"Buying a cell phone on sale at a discount to re-sell it at a higher price is not "suspicious," it's capitalism."
You do understand, my friend, that this is merely your assessment, and not facts. Are these friends of yours buying the phones?
Sorry, it is a fact. Can you give me an example of where anyone making multiple purchases of cell phones here in the US has been found guilty of any terrorist-related activity because of that purchase? Several people last year were arrested in a fit of hysteria, but no one was convicted of anything.
Are these friends of yours buying the phones?
No dude, I simply read the news and know what's going on. Try it sometime. Free Republic is a great place to start. Click on the links.
Yeah, where I come from, it's called "scalping" and don't do it in front of Madison Square Garden if you don't want to get hauled off to jail.