I bought a phone on ebay please HELP!!!

Craig78£

cootuk wrote: »

I agree with the OP.
Last thing they want is for the phone to be blocked if the seller either stops paying the contract or lodges an insurance claim saying it's been stolen.
I would raise a SNAD saying it wasn't shown as being on contract and isn't yet the property of the seller to sell.

Remember to return it fully tracked.

Yes definitely it's being sent Royal Mail special delivery if I get a refund

Craig78£

Buzby wrote: »

The seller may have no intention of doing anything illegal. Sure, EE say for 6 months they cannot sell it, but that applies to the OP. Their right of redress is with their customer. The second purchaser is not a party to this and cannot invoke or use clauses that are not a party to.

The phone will stay locked to EE and will not be blocked unless the (a) original seller reported it is missing/stolen or (b) they stop paying for the contract. The contract is for the SIM, so they may well use the money for the handset to pay off the line rental.

Considering the price you paid, the deal is reasonable - all things being equal, but not one I'd be content with. I purchase mine from the Apple Store and get AppleCare too.

No that's incorrect the contract is for the handset and the sim why would they block the phone if it was only for the sim??? I'm not saying he's going to do anything bad with his contract but it's too much risk for me look at the situation the man was in 3/4 posts ago I don't want this happening to me.

Craig78£

Just received a message off the said seller asking to please send the phone back to him via special delivery looks like something scared him off result!!!

soolin

Craig78£ wrote: »

Just received a message off the said seller asking to please send the phone back to him via special delivery looks like something scared him off result!!!

He sounds more pragmatic than scared off. Sellers rarely win any SNAD claim so it is often prudent to just get the item back and reclaim fees and re sell it. If he had tried to fight it he would have lost a considerable amount of money in FVFs.

Do take care to send it back fully Insured though, special delivery with added insurance if necessary, depending on value. Keep your receipt and tracking number in case of problems.

glentoran99

Craig78£ wrote: »

Yes true but not entirely you can buy phones from all the main carriers on pay as you go locked to their network.

which could still be reported stolen and blocked

Craig78£

glentoran99 wrote: »

which could still be reported stolen and blocked

I've not doubted that they can't but at least they won't be tied into a 2 year contract that will not be in your name nor you paying for it.

sinar

Craig78£ wrote: »

Yes true but not entirely you can buy phones from all the main carriers on pay as you go locked to their network.

Thats why i said "most likely" locked to a carrier, the PAYG phone is usually only about £10 cheaper than buying it direct from Apple, so most people (in my experience) prefer to pay the extra £10 and get the phone unlocked from Apple, which is often more convenient (you can change carrier at will) and often increases the resale value.

KawaiiClare

ok i work for 3, just to confirm we block the sim, not the imei...the reason we ask for imei is to confirm whether the phone has been reported stolen or is insurance fraud.

I've blocked hundred of sims but we never block an imei, the phone would still function if you put a different sim in and the contract hadn't been paid.

The ONLY time the phone would be blocked is if it was reported stolen.

Hope this helps.

Enfieldian

KawaiiClare wrote: »

Hope this helps.

Unlikely as the OP has made his/her mind up that their understanding of a contract is the only one that that there is, right or wrong.

WelshPaul

You need to read the terms and conditions of such contract. A mobile phone is not blacklisted because of non payment, mobile phone operators do not own the phone you do.

It may have a subsidy lock that will usually only allow the phone to accept sim cards from the network who originally supplied the phone and almost always there are restrictions in place that only allow the phone to be unlocked once those restrictions have been met.

Unless the seller reports the handset lost or stolen it will not get blacklisted. I guess you purchased it and attempted to get it unlocked by EE only to get your request refused. Now you want to return it leaving the seller out of pocket with a used phone which now has a lower sale value because of your stupidity.

Can I get your eBay username so I can add you to my block list?