Jul 14 2008Woman Selling 'Cursed' iPhone On eBay
eBayer noli.tumi may have purchased hot pink hair extensions and fake eyelashes in the past, and even dabbled in selling jewelry, but now she's going for the gusto and selling her brand new 3G iPhone. Oh, did I mention it's cursed? And that she's asking $8,180,000.50?
When I opened the package.The phone was on.
There were no cute buttons, no touch screen. (NEVER touch the screen, I'll tell you why later on.)
Instead, there was a blurry image of Steve Jobs burned into it. At first I didn't recognize it at all, my brother told me he was sure it was Steve Jobs. We looked through some pictures online and we are pretty sure the image is that of Steve Jobs.
I tried to rub it off thinking it was a joke, but the screen was SUPER HOT. I pretty much burned my fingers and as I type this, the middle and ring fingers on my right hand barely feel the keys on this keyboard. Never ever touch the screen of this ipod. The sides are cool room temperature, but the screen is intensely hot.
The image doesn't move, it's burned on so its not on the LCD. The LCD doesn't even turn on. However the sound does work, and occasionally (ussually when someone is looking at it or talking about it, but it might be a coincidence)
The iPhone chuckles, loudly!Steve Jobs just laughs at me. Over and over and over. I've had it for a day and it hasn't run out of batteries. The sound still works. It laughs while I sleep. It laughs at me in the car. At work. Everywhere.
I was going to return it, but maybe someone is interested in this haunted piece of technology.
Now I'm not saying noli is trying to pull our leg here, but I am saying it's f***ed up she's charging $3.99 for shipping. I call witch, somebody start a fire.
Thanks to Dimitri, who's trying to sell a cursed pager. Buy it now, $2.
Reader Comments
1. Sophie - July 14, 2008 10:27 AM
Nice....she can't even figure out if it's an Ipod or an Iphone..... smart one here.
2. Richthegringo - July 14, 2008 10:38 AM
2nd huzzah!!!!
3. woodhorse - July 14, 2008 10:43 AM
I always had suspicions about Steve Jobs now I see they are true.
4. http://webescape.wordpress.com/ - July 14, 2008 10:45 AM
Sad thing is there are probably people crazy enough on this planet who will see this and think 'I have to have that'.
5. shady - July 14, 2008 10:52 AM
lmao he just laughs at me...
6. Jumpin_J - July 14, 2008 11:14 AM
Now let's see, who could've possibly be responsible for something like this? Who could it be, I couldn't possibly think of anyone... could it be.... SAAAATAAN????
Nah, never mind, it's just the LSD. Yay, drugs.
7. Me - July 14, 2008 11:34 AM
Is it SMOKING!?
8. ContraLegem - July 14, 2008 11:42 AM
@4: 99% of the idiots, who fail to see the staggering bullshittiness of the new "Jesus Toast" listing, don't have $8m to spare; and I doubt in the present economic climate that they will be able to raise said cash secured on their meagre assets...
Such an idiot with sufficient liquidity frankly deserves to lose their money. Just not to this small-time EBay scammer.
@said idiots: I am a Nigerian Prince with loads of money to give to you...
9. Bender - July 14, 2008 11:48 AM
This is hilarious! You have to give her credit on this one. That's damn funny.
She's gonna be shocked when some idiot with lots of money and a supernatural bent actually bids. I'm sure she put the bidding over $8 million to discourage anyone from thinking it was real and getting a good chuckle... but will someone less enlightened actually bid? I wait with bated breath...
10. grihm - July 14, 2008 12:09 PM
ebay would make over $120,000 on $8 mil. Does it include the lens flare?
11. dimi - July 14, 2008 12:14 PM
This is so crap! first off they open the phone right when you buy it at the store and start the activation process, there is no way she took the phone home with the box sealed!
Props to her though if she sells this crap!
12. Johan - July 14, 2008 12:17 PM
Even in demonic form, Steve Jobs still loves himself a black turtleneck.
13. Shannin - July 14, 2008 12:48 PM
this is fake. the buttons are not metal like on the new buttons, the edge around the screen is not thick and look at the box in the background. no app store or iTunes store button.
14. Amy - July 14, 2008 12:55 PM
Hehe...I'm sort of suprised some twat hasn't had this auction taken down yet. It made me smile.
I can't say I'd be suprised if Steve Jobs really WAS haunting her phone, frankly. He's a crazy bastard.
15. RdG - July 14, 2008 12:56 PM
AUCTION PULLED!
16. Kevin - July 14, 2008 1:09 PM
Kinda looks 'shopped. Besides, if the LCD doesn't turn on, how is it that an image burned onto the screen itself appears illuminated?
17. Amy - July 14, 2008 1:22 PM
@ #15: Are you serious?! Did I speak too soon? :<
18. Jess - July 14, 2008 1:30 PM
Yep. Auction pulled.
