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[Q] Price of Nexus S Flipkart Mystry!!

I am from India. The price here in retail stores is around 28,000 rupees..or sometimes even 30,000. This is the same I9023 which fits a S-LCD display.
But the price on flipkart.com is 19,999 rupees only. Why is it so? if it need to be less by a thousand or so i would not have been amazed.
I would like to know if these are 100% brand new or refurbished phones..
plz help me out i want to buy nexus s but am confused...
Ex customers of flipkart what do u say??...
Thanks in advance..

The price of the NS has fallen by quite a bit in the past couple of days. And it's not just Flipkart, a lot of 'reputed' online web sites have the same price, in some instances, a little less too.

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temp91 said:
I am from India. The price here in retail stores is around 28,000 rupees..or sometimes even 30,000. This is the same I9023 which fits a S-LCD display.
But the price on flipkart.com is 19,999 rupees only. Why is it so? if it need to be less by a thousand or so i would not have been amazed.
I would like to know if these are 100% brand new or refurbished phones..
plz help me out i want to buy nexus s but am confused...
Ex customers of flipkart what do u say??...
Thanks in advance..
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The drop in price was mainly due to the release of Samsung Galaxy S II and HTC Sensation for around 30K. Also,the price of Nexus S was around 25k less than a week ago.
I'd rather suggest letsbuy, they have listed the same at 19k, and you can get your hands on a brand new nexus s for ~17k (after applying discount coupons).

farhan-anwar said:
The drop in price was mainly due to the release of Samsung Galaxy S II and HTC Sensation for around 30K. Also,the price of Nexus S was around 25k less than a week ago.
I'd rather suggest letsbuy, they have listed the same at 19k, and you can get your hands on a brand new nexus s for ~17k (after applying discount coupons).
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Coupons?? we can just apply one coupon code right??
i found the one with 1000 disc... couldnt find better...u hav any better options??

I got mine on flipkart for 19999. Good service.
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Only go for cash on delivery on letsbuy. Donot pay them in advance. Their customer care is non-existant, they do-not answer calls. Best way around this is COD.
On another note the price drop is surprising, I'd say the primary reason being lack of sales in India. Its a dev phone, most people go for the flashier looking Samsungs and HTCs.
Nexus S never had a chance here, NFC is pointless, there's barely 2% population using credit cards.

I'd bought mine for 27K a month ago. I never bought from flipkart.com but many people say they sell exactly as they on the website. I can vouch for Letsbuy.com, as I've bought two or three things from them.

Bought from Letsbuy.com. Ordered on 21st night, reached on 24th. Tracked the shipment through the 3 days on aramex.com... Cost me 18.8k.. How did u manage ~17k!!?

SELLING

I wish to get a Galaxy s2, i much prefer it to the Note still, not dissing the note, great kit, just lil too big for me.
How much does an unlocked note sell for second hand in mint condition, anyone got any ideas, im in the uk, ive googled it and ive seen prices of like £300, but i find that hard to believe as the phone is £599 in the shop still where i got it from, so im concerned that some of those online prices me be for copies or variants, i know the S2 had copies knocking about for a while.
Any advice appreciated.

graemeg said:
I wish to get a Galaxy s2, i much prefer it to the Note still, not dissing the note, great kit, just lil too big for me.
How much does an unlocked note sell for second hand in mint condition, anyone got any ideas, im in the uk, ive googled it and ive seen prices of like £300, but i find that hard to believe as the phone is £599 in the shop still where i got it from, so im concerned that some of those online prices me be for copies or variants, i know the S2 had copies knocking about for a while.
Any advice appreciated.
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I bought a 2nd hand note for my wife for £370, my mate bought a 2nd hand one for the same price off ebay. I've even found it for sale for just £354 plus £10 postage..I bought my tablet off these guys so its legit.
So about £350-380 would seem to be the going rate for selling it as used.

graemeg said:
I wish to get a Galaxy s2, i much prefer it to the Note still, not dissing the note, great kit, just lil too big for me.
How much does an unlocked note sell for second hand in mint condition, anyone got any ideas, im in the uk, ive googled it and ive seen prices of like £300, but i find that hard to believe as the phone is £599 in the shop still where i got it from, so im concerned that some of those online prices me be for copies or variants, i know the S2 had copies knocking about for a while.
Any advice appreciated.
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£599??!! You got ripped off, I got mine brand new for £430 a month ago.

