<a href="http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/08/diy-apple-watch-box-charging-case/" target="_blank">Jordan Kahn’s DIY Apple Watch charging case</a>
The market for buying and flipping Apple Watches at a profit established itself in less time than it took Apple to deliver the first round of watches to pre-order customers. Taking entrepreneurialism way up to the next level, some ambitious Apple Watch owners are now taking to eBay to sell their Apple Watch boxes for a profit. Not the Apple Watch itself; just the packaging.
In one instance, the seller is actually asking more for the Apple Watch box itself, no watch included, than some retailers are asking for whole Android Wear watches. Talk about an Apple tax… err profit. Maybe hoping to pick up a new band at no cost or just recoup some of their initial Apple Watch investment, this seller is asking $59.99 for their plastic and fabric Apple Watch box. Another seller has their cheaper Apple Watch Sport box up for grabs, but the shipping will cost you.
Maybe more surprising than people attempting to sell their Apple Watch packaging is that people are biting, although there may not be much money in the scheme with actual bids not reaching more than $10 or so at the time of writing. I imagine the Apple Watch Edition box will demand a much higher price tag if anyone decides to sell that.
For now, DIYing your Apple Watch box into an Apple Watch Edition-style charger will have to do, or you can check out one of the early Apple Watch charging stands we’ve seen so far.
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These scams pop up with every product that comes out and prey on the ignorant. Used to be very common with Xbox Box because people just saw DEAL DEAL DEAL and dont read the fine print that its just a box no actual product.
Selling just a box on eBay is against their terms of service.. as soon as they see it, the auction will be removed.
This is not “just a box” in the traditional sense. The AppleWatch box is a product in and of itself, especially an Edition box.
I would definitely pay $10 for an Apple Watch box I could mod, and keep my original in pristine condition.
The ad shown in the article is very explicit that it only includes the box. Perfectly acceptable and honest. You gotta hope that the buyer is as true.
This headline is misleading clickbait. Just because folks are listing these prices, doesn’t mean there are buyers biting. There’s no “flipping” at those high prices going on if there aren’t valid, matching bids received by the lister.
There is still stupid people out there. Why do they want a plastic box. whoopie doo if it has an Apple logo.
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