My sister recently asked me where could she find an older 1st generation iPhone. She preferred this model more over the 3G model. I told her the best place to find an older version would be on eBay and thus the calamity begins. You wouldn’t believe how difficult it was to find legitimate iPhones on eBay. All we could find were cheap aftermarket unofficial knockoff facsimiles of iPhones. Sellers were boasting and proudly selling these knockoffs as though they were the authentic company. This is what we found when looking for iPhones eBay Link I asked this seller if this was an official iphone from apple because I was skeptical and that I felt the title was misleading people the seller responded by stating
I dont think it is misleading, it does not have Apple iPhone in the title. But is an iphone only difference between this one and an Apple is it doesnt have a GPS app.
meanwhile the pictures and descriptions were taken directly from the apple website. How could this not be misleading people. There is only one company which is able to sell a product named the iPhone and that’s apple. Linksys tried to make use the iPhone name prior to apple and then tried to sue apple for the rights of the name and lost. I just feel sorry for the person who purchased this item because I don’t think they know what they bought. Buyer beware.
UPDATE: eBay pulled the auction because they must have realized this guy was a scam artist link.