I feel for you. You could easily buy a factory unlocked new 4s for 200-250, or a mint factory unlocked iPhone 5 for 350.
Well, thanks for the "sympathies," but as already stated, I was not shopping for a METAL phone. That includes 4, 4s, 5, 5s.
And yes I know 5c is carbonite but it only has 32gig, same exact size as my original one. If Apple had put a 64gig in the 5c, I might have bought one by now, brand new from the local Apple Store.