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Sprint has significantly deteriorated over the past six months in my area. Speeds are on par with GPRS speeds. This, the latest Airave snafu and the ability to get out of contract nailed the coffin.
Where is the best place to sell my two Epics and an Evo? What would be a fair price? Phones are in good condition, just normal wear and tear marks. Definitely not flawless.
Xda market place is a gloss place to sell your phones and I would match someone else's price
But it should be around one hundred
I heard somewhere that sprint was selling refurbs for 120
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Thanks!
geez... Why do CDMA phones lose their value so badly?!
1. ESN... Having to check if it's clean or stolen and useless chases away a lot of buyers who don't want to hassle with finding out the used phone you sold them is a fancy brick.
2. Since there are a lot of returns on the Epic 4G, refurb prices went down quickly... Why buy from a private party when you can buy a warranteed refurb?
3. All phone prices drop quickly... New phones come out every 3 months or so that significantly devalue everything else currently on the market. And it's not just phones... ALL tech devalues at a pretty quick clip. Although Apple products seem to hold their value pretty well... Never figured out what makes them so special though.
There's a guy in the Sense thread in Android Development (a few pages back within the thread) bubby323 and he will trade your epic for his touchpad.
1 million dollars!
I picked up an Epic on ebay for a friend of mine, and the selling prices were going for 150-200 on most of the phones.
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I picked up an Epic on ebay for a friend of mine, and the selling prices were going for 150-200 on most of the phones.
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I did the same For my girlfriend and I. Both phones were flawless and sprint gave us no issues activating them.
I bought one from eBay for 155, only had a 2gb sd card (phone it replaced had a 16gb anyway) but had a case.
(wife killed her transform, which was good because that phone suuucckkeeddd!)
I paid 150 on Craigslist last week.
I'd suggest you hurry up considering Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch Eenie meenie mie ney moe's (long name, shheeesh) is about to release, and I bet Epics and Evos will be hot cakes. Cheap ones at that...
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PM bubby323, he said he'd trade a TouchPad for it.
Ok so i'm realizing as i've been reading the threads, that many of us came from evo 3d, and photon, and nexus s. How are you guys able to get e4gt without your contracts being up? I know that some of those phones are less than a year old. and i'm pretty sure some of us will move on from e4gt to galaxy nexus when it comes out. Whats your trade secret? I can't really imagine, people cashing up $500 + every few months? even if you were to sell your old phone to off set the difference.
can you guys please tell me your secret? because i would love to get the latest phones, with minimum money spent.
I'm an avowed gadget freak and when Sprint still had the BTA (bill to account) option, I bought many phones at full price but since they disbanded that lovely feature I've had to resort to calling in and requesting an earlier upgrade (worked once and I used it for that pos EVO 3D). I also used to have 5 active lines, most of those I only activated to get a new phone lol so I paid probably 3 times as much with service, etc.
Some people have better luck than others and get an early upgrade often, I'm guessing it's a case of who you know over blind luck.
Sell the old one to put towards the new one
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It is actually REALLY easy.
It is called Sprint Total Equipment Protection
As you can see below I have had a few phones, Only the Samsung Epic1 was actually upgraded. Everything else is thanks to TEP.
Before I would get broken phones and use TEP to get like new phones and sell them to buy a new phone, but it is even easier now, they offer similar phones to yours. So, In June I bought the Evo 3D, got bored with it by december. Wanted the ET4G, that wasn't available through TEP, so I got the Photon. Got bored of that, then swapped my Photon for the ET4G.
Seriously, that $8 a month is well worth it, AND if you brick your phone, you get a new one!
