Someone sold me a stolen Sprint iPhone

newport123 · 07:38 PM

how can i file a complaint to get my money back
got it off craigslist
sold my 2011 air for 300$ cash +iphone 5

VandyChem2009 · Nov 26, 2012, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by newport123

how can i file a complaint to get my money back

How did you buy it? If you bought it off eBay you can leave him bad feedback and probably get your money back from paypal. If you bought it off CraigsList you are screwed.

Jtludwig · Nov 26, 2012, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by newport123

how can i file a complaint to get my money back

Did you buy it on eBay? Some details would be helpful.

Jtludwig · Nov 26, 2012, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by newport123

got it off craigslist
traded for my 2011 macbook air for iphone 5 +300 cash

You are screwed.

newport123 · Nov 26, 2012, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Jtludwig

You are screwed.

can i file a police complaint

lunaoso · Nov 26, 2012, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by newport123

can i file a police complaint

You can they probably won't care at all though.

iTinksquest · Nov 26, 2012, 07:47 PM

Is it bad esn or just stolen? If its bad ESN I've heard you can pay off the overdue bill of the previous owners account and they will clean the slate for phone. Make sure this is true first before throwing down money and not getting a clean bill but instead just paying the guys bill. Goodluck!

JayLenochiniMac · Nov 26, 2012, 08:37 PM

This is where eBay is advantageous when it comes to buying.

hockeyman94 · Nov 26, 2012, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by newport123

how can i file a complaint to get my money back
got it off craigslist
sold my 2011 air for 300$ cash +iphone 5

Here is What you could do. If there is anything wrong with the phone at all like camera blurry or bad battery life or like a bad pixel (you can check by saving a black picture on your phone turing the brightness up all the way and go to that black picture) you can trade it in and they will give you another iPhone 5 from white box and it will have a clean esn.

Mlrollin91 · Nov 26, 2012, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by hockeyman94

Here is What you could do. If there is anything wrong with the phone at all like camera blurry or bad battery life or like a bad pixel (you can check by saving a black picture on your phone turing the brightness up all the way and go to that black picture) you can trade it in and they will give you another iPhone 5 from white box and it will have a clean esn.

And Apple isn't going to noticed that it is not activated?
There is no way that this would ever work.

darster · Nov 26, 2012, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by hockeyman94

Here is What you could do. If there is anything wrong with the phone at all like camera blurry or bad battery life or like a bad pixel (you can check by saving a black picture on your phone turing the brightness up all the way and go to that black picture) you can trade it in and they will give you another iPhone 5 from white box and it will have a clean esn.

Well, this is near the top as one of the dumbest suggestions ever made on this forum.

tymaster50 · Nov 26, 2012, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by darster

Well, this is near the top as one of the dumbest suggestions ever made on this forum.

what are the others

BFizzzle · Nov 27, 2012, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tymaster50

what are the others

http://forums.macrumors.com/search.p...rchid=31541593

tymaster50 · Nov 27, 2012, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BFizzzle

http://forums.macrumors.com/search.p...rchid=31541593

doesn't work

ChrisMan287 · Nov 26, 2012, 09:08 PM

I think I said this one time this week already but.. this is why I activate phones on the spot.

Ouch.

hockeyman94 · Nov 26, 2012, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by darster

Well, this is near the top as one of the dumbest suggestions ever made on this forum.

Oh Yeah? You have a better Suggestion? you can take the screen off unplug the connectors and put it back together and say the screen went black and cant get it to turn on worked for me... Just when you go to apple make sure there isn't a sim in the sim tray

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And Apple isn't going to noticed that it is not activated?
There is no way that this would ever work.

He never said that it wasn't activated so it probably already is activated.

JayLenochiniMac · Nov 26, 2012, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by hockeyman94

Here is What you could do. If there is anything wrong with the phone at all like camera blurry or bad battery life or like a bad pixel (you can check by saving a black picture on your phone turing the brightness up all the way and go to that black picture) you can trade it in and they will give you another iPhone 5 from white box and it will have a clean esn.

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Originally Posted by hockeyman94

Oh Yeah? You have a better Suggestion? you can take the screen off unplug the connectors and put it back together and say the screen went black and cant get it to turn on worked for me... Just when you go to apple make sure there isn't a sim in the sim tray

What's wrong with you in suggesting to commit fraud and think nothing of it?

