I'm sure you can always find someone willing to buy it from you because they won't look past the bargain price and realize that it's stolen, or because they know it's stolen but think they can somehow restore it. Or maybe it can be sold for parts.
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Stolen iPhone 7+
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I'm sure you can always find someone willing to buy it from you because they won't look past the bargain price and realize that it's stolen, or because they know it's stolen but think they can somehow restore it. Or maybe it can be sold for parts.
Everyone has posted some great suggestions but you people forgot the most important one. Pray to Lord Jobs and hope the phone returns.
That doesn't really work with an installment plan like UIP because either 1) items under installment billing are excluded or 2) they can only reimburse you up to the total amount charged to the card (depending on what card issuer you have). So far only the tax and first month payment would have been charged to the card so that's the most you can get reimbursed.
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Tell you brother not to leave his $1000 items sitting out on the desk.... IF he wouldn't leave a $100 bill laying there why his phone?
Expensive lesson learned.
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Exactly!
Alright OP since your brother is on an IUP and not a regular carrier plan where they offer insurance for stolen devices and situations like this, he has to have a credit card on file with Citizens Bank to make the monthly payments. Please tell me your brother used a major credit? As most of them have "purchase protection" this will typically if he has a good credit card cover stolen devices or merchandise anywhere from $500-$10000 this all depends on the card and the issuer.
It worth a try to look into what kind of protection he has with the credit card company for this kind of situation. I've had to use this once before and it worked for me. All hope isn't lost yet.
It worth a try to look into what kind of protection he has with the credit card company for this kind of situation. I've had to use this once before and it worked for me. All hope isn't lost yet.
Problem is they can only reimburse you for the amount charged to the card. So far, only the tax and first month payment have been charged to the card. Not much reimbursement in that.
Or sent somewhere like Brazil, where people get held up at gunpoint for cel phones on a routine basis, wiped and resold giving the thief about 2 months average salary in that country
The carrier will put the IMEI on the 'blacklist' so it can't be activated. I sold my old iPhone 5s to an international buyer and he claimed he never received it. Since it could not be tracked once it left the US, eBay sided with him and i was out $250. I take comfort in the fact that at least it can't be used by whoever has it now.
Generally you have 30 days from purchase date to add insurance through your carrier. Add it online, wait 2 days(depends on insurance company) then file an insurance claim.
That's considered fraud.
Of course it is. It's okay if we do it, but if people think Apple is trying to pull a fast one, the cries of "foul!" fill the air!
Excellent point. And interestingly enough you mention eBay selling your iPhone. I used to sell all my iPhones on EBay and Fortunately I have not been frauded as you have, but EBay has become a cesspool for fraud. I only
Sell on Craigslist now for reasons as yours.
But in the end game, you win, being the iPhone cannot be activated. Awesome Ending to your story. Well done.
A perfect example of all that's wrong in this world
This works internationally? I thought the blacklist is only within the U.S.?
Don't really need any life lessons from you people. Working at a desk where you have chargers, docks etc and leaving your phone isn't uncommon. You usually don't expect someone to jack your phone. Man, I wish we were all as smart as a couple of you. I'll relay the info tho, maybe he'll never leave his computer in his office in which he conducts business on, either.
A blacklisted EMEI will work in another country on another carrier.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/06/20/brazil-rio-olympics-crime-concerns-paton-walsh-pkg.cnn
Bear in mind that the most you can get reimbursed is tax + first month payment.
How many stolen phones are successfully recovered that way anyway? I have, unfortunately, heard stories of people getting hurt or even killed tracking down the theif though. I hate that people get away with this, but chances are that once the phone is gone you'll never see it again. The best you can do is try to make sure that no one can obtain your personal data from it, and make it as useless/unprofitable as possible for the theif or anyone they try to sell it to.
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