I sell my girlfriend for money.
now you know.
for me, I just make sure to keep my devices in pristine condition. That way I can sell mine on craigslist and just put in the difference against the retail price of new phone. so im usually out of B/T $200-$250 for new phone
Well, I used to get the Premier subsidy every year so I could get a brand new phone every summer for $200. That's how I've gotten my last several phones. Went from a Sanyo flip phone (before Premier) to a Palm Treo 650. Kept that for 2 years, got a HTC Mogul, that crapped out and TEP replaced it with a new or refurb HTC Touch Pro. This is around when the Premier perks started. Had that for maybe a half a year and then when my contract was up I got a launch day Palm Pre. Had that for a year and got a Premier upgrade to an HTC Evo. That just broke on me a few months ago but I had talked them into keeping my last Premier upgrade on my account so I was able to sell back my broken Evo for $90 and pay like $110 out of pocket for the E4GT.
Trying to keep it in good shape (probably will have to get the USB jig to reset the flash count) so I can sell it and buy the SGS3 whenever it shows up on Sprint in the Fall or whatever.
Its very simple....craigslist lol. I sold my evo 3d for $240 and found a guy selling white epics for 350. My girlfriend did the same thing
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for me, I just make sure to keep my devices in pristine condition. That way I can sell mine on craigslist and just put in the difference against the retail price of new phone. so im usually out of B/T $200-$250 for new phone
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+1 so do i
Censura_Umbra said:
It is actually REALLY easy.
It is called Sprint Total Equipment Protection
As you can see below I have had a few phones, Only the Samsung Epic1 was actually upgraded. Everything else is thanks to TEP.
Before I would get broken phones and use TEP to get like new phones and sell them to buy a new phone, but it is even easier now, they offer similar phones to yours. So, In June I bought the Evo 3D, got bored with it by december. Wanted the ET4G, that wasn't available through TEP, so I got the Photon. Got bored of that, then swapped my Photon for the ET4G.
Seriously, that $8 a month is well worth it, AND if you brick your phone, you get a new one!
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Wait...so if I ever sell my soul to the Devil and jump to the iPhone, it would cost me $100? Do you have to give them the phone you have now or can you flip it? Just say you lost the phone on the airplane lol...
I get money!!!!
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Wait...so if I ever sell my soul to the Devil and jump to the iPhone, it would cost me $100? Do you have to give them the phone you have now or can you flip it? Just say you lost the phone on the airplane lol...
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They kill the ESN so it can't be reactivated on Sprint but there are lots of phones with bad ESNs still being sold on ebay and elsewhere.
One of the benefits of having a real job, I suppose.
Having a job with no debt. And the fact that I got a pristine et4g off craigslist for 275
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I personally have a friend that does work with Sprint and he can get phones brand new at "New Contract" prices... Then I just sell my phone on craigslist!
That's like when the Galaxy Nexus comes out, it will most likely be $199-$249 and I can get $300 for my E4GT when I decide to sell it!
With this method, I actually come out on top!
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Wait...so if I ever sell my soul to the Devil and jump to the iPhone, it would cost me $100? Do you have to give them the phone you have now or can you flip it? Just say you lost the phone on the airplane lol...
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That would be fraud but why are there so many bad esn phones .....impossible to prove really I am sure people do it
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"phone-feens" always find a way to get the newest ish, most of the time its flipping a old phone for a new one... with little cash difference. you be surprise how a head of normal people us xda members are in regard to the newest technology, for example I sold my g2x for $200 and got a epic touch for $260.... $60 difference. But the point is some1 though the the g2x was worth $200, while in the xda world, thats old technology... I switch phones at least 3-4 times a year... I love playing with the new ish! I think we all do! If I don't root my phone then I root my girl, but i'm rooting something, lol
Censura_Umbra said:
It is actually REALLY easy.
It is called Sprint Total Equipment Protection
As you can see below I have had a few phones, Only the Samsung Epic1 was actually upgraded. Everything else is thanks to TEP.
Before I would get broken phones and use TEP to get like new phones and sell them to buy a new phone, but it is even easier now, they offer similar phones to yours. So, In June I bought the Evo 3D, got bored with it by december. Wanted the ET4G, that wasn't available through TEP, so I got the Photon. Got bored of that, then swapped my Photon for the ET4G.
Seriously, that $8 a month is well worth it, AND if you brick your phone, you get a new one!
