iPhone Sells well on Ebay.

USA Today article states that “Apple calls iPhone launch a success.”

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The iPhone — combination iPod, cellphone and pocket Internet device — went on sale at 6 p.m. Friday for $499 and $599, depending on storage.

It didn’t take long for sales to hit eBay (EBAY). As of 4:45 p.m. ET on Sunday, more than 2,600 iPhones sold for an average price of $775.03. The highest selling price: $12,500, for a Saturday sale through eBay’s “Buy It Now” feature, which offers items at a fixed sum…. (Click here to read the rest of the article.

I remember the Cisco Systems iPhone that we were giving away for free from Big Planet, a subsidary of Nu Skin Enterprises. It was a time of craziness when I worked for BP. It was fun to work there and I have good memories of the folks over at Nu Skin. I don’t see many of them anymore because it has been so long. But I’ve often wondered what is up with some of the former employess: Matt Hall (my supervisor), Leah Evans (my cubicle neighbor), Beth Hutchinson (we haven’t seen or heard from her in years) as well as others that I don’t recall their names now.

Big Planet's Old iPhone

Here is a picture of the old thing. I gave my free one to D.I. years ago. Check out the settings (old school).

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