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Every station has done this before: some big product comes out, a producer goes to eBay and searches for it, and they quote the highest price they can find to make it sound like a bigger story. Stop it. An extreme is not a story, and it adds hype to a story that doesn’t need your help to be bigger. Checking the prices right now on eBay, prices are not far off from retail. That’s probably because, as Don posted earlier, there are still iPhones available at the stores. So, producer at a network morning show, what does it add to the story when you report on national TV that the cost on eBay is $2,799? I just found one for $20,999,999 (at least shipping is included). That doesn’t mean that’s how much the phone costs. You can still buy the 4GB model for $499 and the 8GB model for $599, plus tax.
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