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You do know three claims in 12 months will get your insurance terminated, correct?
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You do know three claims in 12 months will get your insurance terminated, correct?
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Rightfully deserved too.
That is Fraud.
I make good money.
No intention to start a flame thread but an honest question. How bad is this phone? I've been trying to sell a NIB factory sealed Black version for a month now with no success. My only thought is that either I'm asking way too much, this phone is junk or the folks on craigs are idiots. I've considered listing in the market place but am more comfortable with meeting the buyer at a Sprint Store so they can verify clean ESN.
Probably the Craigslist people just want their "iphone" this phone is like best phone for me
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Don't take this the wrong way but you may need to bump your MP thread. I looked there yesterday before putting feelers out via WTB thread - had I seen your post I probably would have looked there first.
As for price, can't say anything yet until I see the post. But assuming the GS3 comes out on time I'll bet the E4GT prices will drop pretty quickly - especially with the preorder numbers they're talking about. (E4GT though is on fire with my MVNO - they've run out multiple times already since it went on sale in March)
IMO, This is probably one of the best phones out there right now. You are probably having a whole bucket load of bad luck, or no one in your area needs one at this time...
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No intention to start a flame thread but an honest question. How bad is this phone? I've been trying to sell a NIB factory sealed Black version for a month now with no success. My only thought is that either I'm asking way too much, this phone is junk or the folks on craigs are idiots. I've considered listing in the market place but am more comfortable with meeting the buyer at a Sprint Store so they can verify clean ESN.
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This is an amazing phone. What are you asking for it?
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Don't take this the wrong way but you may need to bump your MP thread. I looked there yesterday before putting feelers out via WTB thread - had I seen your post I probably would have looked there first.
As for price, can't say anything yet until I see the post. But assuming the GS3 comes out on time I'll bet the E4GT prices will drop pretty quickly - especially with the preorder numbers they're talking about. (E4GT though is on fire with my MVNO - they've run out multiple times already since it went on sale in March)
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I haven't put it on MP yet as I wanted to be able to have the buyer verify the ESN at a local store. Considering I'm listing locally at $125 below Sprint's off contract price you would think I would have received a better offer than a used iPhone 4 (not 4s).
I may have no choice but to list it on MP.
Also, please keep in mind that Amazon is still running the $.01 sale for this device so it's got tough competition in addition to the upcoming GS3 - looked through and saw a few others trying to sell at the $250-280 level and not getting much movement.
And just an update for those looking at pricing - the upgrade/new contract price dropped to $149 on the website. Makes sense but still too high IMO - who wouldn't shell out an extra $50 for the GS3?
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Also, please keep in mind that Amazon is still running the $.01 sale for this device so it's got tough competition in addition to the upcoming GS3 - looked through and saw a few others trying to sell at the $250-280 level and not getting much movement.
And just an update for those looking at pricing - the upgrade/new contract price dropped to $149 on the website. Makes sense but still too high IMO - who wouldn't shell out an extra $50 for the GS3?
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So a factory sealed, NIB, off contract won't sell for $250, that's stupid!!! So in short this phone WAS a waste of money.
Ok i will try to do this in a positive fashion. I have an evo 3d, my son an epic t4g. Both phones are excellent, (more so with touch), but when they are stuck on this less than quality network, the term pos can sometimes apply. But ymmv, it depends upon location. I would not buy either again on a 2 year contract. I use craigslist all the time, items move if priced properly. If you notice sprint items always go for less, the network kills their resale value.
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So a factory sealed, NIB, off contract won't sell for $250, that's stupid!!! So in short this phone WAS a waste of money.
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EBay bro. It'll sell
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EBay bro. It'll sell
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Highest I just saw there ending in past 24 hrs is 330. Might not be a bad idea, market the heck out of it if you go that route!
SII was the best Android phone out for months. Note that I said "was" because that's why you haven't really sold yours yet. There are new phones out that people are probably going for. But I have seen some sold recently for around $250-$300 so it is possible. Try swappa and/or ebay.
