Thread: How do people sell their iphone on ebay (esp the 3G)?

I'm planning on buying the iphone, but the problem is i want to evade the plans, but still buy it at a reasonable price of 250 dollars. On ebay, I see the prices going at about 600-700 dollars a piece, yet how on earth did people get the phone by itself without the plan?

The phones on eBay are most likely a scam, and the people who bought them couldn't afford the phone so they have to sell it with the plan still. It would be reasonable if the prices were cheaper than buying the phone and plan cheaper than buying a used one for 5 times the price, because you can buy them at stores who sell just the phone, and can transfer your contacts or whatever you want onto your new phone. But the eBayers probably just want the money, and sell the phone with the plan still active.