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Auction winner says phone is cracked!

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  • MrsTinks
    MrsTinks Posts: 15,241 Forumite
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    Contact the network you bought the handset through and they may be able to tell you the IMEI number - next time tho ALWAYS note down the IMEI number before shipping.
    Do you have any of the original stickers that everyone is so fond of throwing in the box with the new phones? The IMEI number is on there too...
    Worst case you may have to refund him and then report the phone as stolen (not for a fradulent claim, but because if you do then the mobile phone operator can actually lock the handset even with a different SIM in it I think...)
    Good luck
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  • molar wrote: »
    Bidding on a damaged D900 the day after winning a 2 week old working D900 (29th / 30th October)

    How do you find out what he is bidding on??
  • FloFlo
    FloFlo Posts: 32,720 Forumite
    How do you find out what he is bidding on??

    Click advanced search then choose items by bidder and put in username only gives last 30 days though.
  • FloFlo wrote: »
    Click advanced search then choose items by bidder and put in username only gives last 30 days though.

    OMG, never knew you could do that, thanks FloFlo!
  • So should i just send him a message saying, i think you have either switched the phone, or the screen...?
  • gaming_guy
    gaming_guy Posts: 6,128 Forumite
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    $nake_eye$ wrote: »
    So should i just send him a message saying, i think you have either switched the phone, or the screen...?

    swapping the internal lcd screen is very difficult in samsungs (from experience), so i doubt they would of done that.
  • I'm sure its a coincidence but one of his earlier positives was for a u600 he bought, he then responded with a neg saying phone didn't work....
    As I say, I'm sure it doesn't means anything:confused: , just thought I'd add it to the bigger picture.
    You can't go wrong with carpet bombing...
  • FloFlo
    FloFlo Posts: 32,720 Forumite
    Looks like he's buying broken phones and perfect phones swapping them and selling on the good phones under another name, judging by the fact he's already selling a new perfect phone he may also be using other names to buy damaged phones.
  • Might be worth checking with the first guy he bought from (samsung u600) to see what was wrong with his phone when it was returned...
    You can't go wrong with carpet bombing...
  • Bamber19
    Bamber19 Posts: 2,264 Forumite
    Don't refund him yet! It looks very dubious, buying and selling broken and working phones. My only hope is that karma deals him a hand and some other little sh** buys the good phones he's keeping and re-selling then sends him the "it's broken" message. I'd actually have decided by now that he's a scammer and negged him to let everyone else know.
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