📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Bought sealed iPhone from ebay - 4 months later it's blacklisted

Options
13»

Comments


  • I always find it a bit funny when people put "unwanted upgrade" as a reason they are selling a device. It makes no sense because phone companies don't randomly send people a new phone at the end of the term, people need to actively ask for a new phone or other wise they can move to a cheaper contract.
    So people must be pretty silly to seek out an upgrade when they don't want it and then just sell it on.
    Sometimes, the "unwanted" upgrade was very much wanted but it was a teenager whose account is paid by parents and the teenager just lets the contract run one when the upgrade is available, the parents simply forget, and the enterprising teenager is in profit by one new phone that they need to sell.

    I don't think that is the case here, but it does explain the scenario where "unwanted" upgrade can make sense.

    But the phone company don't just send out an upgrade. They are quite happy to let the contract keep running after the minimum term to generate extra profit for them.

    In your scenario someone would have to actively agree to the upgrade and if it's in the parents name they would be the one who has to do it.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.1K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.2K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.7K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.1K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 599.2K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177K Life & Family
  • 257.5K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.