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Distributing iPhones at scale for $920 is a different beast than selling a couple of them for $3500. In the latter case, the costs per iPhone for the seller are
by bayesianhorse 13y ago
Distributing iPhones at scale for $920 is a different beast than selling a couple of them for $3500. In the latter case, the costs per iPhone for the seller are much higher.
The game for selling $920 iPhones is "find a price point were demand times price minus cost is maximized".
The game in the black market is "find the highest price point at which the inventory sells out quickly enough".
- roc 13y agoBut who would buy them for $3500? If the price of a black market iPhone is higher than that of the legal-market iPhone, with any regularity, it suggests that $920 isn't a problem, let alone the import tax portion of that: supply must be the problem. And if the price only hit $3500 in a couple rare situations (errors, morons), I'm not sure why they even brought it up as if it were common, as that fact completely undercuts the argument about the iPhone being too expensive.