On top of the cardboard iPhone sold on eBay, there have already been $18,000 in iPhone-related sales on the popular Internet auction site, according to auction research analysts at HammerTap.

HammerTap’s Jen Cano said, “People are so excited about new and innovative product releases like the iPhone that sellers find any way they can to make a profit off that excitement and according to the research, anything iPhone related sells for an average of $35.”

For example, one domain name, “www.iphoneforcheap.com�, had 11 bids and sold for $41.

Don’t be the idiot who pays $200+ for this cardboard iPhone that’s selling on eBay with 55 bidders so far and over 2 days left to bid.

It’s not that the cardboard iPhone replica is a scam or that the seller is unreliable. It’s just that, believe it or not, the cardboard iPhone does not have a multi-touch screen, and it can’t make phone calls, play media, or go online.

The winning bidder is sure going to have a lot to talk about with his friends in June when he doesn’t have the dough to shell out for a real iPhone because he wasted it all on this piece of junk.