Daaaaayum
Daaaaaaaaaaaaayum WTF the only £370 BNIB Unlocked on Ebay, im selling my GS2 to buy one

I would say 300 2nd hand is about right. I just picked one up on contract for a total contract cost of 370 (so that includes 200 mins/unlimited text/100mb data). I reckon within a month or 2 the resale value will be 200-250.
Mobiles just dont hold their value as well any more imo. Example would be my LG Optimus 2x I paid 480 or something new April last year, by November/December you could pick them up new for 200 new, now I'd be lucky to get a 100 2nd hand for it. After that it put me off ever buying another device within the first 6 months of its life cycle.
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CONTACTMC said:
£599??!! You got ripped off, I got mine brand new for £430 a month ago.
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430 it may have been a month ago, i got mine 6 months ago, prices were a lot steeper then.

graemeg said:
430 it may have been a month ago, i got mine 6 months ago, prices were a lot steeper then.
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i got it for around 460 GBP ( but did not pay vat - shipped outside UK ) towards the end of October last year.

CONTACTMC said:
£599??!! You got ripped off, I got mine brand new for £430 a month ago.
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hey even you got ripped off! here in Pakistan, Brand new available is available for £340!!! yeah it £340!!! and the black one is available for £335!!!

aami.aami said:
hey even you got ripped off! here in Pakistan, Brand new available is available for £340!!! yeah it £340!!! and the black one is available for £335!!!
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6 months ago when we paid over 450 was it even available there ?. Please don't jump the gun before reading the posts
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In February I bought my for 450€(365£),brand new.Without contract.In Slovenia.
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got a quote off CEX today, £330 in its mint condition, so ill be listing it around that, i guess online you can get anything cheap if you look hard enough, id like to know if all these foreign cheapo Notes are actually N7000`s or if they are actually the variant.
If i wanted a HTC One, yer i can get it cheap online, but it aint the HTC ONE X, its a different cheaper model.
Checked again today, all highstreet re-sellers have the Note listed at £500+.

Nexus 4 : Good prices ?

Hey guys ! I wanted lately to buy a used in good shape N4 , i find it to be a bit overpriced on ebay and amazon compared to the play store price (price is 50 bucks more) , and since in my country the play store doesnt exist i can only buy it from amazon and ebay !
So what do you think is a good price for it ?? im searching for a 16gb model , i think 8gb is not enough or is it ??
Thanks in advance

yes you are right, the reason your find them on ebay and amazon priced higher is probably becasue the seller will ship internationally, and is still cheaper then buying in their home country, or for what ever reason google does not sell in that country, OR the seller is counting on buyers who have a amazon store card or billmelater with paypal, and can finance it without having to get a real credit card, there are tons of reasons, those are the only ones i can think of now.
also i wouldnt pay more then $300 for a used 16gb nexus 4, i mean, for 50 bucks more you can get a new one, with a warranty!
since the nexus 4 is so different then its competitors and undercut them all in terms in price, it makes it an unprecedented popular "affordable" smart phone, with unprecedented pricing by 3rd parties. solid design and great phone, but a "cheap" device in terms of specs when compared to the S3 which is selling used for $300 right now.
even though it might be more difficult then normal to find, keep looking, as its the internet... and the 16gb models should be better priced then the 8gb's from what i've seen.
i had a 8gb nexus that i lost in the back of a taxi, it was a steller phone, though 8gb is not enough. though i did start to use streaming services like plex for video, and subsonic media server for my music and everything worked fine with internet, and could sync if i knew i would be without.
hope this helps
k

Have you tried Swappa? Some people will ship internationally. I just bought a Nexus 4 with accessories for $330. I know some people will say that's more than it should be, but it's basically brand new. If I ordered on Play between shipping and taxes I would've paid at least $50 more. I'll pocket the $50 for a phone that looks brand new.
Good luck.
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kpholmes said:
but a "cheap" device in terms of specs when compared to the S3
k
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How is it a cheap device in terms of specs?

