This article is the reason WHY iPhone 3G is priced so expensively in KL, the case in KL should be identical to the Phillippines, until them Pinoys have their own official launch.



http://www.pinoytechblog.com/archives/ipho...d-at-greenhills

Translate that PhP61,500 into RM and you get RM4575 for 8GB alone. So, whichever idiot that buys them from the current cutthroats in LowYat Plaza, or in this forum itself, are paying for the seller's call plans. Even if it cheaper than that, you are also partially paying for the seller's plan, and he stands to gain more than you do. Do no fall into this trap!

Spread the word, especially to our fellow members in here, to stop them from being victims of greed from sellers here selling at these pricetags. They are selling them to cover THEIR OWN call plans!

i see..but the thing is...10 ppl hu surf this forum..the no. of ppl hu do actual reading..haihz

@d3vilzzzz,
I do!

aiya..i knw la..

since the launch of the 3G iphone u hv been prettttyyyyy active here

norm is ur in the mac forum oni

i wasn't talking abt u oso....hahahahahha

haihz..u knw r..sure will hv some noobies come and ....u knw la

RM4500+ for iphone??? not only to cover THEIR OWN call plans, but their WHOLE FAMILY call plans !

Biasa la...den summore profit leh...

yepp, should be like that
very clever those seller.. haizz

@d3vilzzzz,
Yeah I don't hang around iPhone forum because I don't have an iPhone so I wouldn't be able to contribute, nor would I know what U people are talking about [terms like PWN & Jailbreak was alien to me! - it still is v much though *grins*]

I came in to *8* and am thinking about getting one so I figured I better learn and do as much research as I possibly can now

their make profit for they d4mn a$$.ppl sure buy directly form US.

@TeK_KeN,
And what's the point of purchasing it in the USA when U can't use it here in KL?

why u say cant use?

i buy iphone from us.after jailbreak+unlock i still can u use here.no problem.

That is until the unlock arrives for the 3G. Until then, there have been hardware unlocks like sim cloning and cuting your sim card to fit into duped Sim slots. Solutions like these ran a good posibility of your carrier finding out what you are doing and they have all the right to blacklist you from service.

Cut long story short Buy a fully factory unlocked unit like String

Exactly

@Tinkerbel
so i hv noticed

@d3vilzzzz,
Er... I'd been duped 'anal' when it comes to things like that but I believe it's best to find out what U can find out about the item before purchase; no point regretting it after it's been purchased. Also, with internet most stuff/information can be found online - it's a question of whether we want to take the trouble to do all those.

As much as I like expensive stuff [read: that doesn't mean I'm brand conscious], I also know the value of $!

Biasa la..before me buy anything including me 1st gen bb iphone..i did lots of reading..pm -ed the seniors n all..

ooo..wats wrong with liking expansive stuff? hu doesn't? muahahaha

@d3vilzzzz,
I think it's good to know what Ur getting urself into Admittedly, I do most of the time go overboard but the more information U gather, the more knowledgeable U become

SeEe.. I now speak type so confidently about the US iPhone 3Gs being unlocked

aaahhh...LEBIH!! EGO!!

This is a marketing strategy. so the smartest will always win.

While the stupidest pay the price? I usually say people deserve what's coming to them if they dont bother to find out, but I'd be more pissed at the gloating seller for the crapload of money he's making preying on gullible victims.

@chyu89,
Er.. and what has this got to do with Marketing Strategies?!

@string
haihz..u b surprised how many ermm..silly ppl there are

@tinker
erm..beats me too

sorry, but i dun think its ok to label them as silly, its their money, its their take

Only rich ppl willing to pay for that price

Hey guys, I'm selling the iPhone 3G at a base price of RM3000, open auction. Not too greedy right? Considering NZ's unlocked 8GB is NZD 929? Or am I asking for too little?

wher ur original tread(sales)?
i would love to have some view..

It's NZD 979, but why open auction? Why not set a figure and be done with? You'll be disappointing a lot of people with this. If it is eBay then, by all means go ahead. If it is our own forum, show a little love for our forum folks and give them a price you and them can win-win with.

gengstapo: The link is here: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/765745

Help me bump la hehe..


String: I dunno, it just makes more sense to put it as an auction because this is such a strange market. I would be quite content with RM3k but people are selling it for RM4k++ out there. Then again, I don't expect people with such a high disposable income to be here using LYN!!

