is just crazy.

gamecrazychris

@Mr_Maze: It could be RIM themselves. $17k to find out who this person is. Fire them, they'll actually save money by not having this guy working.

unleashed

It's those Nigerians. You send the phone to them, they send you a USPS Cashier's Check after they received it. Very legit. /end sarcasm

Silenthillnight

Agreed. He got jipped on the shipping

discounteggroll

Nothing "sells" anywhere until cash and merchandise exchange hands and the deal is done. This Blackberry has not, and likely will not "sell" for anywhere near that amount.

Come on Giz, you know how the Bay works. These ridic bids are all from bored kids. If there were a story every time someone bid a silly amount on a piece of tech, there'd be no room for Apple stories. Don't get all Enquirer on us.

mcdj

ha.. sorry guerrilla...

fuzzymuffins

welcome to the next gorilla online marketing scheme. put a new product on ebay. fake a sale for a ton of cash. get people to talk about it.

fuzzymuffins

if this is for serious that person is a fucking jackass

rudez90

@fuzzymuffins: Gorilla makes sense. It's marketing has gone ape shit. You're spot on. What a scam! This is right up there with mystery box auctions. Shame on you, whoever is responsible!

collider

@seamustry: Thank you. I was less impressed by the $17,000.00 and more impressed by the balls of the guy charging $30 shipping on top.

Relax guys, this whole auction is moot, cuz no one met the reserve. (ba-doom tsh!)

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