Whoever put that headline on the story either didn’t read it or doesn’t understand how eBay works. “Zero bids” on a “buy it now” sale means it hasn’t sold. If it had gotten one “bid,” it wouldn’t be listed any more.
And I don’t see this as “exceptionally opportunistic and greedy,”as the author does. Someone who lucks into an early ship date flips the watch for 2x retail, then goes back and reorders, and gets it in June for free? Seems pretty clever to me. And if it doesn’t sell, worst case scenario is that you get the watch you wanted in the first place (or try Craigslist).
Excellent point. . . but even the Apple Watches on standard bid auctions are not garnering huge bids. . . but when I went and looked at what was being offered, it was the sellers who were totally unclear on the concept.
Some were offering for sale early arrival watches, but some were offering watches scheduled for JUNE and JULY delivery and had high Buy It Now pricing. . . along with regular bidding. LOL!
They will get no time arbitrage value with a late delivery watch that anyone can pre-order on-line for a similar delivery time at regular retail. SHEESH!
Unless you went ahead and bought 20 of them, expecting them to fly.