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We have recently seen the Motorola AURA in all its expensive glory, and now there seems to be another twist in the story.  The twist is thankfully just in the rumor stage, and although we are not sure it is believable, it kind of sounds like it would be something that Moto would do with a luxury handset.

The story goes that a “source close to the company” has leaked some information stating that any AURA owners will not be able to resell the phone on eBay.  In fact, the source has stated that anyone who buys an AURA will have to “sign into a contract that states they can’t sell it on eBay.” 

According to the rumor, each AURA sold will carry a unique identification number that can be traced back to the original owner should the phone ever be sold.  Further details state that the only way to part ways with the AURA and recoup some of the original $2000 price tag would be to sell it back to Motorola.  Of course, the same source was not kind enough to let any buy back pricing information slip.

In the meantime, we can only treat this as rumor, but regardless if you are willing, or better yet, able to spend the $2000 asking price then you most likely are not going to be all that concerned on getting a high resale value.  While the source has stated that the AURA cannot be resold, I wonder what Moto would say if the original owner just wanted to give it away.

Via [Register Hardware]