OK, then I think that you would better go for apple return policy

This is the only way I can c to cut your loss,

Or else you will keep losing time, and you might get hit by a price adjustment like the -100$ apple did earlier

You have to know that technology price drops bites the retailers ass sometimes

oh boy...bad investment...

start buying your 500 turbosims buddy

I apologize for you, but this is not a tragedy....
you have to sell your items at reasonable price, in this way you can continue your business and wait for software unlock to increase your price list...
do not desperate and good luck

Everyone is holding out hope for Apple to release an update with a new bootloader that will allow 1.1.2 to be unlocked. My thoughts are why would Apple do this?

As Jobs sad, its a cat and mouse game and at this stage the cat has the mouse firmly gripped in its mouth. Why would Apple place a new bootloader into their next update? If they truly dont want unlocked iPhones out there they will just use the same bootloader in 1.1.3 as it is in 1.1.2. The iPhone still remains unlocked and they are appeasing their commercial partners around the world. I would not make sense that Apple would hand an unlocking solution in the next update at this stage. They are ahead of the game. Would you throw a race for your competition?

Apple read these forums, if i was the business manager f the iPhone and read someone had 500 phones waiting to be unlocked I would be making sure that we tried to prevent this from happening.

I think you could be stuck with these unlockable iPhones for quite some time.

Originally Posted by scoundrel_ae

You'd be surprised at what price I bought them at. It is much higher than your normal retail price. We in the trade dont have time to collect minimum pcs per month. I have already sold more than 2.5k since its launch. But, I've been buying them above retail and then flip the stock in one deal and make a profit of $10 on each. If you do that 5-10 times a month, do your calculations.

Low profit / high volume = more profit.
Learned at business school. look at your biggest retailer in the world and learn from them. Thank You Wallmart.

LOL!!!!!!!! You talk about profit.... LMFAO ROFL!!! $10 each? 2.5K iphone? WTF! I make that net profit in just 1 months with about 100 iphones!
$10 each...!!! Hahaha

We are not waiting for the new bootloader, but a baseband.
The bootloader is very unlikely to be updated in the next 5 firmware update releases.

Originally Posted by Niftyiphone

Everyone is holding out hope for Apple to release an update with a new bootloader that will allow 1.1.2 to be unlocked. My thoughts are why would Apple do this?

As Jobs sad, its a cat and mouse game and at this stage the cat has the mouse firmly gripped in its mouth. Why would Apple place a new bootloader into their next update? If they truly dont want unlocked iPhones out there they will just use the same bootloader in 1.1.3 as it is in 1.1.2. The iPhone still remains unlocked and they are appeasing their commercial partners around the world. I would not make sense that Apple would hand an unlocking solution in the next update at this stage. They are ahead of the game. Would you throw a race for your competition?

Apple read these forums, if i was the business manager f the iPhone and read someone had 500 phones waiting to be unlocked I would be making sure that we tried to prevent this from happening.

I think you could be stuck with these unlockable iPhones for quite some time.

i find it hard to believe that if went to business school you havent figured this one out yet??????

if you have 500 iphones, buy 500 simcard-chip solutions (wholesale of course), place your markup on that, even if you have to hire 2 guys to spend a couple days jailbreaking/activating/iWorld/AppSupport etc them.. it would be a minimal expense and increase in final selling price..

Build a nice iChair with your 500 phones you dumb ass clown : )

Originally Posted by iphonedev

Build a nice iChair with your 500 phones you dumb ass clown : )

LOL!

I would build an iThrone, too! Sitting on it the whole day and forcing everybody to call me the iKing.