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No intention to start a flame thread but an honest question. How bad is this phone? I've been trying to sell a NIB factory sealed Black version for a month now with no success. My only thought is that either I'm asking way too much, this phone is junk or the folks on craigs are idiots. I've considered listing in the market place but am more comfortable with meeting the buyer at a Sprint Store so they can verify clean ESN.
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Put it on swappa send a pm with the link and you might sell it
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No intention to start a flame thread but an honest question. How bad is this phone? I've been trying to sell a NIB factory sealed Black version for a month now with no success. My only thought is that either I'm asking way too much, this phone is junk or the folks on craigs are idiots. I've considered listing in the market place but am more comfortable with meeting the buyer at a Sprint Store so they can verify clean ESN.
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Loki, I'm no stranger to you... (orig photon owners )
If you can get past the plasticy, light, and thin feeling you'll be fine. With a non-TouchWiz ROM I'm fine. I'm running CM9 with the MotoInspired theme... look a lot like the Photon now... processor is great...
WiMaxed away from my Samsung® Galaxy™ SII Epic™ 4G Touch™ SPH-D710 running the CyanogenMod9™ Alpha 5-Pre1 with the MotoInspried Theme. (I'm a sucker for a MotoUI but like this phone better.)
Awaiting my upgrade for the Sprint® Samsung® Galaxy™ S III SPH-L710 because it's the SIII and it's on an unlimited data network.
I'm not sure why your having such a hard time selling it. My guess is marketing error or your local market? I just bought my epic touch for 285 a month or two ago
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Wouldn't a better question have been, "why isn't this phone selling", rather than, "how bad is this phone" which is implying something, despite your desire not to start a flame war, which I accept as true.
deedscreen,
I've played with the GSII and it's build doesn't bother me but I'm no longer on Sprint so it was a paperweight.
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I'm not sure why your having such a hard time selling it. My guess is marketing error or your local market? I just bought my epic touch for 285 a month or two ago
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My used OG Evo sold for a better price than any offer I have received so the market here must be full of stupid. The best offer I have received was below the contract price and below what a well used iPhone 3GS sells for.
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Wouldn't a better question have been, "why isn't this phone selling", rather than, "how bad is this phone" which is implying something, despite your desire not to start a flame war, which I accept as true.
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I guess in a way you are right but I don't think that way. Unless the people in my area are complete idiots there's now logical reason why the phone wouldn't even sell when priced $200 below the off contract price. The only other conclusion is that there is something seriously wrong with the GSII. Well it looks like the area I live in is full of idiots. I wanted to meet in a Sprint Store so that a buyer couldn't say I sold them a defective/bad ESN phone.
It's all a moot point now as I pretty much gave it away. Yesterday I traded it at a local used phone store for a case and spare battery just to get rid of it. It's kind of screwed up that a used 3GS goes for more than this phone in my area.
$250 - $340 on Swappa. Here is the link. I have bought 2 phones from sellers on Swappa, Both looked new.
http://swappa.com/devices/sprint
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So I think I am going to ditch sprint and their crappy data speeds and switch to Verizon. Best buy has a deal right now that you can get a free nexus with a 2 year deal.
I stupidly bought the buyback thingy when I got the phones. I would get $40 for it. I've seen them go on ebay for higher than that. Since my phone is rooted should I sell on ebay because it may be worth more rooted?
Thankssssssssssss.
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So I think I am going to ditch sprint and their crappy data speeds and switch to Verizon. Best buy has a deal right now that you can get a free nexus with a 2 year deal.
I stupidly bought the buyback thingy when I got the phones. I would get $40 for it. I've seen them go on ebay for higher than that. Since my phone is rooted should I sell on ebay because it may be worth more rooted?
Thankssssssssssss.
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So you have an evo you are looking to sell and your asking if its better to sell on eBay or trade it in?
Is it a clean esn?
If it is, its worth a bunch! Depending on shape $135+/-
If its not clean, I've still seen them all going for $100.