Anyway, I saw that a lot of people here want the iPhone 3G but either can't be arsed to spend RM 4k out there or missed your tumpang thread. So consider this a bit of a service to everyone, rather than on a first come first served fixed price basis.



This post has been edited by blackchides: Aug 13 2008, 03:27 PM

^no actual pic, it might boost ur sales

Your call, man. It is definitely easy to set it as auction and watch the price go sky high as people bid on it, but IMO it takes a bigger person to let it go at a price you both can agree with. I've done auction sales before, and the sad faces I get , are not worth the money I make.

I mean, I can be money-minded, get oodles of NZ iPhone 3Gs with me, and sell them auction style as well, but that's business, and to me, a business is like trading, and you are required to provide some form of after-sale support if anything goes wrong. I dont want that responsiblity, plus it feels good helping people.

Dont get me wrong, it's your call if you want to make some money out of this. But if it were up to me, I'd rather settle for a thin margin but with good rapport and contacts all round, than a huge margin, but with people cursing my health(may be an exaggeration, but you get what I mean. )

And oh, please provide detailed info on which region you get that iPhone 3G from. US iPhone 3Gs are unlocked ONLY via hardware unlocks now, and you NEED to tell that to your potential customers. They NEED to be informed of the risks and complications of dealing with such unlocking methods. That way, you are partially absolved when things go wrong. Partially, not wholly.

i wan to apply loan to buy that iphone3g!!!! ..... ... nah.. i am just joking...

Eh strange, it was there a minute ago. Okay, fixed, thanks..

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Added on August 13, 2008, 5:16 pmI understand what you mean and you made some valid points. Unfortunately for me, I'm not in a financial position where I can write off a few hundred ringgit for the sake of good-will (if the margin would even reach such a level, no bids lodged as of yet).

Thanks for the advice on the region info, I got that part sorted..

This post has been edited by blackchides: Aug 13 2008, 05:16 PM

Grrraaah! This is so frustrating *head desk*...*repeatedly*. The prices are sooo ridiculous. I've been semi-lurking in this forum for the past few months especially the Garage Sales and have been watching the prices go up n down. I'm getting seasick just reading them. 4.5K for a phone??? Granted a very NICE phone but common! That's a down-payment for a car!

What's worse, everytime I make the arduous trek down to LY to 'check out' and oh-for-the -love-of-God finally buy one, the bl@#dy buaya's grin their toothy grin and quote some random yet mind-numbingly high price I come ever so closer to losing my lunch...I mean do u want my first born child as well?? Kidding.

I want an iPhone so bad I dream of it in my sleep! *sob**pout*

I actually had a guy pull out his 2G 8gig out of his pants and asked if I wanted it for 2.2K. Like eww, no. Its got your oily smudges and whats more its 2.2K for a USED phone complete with his natural microbial flora. Colour me excited.... OK, I'm not against second hand phones, just pissed of at the price and the utterly oily, condescending way he offered it to me. Just cause I'm not a dude doesnt mean I'm stupid. Grrrrrh!!!

Right....rant over. Thanks for listening. Not targeting anyone in the forum or anything, just hoping for some sympathy and a shoulder to cry on.....if anyone understands, its you guys here.

Oh and yeah, hate auctions, boss kinda looks at me funny when I head-desk at work. *double sob*

Nice rant. Most of the people that want iPhone will do what you did ... the head-desk thing. Offering a used 8gb phone for 2.2k is utterly nonsense. He's just taking advantage of the tock shortage situation. Its wise of you to come here and survey first rather than getting knock off later. If you have the patients to wait, the phone will drop in price.

p/s - nice avatar. Is that the red car transformers (forgot the name already)

i smell "buaya" mode on ere

Arr arrr arrr .... mana buaya mana buaya?

string...

u seem to b very knowledgeable abt 3G prices... hv u ever hear anything bout the 3G being USD599 (w/o contract) in the US?

M gonna get my friend to bring one back to me if yes...

cheers...

Thanks for listening. And I PRAY to whichever deity that will listen the price drop will happen soon....
After I posted last night, someone put up an add in Garage Sales for 2G iPhone for 1.4K. Was just starting to pm d dude back n forth but less than 30 mins later it was SOLD! Grrrrr........*head desk* -again-

Yeah Sideswipe from Transformers!

