Is this real?

connorbush shared a link said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 3:28am ET

Check out "UNLOCKED IPHONE 6 Plus 64GB ONE WEEK ONLY!" on Indiegogo http://igg.me/at/xLJRZ3dZqrI/shre/10391823

Definitely seems too good to be true...

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thismyusername said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 3:43am ET:

I wouldn't do it... look at the other campaign they had running... plus this in the project updates:

these units are purchased direct from the manufacturer at $150US per unit.

We are offering them at a very minimally increased wholesale price purchasing direct from the factory, in large volume. It is the kind of pricing that can only be offered for very large orders (we have purchased 15 000 units)

I am not sure apple would ever short that much... the cost to make when it came out was estimated at $242.50 for the 32gb model ( http://www.techinsights.com/teardown.com/apple-iphone-6/ ) I doubt they could have gotten costs down below $150 that quickly.

For those leery of the igg.me here is the full url:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/unlocked-iphone-6-plus-64gb-one-week-only

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Bingo said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 6:20am ET:

There is no way you could convince me this is legit. The full retail price on that phone is $849.99.
They are usually priced in the $199 range assuming a 2-year contract with a carrier in which they will more than recoup the balance of the cost. There is actually no markup on the phones contrary to what the campaign suggests.
I've had direct accounts with Apple before. Even when talking about buying hundreds of units at a time our direct discount was usually in the 5% range. iPhones typically had a 2% discount off retail.

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JonT said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 11:18am ET:

Is it real?

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medz said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 11:27am ET:

Doesn't even make sense to sell them on a crowd funding site...

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- @medz very strange indeed.
  
  connorbush said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 7:00pm ET
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- @medz I think the 'idea' is more of a massdrop type scenario where the crowdfunding is simply to build up an MOQ to get a specific price. Obviously the whole thing was bullshit, but that's how you make sense of crowdfunding an extant product (I guess).
  
  brhfl said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 9:53pm ET
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FredWallace18 said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 11:59am ET:

noooooooop

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miko1 said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 12:52pm ET:

what is indegogo's policy on fraud tho? would I loose my money if it was a fraud?

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- @miko1 I also wonder this.
  
  connorbush said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 2:28pm ET
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- @connorbush @miko1 For future reference, if the campaign you are contributing to is marked "Flexible Funding", unless the campaign is cancelled/removed, you have to pay once the campaign is finished, regardless of if the project reached its goal.
  If it is a Fixed Funding campaign, you only pay if the campaign reaches its goal.
  As to the fraud question, it's hugely unlikely you'll get your money back after the campaign is over- if you do, it's because someone leaned on the campaign.
  
  dashcloud said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 6:30pm ET
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- @dashcloud thanks. I tend not to fund flexible campaigns for that reason. I did not contribute to this campaign either as I was mostly certain it was fradulent.
  
  connorbush said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 6:59pm ET
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sammydog01 said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 1:05pm ET:

Or is it Memorex?

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Bingo said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 2:22pm ET:

.....and it's gone now. There's your answer.

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- @Bingo mmm yeppp. suckers. thank goodness for the meh brethren.
  
  connorbush said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 2:28pm ET
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connorbush said Tue, Jul 7th 2015 at 6:50pm ET:

Here is the cached link if y'all wanna peep it: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:1wP6 xjhvojoJ:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/unlocked-iphone-6-plus-64gb-one-week-only+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

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