How safe is it buying a second hand phone?
Broke phone and need a new one.
I hear that a lot of them are stolen and such, how do I make sure they aren't, is there a way?
Not really
You get a receipt so you're clear because you can prove that you bought a phone as is and the shoo is responsible for selling stolen items
You can also ask for the IMEI number to check if the Phone was reported stolen
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>>17134625
Thanks, yo.
I've had pretty good luck with it, only been burned once when I bought a Galaxy Note 4 off EBay. Turns out some fucker didn't finish the payments on the phone and the phone got blacklisted on TMobile.
It wasn't as big of a problem as it first appeared because the phone was in good condition and came with the packaging. I just sold it on EBay (as-is) to some guy in another country. Black listing only works on specific carriers, so basically the foreigner guy just used the phone with his foreign carrier in a foreign land and gave no shits.
That being said though, you can usually get a good measure of the person you're buying it from if you're buying it used in person.
i.e. If it's someone who's dressed well and asks to meat you in a good part of town you're probably fine. Most people just want to recover some value by selling their phone (they won't get shit on a trade-in) so they can buy another one. It's a bit tough sometimes, it's one of those situations where good intuition helps a lot.
I bought this phone for 20$ over a year ago and it works 100% only a screen crack.
By the way it's a galaxy note 3
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So should I buy it in the US (I'm from up north), or elsewhere so if it's blacklisted, I'm safe?
I was actually thinking about buying it on Kijiji or something, but eBay is a good guess too.
Also, what kind of phone should I get?
I had a G3, and a N5, I have a 600$ budget, or am I on the wrong board to be asking.
