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Purchasing a contract Iphone4 second hand

Movi
Movi Posts: 4 Newbie
edited 15 December 2010 at 11:04PM in Mobiles
A mate of mine has offered to sell me his contract mobile phone as he is hard up for cash.

Chances are he will possibly not even be able to afford the contract, where does this leave me will the phone get blocked if he defaults on his contract??

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  • steve1980
    steve1980 Posts: 2,334 Forumite
    Don't touch it with a bargepoll.

    Get your own contract.
    Estate Agent, Web Designer & All Round Geek!
  • It might depend on what network you're on, but I don't believe it's standard practice to put an IEMI bar on the phone if a contract is defaulted on, it's usually a case of barring the SIM then cutting them off and then selling the debt onto a debt collection agency.
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