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Refurbished iPhone 5s 64 GB on ebay legit?

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willyx

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Apr 25, 2014
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Do you guys think this is a scam?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-iPhon...l-/171541813919?ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:1123

Seller claims item condition is "Customer or Carrier Return in New-Other condition". This makes me doubt a little bit about the origin of the phones.

Also, he claims the phone is factory unlocked from Verizon. Is this even possible? Does this mean "fully" unlocked to work anywhere with any carrier?

Thank you.
 
The-Real-Deal82 said:
Have you sent the seller a message asking these questions? That would be where I would start because I doubt anybody here will know, sorry.
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I did but unfortunately I'm not getting replies from him. I know it's difficult for anyone here to know, but I guessed there could be someone with previous experience with this seller or similar offers.

Thanks for your reply.
 
willyx said:
I did but unfortunately I'm not getting replies from him. I know it's difficult for anyone here to know, but I guessed there could be someone with previous experience with this seller or similar offers.

Thanks for your reply.
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If you get no reply, my advice would be to walk away. There is no way I would part with my money to somebody who couldn't be bothered to answer an enquiry I had made. I know it is ebay but basic customer service applies in all forms of selling. I hope you do the right thing, good luck. :)

If something sounds too good to be true, it often is.....
 
if anything, make sure you use paypal. paypal will take care of things when you get scammed.
 
The-Real-Deal82 said:
If something sounds too good to be true, it often is.....
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When shopping on eBay, make the above statement your mantra.

Look into the seller's other items for sale, recent feedback, and obviously their overall feedback rating. If no returns are accepted, consider that a red flag. As the previous poster mentioned, if the vendor won't respond to an inquiry, move on. While some items are difficult to find on EBay, iPhones are not one of them. Wait until you find a deal that seems right, and beware iCloud locked phones. Lots of those on there
 
164 negs in 12 months!

That's all I need to know!

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Appl3FTW said:
if anything, make sure you use paypal. paypal will take care of things when you get scammed.
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Not my experience!

I was asked to PROVE the item I bought was counterfeit before a refund was issued!!
 
Thank you very much for all the feedback. You're right on the lack of response and the negatives he has.

I think will explore other offers, as this one seems a little bit odd. Thanks again.
 
Tobias Funke said:
164 negs in 12 months!

That's all I need to know!

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Not my experience!

I was asked to PROVE the item I bought was counterfeit before a refund was issued!!
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that shouldn't be an issue if it was really a counterfeit right?
 
Tobias Funke said:
164 negs in 12 months!

That's all I need to know!
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willyx said:
Thank you very much for all the feedback. You're right on the lack of response and the negatives he has.

I think will explore other offers, as this one seems a little bit odd. Thanks again.
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Um, 164 negs out of 20,684 postives is .007. That means less than 1% of all customers gave this guy a negative. That is INSANELY good service.

Basically out of 100 customers, 1 person complained. I don't even think a store like Apple or Best Buy has that kind of positive feedback.
 
Make sure you check icloud iphone activation site set up by apple(google for it) also check swappa to be double sure. Some honest sellers would even post imei number and write clean esn and icloud unlock disclosure. Take your time to look for the iphone you want, sure you can get at this price. Consider next new iphone entry will even bring the price down, by this time next year it will be around $150 or 200 less. This is how apple works. :)
 
Kendo said:
Um, 164 negs out of 20,684 postives is .007. That means less than 1% of all customers gave this guy a negative. That is INSANELY good service.

Basically out of 100 customers, 1 person complained. I don't even think a store like Apple or Best Buy has that kind of positive feedback.
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But when the negs say he is selling SH phones as new/refurbished and Chinese lighting cables as genuine that's not good!
 
Price doesn't seem bad. I'm just concerned they used iPhone 5 photos. They do accept returns though, so that's pretty straight forward.

White box, it sounds like these may be refurbished replacements.
 
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