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Sold iPhone, buyer saying it's activation locked...am I being scammed?

It's not about eBay people. It does not matter if it's eBay, swappa or something else. It always ends up as a PayPal dispute.
Right now the buyer is thinking if it is worth to continue his scam. Usually scammers are not very intelligent. He probably needs more time to come up with another "bright idea".
 
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nox5 said:
It's not about eBay people. It does not matter if it's eBay, swappa or something else. It always ends up as a PayPal dispute.
Right now the buyer is thinking if it is worth to continue his scam. Usually scammers are not very intelligent. He probably needs more time to come up with another "bright idea".
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I blame eBay and also PayPal. PayPal for automatically siding with buyer. And eBay for using PayPal. They both suck canal water. And I will never use em. Use Craigslist to advertise. Meet at local police station lobby. Bring a currency pen and check the bills. On a recent sale one of the twenties the buyer was paying with was counterfeit. And he just came from bank who gave it to him. Always check.
 
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HEK said:
I blame eBay and also PayPal. PayPal for automatically siding with buyer. And eBay for using PayPal. They both suck canal water. And I will never use em. Use Craigslist to advertise. Meet at local police station lobby. Bring a currency pen and check the bills. On a recent sale one of the twenties the buyer was paying with was counterfeit. And he just came from bank who gave it to him. Always check.
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Craigslist has worked wonderfully for me, although I've never gone to the extreme of meeting in a police station. Usually in a public place like starbucks or something.
 
bigjnyc said:
Craigslist has worked wonderfully for me, although I've never gone to the extreme of meeting in a police station. Usually in a public place like starbucks or something.
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Actually police lobby is not at all extreme. And it's an automatic weeded out of anything shady. Many times we choose another location, but leading off with police station lobby does amazing things to vette the other party. If all of a sudden emails stop, guess what, not on up and up. LOL
 
HEK said:
Actually police lobby is not at all extreme. And it's an automatic weeded out of anything shady. Many times we choose another location, but leading off with police station lobby does amazing things to vette the other party. If all of a sudden emails stop, guess what, not on up and up. LOL
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Good strategy there.
 
bigjnyc said:
Craigslist has worked wonderfully for me, although I've never gone to the extreme of meeting in a police station. Usually in a public place like starbucks or something.
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I tend to pick Starbucks or Burger King and casually mention to the buyer that I want a public place *with cameras* as it protects us both. Never had an issue and the honest ones appreciate it. The dishonest ones will no-show but that is the price of using CL.
 
Jetro said:
Maybe you could have him connect it to wifi and go into your find my iPhone account and remotely erase it and remove the lock. I had to do that with an iPad mini I sold that did not get erased because I was in a hurry. I made the guy connect it to wifi and was able to remotely erase it with him on the phone with me. That is unless he got it locked up by someone other than you which in that case is his fault and he shouldn't get a refund.
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The email/Apple ID that the phone is locked to is not the sellers account.
The buyer is pulling a scam.
 
I either do the Police Station or the carrier store (Verizon). Then again I'm also law enforcement and carry at all times b/c truth be told I live around Gary, IN and we truly have some shady people in this area. Hard to trust anyone, anywhere, really.
 
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AFDoc said:
LoL... how does it NOT prove it was the exact item I shipped? It will be a hoot to hear the answer....PLUS you don't keep money in your PP account.... so there would be no money to take out.
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Not every one has a friend or family member with a phone/camera? Damn must be a sad life if that's true.
Is there ever a best place to sell? I get more money even after fees than you can get on any other site...... sounds like a pretty good place to sell to me when I can get more cash in my pocket. Now a face to face meeting sounds ideal but how many people were robbed or killed in face to face meetings set up via CL? Not a ton but one time of being killed or raped is too many in my eyes.
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Meet in a McDonald's or Dunkin donuts. No killing or raping will occur.
 
So my update is I have no update. Sent a response Monday afternoon and have not heard back. My response was that I'd accept the return as I had stated previously and that I would immediately take the phone to Apple to see if they could tell me when it had been activation locked and my next steps would follow if the phone had been locked after it had been delivered.

So yeah, no response to that. But I'm not optimistic that this is over regardless. I just want this to all be over.
 
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So my update is I have no update. Sent a response Monday afternoon and have not heard back. My response was that I'd accept the return as I had stated previously and that I would immediately take the phone to Apple to see if they could tell me when it had been activation locked and my next steps would follow if the phone had been locked after it had been delivered.

So yeah, no response to that. But I'm not optimistic that this is over regardless. I just want this to all be over.
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I had this scam run on me (attempted) - see my post above about boycotting Paypal and eBay. In the end, I lost. Luckily, it was an old iPhone 4 when the 5S came out, and I was only out $100. Paypal never even made the guy ship it back, but I've heard horror stories about them shipping back empty boxes, bricks, etc. Sell on Amazon, Swappa, or Craigslist if you ever can!
 
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James.K.Polk said:
I had this scam run on me (attempted) - see my post above about boycotting Paypal and eBay. In the end, I lost. Luckily, it was an old iPhone 4 when the 5S came out, and I was only out $100. Paypal never even made the guy ship it back, but I've heard horror stories about them shipping back empty boxes, bricks, etc. Sell on Amazon, Swappa, or Craigslist if you ever can!
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PayPal is thievery from the seller, and should never be used.
 
gdjsnyder said:
So my update is I have no update. Sent a response Monday afternoon and have not heard back.
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This scammer (if he is) probably has 10 different disputes going on using 10 different usernames with 10 different people for 10 different phones right now...
 
The fact that the scammer is dragging his heels with returning said phone back tells you all.

Seller should call PayPal and eBay on this just to further establish his suspicions that this was a scam sale and further his cause to close this dispute. Again, call...email isn't as good.

Just more proof that eBay is too much hassle as the marketplace for these types of goods.
 
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So my update is I have no update. Sent a response Monday afternoon and have not heard back. My response was that I'd accept the return as I had stated previously and that I would immediately take the phone to Apple to see if they could tell me when it had been activation locked and my next steps would follow if the phone had been locked after it had been delivered.

So yeah, no response to that. But I'm not optimistic that this is over regardless. I just want this to all be over.
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You have all the informations on the phone, IMEI, date of purchase, proof of purchase, ..
I guess if you contact Apple now, they could already answer you no?
 
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