One good reason for not living in NZ

bt224 · Thread Author #1 05-28-2009, 02:30 PM

Ouch. $1200 for a Bold.

BlackBerry Bold in New Zealand retails for $1,199 | BlackBerry Cool

Username00089 · #2 05-28-2009, 02:47 PM

That is ridiculous.

macgarnicle · #3 05-28-2009, 03:16 PM

a lot of things are pretty expensive on that side of the world.. as for the "good reason not to live there" comment... you've clearly never been.

bt224 · Thread Author #4 05-28-2009, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by macgarnicle

a lot of things are pretty expensive on that side of the world.. as for the "good reason not to live there" comment... you've clearly never been.

One good reason. It wasn't a slam against someone's home. People are getting overly sensitive.

sandos · #5 05-28-2009, 03:59 PM

So you're telling me when I go I can turn a pretty penny selling my Bold at the end of my trip and claiming an insurance replacement when I get back. This will come in handy.

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dictoresno · #6 05-28-2009, 05:31 PM

at current rate, $1,199.00 NZD = $747.624 USD. so im sure the article is listing it in NZD guys. $750 USD souds a bit overpriced, but more reasonable. not everything you read is always gonna be in USD.

tehuringa · #7 05-28-2009, 10:00 PM

The way the $US is going to go it'll be $240 next week....look on the bright side

squish101 · #8 05-28-2009, 10:49 PM

how much is it going in US for a bold? 250? 350? *kaching!*

tehuringa · #9 05-28-2009, 11:45 PM

Some more good reasons for not living in New Zealand are fresh air, all those crappy mountains, glaciers & lakes, bugger all traffic, not enough people, crap rugby team.....ohhh yeah can you tell I'm a Kiwi?

pinoi · #10 05-28-2009, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by tehuringa

Some more good reasons for not living in New Zealand are fresh air, all those crappy mountains, glaciers & lakes, bugger all traffic, not enough people, crap rugby team.....ohhh yeah can you tell I'm a Kiwi?

Its fun to watch the haka...

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crnz · #11 05-29-2009, 01:32 AM

I forked out the money just this morning. Yeah, it hurt. But it's sold as an elite phone, and you don't discount stuff like that. People that want it pay for it. I wanted it. I paid for it :-)

dictoresno · #12 05-29-2009, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by crnz

I forked out the money just this morning. Yeah, it hurt. But it's sold as an elite phone, and you don't discount stuff like that. People that want it pay for it. I wanted it. I paid for it :-)

well was it NZ bucks or the gringo dollar? lets see the receipt!

crnz · #13 05-29-2009, 02:19 AM

NZ$. I paid NZD$1119 because I got such a pathetic phone plan, I only got NZD$80 off

Can't show you the receipt as it's charged to our phone account. So that's still about USD$700. Sucks eh? But the risk of bringing in an overseas BB only to find it won't work is a little risky right now, so we take a deep breath and smile while we're being taken advantage of.

As an aside, I did manage to 202 my bold in 20 minutes after my first battery pull. Well done me.

A little on edge watching it reload now.

whisky · #14 05-29-2009, 03:24 AM

Is this the same one?

BlackBerry Bold 9000 | Postpaid Phones | Mobile | Telecom New Zealand

It's $880 now.

Bold is being sold for AUD 1200 by my carrier but nobody buys it outright. They sign up for contract plans and get the phone for free. Or they find other stores that sell unlocked phones for much cheaper price.