Production Runs
31 Jul 2008 20:20
I am looking for somebody that can do a production run for the Apple 3G iPhone (8GB). Big volume order...Anybody have any suggestions or recommendations? Thanks.
Me too. I\'m wondering what the MOQ would be.
I got to agree with MrXanderson. I get emails all the time from brokers all over the world claiming to have the ability to do production run iphones. Apple says no so i tend to believe the company making the phone over some brokers. Even if the broker claiming to get them says they can do all these great production runs is honest i can tell you the person they are sending money to is not. The closest thing you will get is to make friends with someone at an AT&T store. I have heard and seen a few who have gotten some very limited quantities this way. VERY LIMITED like 10 a week maybe. Look at this from Apples point of view. They can sell these things day and night at their own stores and through AT&T. They cant keep them in stock the way it is which means they are not able to produce enough to keep up with demand. Why would they need to sell them to wholesalers at a discount? Answer they dont need to and cant. As i said they can not keep up with demand the way it is. Why not sell NOkia, Samsung, LG, Sony , motorola something you can get your hands on and make money on. I dont understand it. People are claiming to have hundreds of iphones. I see it posed here and other places. yet when asking for POS seems they can not provide it or IMEI #s. YOu cant get production run iphones and its highly doubtful you have 300 or 400 iphones sitting around. Just how did you come across them and how did you get them without activating them? Nokia, Samsung. LG, Sony and others are good sellers. Nokia is the largest cell phone manufacturer and samsung is next. Between these there are a ton of phones you can make money on. We quit chasing iphones when Apple stated you cant buy them in bulk and that was that. Why chase something you cant get? Why not make money by selling something YOU CAN GET!!!? The N95 8gb are losing value weekly and you do see some pretty cheap pricing with so many companies dumping stock. But to us if a company is dumping a phone and many many other companies are too maybe its a sign that its time to sell something else. So my advise is instead of posting here asking for iphones. WE have established YOU CAN NOT GET PRODUCTION RUN IPHONES OR BULK PURCHASES!!! So why not focus that attention into buying phones you can get your hands on? If you are ready to make some money contact us at jointheteam@nohlogistics.com and we will show you how.
Of course it is possible for production runs to happen, like you said if Best Buy is going to be selling then obviously its possible. You could say the same thing about Apple stores. There are a lot of those around the world, so why is it not possible? Anything is possible. That being said we are talking about BEST BUY. The guy offering you this deal is some guy you met over the internet. BIG DIFFERENCE. You ask him for proof, he won't be able to show you anything. THATS THE DIFFERENCE. Of course production is possible, how do you think they have sold the millions of 3g Iphones they produced already? However is Apple gonna open up mass distribution through unauthorized channels? Probably not. Hope this helps.
Somebody on this forum stated that BestBuy got a contract for the World Phone (which is exactly like the iPhone but without WiFi and GPS)...Have you heard of this and what good is it without WiFi or GPS? Can these features be added later via a third party product? Anybody?
From what people are writing it is different than the iphone. I am not really sure how, as I said I don't chase after iphones. I just work with what I got. You can check us out at www.nohlogistics.com for stuff we carry. But as far as iphones are concerned, seriously its a tough chase and for the most part not very profitable. I know for sure that production run is BS. Please confirm with our friend Jaca here to see if he can provide you any sort of proof.
You are not understanding sir. You fall in to a lot of traps that brokers fall into by making assumptions. Your only justification that this deal is real, is because of the way payment method is done "L/C". People think L/C is 100% safe, but it is becoming more and more of a target by experienced con-artists who abuse the blanket of safety that surrounds this payment method. Its the same thing with "fly and buys", people wrongly assume that if the deal is done like this then the deal is legit, and then they fly half way across the world to see an empty warehouse. Wacky I know, but it does happen. If you can provide provide proof of the good business practice of the company organizing this then that is one thing. However if your ONLY basis of proof is "well payment is done by L/C, so it has to be legit", you will waste a lot of time in this industry.
Your not getting it. Apple has stated very clearly that as of right now Only the Apple stores and AT&T. NO one else has that authorization to sell the phone. Call Apple. And even on production runs there must be proof. I can get you production runs on any NOkia phone. BUt i can provide you with POS of phones we have in stock now and in the past. IMEIs and more. If i go to any nokia distributor, LG distributor any other phone manufacturer does not accept Bank LCs for payment. I know our distributor they pay Nokia up front via bank transfer. People always scream scam if someone asks for wire but yet there is as much if not more scamming with escrow, bank lc and fly and buy. If you have the right to distribute via Apple then provide the proof. And since im inclined to believe Apple over you.
