Does anyone buy New mobile phones off Ebay

prop

Hiya looking at buying a Samsung 20+ 5G outright.
There seem to be sellers on Ebay with 4000+ good reviews selling new phones with samsung warranties  way cheaper than I can see anywhere on the internet.
How are they doing this and would/have you bought from these sellers?
Paul

prop

I sent a message to one of the sellers asking how they can sell them cheaper than Samsung and this is the reply.

Dear Client,
Thanks for your message.
It is because we buy in bulk quantity, so they offer discounted prices for cooperate customers like us.

Browntoa

Which suggests "grey imports" from abroad , not UK stock

greyteam1959

And the word 'cooperate' suggests that they may not be UK based ??

JJ_Egan

Grey imports may mean no UK warranty also company may not be UK based . Poor consumer rights repairs etc .

MalMonroe

No, I don't. 
Because it could be far more trouble than it's worth to do so. And as greyteam1959 points out, that word should really be 'corporate', I would have thought!

You know the old saying about if something looks too good to be true? That.

liggerz87

I agree with the others you could maybe ask a seller to give you the emie and then give it to samsung but if anything went wrong you mist likely wouldn't have a warranty to it

oldagetraveller1

I bought a Galaxy A71 from an eBay seller, at a very competitive price, but asked them to confirm it was new, in  a sealed box and U.K. version prior to purchase. They did and it is.

As with most potential bargains, due diligence is needed beforehand to avoid regrets afterwards.

Should be co-operate too! Chickens would be cooperated.

prop

Thanks for your comments guys.

tomba_2

prop said:

Hiya looking at buying a Samsung 20+ 5G outright.
There seem to be sellers on Ebay with 4000+ good reviews selling new phones with samsung warranties  way cheaper than I can see anywhere on the internet.
How are they doing this and would/have you bought from these sellers?
Paul

Be very wary!!!
A lot of "new" mobiles on eBay and Amazon resellers are clones / grey imports /fakes.
You'll come to realise that you've bought a dud when you try to get it repaired at, say, Apple / Samsung etc. They will advise you that, although outwardly it may look good, the internals are inferior and are not genuine or it is a non-UK spec which carries no warranty in UK.
Also...of course...a lot of the reviews are paid for (sorry to be a cynic)...always always always read the 1 Star reviews and work your way up.
Good Luck!

prop

Just an update,I decided to take the plunge with an ebay purchase, I found a seller with 4500 reviews and 99% positive rating advertising the phone with 2 year UK samsung warranty and saved £275 compared to the samsung web site for the same phone.

Registerd the phone on the samsung website and its all Legit and I am a very happy bunny.