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bought stolen iphone

  • 16-07-2012 5:34pm
    #1
    lala1987
    Closed Accounts Posts: 91 ✭✭


    I just bought an iphone 4s (the latest one) and i think it had been stolen.

    Will i have any problems using this/insuring it??

    i have not had a chance to buy a sim yet - hence have not set it up.

    any tips/comments - be great.


Comments

  • #2
    slippy wicket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 693 ✭✭✭slippy wicket


    If you thinks its been stolen, then hand it in to the guards.

    Nothing good will come of it.


  • #3
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Why do you think it's been stolen?


  • #4
    scudzilla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,959 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    What makes you thin it was stolen?

    You'll have big problems insuring it as any time i've insured a phone i had to supply a receipt and the handset had to have been bought within the last 3 months. How they deal with second hand phones i don't know


  • #5
    Bloodwing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 881 ✭✭✭Bloodwing


    lala1987 wrote: »
    I just bought an iphone 4s (the latest one) and i think it had been stolen.

    Will i have any problems using this/insuring it??

    i have not had a chance to buy a sim yet - hence have not set it up.

    any tips/comments - be great.

    If you suspect it to be stolen, and assuming it is stolen, your guilty of handling stolen property if you do not attempt to return it to it's owner. Best thing you can do is go to a Garda station with it and hand it in, unfortunately you will be left out of pocket.


  • #6
    karljd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42 ✭karljd


    ;)has to be a wum


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  • #7
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,903 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    try contact the seller, if you can talk to them it probably wasn't stolen


  • #8
    dmcg90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,779 ✭✭✭dmcg90


    Maybe contact the website you found the seller though to investigate? May be similar claims, and might just be able to help you. Either way, if it is stolen they can stop the seller from selling any more on.

    To make sure contact the network it was obtained from or Apple (if sim-free), should be able to check if it has been stolen. Most stolen iPhones are reported to the network/gardai and the IMEI is noted, then (depending on carrier/insurance) it is blacklisted so it won't register to the network.


  • #9
    lala1987
    Closed Accounts Posts: 91 ✭✭lala1987


    they just seemed eager to sell it and i got it for cheaper than i thought!!!!

    hopefully will be no trouble


  • #10
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I hope there will be. People buying stolen phones is the only reason other people get phones robbed from them. If you think it's stolen talk to the garda and tell them where you got it.


  • #11
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    lala1987 wrote: »
    they just seemed eager to sell it and i got it for cheaper than i thought!!!!

    hopefully will be no trouble
    Better off ringing the network (or all 4 networks if you don't know where it came from) with the IMEI number (on the SIM tray or type *#06# into the keypad) and ask if it has been reported stolen, saying that you wish to return it to its owner if it was.

    Handing it into a Garda station only means you'll probably never get it back even if it wasn't stolen.

    Either way, to do the right thing, if it's stolen you're gonna lose out I'm afraid. If you keep it knowing it's stolen, you're effectively a thief.


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