bought phone on ebay 3 months ago now broke

ndee1980

i bought a iphone 3gs on ebay end of november last year, second hand, the sellers feedback imaculate sold iphones before, i have now had problems with the phone starting with a message cant make or recieve calls on sunday please restore i tried that to newest firmware now im just stuck in recovery mode, ive contacted apple and they want alot of money to repair, is the person i got this phone of liable????? please help

Percy1983

To be honest 3 months is a long time so I wouldn't chase the seller.

It might be worth posting in the techie section they may be able to help.

Esoog

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3125400

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theonlywayisup

Esoog wrote: »

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3125400

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ndee1980 wrote: »

i bought a iphone 3gs on ebay end of november last year,

froggy_girl128 wrote: »

I sold a new item at the start of January, it was brand new, 3 months later I get an email saying it is not working properly. I advised the buyer to contact microsoft as it will be covered under 1year warranty with them and gave them my

So no, not the same.

Mat_Lock

the seller is not liable at all, specially after 3 months. You've just bought a phone that has broken during normal use. Just like you'd buy a second hand car and 3 months down the line something goes wrong with it.

Enfieldian

The "keypad" is also defective.

No capital letters, punctuation marks or spelling correction by the looks of it.

Esoog

theonlywayisup wrote: »

So no, not the same.

yah, I did see that halfway through posting and thought I'd got it in time, but alas no.

Rev

I'd not contact a seller if an item I bought broke 3 months later. Unless it was in warranty, and even then just to see if they could give me details of where they got it in case the company asked for them.

Have you tried tiny umbrella to boot it from recovery mode?

zzzLazyDaisy

End of November is actually almost four months ago - it is almost the end of March now. The i-phone wasn't new when purchased, it was second hand. The seller certainly isn't liable after all this time, either under e-bay rules or legally.

However, it *might* be worth contacting the seller if they are doing refurbs, as they may know enough about the i-phone to advise on how to rectify the problem.

macfly

If it's a business seller of these phones. you couldn't be more wrong. All of you.
A reasonable expensive mobile should be expected to last years if there was no inherent fault. So the seller is legally responsible. If they are a business of course.

Percy1983

macfly wrote: »

If it's a business seller of these phones. you couldn't be more wrong. All of you.
A reasonable expensive mobile should be expected to last years if there was no inherent fault. So the seller is legally responsible. If they are a business of course.

So businesses have to offer unlimited warrenties on used goods.

Yes if it broke in 2 weeks I would say chase them, but in 3 months a lot can happen to a phone.

It appears it maybe fixable with the correct knowledge anyway.