Hi everyone, hoping for a bit of advice from you all.
I recently sold my unlocked iPhone 3G on eBay and shipped the device to the buyer. PayPal have currently held the payment in a state of 'pending' whilst they ensure that the recipient is happy with their purchase.
The problem is, is that I received and email from the guy saying that his T-mobile sim was not working and asked for advice on how to get it working. I felt bad that the iPhone I'd advertised as being unlocked (by my carrier by the way) may not in fact be unlocked as he was seeing a message saying 'no sim installed', so asked him to try a few things that I'd seen on the internet to see if they may help.
He said that he wasn't very technical and wasn't really sure what he was doing, so in the end I asked him to send it back to me to see if I could figure it out this end.
I received the iPhone today and immediately noticed that he has completely gouged the sim eject hole leading me to believe that he has been excessively forceful when ejecting the sim tray (looks like he tried to use a screwdriver ) and thus damaging the sim contact points. I'm sure they're damaged as my sim card which worked fine before posting (and the gouging).
Now, does anyone know where I stand on this? If I call him up on being responsible, there's every likelihood that this guy could screw me over and retract his pending payment, leaving me stuck with a useless iPhone.
If anyone has any advice, I'd be very grateful.
Thank you,
Lewis
I recently sold my unlocked iPhone 3G on eBay and shipped the device to the buyer. PayPal have currently held the payment in a state of 'pending' whilst they ensure that the recipient is happy with their purchase.
The problem is, is that I received and email from the guy saying that his T-mobile sim was not working and asked for advice on how to get it working. I felt bad that the iPhone I'd advertised as being unlocked (by my carrier by the way) may not in fact be unlocked as he was seeing a message saying 'no sim installed', so asked him to try a few things that I'd seen on the internet to see if they may help.
He said that he wasn't very technical and wasn't really sure what he was doing, so in the end I asked him to send it back to me to see if I could figure it out this end.
I received the iPhone today and immediately noticed that he has completely gouged the sim eject hole leading me to believe that he has been excessively forceful when ejecting the sim tray (looks like he tried to use a screwdriver ) and thus damaging the sim contact points. I'm sure they're damaged as my sim card which worked fine before posting (and the gouging).
Now, does anyone know where I stand on this? If I call him up on being responsible, there's every likelihood that this guy could screw me over and retract his pending payment, leaving me stuck with a useless iPhone.
If anyone has any advice, I'd be very grateful.
Thank you,
Lewis