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iPhone X shipping dates slip to 5-6 weeks as scalpers flood eBay with >100% premiums

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/ebay-scalpers.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1303)</div><p>The iPhone X went on sale just two hours ago (https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/27/iphone-x-now-available/), and it is now very much sold out around the world. Almost all models of iPhone X listed on Apple.com are now estimated to ship  at least five weeks out, which means customers trying to order now won’t see the phone until December.</p>
<p>As always, scalpers are trying to profit on the constrained supply with dozens of ‘confirmed preorders’ hitting eBay (https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_id=114&amp;ipn=icep&amp;toolid=20004&amp;campid=5338009567&amp;mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_odkw%3DiPhone%2Bx%26_osacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp2045573.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.XiPhone%2BX.TRS0%26_nkw%3DiPhone%2BX%26_sacat%3D0) … with prices skyrocketing above the normal retail price …</p>
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