Petition AT&T Unlock iPhones to people who are not current or former customers

[farmermac]

AT&T is protecting the value of my iPhone by not unlocking everyone's, so its not in my interest to sign this petition. I don't see why they'd have any obligation to a non customer. We pay them lots of $, so it should be a privilege.

 

[jtara]

Your quarrel is with the seller, not AT&T. The seller had a contract with AT&T. The seller has the obligation to disclose to you the lock/unlock status of the phone when they sold it to you.

If AT&T has a policy of unlocking phones when the contract is out, then it is the responsibility of the seller to do that before they sell the phone.

If they lied, your recourse is with the seller. If they told the truth ("this phone is locked to AT&T") then you shouldn't expect AT&T to unlock it for you. You got exactly what you paid for.

Sounds like you got burned, and now you expect AT&T to remedy your problem with the seller.

 

[saud0488]

Dumbest. Petition. Ever.

It's a paid service. I pay AT&T 260 dollars per month for my family plan and my iPhone retains its value if I unlock it since I pay for the service.


Let's be real, it comes down to the following: why should any person who bought a 150 dollar iPhone 4 off Craigslist be able to have access to this service without paying AT&T? It's a SERVICE. Not a right, but a SERVICE.

I'll be starting a petition for people to stop being cheap and buy a factory unlocked one if having one is so important. I hope that you all are kind enough to sign.

 

[Tinmania]

A simple solution to that would be to block phones reported stolen. AT&T has the capability but refuses. No idea why.

Probably because they have a chance to sell service to whomever ends up with it (who might be someone who bought it not knowing it was stolen).

However, it would be better in my opinion to just block them, and allow public searches of the blocked list (to check before buying a used iPhone).




Michael

 

[Xgm541]

Wouldn't work, your contract isn't finished (assuming you did not pay ETF) so it wouldn't meet that term. Also they can't produce a receipt to say they paid full price so it wouldn't meet that term either. Lastly if AT&T is doing the right thing they are flagging that IMEI as stolen which sounds iffy at the moment for AT&T. That part would require you telling AT&T about the stolen/lost phone.

What do you mean my contract isnt finished? If I purchased an iphone 2 years ago and it gets stolen 2 years after i purchase it, its out of contract. Even if I were to tell ATT its stolen all they can do is stop the service.