Those are what AT&T call "no-commitment" iPhones, but they are still locked to AT&T. I dont have to tell how much trouble those who are using Turbo-Sim and its other cousins, are in right now.

Sooner or later, they will run out of people to subscribe onto, so they will be selling them outright, I think. That would most probably happen after Starhub and M1 got their launches. Starhub and M1 may themselves offer prepaid/no-contract versions of iPhones.

It's not as easy as you think, I live 10 mins away from a number of Optus shops, supplies are so limited if I walk in and ask for a prepaid/unlocked iPhone I'll be placed on a waiting list and chances are they're not going to keep aside more than 1 for me due to the demand.

@supafreak,
No point getting a unit from US - get an unlocked one from SG/NZ/HK - it'll be less hassle in the long run

Yeah...with this cut throat prices, i rather invest in a Macbook rather than iphone 3G..

I think we should all not buy, when demands fall tremendously, perhaps that force the sellers to supply at reasonable prices...

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Added on August 31, 2008, 10:19 pmHi Tinker,

I asked a relative in HK, i think HK iphone 3G rather expensive, it is priced at over HKD8000+

I agree with Singapore sets...and NZ is the BEST

This post has been edited by Kenix L: Aug 31 2008, 10:19 PM

@Kenix L,
I didn't do a price comparison; I merely suggested those countries because those places had unlocked sets available for sale. As to cheapest option.. well that would be NZ.. even SG isn't 'cheap' !

The situation in AUS is not the same as NZ, in fact the AUD market are clever to have stemmed the outflow of their iPhone 3G stock out from the country by enforcing the plan adoption first, non-plan later. It is not the same as NZ, NZ's only carrier Vodafone is required by law to sell them outright. Is is through this opportunity that a lot have taken advantage of to get their iPhone 3G here. A little bit of legwork, and it is not unlikely to get more than "just one iPhone" in NZ.

Along with the help of two very helpful LYN members there, it makes getting them pretty much easier than "walking 10 minuted to an Optus store and hope they allow a purchase for you".

string..
thks for clarification...

tink..
nah.. dont think i'll be gettin the 3G... m pretty happy wit my 2G... the 2.0.x firmware made the machine so much more fun anyways... think i'll go get a nokia arte...

COMEX singapore weekend, last week, they were selling the iphone 3g at $400+, cant remember whether tis $400 or $500, but somewhere around there.. in SGD, only to the first 50 customers!!

outright, no contract!

This post has been edited by jakesean: Sep 1 2008, 12:40 AM

Fair enuf, it's just that in M'sia as with any other country where it's not officially distributed the iPhone from a commercial viewpoint is very much a black market good so sellers should be able to ask however much they feel it's worth... while some may feel that their asking prices are highway robbery it's sorta hard to put a price tag on the trouble that one has to go through to obtain one. Optus has sold iPhones /w prepaid since launch, there is however a much larger quota allocated for postpaid customers as those are likely to bring in more revenue over time.

I was recently offered AUD600 for my 9 month old 2G iPhone by someone who was unable to obtain an unlocked iPhone 3G in time before leaving the country and this was more than what I had initially paid for the phone brand new including shipping from the US. He was well aware that Optus were selling the 8GB 3G for $720 + a $80 unlocking fee. Unfortunately with the hairline crack issues on the 3G I declined his offer.

I'm fairly certain that in time the US versions will be unlocked, when I got mine last year I was stuck on 1.1.2 and had to resort to using a TurboSIM for a while till someone figured out how to crack the 4.6 baseband... the phone is pretty much 'permanently' unlocked now.

jake, confirm ? hmmmm

It is first 50 customer is correct, but not without contract lah bro.

i tot jake cakap without contract.....
i was puzzled

I have a relative that will be going to Auckland, New Zealand next month.. where would she be able to get an iPhone 3G there if you don't mind me asking ? and how much is it currently to get one over there ?

Oh yeah.. I would also like to know whether you guys know any reliable places where I could repair the old iPhone that has the "half of the touchscreen can't work" problem and also replacing the battery in it ?

wow, if half of the touchscreen dun work, u still dare to buy without actual warranty ar?

@supafreak,
You're oredi using the 2G one so don't bother with the 3G unless U need 3G. Speaking of which, I seem to have misplaced ur number so buzz me will ya?!

@Mandy Sim,
Stock status changes from time to time. It's almost impossible to check what is available a month from today.