I bought a bad esn, very clean one for $80. And that was way under all current bids.
This pricing was about 3 weeks ago
AOKP anything
I would try to sell it through craigslist (local only). The phone is worth $100 all day long if its in perfect working order. Don't hold out to get more, cause you probably won't. I am starting to find SGS2 for $100 - 150's, get what you can for it since it's still worth money.
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I would try to sell it through craigslist (local only). The phone is worth $100 all day long if its in perfect working order. Don't hold out to get more, cause you probably won't. I am starting to find SGS2 for $100 - 150's, get what you can for it since it's still worth money.
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I'll try that too. Seems after more searching on Ebay that's the route I will go if I don't get a local sale. I actually have 2 evo's. Mine is in good shape (dropped it once) with no problems. It's rooted with SensuAOSP right now. My wifes is in perfect condition with the latest ota on it, not rooted.
How much do you think I should ask? $80 for mine and maybe $100 for hers?
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I'll try that too. Seems after more searching on Ebay that's the route I will go if I don't get a local sale. I actually have 2 evo's. Mine is in good shape (dropped it once) with no problems. It's rooted with SensuAOSP right now. My wifes is in perfect condition with the latest ota on it, not rooted.
How much do you think I should ask? $80 for mine and maybe $100 for hers?
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It just depends on how bad you want to get rid of them. Sounds like they both should pull $100, I wouldn't differentiate the price between the two unless that one drop of yours made a BIG difference in visual quality. From my experience, start with Craigslist for a few days at $120, then go to Ebay with plenty of pics. Some people recommend still trying to sell on Craigslist while you have it listed on Ebay at the same time, but I'm not a fan of that. To each their own though.
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I would try to sell it through craigslist (local only). The phone is worth $100 all day long if its in perfect working order. Don't hold out to get more, cause you probably won't. I am starting to find SGS2 for $100 - 150's, get what you can for it since it's still worth money.
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+1 to this man. CL ONLY.
Believe it or not Best Buy gave us $120 each for our phones. Not bad. We are the proud owners of 2 Samsung Galaxy Nexus. I loved my EVO but I am so happy to make full use of a smart phone on a better network.
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So I think I am going to ditch sprint and their crappy data speeds and switch to Verizon. Best buy has a deal right now that you can get a free nexus with a 2 year deal.
I stupidly bought the buyback thingy when I got the phones. I would get $40 for it. I've seen them go on ebay for higher than that. Since my phone is rooted should I sell on ebay because it may be worth more rooted?
Thankssssssssssss.
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Try swappa most of the devices on there are rooted or have some sort of mods so people go there looking for an already rooted device.*
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Believe it or not Best Buy gave us $120 each for our phones. Not bad. We are the proud owners of 2 Samsung Galaxy Nexus. I loved my EVO but I am so happy to make full use of a smart phone on a better network.
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Did you have to sign up for a new contract in order for it to sell for $120?
I can't remember if I had to sign a new contract or not for the buy back. I think they would have done it for an upgrade as well.
They actually gave me $120 PER PHONE!
Needless to say I went with that vs selling on cl or ebay.
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ok so heres my question. i currently have tmobile and have found a note (tmobile version) 2 on craigslist for sale. hes selling it at an insane price! however, im concerned about getting burned. whats to say he sells the phone to me and then tells tmobile its lost or stolen? will the phone not work for me? maybe im to cautious but even at a great deal im still spending around $500. however if it were an unlocked phone from another carrier it would be ok?
ive been hearing horror stories about this so im just looking to cover my bases. its still a lot of cash.
thoughts?
I would be EXTREMELY careful buying off CL expecially at low prices. I've been hearing and reading about people getting screwed. One guy had his phone for 3 months before it got locked down. Just have to use your best judgement.
Good luck
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I would be EXTREMELY careful buying off CL expecially at low prices. I've been hearing and reading about people getting screwed. One guy had his phone for 3 months before it got locked down. Just have to use your best judgement.
