09-24-2009, 11:58 AM
Those prices are only available with a renewed 2 year contract otherwise they are 3 times as much. I'm not eligible for those prices until next april. They're pretty sneaky about their advertising and several times I've been convinced by it only to fill out all the crap and have them give me a more expensive set of options after they reviewed my contract. Everyday there are 2-3 new "Wanting to Buy" orders for $250 on craigs list for used phones so selling a used phone would be easy.
I might as well explain the situation between apple and att.
ATT subsidizes $200 dollars of the $300 dollar cost of the iphone from Apple. The consumer gets a new phone for $99, Apple sells tons of units at full price to ATT, ATT gets tons of new 2 year contracts. It's a win win win for everyone. If however you lose your iphone or have it stolen before you are eligible for a contract renewal, you have to pay the unsubsidized price of an iphone because you already have a 2 year contract with ATT. This creates a huge demand by people looking to replace lost, stolen, or broken phones. You can either buy them from Apple at the highest available prices or you can buy them used from people who stole someone else's phone or switched services and are looking to recoup cost OR these online companies that seem to have gotten a supply of phones from somewhere and can afford to really undercut the 2ndary market.
I might as well explain the situation between apple and att.
ATT subsidizes $200 dollars of the $300 dollar cost of the iphone from Apple. The consumer gets a new phone for $99, Apple sells tons of units at full price to ATT, ATT gets tons of new 2 year contracts. It's a win win win for everyone. If however you lose your iphone or have it stolen before you are eligible for a contract renewal, you have to pay the unsubsidized price of an iphone because you already have a 2 year contract with ATT. This creates a huge demand by people looking to replace lost, stolen, or broken phones. You can either buy them from Apple at the highest available prices or you can buy them used from people who stole someone else's phone or switched services and are looking to recoup cost OR these online companies that seem to have gotten a supply of phones from somewhere and can afford to really undercut the 2ndary market.
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