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How much to buy this phone unlocked?

I want to buy this phone and use a prepaid sim. how much would it be and from where should I.buy it?
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Picked up mine for about $250 ,
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Jelly its about $550 in Canada. But maybe it gone down in price a bit.
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Why not just have someone you know on tmobile to get the unlock code for you, or just go on a website and pay $10-25
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Teo032 said:
Why not just have someone you know on tmobile to get the unlock code for you, or just go on a website and pay $10-25
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+1.
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You can get it on amazon or eBay for around 470
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Teo032 said:
Why not just have someone you know on tmobile to get the unlock code for you, or just go on a website and pay $10-25
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Unless I'm mistaken, the OP is asking where to buy the phone and how much will it cost. An unlock code, whether paid for or through a friend, does nothing without a phone.
To the OP, it really depends on the market in your area. You can search on Craigslist, or EBay. 200-250(used) and 400-500(new) are probably the price ranges you will see.
If you buy from Craigslist, have the seller meet you at a local Tmo store, so you can easily verify if the phone is blacklisted (in case you might ever want to use it on Tmo, prepaid or otherwise).
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Alternate Upgrade

I have a line with an upgrade that will be going to Verizon. Anyway I can use it on my line without having the other line's contract extended by 2 years? Waste of an upgrade if not used lol
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I don't think so. You have to extend the contract on the line you buy the phone on. I usually do this when other lines are due for upgrades and my line isn't.
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dschachm said:
I don't think so. You have to extend the contract on the line you buy the phone on. I usually do this when other lines are due for upgrades and my line isn't.
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Ah damn! I know AT&T let's you do it without pushing the other line's contract. Guess not Sprint!
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locoboi187 said:
Ah damn! I know AT&T let's you do it without pushing the other line's contract. Guess not Sprint!
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yea.. and uscc has one and done contracts so they dont sign another when upgrading either lol
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elliwigy said:
yea.. and uscc has one and done contracts so they dont sign another when upgrading either lol
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Ugh why Sprint must be like this
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Because the phones cost Sprint more than they charge you and they recover the difference over the term of a contract.

someguyatx said:
Because the phones cost Sprint more than they charge you and they recover the difference over the term of a contract.
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That can be said about nearly every carrier that subsidizes the price of a phone.
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Selling note 2 question

I recieved an extra note 2 after it was marked undeliverable by at&t they made some sort of error my question is if I sell this note 2 will the person have any trouble using it
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Why wouldn't you just return it to AT&T?
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hysteresis said:
Why wouldn't you just return it to AT&T?
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Karma is a mutha lol
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Haha so true
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vinnyj85 said:
I recieved an extra note 2 after it was marked undeliverable by at&t they made some sort of error my question is if I sell this note 2 will the person have any trouble using it
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If they blocked the IMEI then no AT&T nor T-Mobile user can use it.
And the risk you are going to end up paying for that if you don't return it it probably pretty high. And they aren't going to charge you what you can sell it for on the secondary market.

quarlow said:
If they blocked the IMEI then no AT&T nor T-Mobile user can use it.
And the risk you are going to end up paying for that if you don't return it it probably pretty high. And they aren't going to charge you what you can sell it for on the secondary market.
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This person is so right. its not worth it
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I think US mail fraud is a felony!
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Sell it you get ripped off by them everyday you did nothing intentionally do don't sweat it
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offwiththeface said:
Sell it you get ripped off by them everyday you did nothing intentionally do don't sweat it
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Lmao ...keep in mind this person prolly has record
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hysteresis said:
I think US mail fraud is a felony!
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Think.... there's no "think" about it. Mail fraud is a felony in the U.S. Do the smart thing and return it.
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Call att and tell them. What you are doing is theft op, and is not worth it.
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twanskys204 said:
Lmao ...keep in mind this person prolly has record
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Lol no record btw
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Ask yourself, is making a few hundred bucks worth being charged with mail fraud? Contact AT&T and return the device, it's the right thing to do.

Might of worked before but nowadays they track and black ball phones by imei. So not worth it when u get busted.
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Yeah if I were the OP I would definitely take it into the AT&T store and return it. Sooner or later the paper trail will lead back to the device. Even if the IMEI works and you sell it on Craigslist or something and then AT&T catches there mistake and turns it off. Whoever you sold it to might come looking for you. Or even worse have the cops show up at your door for mail fraud.