Mlrollin91 · Nov 26, 2012, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by hockeyman94

He never said that it wasn't activated so it probably already is activated.

Obviously it's not activated... Otherwise the OP would have no idea if it was stolen. It must have a bad esn, which therefore cannot be activated.

Kind of implied by the OP.

darster · Nov 26, 2012, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by hockeyman94

Oh Yeah? You have a better Suggestion? you can take the screen off unplug the connectors and put it back together and say the screen went black and cant get it to turn on worked for me... Just when you go to apple make sure there isn't a sim in the sim tray

You're an idiot for suggesting fraud. Lie to Apple to get a replacement. You accidently buy stolen. But make Apple pay for mistake. Yep, near the top as one of the dumbest suggestions.

Myiphone7 · Nov 27, 2012, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by darster

You're an idiot for suggesting fraud. Lie to Apple to get a replacement. You accidently buy stolen. But make Apple pay for mistake. Yep, near the top as one of the dumbest suggestions.

It's better to make someone else pay than yourself that way you could use the money for something else...

ReallyBigFeet · Nov 26, 2012, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by hockeyman94

Here is What you could do. If there is anything wrong with the phone at all like camera blurry or bad battery life or like a bad pixel (you can check by saving a black picture on your phone turing the brightness up all the way and go to that black picture) you can trade it in and they will give you another iPhone 5 from white box and it will have a clean esn.

It never ceases to amaze me the despicable lack of character in some posters.

Seriously, if you put as much effort into clever ways to earn a living as you do into looking for ways to screw "the man," you'd be rich beyond your wildest dreams.

Jordan921 · Nov 26, 2012, 11:15 PM

Hmm pretty much screwed since it was a Craigslist transaction.

Bob Coxner · Nov 27, 2012, 11:21 AM

iPhones with bad ESNs can be flashed to work on Cricket

http://www.cricketusers.com/content/...4-cricket.html (Verizon iPhone)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XpilrKzxfU (Sprint iPhone)

strayts · Nov 27, 2012, 12:34 PM

Bummer sorry to hear about this OP. In my experience, I've activated the phone in the presence of the seller to make sure it's good to go. Hopefully Sprint will take pity on you.

Switchback666 · Nov 26, 2012, 09:10 PM

You can sell it to someone overseas, if the price is right i might buy it

Nov 26, 2012, 07:24 PM	#1
newport123 macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2009	Someone sold me a stolen Sprint iPhone how can i file a complaint to get my money back got it off craigslist sold my 2011 air for 300$ cash +iphone 5 Last edited by newport123; Nov 26, 2012 at 07:38 PM.
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ChrisMan287 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NY.	I think I said this one time this week already but.. this is why I activate phones on the spot. Ouch. __________________ 15" PowerBook G4, 1.67GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HD ; 16GB iPad2.
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Bob Coxner macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2011	iPhones with bad ESNs can be flashed to work on Cricket http://www.cricketusers.com/content/...4-cricket.html (Verizon iPhone) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XpilrKzxfU (Sprint iPhone) __________________ MBA i5 13/4/128, iPad 1, iPad 3, iPod Touch 5g
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Nov 26, 2012, 07:47 PM	#7
iTinksquest macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	Is it bad esn or just stolen? If its bad ESN I've heard you can pay off the overdue bill of the previous owners account and they will clean the slate for phone. Make sure this is true first before throwing down money and not getting a clean bill but instead just paying the guys bill. Goodluck!
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Nov 26, 2012, 08:37 PM	#8
JayLenochiniMac macrumors 68040 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New Sanfrakota	This is where eBay is advantageous when it comes to buying.
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Nov 26, 2012, 11:15 PM	#22
Jordan921 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Bay Area	Hmm pretty much screwed since it was a Craigslist transaction.
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Nov 27, 2012, 12:34 PM	#24
strayts macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2011	Bummer sorry to hear about this OP. In my experience, I've activated the phone in the presence of the seller to make sure it's good to go. Hopefully Sprint will take pity on you.
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Nov 26, 2012, 09:10 PM	#25
Switchback666 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2012	You can sell it to someone overseas, if the price is right i might buy it
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