iPhone 4 Prototype is listed on eBay and already reached $999,999.00

[silentg]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-iPhone-4-black-APPLE-GENUINE-PROTOTYPE-TESTER-/130540359649#ht_500wt_1156

I have a feeling shill bidding is going on or someone is trying to sabotage the auction. 2 bidders are pumping the price to nearly 999,999.01. One of the bidder has a 0 feeback and other one with 3. Buyers with good feedback have retracted or cancelled their bids.

Recent bids:

Member Id: 4***e ( 0 ) US $999,999.01
Jul-04-11 06:29:04 PDT

Member Id: c***c ( 3 ) US $999,999.00
Jul-04-11 06:30:18 PDT

Member Id: c***c ( 3 ) US $900,000.00
Jul-04-11 06:30:10 PDT

Member Id: c***c ( 3 ) US $800,000.00
Jul-04-11 06:27:27 PDT

Member Id: 4***e ( 0 ) US $600,000.99
Jul-04-11 06:24:35 PDT

Member Id: c***c ( 3 ) US $600,000.00
Jul-04-11 06:27:18 PDT

Member Id: c***c ( 3 ) US $500,000.00
Jul-04-11 06:27:11 PDT

Member Id: c***c ( 3 ) US $400,000.00
Jul-04-11 06:27:03 PDT

Member Id: c***c ( 3 ) US $300,000.00
Jul-04-11 06:26:40 PDT

Member Id: c***c ( 3 ) US $250,000.00
Jul-04-11 06:26:13 PDT

Member Id: c***c ( 3 ) US $180,000.00
Jul-04-11 06:25:57 PDT

Member Id: c***c ( 3 ) US $140,000.00
Jul-04-11 06:25:41 PDT

Member Id: c***c ( 3 ) US $100,000.00
Jul-04-11 06:25:26 PDT

Member Id: c***c ( 3 ) US $90,000.00
Jul-04-11 06:24:07 PDT

Member Id: 4***e ( 0 ) US $75,000.00
Jul-04-11 06:22:37 PDT

Member Id: c***c ( 3 ) US $50,000.00
Jul-04-11 06:24:00 PDT

Member Id: c***c ( 3 ) US $30,000.00
Jul-04-11 06:23:53 PDT

Member Id: c***c ( 3 ) US $20,000.00
Jul-04-11 06:23:43 PDT

 

[namestrands]

Imagine the Fees on that.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

Spam bids seem to have been removed. Quite a nice piece of tech history if you've money to burn.

 

[copper]

"This listing (130540359649) has been removed, or this item is not available."

 

[Gerry]

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Too many obviously bogus bids.

 

[draggar]

Chances are it would have been a paperweight anyway. Any new technology or services it utilizes won't be available until launch and this is a PROTOTYPE (if it is real) which means it still has al the bugs.

Someone in their dev or testing department is probably losing their job, though.