Good luck
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ya im thinking i will not be doing ebay or craigslist. so it sounds like im stuck with amazon, tmobile, and overstock. any other sites?
also i think i have decided to go ahead and either buy the sony lt28h or the nexus 4. now to make my decision...
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also i think i have decided to go ahead and either buy the sony lt28h or the nexus 4. now to make my decision...
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I owned the Nexus 4 and returned it for the N2. Screen was kind of washed out, battery life was not great. The glass back always worried me. Non replaceable battery as over time batteries go bad. Very fast, smooth, 4.2 is nice. No Facebook sync. Photosphere is neat but a huge battery killer. Great price from play store. But, thats if you can get one.
N2 is ... worth every penny.
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ok so heres my question. i currently have tmobile and have found a note (tmobile version) 2 on craigslist for sale. hes selling it at an insane price! however, im concerned about getting burned. whats to say he sells the phone to me and then tells tmobile its lost or stolen? will the phone not work for me? maybe im to cautious but even at a great deal im still spending around $500. however if it were an unlocked phone from another carrier it would be ok?
ive been hearing horror stories about this so im just looking to cover my bases. its still a lot of cash.
thoughts?
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The easiest way to take care of this is to simply meet him at the T-Mobile store to verify the transaction. Tis what we did for our second note we found on CL. Working like a champ!
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The easiest way to take care of this is to simply meet him at the T-Mobile store to verify the transaction. Tis what we did for our second note we found on CL. Working like a champ!
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i did ask him for the imei. he did send it to me and even told me that he would give me the receipt. however, i have been told that even though its clean now it doesnt stop him from making a call as soon as i walk out the door.
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i did ask him for the imei. he did send it to me and even told me that he would give me the receipt. however, i have been told that even though its clean now it doesnt stop him from making a call as soon as i walk out the door.
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Get it in writing. Make a "bill of sale" with the IMEI and signatures, yours, the sellers, and possibly if you go to a T-Mobile store ask if one of the workers can sign it also and get a pic or video holding the "bill of sale"? I know it might seem kinda weird but, you can never be too careful, these phones are pretty new and pretty expensive still, that is a lot of money to risk...
Are you by any chance on TMo classic plan? I have 3 lines on my plan and the closest one eligible for an upgrade is still 11 months away. I sold my S3 and ready and willing to add some money to buy Note 2 full price, either from TMo or ebay. But i took a chance and call TMo for an early upgrade, and they give it to me for the same price as upgrade. Of course with my luck, the day after I ordered, Cyber monday deal cut the price significantly, and they wont adjust the price for me but still i got it cheaper than my S3 sold price :victory:
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Get it in writing. Make a "bill of sale" with the IMEI and signatures, yours, the sellers, and possibly if you go to a T-Mobile store ask if one of the workers can sign it also and get a pic or video holding the "bill of sale"? I know it might seem kinda weird but, you can never be too careful, these phones are pretty new and pretty expensive still, that is a lot of money to risk...
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That will do no good if he calls it in as stolen or had the value plan and quits paying on it. If he paid full price for the phone, that's the only somewhat safest way it would not get locked (unless called in as stolen)
I just don't want to see someone else get scammed. May be legit but you can never be 100% sure off CL unfortunately.
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That will do no good if he calls it in as stolen or had the value plan and quits paying on it. If he paid full price for the phone, that's the only somewhat safest way it would not get locked (unless called in as stolen)
I just don't want to see someone else get scammed. May be legit but you can never be 100% sure off CL unfortunately.
