Buying a Financed iPhone on eBay - Will it blacklist?

[ZircoBen]

Hello everyone!

I purchased an iPhone 13 Pro the other day on eBay for $450. It was listed as locked to AT&T, and only today when I was thinking about unlocking it for the heck of it, I got this error:

SO, the device is not paid off in full. The seller claims this:

"Unpaid balances only blacklist when it's a device that been bought but not paid in the first 60 days... we keep them for 60 days before we sell.

I assure you this device will never blacklist."

Can anyone back up this claim by the seller? Will the phone not blacklist?

 

[GoofyCyborg]

Clearly obtained via some type of fraud or scam. I would return it!

 

[ZircoBen]

Clearly obtained via some type of fraud or scam. I would return it!

How do you know that? Thousands of well-rated sellers sell financed devices. Would love to hear so more input on this!

 

[GoofyCyborg]

Because you posted the following reply from them: "we keep them for 60 days before we sell."

Going by what you posted, it sounds to me like they are obtained through finance, paying the first couple of bills and then defaulting on them. If you're OK with that, fine. If you want to take the risks that come with such activity, then that's your choice. I wouldn't!

 

[rambo47]

 

[ZircoBen]

This is a business seller, not some guy trying to flip a phone he didn't pay for.

Because you posted the following reply from them: "we keep them for 60 days before we sell."

Going by what you posted, it sounds to me like they are obtained through finance, paying the first couple of bills and then defaulting on them. If you're OK with that, fine. If you want to take the risks that come with such activity, then that's your choice. I wouldn't!

 

[GoofyCyborg]

Why post here then? You seem intent on defending the seller while chewing on your finger nails worrying about your phone getting black listed.

 

[ZircoBen]

I was hoping someone could jump in that had experience on the matter and who could definitively say what happens.

I thought this commiunity would have a few people who have bought financed phones online and seen the outcome?

 

[FreakinEurekan]

LOL - yeah, that’d be going back if it were me. But you do you!