That's a felony, theft by mislaid/delivered property and also possibly mail fraud. I would return it since it's NOT YOURS. Just suggesting
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Just hold on to it for a couple of months, if you called att no one would know how to process a return in this situation. If you return it to the store an employee is going to just steal it or something. After a couple of months sell it. Fraud is when you intentually screw over the company, technically you found a lost phone. Lol
Btw this is called equipment gaming through att and per contract you will get your account canceled if they see this done multiple times, they will not take legal action. It's not worth there time nor does anyone care at att.
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Great except the phone was delivered insured. USPS pays out. I'm sure they audit losses.
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hysteresis said:
Great except the phone was delivered insured. USPS pays out. I'm sure they audit losses.
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Att does not insure anything they send out, all att would do in this situation is send out a new phone for free because if it was insured the shipping company would make sure it was not lost and make him wait a week before he gets a new phone. Like I said just keep it for 2 months if something were to happen then they will be looking for it in that time.
If you wanted to make sure the phone is not on the blacklist, call att tech support desk and ask them to run the imei number because your thinking about buying a note 2 for a friend. The worst att will do is report the phone stolen but less likely because the phone is technically lost and they only report phones that are stolen.
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Correct. Couriers are protected by mail fraud laws. Anyways, I've lost interest in this topic.
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Note 2 $100 on Amazon

Note 2 for $100 with a new 2 year agreement.
http://dealnews.com/Samsung-Galaxy-...-for-Sprint-for-100-free-shipping/662782.html

its been this price on amazon since early december. best buy will price match amazon too.
here is an amazon link with out a backdoor referal...
http://wireless.amazon.com/Samsung-...=INDIVIDUAL_NEW&sr=2-4-entd&qid=1359307694487

Ad matched my phone this weekend at best buy. I got 160 dollars put back on my bank card

thanks
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wow a little patience could of saved me $260
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XPinochitoX said:
wow a little patience could of saved me $260
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Why could it have? Is it too late already for you to do it? Did you end up buying it somewhere else?
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Does anyone know if you can pay any required deposit to sprint and still start a new plan through amazon. My local bestbuy refuses to price match and amazon only collects deposits for att
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DisposableHero1985 said:
Does anyone know if you can pay any required deposit to sprint and still start a new plan through amazon. My local bestbuy refuses to price match and amazon only collects deposits for att
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No they don't. I spoke with a Amazon rep to see if it were possible a while back and was told no.
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Amazon rep told me it was possible as long as sprint didn't start the account making u no longer a new customer. The real question is can sprint do that through the credit dept or if I need to start driving all over MI until I find a BB that will price match
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What is a bad ESN?

Sorry for the noob question. There's a sIII for sale on craigslist for 130 with a bad ESN. What is that? is that bad?
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That means the past owner didn't pay a bill or owes a balance so you can't activate it on Sprint until it is payed off
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That's stupid! Lol u should be able to sell it. And y would someone want to buy it if u can't activate it?
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You could flash it to another carrier and use it or use it as a parts phone
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phonehunter59 said:
You could flash it to another carrier and use it or use it as a parts phone
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Or if said person has lots of monies, they could pay the bill
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bpsears90 said:
That's stupid! Lol u should be able to sell it. And y would someone want to buy it if u can't activate it?
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Because when they purchased the phone they got it at a huge discount that Sprint subsidized counting on this person being a customer for 2 years. Now they terminated early and did not pay the ETF so the only recourse besides filing with a collection agency is to deny them the revenue (they think) of selling the phone.
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Gotcha gotcha. I wish there was some way around that. 130 for the phone is a steal. And its clean
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You could do esn cloning but that's illegal so I won't get into it here
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bpsears90 said:
Gotcha gotcha. I wish there was some way around that. 130 for the phone is a steal. And its clean
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There are plenty with good ESN for that price on ebay and swappa
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I haven't tried swappa. No luck on ebay tho
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My wife actually had a phone with a bad MSN. So I took it over and developed it. Always nice to work on device with no worries. I tested it as much as I could. It still works with wifi so, able to still almost everything but actually make a call. There are apps out there to actually make a call via wifi but then that actually would defeat the purpose of a "phone". Unless, your connected to wifi all day everyday.