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it wil make a difference in terms of getting your money back...if he does call it in as stolen you have proof of sale so its obviously NOT stolen...and if he stops making payments you can get a refund..you would have to hand over your phone but at least you get your money back
i would just make sure that the document you create states that he phone is either completely paid for or that it states that the seller will continue to make payments until it is paid off in full
someone else posted the same question and i also gave him the same advice...as an experienced phone seller/buyer of ebay and CL i would say that the extra $50-100 that you save isnt worth the headache and paranoia that comes with the savings
if you are going to the tmobile store you could probably even ask the clerk to give you the info on how the phone was purchased and if it was paid off...maybe even ask him how long the account has been active and if the guy has a good track record (the seller will be standing there so its not like you are asking for confidential info without his knowledge)
in my opinion...the only way i would buy a phone that is cheaper than the average asking price is if the seller really did convince me that it was legit (has a legit reason for selling the phone where the price that he sells it for isnt his main focus - ie. he received it as a gift and making $500 on a quick sale is enough for him he doesnt care to squeeze the extra $50 and/or if the seller had a receipt for the phone)..if i have an uneasy feeling i would just pass.always go with your gut
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ok so heres my question. i currently have tmobile and have found a note (tmobile version) 2 on craigslist for sale. hes selling it at an insane price! however, im concerned about getting burned. whats to say he sells the phone to me and then tells tmobile its lost or stolen? will the phone not work for me? maybe im to cautious but even at a great deal im still spending around $500. however if it were an unlocked phone from another carrier it would be ok?
ive been hearing horror stories about this so im just looking to cover my bases. its still a lot of cash.
thoughts?
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If I were you, I would go to TMO and see what they can do for you about getting the phone directly from them. I was in the same situation as you were about a week ago....wanting the Note II so badly, but had already used my upgrade a couple of months ago for the HTC One S. I basically walked into my closest TMO store and asked the rep what they could do to get me the Note without having to pay full price.
In the end, they were able to get it for me for $200...after rebate, but I had to pay $150 migration fee (Originally $300). I then sold my HTC One S on eBay for $300. So how you look at it, I only paid $50 for the Note II!
Trust me, go into TMO and talk to them....that is one thing I like about them over the other carriers is their customer service is better, not awesome, but better than ATT & Verizon.
kdm212 said:
ok so heres my question. i currently have tmobile and have found a note (tmobile version) 2 on craigslist for sale. hes selling it at an insane price! however, im concerned about getting burned. whats to say he sells the phone to me and then tells tmobile its lost or stolen? will the phone not work for me? maybe im to cautious but even at a great deal im still spending around $500. however if it were an unlocked phone from another carrier it would be ok?
ive been hearing horror stories about this so im just looking to cover my bases. its still a lot of cash.
thoughts?
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Usually if you haveto ask this question its a bad idea.
its just the cheapskate in you trying to justify the purchase
here are your options
1) buy the craigslist note 2, worry about everything under the sun (is it stolen, does it WORK, are they gonna shut it down etc.) and take a chance of getting ripped one way or the other
2) dont be a cheapskate, save another 189$ dont have to worry about anything, ANYTHING!
i appreciate ALL of the feedback! at the end of the day the phone would have costed $450 plus 3.5 hours of driving round trip and probably $30 in gas. so for a total of $480 i just think ill save the few extra bucks and buy it from the store. i really do appreciate it.
just need to decide on a phone. n4, n2, s3, or the sony lt28h.
gotta admit $450 is a hell of a deal though lol.
kdm212 said:
i appreciate ALL of the feedback! at the end of the day the phone would have costed $450 plus 3.5 hours of driving round trip and probably $30 in gas. so for a total of $480 i just think ill save the few extra bucks and buy it from the store. i really do appreciate it.
just need to decide on a phone. n4, n2, s3, or the sony lt28h.
gotta admit $450 is a hell of a deal though lol.
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NOTE 2 for sure...you're in the note 2 forum so that will be the dominant answer.
but seriously the note 2 has been the best phone i have ever owned or used...and i am a phone fanatic...once you use it for a week you can't go back to smaller ones...whenever i see other phones now they look like toys...i remember a few weeks ago (before i bought the note 2 and had my nexus) i thought my sisters S3 was huge...now when i hold that phone in my hands it looks really small and dull
i definitely wouldnt put the s3 in this class of phones (unless its the international one)...i would only go with the n4 is your MAIN focus is on development and/or this phone is too large for your liking