Expansys.ie, insane iphone 4 prices

PixelTrawler

I know they are a bit hard to get at the moment (I know as we trudged around town looking for some yesterday) but i was shocked to see the prices on Expansys.ie

930 for the 16gb
1000 for 16gb white
1100 for the 32gb

Direct off apple they are 599 and 699 - how can they expect to sell?

http://www.expansys.ie/s.aspx?search=iphone%204

gbee

Did you try 3 Mobile.

They have stock and for soemthing like €90 a month x 24 months, you get a free iP4/16GB

Captain Chaos

Solyad wrote: »

Direct off apple they are 599 and 699 - how can they expect to sell?

Then buy direct from Apple then. Add shipping from the US, then add 25% for VAT and import duty, then find out they won't work here in Ireland because they are tied to US networks and you will have to pay more to get someone to unlock one for you.

Either way if you are after an iP4, get one on a contract. It's not worth it sim free yet. You can get a good deal on second hand sim free 3GS models. Not much difference between the two.

PixelTrawler

Yeah, actually 3 had stock (plenty the man said) but their PAYG package has some downsides. You get free calls to all networks at weekends but it 35c to all networks during the week.

Myself and herself live in diff cities so free calls to same network is essential 7 days a week.

(looking in dublin)

O2 completely out - stock coming soon but couldnt say when
Carphone Warehouse said unlikely to get stock again this side of christmas (for 02)
Meteor don't do them at all.
Vodafone had bill pay but were out of PAYG iphones (we'd consider moving network so long as we retained free calls)

Another reason for avoiding a long term contract is not sure if we'll move abroad with in the near year or so

Wats_in_a_name

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Then buy direct from Apple then. Add shipping from the US, then add 25% for VAT and import duty, then find out they won't work here in Ireland because they are tied to US networks and you will have to pay more to get someone to unlock one for you.

Or just buy it from the Irish Apple Store

PixelTrawler

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Then buy direct from Apple then. Add shipping from the US, then add 25% for VAT and import duty, then find out they won't work here in Ireland because they are tied to US networks and you will have to pay more to get someone to unlock one for you.

What are you on about??

This is off the apple irish store!

http://store.apple.com/ie/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone

02 have micro sim only packages for this reason

Kensington

solyad wrote:

I know they are a bit hard to get at the moment (I know as we trudged around town looking for some yesterday) but i was shocked to see the prices on Expansys.ie

930 for the 16gb
1000 for 16gb white
1100 for the 32gb

Direct off apple they are 599 and 699 - how can they expect to sell?

Their excuse seems to be that they will ship an iPhone to locations Apple won't. So if you were in one of those locations that Apple don't ship to, you'd have no choice but to pay the Expansys price if you wanted a handset that is factory unlocked and guaranteed brand new.

The pricing is similar on the UK version of the website, so for once it's not just Ireland!

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Then buy direct from Apple then. Add shipping from the US, then add 25% for VAT and import duty, then find out they won't work here in Ireland because they are tied to US networks and you will have to pay more to get someone to unlock one for you.

That's €599 or €699 including VAT and delivery.
They are shipped by Apple from within the EU so not subject to additional import duty.
They're also unlocked.

PixelTrawler

I have bought in the past from expansys - a garmin hiking unit and the price was competitive but this is a joke.

It would put me off using them again, blatant profiteering

Ghandee

Solyad wrote: »

I have bought in the past from expansys - a garmin hiking unit and the price was competitive but this is a joke.

It would put me off using them again, blatant profiteering

Expansys = Expenseys as fluckys!

kaiser sauze

Solyad wrote: »

Yeah, actually 3 had stock (plenty the man said) but their PAYG package has some downsides. You get free calls to all networks at weekends but it 35c to all networks during the week.

Myself and herself live in diff cities so free calls to same network is essential 7 days a week.

(looking in dublin)

O2 completely out - stock coming soon but couldnt say when
Carphone Warehouse said unlikely to get stock again this side of christmas (for 02)
Meteor don't do them at all.
Vodafone had bill pay but were out of PAYG iphones (we'd consider moving network so long as we retained free calls)

Another reason for avoiding a long term contract is not sure if we'll move abroad with in the near year or so

OK, relationships are great, but are you in contact 24/7 by voice or something?

Use Skype/Yahoo/WLM/AIM, free calls forever and that does not depend on the ISP.

steppen

wtf? I thought the white ip4 wasnt out yet?

ejmaztec

Expansys are robbers of the highest order. There was a Pixmania competitor a few years ago called Nomatica, and they were very reasonable. Unfortunately Expansys bought them out, and reasonable prices went out the window. It seems to me that they charge ludicrous prices for most things.:(

PixelTrawler

kaiser sauze wrote: »

OK, relationships are great, but are you in contact 24/7 by voice or something?

Use Skype/Yahoo/WLM/AIM, free calls forever and that does not depend on the ISP.

Skypes needs a data plan or wifi so not a perfect solution but I see what your saying...

Plenty to think about, but for sure we wont be buying from Expansys