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As the availability of the iPhone 4 continues to slide out (at the time of this writing, a quick look at the Apple website shows ship date to now be July 14th), those who cannot wait for an extra three weeks or so are looking to eBay. There, a customer can find plenty of iPhone 4's, for a premium.

The highest priced such deal right now appears to be a BuyItNow deal of $5,000. The deal includes the seller flying to any location in the world to hand-deliver the iPhone 4 on June 27th, three days after it is first available.

This appears to be a similar to an earlier deal for the iPad when it was not available internationally. In that case, however, the seller was generous to U.S. buyers: he would cut $2,000 off the price if they were in the U.S., and he also said he would deliver on "launch day." The iPhone 4 seller appears to be from Las Lunas, NM, yet offers no such "promotion" opr guarantee of "launch day" delivery.

It will be interesting to see how anyone outside AT&T's coverage area will use the iPhone 4 as hackers will have to create an jailbreak and unlock for the new device and iOS4.

This is, of course, the high end of the spectrum, and there have been no takers, so far. Meanwhile, there are plenty of completed listings in the $700 - $900 range, for both 16GB and 32GB models.

It's still a week before June 24th, and as the ship date on Apple's site continues to push out, and out, it wouldn't be surprising to see the "average" price of these auctions to surpass $1,000, for those with way too much disposable income, and way too little patience.