Carrier IF you fail to pay your bill will T-mobile blacklist your imei?

[mplayers2005]

This guy wants to sell me his phone from T-Mobile, but he plans on stop paying his bill overall. If im right he is on that $27 a month for 20 month thing they have going on so its like a contract to say.

my question is will T-mobile blacklist the imei? I know if this was an att account& phone they would not blacklist the imei but verizon or sprint will.

 

[BHP41]

Not sure but it seems like too big a chance to take. I'd recommend a different seller. What's to stop that guy from claiming lost/stolen on his insurance? He may be telling you one thing while planning on something else. You can't trust people who lie,cheat,and steal. Seems that guy is doing all three.

 

[predation]

the phone will be blacklisted unless he pays the remaining balance. which i assume he won't.

 

[GoCubsGo]

"This guy" is not a guy I'd buy from. They will indeed blacklist the IMEI.

 

[MyMac1976]

"A guy" stories are like "hold my beer" stories, they never really work out well.



Trust me I've had PLENTY of hold my beer stories!

 

[CEmajr]

Yes it will get blacklisted if he stops paying. Do not buy that phone.

 

[pikachu2k7]

I would not risk my money.

 

[pixelwix]

I work for t-mobile, and yes we do blacklist imei's for EIP none payments. it takes about a month but it will eventually be blacklisted!

 

[djransom]

I've heard that they will indeed blacklist. I recently just sold a couple of that are still on EIP, but I have 3 lines w/ T-Mo that I have to keep so they will still be paid on.

 

[Mrg02d]

Hmm...I was on someone's line that had stopped paying and my phone never got blacklisted. Months and months went by, swapping SIM cards (Tmobile pre-pay cards) in it before finally getting a Sprint phone.

Is there a place to see if an IMEI finally got blacklisted?

 

[Diseal3]

I'd imagine you could call t-mobile customer support and ask if a IMEI is available to be activated.

 

[nox5]

http://www.t-mobile.com/verifyIMEI.aspx

It shows if imei is blacklisted or if there is a balance still to be paid

 

[Knobi62]

I work for t-mobile, and yes we do blacklist imei's for EIP none payments. it takes about a month but it will eventually be blacklisted!

I have a question,
I also have 2 phones on the payment plan with tmobile. I recently switched to cricket with those two phones and the tmobile rep gave me my sim unlock codes even though they are not paid off. I want to pay the monthly payments to pay the phones off, i just don't want tmobile. Is there a way to pay the payments and not have service . I don't want my phone black listed.

 

[Newtons Apple]

I have a question,
I also have 2 phones on the payment plan with tmobile. I recently switched to cricket with those two phones and the tmobile rep gave me my sim unlock codes even though they are not paid off. I want to pay the monthly payments to pay the phones off, i just don't want tmobile. Is there a way to pay the payments and not have service . I don't want my phone black listed.

Call them. They will give you a balance to pay the phone off.