Solid gold iPhones on eBay: yeah right

Business 2.0 is reporting today that not just any iPhones have made their way onto eBay, but some "14 kart solid gold" 8GB units. Not entirely implausible if it were a month from now, but whereas normally we'd just ignore, this one's a little too tantalizing. Yes, the seller has a 99% positive rating on eBay, but seller ratings are easily and often inflated and used to gain credibility before selling one larger, fraudulent items. If this is the real deal (and someone wants to plunk down ten grand to find out), we're prepared to eat our 14 kart solid gold words.

[Via Business 2.0]

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[(Unverified) Posted May 14th 2007 1:51PM]

If it was real, wouldn't the software be branded AT&T and not Cingular like it shows next to the signal bars on the upper left?

[(Unverified) Posted May 14th 2007 2:03PM]

it probably will be real... it says pre sale, so when someone buys it on here, the seller will buy one when it comes out in a month and then have it dipped in gold, especially if someone pays 10k for it.

[(Unverified) Posted May 14th 2007 3:39PM]

I wonder if all the gold will shield the Honey Bees from the bad radio waves?