[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
This is too good a deal to pass up. So, I guess I'll have two of these phones, for at least a while...

Yes, I have one coming this week from Puerto Rico I got off eBay for $779 and change. Call it $780. Because until today there were no others available for cheaper, outside Latin America, ever since Motorola Mexico sold out back in November. I checked Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Chile.

*I have brothers-in-law who live in Brazil. There were willing to help me, but Brazil is just charging too much money. U.S. $850 + tax? + shipping to USA . My reference point is the Nexus 6. $650 or less and it's a good deal. (Google charges $650 + tax & shipping for the 32GB Nexus 6, and $699 for the 64GB Nexus 6.)

* In Puerto Rico, had a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend situation, where someone in Puerto Rico went to Claro store to buy one for me -- but they were told by store employees they couldn't buy it without contract or activation on Claro. Maybe they didn't ask firmly enough, I don't know. :confused:

*I then tried Mercado Libre in Mexico. 9000 Mexican pesos, included FedEx shipping with tracking number. With currency fee or whatever, somehow I got charged U.S. $658 (which is more than 9000 pesos).

Either the seller ran out of inventory and took money anyway until he could get more phones -- or it was a scam from the beginning. :confused: After a week of being promised the phone was going to be shipped via FedEx with tracking number, and I never received a tracking number, I filed a PayPal dispute. Not only that, but today I called Visa and got money refunded IMMEDIATELY through chargeback. (Yeah, I switched to my Visa card to fund the PayPal purchase. I'm not stupid. A big purchase like this is going on a protected credit card, not my checking account. Decided not to wait for PayPal to eventually refund my money in 30 days or whatever. :rolleyes: The seller still hasn't responded to the dispute issue at all, which was filed days ago. So, today I called Visa, filed a chargeback, and they refunded my money. They're going to contact PayPal to confirm details, but I have my money and PayPal can go chase the seller. )

*I also had a flight attendant friend going to Puerto Rico on Dec 21. She was going to buy one for me. But I was afraid she would run into the same issue of not being allowed to buy the phone at Claro store and walk out without activation on Claro.

With all these dead ends, then I saw the Puerto Rico Moto Maxx eBay listing for $780 -- guaranteed unlocked -- and reluctantly bought it for at least $130 more than I wanted to. :(

But I WANT this phone. I don't want a huge Nexus 6 to replace my Nexus 5. I'm so mad at Google for actually testing THIS phone for the Nexus 6 and then deciding not to release it. This is so much better in size than the monstrosity they call the Nexus 6! Tracking says it will arrive by Friday.

So, guess what? With Motorola Mexico being re-stocked and the fantastic low price, today I bought a second Moto Maxx from Motorola Mexico and through the help of the op, will have it shipped to USA.

This afternoon 7,999 Mexicon pesos got charged to my card as U.S. $542.22. Then, plus $40 fee (very reasonable) for the op to help ship it, that's $582.22 -- plus whatever FedEx shipping charges. Total probably still under $650. VERY good deal, to be delivered to my house.

Yeah, I'll have TWO of these fantastic phones. Maybe I'll sell one. If I do, any profit would help defray the overage I paid for the $780 eBay Puerto Rico phone! :D