Some fast-acting entrepreneurs are selling phones with TikTok preloaded on devices for thousands of dollars online, after the social media app was momentarily unavailable in the U.S.

Some sellers are banking on people being very desperate to use TikTok again, but buyer beware: The app’s future is still far from certain. iPhones and Android phones with TikTok preinstalled on them are being listed for exorbitant prices of $10,

With the app still unavailable on US app stores, people are betting on TikTok being a profitable added extra to secondhand handsets.

Some iPhones with the TikTok app, which is currently unavailable in the Apple and Google app stores, are fetching big bucks on eBay in the wake of the video-sharing app's brief ban in the United States.

TikTok is still unavailable on Apple's and Google's respective app stores after it was removed last weekend. The app briefly went dark on Saturday, and while

Some cell phone users didn’t delete the TikTok app from their devices during its short ban in the U.S. Now, it appears they may be hoping to cash in by selling their phones.

People are listing phones preloaded with TikTok for tens of thousands of dollars on eBay, Facebook marketplace and other online storefronts.

With no way for users to download TikTok, thousands of eBay sellers have listed phones with the app installed — hoping to capitalize on TikTok’s disappearance from U.S. app stores following a brief ban.

TikTok’s absence from app stores in the US has sparked an unusual trend: phones with the app pre-installed are being sold on eBay for exorbitant amounts. Some listings are priced as high as $50,000, reported The Independent,

The future of the app is uncertain—but the TikTok app is unavailable on the Apple App Store ... TikTok pre-installed on them on sites like eBay. It’s similar to how users flooded the auction ...

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