Buying a second hand phone?

cloud493 · 15-07-2012 11:42PM

Them shops on.... I don't know what its called, but you go down to get to parnell street and chapters. Quite a few of them there.

michellie · 16-07-2012 12:08AM

Will someone buy me a new phone ? My daughter dropped my New HTC x one down the toilet Wednesday

Senna · 16-07-2012 12:10AM

I bought a few secondhand phones on ebay years ago.

Once the seller forgot to wipe off his videos and left one of his girlfriend/wife sucking him off. She did swallow, so i left him positive feedback on ebay;)

CodyJarrett · 16-07-2012 12:53AM

All those Chinese shops look for ID when you sell them your phone or trade it for another one.

They DON'T buy stolen phones and if they did, you'd get your money back if you could show it had been stolen.

I have bought a number of phones of them over the years and sold many to them also.

16-07-2012 02:26AM

I think you're a bit narrow minded thinking that.

Personally I always go for a new one when buying but as for that mentality of "awh you coulda got..."

Tell them to fúck off and mind their own business, in nice way of course. You're not stuck for what you spent. You always get people saying stuff like that. They actually ARE stingy cúnts. Just won't admit it.

kart · 16-07-2012 09:05AM

Jay D wrote: »

IYou always get people saying stuff like that. They actually ARE stingy cúnts. Just won't admit it.

Or they might be broke.

Last time when i bought a phone, my old one gave up more and more day after day. First few buttons stopped working so i couldnt dial any numbers with 3 or 7 in it. To call to these numbers i had to take some number in my contact list that had 7's and 3's in it and edit it without saving edited number to ring to anyone containing 3's and 7's. Then few more buttons gave up and i could only receive calls. No chance of ringing out or txting.

Eventually the phone just died. AT the time i had no job, hence no money. I needed the phone to receive possible calls for cv's that i had sent out.
So i bought a used crap old phone for 29.99 but at least it worked.
Still working btw, one year on.

And no, i don't think it was stolen as it was just old outdated version...like really outdated, so i assume owner just sold it to the shop.
No, it wasnt chinese shop.

Probably when i buy my next phone i buy it new, but i don't see why anyone would be calling people who buy something second-hand "stingy *****".

Not all used phones are stolen, not all used laptops are stolen, not all used cars are stolen. I am certain stolen goods sold are making up minority and probably not in them shops, but by other channels.

validusername1 · 16-07-2012 07:01PM

Nah, I wouldn't buy one second-hand. Not 'cause I'd be afraid of it being stolen but because it might be shít and have problems, then once I've bought it, there's no going back. I'd rather pay the full price and be guaranteed good quality..

cloud493 · 16-07-2012 08:38PM

I bought a second hand phone a few years ago off the market. Had an amusing video on it called the Jizzard of oz.

up for anything · 16-07-2012 09:03PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

I think anybody that would buy one of these phones are scum and just as bad as the people stealing them.

So would you buy one of these phones?

Like I'm going to admit that I would to you and have you think of me as scum.

Buying a second hand phone?

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