kpholmes said:
yes you are right, the reason your find them on ebay and amazon priced higher is probably becasue the seller will ship internationally, and is still cheaper then buying in their home country, or for what ever reason google does not sell in that country, OR the seller is counting on buyers who have a amazon store card or billmelater with paypal, and can finance it without having to get a real credit card, there are tons of reasons, those are the only ones i can think of now.
also i wouldnt pay more then $300 for a used 16gb nexus 4, i mean, for 50 bucks more you can get a new one, with a warranty!
since the nexus 4 is so different then its competitors and undercut them all in terms in price, it makes it an unprecedented popular "affordable" smart phone, with unprecedented pricing by 3rd parties. solid design and great phone, but a "cheap" device in terms of specs when compared to the S3 which is selling used for $300 right now.
even though it might be more difficult then normal to find, keep looking, as its the internet... and the 16gb models should be better priced then the 8gb's from what i've seen.
i had a 8gb nexus that i lost in the back of a taxi, it was a steller phone, though 8gb is not enough. though i did start to use streaming services like plex for video, and subsonic media server for my music and everything worked fine with internet, and could sync if i knew i would be without.
hope this helps
k
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Thanks mate ! I' ll keep searching
npiper05 said:
Have you tried Swappa? Some people will ship internationally. I just bought a Nexus 4 with accessories for $330. I know some people will say that's more than it should be, but it's basically brand new. If I ordered on Play between shipping and taxes I would've paid at least $50 more. I'll pocket the $50 for a phone that looks brand new.
Good luck.
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Thanks . well you are lucky . I'll try swappa as well
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Unfortunately no luck on swappa there is no seller that ships to the EU !
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is it safe to buy the phone from here

Cant find nexus 4 16g in norway, not ones for double the price anyways:
if i order it from here, everything will be okay, right? its safe? or should i buy from other seller...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Google-LG-NEXUS-4-UNLOCKED-Smartphone-16GB-Black-4-7-Android-CellPhone-/350798475811?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item51ad37f223

binaryfalcon said:
Cant find nexus 4 16g in norway, not ones for double the price anyways:
if i order it from here, everything will be okay, right? its safe? or should i buy from other seller...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Google-LG-NEXUS-4-UNLOCKED-Smartphone-16GB-Black-4-7-Android-CellPhone-/350798475811?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item51ad37f223
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Looks like an honest enough seller there, shouldn't be a problem. But why not avoid those insane shipping costs and buy it directly fro the google play store? Probably won't get it any cheaper, they ship very fast, and, if I remember correctly, for free.
EDIT: It's a good deal imho though.. Don't know about Norway, but I got my 8GB N4 for 300€, your offer there equals ~294€ for 16GB. Of course you have to add the huge shipping costs and the nerve it'll cost you to wait at least 2 weeks for your N4.

danielms22 said:
Looks like an honest enough seller there, shouldn't be a problem. But why not avoid those insane shipping costs and buy it directly fro the google play store? Probably won't get it any cheaper, they ship very fast, and, if I remember correctly, for free.
EDIT: It's a good deal imho though.. Don't know about Norway, but I got my 8GB N4 for 300€, your offer there equals ~294€ for 16GB. Of course you have to add the huge shipping costs and the nerve it'll cost you to wait at least 2 weeks for your N4.
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Good. I am going to return my nexus 4 and make money in the process. no google play store here.

Finding It Impossible to Sell Axon 7 on Used Market, Despite Mint Condition

I've had my Axon 7 advertised on various websites for over 4 months. Originally I started with an asking price of £210 GBP here in the UK, but I quickly dropped this down to £185 to gain interest. The phone is in mint condition as I only used it for about 5-6 months before switching back to my old phone. I have made a good listing with high quality pictures and a detailed write-up. Yet, despite the phone's almost brand-new condition and what I consider a perfectly reasonable asking price, I can't shift this thing at all. In fact, I have barely had any messages other than a couple of completely insulting offers, for £50 lower than advertised.
I think this is a result of ZTE's reputation being so badly damaged this year. It was all over news websites back in April that ZTE devices were a 'risk to security' and the UK government advised against buying them. Now it seems I will be stuck with this phone forever unless I'm prepared to make a considerable loss on it.

