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Selling extra 4S

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exileskimer

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Sep 30, 2010
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I ordered two iPhone 4s, but my wife has decided she doesn't want it and will stick to her razor (lol).

Anyways since I have it I might as well throw it up on eBay... Do I need to take out the sim card that it came with when I sell it?
 
yeah, and make sure she understands no upgrade will be available for two years. My wife said the same thing when her 3GS came out. I took her razor and made her use the iphone for a week, she never asked for the razor back.
 
So I for sure need to pop out the sim


Yah she used my 4 this week... She just hates technology lol
 
Why don't you just return it? That way you get your eligibility back and you don't run the risk of getting stuck paying for the data plan for the next 2 years.
 
danny_w said:
Why don't you just return it? That way you get your eligibility back and you don't run the risk of getting stuck paying for the data plan for the next 2 years.
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Her line gets an upgrade every year :)

Maybe I'll convince her with the 5



So take sim card out or no?
 
If it's at&t, you no longer get an upgrade every year. Everyone's upgrades are 18 months out and they've said they're gonna stay that way from everything I've read. If you have a year upgrade left to use they'll let you but after that no more. So she'll have to wait 18 months.
 
exileskimer said:
I ordered two iPhone 4s, but my wife has decided she doesn't want it and will stick to her razor (lol).

Anyways since I have it I might as well throw it up on eBay... Do I need to take out the sim card that it came with when I sell it?
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Hey man I'm in the same boat. I sold mine last week on the bay and made a nice chunk of change. It's on the truck ready for delivery. I'm not going to take the card out, the person wants to keep the box sealed. I figure they spent a load of bills, so OK. I'm giving my IP4 to my son, thats the one sold. When I called ATT, they said just bring in my old IP4 and they will activate it on my sons line. I asked them what about my "sold" phone, they said it won't activate on his line.

Good luck!
 
jackpollard said:
Hey man I'm in the same boat. I sold mine last week on the bay and made a nice chunk of change. It's on the truck ready for delivery. I'm not going to take the card out, the person wants to keep the box sealed. I figure they spent a load of bills, so OK. I'm giving my IP4 to my son, thats the one sold. When I called ATT, they said just bring in my old IP4 and they will activate it on my sons line. I asked them what about my "sold" phone, they said it won't activate on his line.

Good luck!
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So I don't need to take it out?
 
exileskimer said:
So I don't need to take it out?
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I'm not going to.

Some people have said that I should, because of the over the air activation, but I figured that the worst that can happen is when the other person turns it on, it will try to activate. Being they know nothing about me, nor the phone number, it (I think) will fail.

I was going to try my IP4S and see exactly how it will work. But I figure worst thing is I have to call ATT and have them make sure the right phone is working. I would take a snapshot of the information on the box of the one your selling. It usually has information you may need.

If you are still worried, just take the card out. I dod find most people on eBay want a sealed box, I think it commands more cash.

Good luck
Jack
 
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