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Is this legit or scam? www.buyforapple.com

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Visualgap

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So I want to replace my iPhone 3GS's LCD and I came across this website with affordable prices for iPhone parts. Anyone have experience with this site?www.buyforapple.com
 
Can't speak for that site but when a friend replaced hit 3g screen a year ago, it cost him like 12 bucks shipped he said. So prices seem in line, but fishy site.
 
dont trust it. thats the same junk parts you find on eBay and Amazon.com. they are totally a waste of money. real Apple parts are alot higher. I would never consider using junk parts like that on my iPhone.
 
I purchased my 3G Screen & Digitizer replacement through Amazon about a year or so ago; it cost me less then $20, and I think it was around the $12 mark.
 
If you have to ask, It's a scam. Also not sure why anyone would buy a phone anywhere but Apple, carriers included.
 
Chineese parts probably not official ones, and indeed there wesite is a template they didn't even bother to fill out the Shippin&Returns section of the website.
Site registered to:

REGISTRANT CONTACT INFO
Ozgur Oz
Ozgur Oz
Fuharu
Shenzhen
Guandong
518028
CN

Email Address: ozgur@gsmsimlocking.com
 
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The website doesn't even have a SSL certificate, as others strongly advised above - do not buy from here.
 
Interstella5555 said:
If you have to ask, It's a scam. Also not sure why anyone would buy a phone anywhere but Apple, carriers included.
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Good point.

This reeks of being a fake site, but I wouldn't know for sure unless I bought something and either I never got the product or somebody then goes shopping with my credit card.

I have been scammed back in the early days of Craigslist with a pretty legit looking ad, and then found similar scams with taleo.com and caljobs.com.

A good site for looking for online scams is snopes.com and also ripoffreport.com

No matter how legit a website looks, it doesn't hurt to type in that site's name/product and then type in the word "fraud" or "scam" and see how a Google search treats it.
 
63dot said:
Good point.

This reeks of being a fake site, but I wouldn't know for sure unless I bought something and either I never got the product or somebody then goes shopping with my credit card.

I have been scammed back in the early days of Craigslist with a pretty legit looking ad, and then found similar scams with taleo.com and caljobs.com.

A good site for looking for online scams is snopes.com and also ripoffreport.com

No matter how legit a website looks, it doesn't hurt to type in that site's name/product and then type in the word "fraud" or "scam" and see how a Google search treats it.
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Great advice and only takes a few minutes to see if any others have had issues.





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If you phone is broke, take it to the Apple store. Their prices are quite good and the results are perfect!:p
 
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