Swappa in the US has them listed around $175-$200USD for near mint and they go within a matter of days. £185 is around $244USD. The one's I've seen for less than $225USD go pretty quickly. Try lowering your price and you'll sell

I brought mint condition phone for 180$ 5 months before

thehritzinator said:
Swappa in the US has them listed around $175-$200USD for near mint and they go within a matter of days. £185 is around $244USD. The one's I've seen for less than $225USD go pretty quickly. Try lowering your price and you'll sell
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alwynjoshy said:
I brought mint condition phone for 180$ 5 months before
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Damn. I paid just under £240 for this phone when I bought it from AliExpress last year. Unfortunately there was a price-drop on the Axon 7 around 1-2 months afterwards and so I think it lost a lot of value then.
The reason I priced mine at £185 was because I had seen them selling on eBay for over £200 in worse condition than mine. But I've just checked again at the 'recently sold' items and now they're going for £150-£170, so it seems the value dropped further from when I last looked up the prices.
Seems I have no option but to reduce the price a little further. It sucks because I only used the phone for 5 months and the condition is mint since it was kept in a case at all times. I had someone offer me £185 about 4 months ago so I wish I'd taken it while I had the chance!

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Damn. I paid just under £240 for this phone when I bought it from AliExpress last year. Unfortunately there was a price-drop on the Axon 7 around 1-2 months afterwards and so I think it lost a lot of value then.
The reason I priced mine at £185 was because I had seen them selling on eBay for over £200 in worse condition than mine. But I've just checked again at the 'recently sold' items and now they're going for £150-£170, so it seems the value dropped further from when I last looked up the prices.
Seems I have no option but to reduce the price a little further. It sucks because I only used the phone for 5 months and the condition is mint since it was kept in a case at all times. I had someone offer me £185 about 4 months ago so I wish I'd taken it while I had the chance!
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You could get a brand new Axon 7 for ~$270 half a year ago. plus yeah, not many people would want an used axon 7 lol - at least in my country most buy used S7Edge's or buy budget samsungs like the J7
Personally I broke mine (mobo, but many other things were broken too) so I decided to buy an used axon. I paid $200 for a pretty dinged-up one (don't care)

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You could get a brand new Axon 7 for ~$270 half a year ago. plus yeah, not many people would want an used axon 7 lol - at least in my country most buy used S7Edge's or buy budget samsungs like the J7
Personally I broke mine (mobo, but many other things were broken too) so I decided to buy an used axon. I paid $200 for a pretty dinged-up one (don't care)
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That is the problem, the Axon 7 is nowhere near as popular as most other phones on the used market, especially here in the UK where it's only possible to buy the Mini version of the Axon 7. There can be some confusion between the two variants. Like you said, most folks buying used would look at Samsung or obviously Apple.
You sound a lot cooler than me about buying a phone with damage to it. I wouldn't look at a second-hand phone unless it was almost immaculate. But luckily mine is free from all scratches!

P650SE said:
I've had my Axon 7 advertised on various websites for over 4 months. Originally I started with an asking price of £210 GBP here in the UK, but I quickly dropped this down to £185 to gain interest. The phone is in mint condition as I only used it for about 5-6 months before switching back to my old phone. I have made a good listing with high quality pictures and a detailed write-up. Yet, despite the phone's almost brand-new condition and what I consider a perfectly reasonable asking price, I can't shift this thing at all. In fact, I have barely had any messages other than a couple of completely insulting offers, for £50 lower than advertised.
I think this is a result of ZTE's reputation being so badly damaged this year. It was all over news websites back in April that ZTE devices were a 'risk to security' and the UK government advised against buying them. Now it seems I will be stuck with this phone forever unless I'm prepared to make a considerable loss on it.
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I bought my brand new A2017G for just £200 10 months ago, unlikely it will be worth more than £120 now. It is a 2 years plus model after all.

alvinlwh said:
I bought my brand new A2017G for just £200 10 months ago, unlikely it will be worth more than £120 now. It is a 2 years plus model after all.
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Dude it's worth more than that, lol. I checked and they're selling on eBay between £140 and £175 depending on condition and the quality of the listing. The absolute cheapest one I found in decent condition was a little over £130.
I'm going to try re-advertising it on eBay and see what happens, clearly my starting price of £185 was far too high based on today's values.

Axon 7 here in Australia was $699 Aussie dollars a little over a year ago, I bought mine brand new for $350 AU dollars.
Damn, do we get ripped?