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Smartfonestore ?

niceday999
niceday999 Posts: 1,058 Forumite
Has anyone heard of this phone company ? They have refurbished iphone 4 for sale.
http://www.smartfonestore.com/buy_smartphone_O2.aspx

I always check on here, it says on their home page that they have 8500 positive reviews on their ebay shop, but I couldnt find their shop on ebay either, to check the reviews.

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  • Have never heard of them, I tried looking on ebay there. Maybe someone could help as i too would be interested.
    It looks good for iphone 3g ! It's hard to know what to do.
  • Hello,

    The general rule with these kinds of websites are that you should be pretty cautious with them. A lot of these offer phones at really cheap prices and end up being a scam of some sort. Obviously not all of these kinds of websites operate this way.

    If I were you I would go to the "Contact Us" page and try and get hold of them. Try and get an address for the company and see where they operate. If they are a legitimate company they will have an address and a phone number you can contact them on.

    Hope this helps :)
  • Margey
    Margey Posts: 181 Forumite
    the phone number they have supplied is linked to a phone recycling company called "Fonebank". It would seem they are a phone recycling company and you'll end up with a second hand phone or maybe even third / fourth handed etc.

    The address they have given comes up with a restaurant in google maps street view. Though this isnt always 100% accurate.

    Personally I would go for a more reliable source to buy my phones from. But obviously it's up to you.
  • harvey1964 wrote: »
    Have never heard of them, I tried looking on ebay there. Maybe someone could help as i too would be interested.
    It looks good for iphone 3g ! It's hard to know what to do.

    I found them on eBay. Their feedback looks brilliant. Just bought an iPhone 4S for my wife for Christmas.

    Search smartfonestoreuk on eBay.


    I'll let you all know what it's like.
  • Neil49
    Neil49 Posts: 3,373 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I found them on eBay. Their feedback looks brilliant. Just bought an iPhone 4S for my wife for Christmas.

    Search smartfonestoreuk on eBay.


    I'll let you all know what it's like.

    Very positive feedback - the problem is it's their first post!!

    Where did they suddenly appear from?

    Am I just being cynical?

    I'll leave it to you to make your own judgement.
  • Well my sis has just bought a second hand iphone 4 from smartfonestore and was pleasantly surprised to receive an almost brand new phone! Best £295 she ever spent!
  • roms
    roms Posts: 78 Forumite
    Margey wrote: »
    the phone number they have supplied is linked to a phone recycling company called "Fonebank". It would seem they are a phone recycling company and you'll end up with a second hand phone or maybe even third / fourth handed etc.

    The address they have given comes up with a restaurant in google maps street view. Though this isnt always 100% accurate.

    Personally I would go for a more reliable source to buy my phones from. But obviously it's up to you.

    Hi Margey,

    I can`t see a number on their website. How did you get their phonenumber?
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