@ 11: yeah, we open the box and activate the phone before leaving the store. There's no way she went home with a sealed box.
Hilarious though, I would have laughed my ass off if she had actually gotten a bid.
19. poobs - July 14, 2008 1:34 PM
Looks more like Rasputin
20. ann-nomymous - July 14, 2008 1:50 PM
am i the only one that wonders why if you have a non working i-phone you would take it with you to work and in the car.... wouldnt it burn down youre purse with its haunted heat?
21. MadMonkey - July 14, 2008 1:57 PM
...not to mention that when you enter "Steve Jobs" into Google, that's the first pic that pops up.
22. Adri Leya - July 14, 2008 2:38 PM
my vibrator is sometimes haunted with Steve Jobs...any bidders??
23. elmo - July 14, 2008 3:02 PM
HOLY SHIT
it's Sean Connery!!!!!
24. Eugenio Moragrega - July 14, 2008 3:59 PM
First, it is not an iPhone 3G, look at the box.
Second, this is just too fake to be real.
25. Things Fall Apart - July 14, 2008 4:05 PM
Oh my. I think this whole thread marks the point where I must finally accept that hedonistica.com is no more and move on. Are you people seriously lacking in any sense of humour or perception whatever? Lighten up a little for f***'s sake....
26. Kevin - July 14, 2008 4:23 PM
I think this is in direct response to the lawsuit lost by Tiffany, Inc. against eBay, in which the court ruled that ebay is not responsible for fraudulent items sold on its site. The timing couldn't be better.
Plus, it totally looks photoshopped!
27. JP - July 14, 2008 5:08 PM
That's explains it.. why all of the ipods @ costco starts with "666"
http://www.costco.ca/Browse/Productgroup.aspx?Prodid=10295610&whse=BCCA&topnav=&browse=&lang=en-CA
28. emily - July 14, 2008 5:19 PM
if i had an iPhone with Steve Jobs' picture burned into the screen I'd f***ing mount it on the wall. She deserves to have a posessed phone for spending 300 dollars on a goddamn cell phone.
29. Svetlana - July 14, 2008 7:03 PM
so uhhhh, are these people just waiting for you to finish your posts then just copy/pasting? or, dare i ask it, are you?
http://gadgets.blogs2k.com/2008/07/14/woman-selling-cursed-iphone-on-ebay/
30. sh3lby - July 14, 2008 7:30 PM
@ 29... ... whats the deal with that?
31. Paulie Danger - July 14, 2008 10:51 PM
@13: The monochrome Steven Jobs image that laughs at you when you look at it wasn't what told you it was crap? It was the minor cosmetic differences? I have a Sony Vaio that's haunted by Renoly Santiago, he leers at you and quotes lines from the Hacker Manifesto circa 1995.
32. cockeyed - July 14, 2008 11:27 PM
it's already gone. I'm quite disappointed.
33. mimang - July 15, 2008 6:28 AM
somebody smack her. she needs help.
34. K - July 15, 2008 9:16 AM
Yeah... besides the obvious, that looks like an iPod Touch.
However! (Because it came up in a few posts.) Some people did not get their phones activated in-store. There were huge activation issues going on during launch day. There was a whole bunch of people who, when the staff couldn't get the phone to activate in the store, were sent off with their phones, and told to come back later.
35. SOME CRAZY SHIT - October 14, 2008 2:44 PM
I'm pretty sure that theres the shadow of a wine glass in the picture..........
A photoshopping wino? who would have thought of it?
36. Rob - December 8, 2008 4:13 AM
Well, I know from personal experience.. every iPhone3G that is sold by Apple is opened, activated, and tested on the spot. The employees don't let you leave without it working. So, the fact that it was "on when she 'opened the package'" makes me call shenanigans... 5 months later....
37. DIDIO - February 28, 2009 6:10 AM
YOU SEE. EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE BUT THIS LOOKS A BIT FAKE.
ONLY IF I SEE WITH MY OWN EYES AND IF THAT IS WHAT THEY SAY "CURSED" I WILL BELIVE IT.
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38. DIDIO - February 28, 2009 6:11 AM
YOU SEE. EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE BUT THIS LOOKS A BIT FAKE.
ONLY IF I SEE WITH MY OWN EYES AND IF THAT IS WHAT THEY SAY "CURSED" I WILL BELIVE IT.
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all these coments are bullshit
39. DIDIO - February 28, 2009 6:11 AM
YOU SEE. EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE BUT THIS LOOKS A BIT FAKE.
ONLY IF I SEE WITH MY OWN EYES AND IF THAT IS WHAT THEY SAY "CURSED" I WILL BELIVE IT.
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all these coments are bullshit
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