Why not ask applenberry if they are an approved distributer? If they are bogus, won't amazon give you your money back?
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Why not ask applenberry if they are an approved distributer? If they are bogus, won't amazon give you your money back?
Or is applenberry a distributor for Gevey. I can never tell, and their English is so bad it's hard to know.
fwiw, I had some time on my hands so I contacted "Superstar Wireless". I asked them if it was truly a Gevey Ultra and not a knock off. Their response was:
Would be worth double checking with Gevey...
Thanks, I'll look deeper into it. Just thought it would be nice to hear if anybody here had purchased form anyone besides applenberry. I'm sure someone has.
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Hey y'all
I just received a gevey supreme that I ordered on ebay, and to me seems like its fake( after purchasing I have come to think the supreme doesn't even exist?) anyways, so I have gotten the card to work, and it works fine with my att account/wifi aspect of the phone. One question I had was wether the 3g data on the phone still functions with the unlocked phone. Is it that I am using my network sim card I had been using prior to unlocking? I realize it might seem unnecessary to unlock a phone that I can jailbreak if im using it on att, but I will be traveling to another country and wanted to try it out before leaving. Do certain steps need to be taken to gain access to the 3g data aspect of the phone? Thanks in advance for any assistance, or thoughts.
Hey y'all
I just received a gevey supreme that I ordered on ebay, and to me seems like its fake( after purchasing I have come to think the supreme doesn't even exist?) anyways, so I have gotten the card to work, and it works fine with my att account/wifi aspect of the phone. One question I had was wether the 3g data on the phone still functions with the unlocked phone. Is it that I am using my network sim card I had been using prior to unlocking? I realize it might seem unnecessary to unlock a phone that I can jailbreak if im using it on att, but I will be traveling to another country and wanted to try it out before leaving. Do certain steps need to be taken to gain access to the 3g data aspect of the phone? Thanks in advance for any assistance, or thoughts.
not sure how cheap people are, they have a $600 phone what to unlock it and are look for a cheap alternative to the $30 it cost from the official distributor
That's not Gevey, that's a distributor's website. It means nothing.
First of all, I didn't pay $600 for my iPhone. Did you?
Secondly it's thought processes like that that will mean you are never a millionaire. (not that that's my goal...but being frugal is always wise)
Lastly, it's a 25% difference from $30-$40. That is significant.
no i bought the subsitized price because i want to be with my carrier, im pretty sure that $600 is the no contract price
$30-$40 even $100 is nothing if it makes your device go from an ipod to an iphone
if you just want to have it for traveling then sure buy 2 fakes till your realize your at the same cost as 1 official
ALSO Gevey says beware of imitations ONLY buy form our distributors, so yes the info on the distributors site does mean something
When I first went to the site (and to applenberry) there was a red announcement blocking the page saying pro plus and supreme were fakes.
http://i54.tinypic.com/zlar2x.jpg
Exactly, so using the full $600 price for your example is incorrect.
Ask a man with nothing if $100 is still nothing.
I'm not going to buy 2 fakes. I'm going to buy one genuine. But why buy one genuine from an overpriced dealer when I can buy a genuine for $10 cheaper from someone else? There are genuine units to be had from other sources believe it or not. It's like buying a Canon camera from a NYC camera shop. Sure, they aren't an authorized reseller, but they still have genuine canon cameras. (Although for an item that pricey and with a potential for warranty issues, I'd buy from the authorized retailer...but in this case I see no reason to).
Sure, it means I need to be careful. But I know for a fact that genuine units are available from non-authorized retailers. I'm just looking for someone to verify one of the sources they have used.
Yeah, I'm not looking to buy a Pro Plus or Supreme because I know they are fakes and have issues. I'm looking to buy the Ultra.
No, I want to save $10.
Guys, if you can't be of real assistance here, stop harrassing me. If I can't find a verified cheaper source, then sure...I'll buy from Applenberry. In the meantime, only a fool would pay $10 more for a genuine product when the same genuine product is available for $10 less somewhere else. I'm just trying to verify a good source and since I have some time before my trip, I will spend a little time doing some research. Does that harm you in some way?
all the power to you to shop around, im not saying you shouldnt but gevey clearly states they only have 3 delears, so this 4th dealer where are they getting them from so cheap that they can sell them for $10 less and still make it worth their time?
i know you get price breaks but how many are they buying? and wouldnt this 4th dealer go straight to gevey if they want to deal in that many units and become an authorized dealer them self?
I'm not going to say I understand their sourcing and how they sell it for less, but like any other product there are always sources that sell genuine products other than the authorized dealers. Sometimes for less.
It's like the apple headphones you get on eBay. Yes, there are tons of fakes. But there are also real one's to be had. If you know who the reliable sellers are selling the genuine one's, you can save some money.
i totally agree with your other examples and there is a million more good examples of shopping around, not too often though does the manufature warn you so vividly to only deal with these dealers, maybe they do just to keep their distributors happy, maybe they dont want their named tarnished by fakes
You gotta be kidding, Gevey Ultra only works on jailbroekn phones?? Really???
That's a HUGE step back if true.
Since they are a Chinese company, I would guess the intended pronunciation would be "geh-vee".