Bought a fake phone can anything be done ?

spongebob89

So I bought a fake phone recently from a private seller for a premium price, it was not advertised as fake.. and was just incredibly identical to the real thing I wanna know if I can get the gaurds involved and what can they do ? Or is it just bought as seen

Any advice appriciated

Absoluvely

How did you pay?

What contact details of his/hers do you have?

Do you think they knew it was fake?

spongebob89

Absoluvely wrote: »

How did you pay?

What contact details of his/hers do you have?

Do you think they knew it was fake?

Cash.

I have his number and address i met at his home.

Em yes i do but im gonna give him the benefit of the dout tomorrow i will ring and politly but firmly let him know and see if he wants to do the right thing, but after that if he dosent want to give me my money back what powers have the guards in this case, his add is still up too

Dublinstiofán

Get a friend to call and enquire about buying one. If he still has it for sale there's a possibility he's deliberately selling the fake phones for a profit. If he still has them let your friend go and look at one and if the one he tries to sell is fake then you show up and ask for your money back. There's no way he can deny it then and you can call the guards to attend if he won't give you a refund.

spongebob89

Dublinstiofán wrote: »

Get a friend to call and enquire about buying one. If he still has it for sale there's a possibility he's deliberately selling the fake phones for a profit. If he still has them let your friend go and look at one and if the one he tries to sell is fake then you show up and ask for your money back. There's no way he can deny it then and you can call the guards to attend if he won't give you a refund.

He withdrew the phone so it was just the one.. Maybe he got stung himself but anyway he ripped me off not stating it was fake.. Im gutted I bought it, i wonder though what powers the guards even have an if they would bother in such a deal

Dublinstiofán

Say your out of luck because he can claim ignorance if you show up. If he doesn't willingly give you a refund there's nothing you can do. The guards won't want to know because it's your word against his.

spongebob89

Dublinstiofán wrote: »

Say your out of luck because he can claim ignorance if you show up. If he doesn't willingly give you a refund there's nothing you can do. The guards won't want to know because it's your word against his.

Yeah i taught so.. Live and learn

the_syco

Although too late now, next time put the IMEI number through http://www.imei.info - if it's fake, the IMEI will come up as a cheaper model or a totally different make of phone.

Bepolite

You can sue him if you like.

the_syco

Bepolite wrote: »

You can sue him if you like.

Proving that the seller knew the phone was fake would be his word against yours.

Bepolite

the_syco wrote: »

Proving that the seller knew the phone was fake would be his word against yours.

I'm open to being refreshed on the law of mistake.

Zambia

Dublinstiofán wrote: »

Say your out of luck because he can claim ignorance if you show up. If he doesn't willingly give you a refund there's nothing you can do. The guards won't want to know because it's your word against his.

Why not?

Sounds to me like a pretty good case.

We have a witness and victim.
We have the offender and his address.
We have an exhibit the phone most likely with one usable print.
Somewhere there should be a copy of the ad with no mention the phone was fake.

Then again it all depends on the magistrate

robbiezxc

Can I ask was it fake samsung galaxy s5 because i too got a fake one from a seller on done deal his number has been turned off sine i got the phone from him it will no take my 3 SIM card does the phone you got work at all with your sim if so what net work

GoodLord

Zambia wrote: »

Why not?

Sounds to me like a pretty good case.

We have a witness and victim.
We have the offender and his address.
We have an exhibit the phone most likely with one usable print.
Somewhere there should be a copy of the ad with no mention the phone was fake.

Then again it all depends on the magistrate

OP try pasting link at http://archive.org/web/ you may get lucky

Kenny Logins

GoodLord wrote: »

OP try pasting link at http://archive.org/web/ you may get lucky

This is more reliable http://www.cachedpages.com/