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Selling on craigslist, should I give out the serial # upon request?

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JReynolds

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I'm selling my wife's Black iPhone 4 on craigslist so she can get the white one when it comes out, $600.

I have an interested buyer but he wants the serial number so he can "know how long the phone is under warranty...from that I can get to know when the phone was purchased..."

Is there anything malicious he could do with a serial #?

Should I give it to him?

Thanks
 
It isn't like they are going to call Apple, switch the info on the phone and cash in the AppleCare on you.

More likely run a SN check on the Apple site.
 
could report it stolen.. take a screen shot of the page showing how long is left with half the serial blurred out
 
JReynolds said:
I'm selling my wife's Black iPhone 4 on craigslist so she can get the white one when it comes out, $600.

I have an interested buyer but he wants the serial number so he can "know how long the phone is under warranty...from that I can get to know when the phone was purchased..."

Is there anything malicious he could do with a serial #?

Should I give it to him?

Thanks
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we still don't know how Apple will be handing out the free bumpers, they might go by serial number (and keep a record so they know only to give out 1 per phone).

I would be cautious before handing out the serial number..just in case. You never know what kind of scams there are out there. The phones are under warranty for 1 year I believe, right? The receipt should be a clear indication for the buyer to know when the phone was purchased.

Be careful with craigslist, a LOT Of scammers and shady people, I would only accept CASH for the phone, anything else and the buyer can go take a hike.
 
don't do it!!!!! not saying he will but he could definitely report it stolen and get it bricked!!!

and the phone has only been on sale for a month...it's safe to assume that you have 11 more months right?
 
It's not like it's a Verizon phone that you have to call and verify can be activated on Verizon. And it's not like you could have had it for 6 months and be trying to palm it off as brand new. I wouldn't do it.
 
Go here.

Enter SN.

Click on "See full coverage details"

Take screenshot.

Blank out most of the SN.

Email screenshot.

Profit?
 
SAD*FACED*CLOWN said:
don't do it!!!!! not saying he will but he could definitely report it stolen and get it bricked!!!

and the phone has only been on sale for a month...it's safe to assume that you have 11 more months right?
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The SN is not a big deal, even if the buyer did call and got a phone he wanted to buy bricked, I assume OP has the receipt and this could be straightened out easily.
 
thatoneguy92088 said:
The SN is not a big deal, even if the buyer did call and got a phone he wanted to buy bricked, I assume OP has the receipt and this could be straightened out easily.
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still a hassle and inconvenient for the seller. Why risk it? do what others said. Take a screenshot and send it to him. The iPhone 4 just came out less than a month ago.
 
The phone hasn't even been out for more than a month. I don't see why he needs the serial number.
 
I would tell the buyer that the iPhone 4 has not been out that long and warranty should not be an issue. And I agree with the above poster that someone might try to get a free bumper from you.
 
It's a scam. I had someone from eBay try to get the serial # from a 3G I was selling and it sounded shady so I googled it. Apparently there is a way to swap a legit serial # into an iPhone that has been reported stolen. Not sure how it works, but it is a common scam now. I told the guy "for the eventual buyer's protection I didn't feel comfortable giving it out." Within an hour I received an email from eBay saying that I had been conversating with an account that was suspected of being hacked and any correspondence with that account was not
Safe.
 
may be he can score a free bumper using SN if apple decides to use SN to give out free bumpers :eek:
 
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