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[Q] How much is the original Epic 4G really worth?

My apologies I don't know whether to put this here or in Q&A.
I went to Sprint, RadioShack, Best Buy, and the spot on the XDA website and got several drastically different trade-in values for my phone. The range has been from $50 to $80 (over $115 on a best buy giftcard). I then see people here and on google+ selling it for $100 to $250 for thiers.
My original plan is to wait for someone to miss the physical keyboard enough to trade their Epic Touch for my Epic. But I doubt that so how much is this phone really worth? Sprint still sells it over $500 and I know I can't ask the $499 for it ($300 probably still be to high) so what is reasonable (and most profitable) asking price (or price range)? OR is there a way to get more for trade-in?
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no one here is going to really get 200-250.
you can find very good condition epics on craigslist for 125 all day with all accesories. i just bought a "bricked" epic yesterday to play with for 51.80 on ebay. im sure ill get it running in a matter of minutes of getting it.
these people asking 225, but then claim we are all a freindly super happy community should sell them on here for a more appropriate price to thier geek buddies.

I see. Well I guess criagslist is my best bet. I'll have to wait until November when I'll have extra money.
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I would think the retail price of the Epic will plummet soon after the release of the Touch so it may be harder to get anything over $100 selling a used one. I know there have been recent instances of people getting $200 for Epics (usually unlocked ones), but most sales are in the $125 range as austin420 said. I'm probably going to ditch mine once I upgrade next month, so we'll see what the market dictates then.

You're probably right. Also anyone know how much the Epic Touch is with the one year $75 upgrade (cause clearly $199 is more than just $150 off)?
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I sold mine for $215 but it was new (backup phone). My current Epic is in near mint condition and I'd be thrilled if I got $150 for it once the replacement drops.

austin420 said:
no one here is going to really get 200-250.
you can find very good condition epics on craigslist for 125 all day with all accesories. i just bought a "bricked" epic yesterday to play with for 51.80 on ebay. im sure ill get it running in a matter of minutes of getting it.
these people asking 225, but then claim we are all a freindly super happy community should sell them on here for a more appropriate price to thier geek buddies.
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I would personally pay a little more for a phone from here than I would from craigslist. I just feel like I can trust you guys a little more and I think take the same care with your phones that I take with mines.
Nothing would be worse than the get a perfectly working phone on craigslist at the time and then have it stop working a week later due to water damage. Sure, I can happen anywhere. I'm just a little more trusting about you forum strangers.

I went to my local sprint store today and they said they will give 125 for my epic if I was to preorder the e4gt.
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Got $140 for mine on ebay.
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nismology said:
Got $140 for mine on ebay.
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Minus about 14 to ebay, 8 to paypal and about 10 to ship it?
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austin420 said:
Minus about 14 to ebay, 8 to paypal and about 10 to ship it?
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3% to PayPal and 9% of grand total to ebay IIRC and shipping was not included. Anything more than what gazelle or buymytronics was offering was gravy to me honestly. I didn't want to deal with craigslist either for some reason... :shrug:
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Ok let's try this, how much would YOU be willing to pay for:
-Used, fully functioning Samsung Epic 4G runing Android 2.2 an has never been rooted.
-Orignal Box and Manual
-Original USB charger
-2GB AND 256MB MicroSD cards and adapters and small protective case for them
Or would you be willing to trade a Samsung Epic Touch (even if was just the phone with no charger or microSD) for the above? (Really wants this phone x.x) Though I don't expect any one to want to trade at least not for another couple of months.
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You might get $120 for it but people are gonna be disappointed with no 16gb sd card since that's what it shipped with.
You might find someone willing to trade for the epic touch if you throw in $150+ with your phone.
I think your best bet is to order the epic touch when you find a deal, wirefly had it for $130 pre-order a couple weeks ago, then sell your epic4g to recover most of the cost.
Edit 2: I have seen some epics trade for nexus s 4g's so that might be something to look at as well.
The thing you have to think about when trading/selling phones: are you selling a phone and an upgrade credit, are you buying a phone and an upgrade credit? That's why newer phones sell for so much more because it cost someone their upgrade credit to get it.

Ok thanks
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R3537L1F3 said:
Ok let's try this, how much would YOU be willing to pay for:
-Used, fully functioning Samsung Epic 4G runing Android 2.2 an has never been rooted.
-Orignal Box and Manual
-Original USB charger
-2GB AND 256MB MicroSD cards and adapters and small protective case for them
Or would you be willing to trade a Samsung Epic Touch (even if was just the phone with no charger or microSD) for the above? (Really wants this phone x.x) Though I don't expect any one to want to trade at least not for another couple of months.
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Id pay 130 lol no lie
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Anyone wanna sell me their epic for 130, mine got jacked
I gots no insurance
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Damn i would have sold you mine but i promised to give it to my sis
Try craigslist i here phones are going on sale there like crazy for et4g
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gtuansdiamm said:
Damn i would have sold you mine but i promised to give it to my sis
Try craigslist i here phones are going on sale there like crazy for et4g
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Thanks anyway bro, I wish I could use craigslist but people on mine actually think they can get a couple hundred bucks for a bad esn phone smh...
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Find some one near you and do the trade at a sprint store
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Ok I know how epic the E4GT is but would it be possible to trade this phone for the Nexus S (having no upgrade I can't cover the cost of a new phone out of contract)?
And you guys are so helpful ad looks like $130-$170 is all I get for this phone. Best Buy gives $107 gift card or $76
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(q) sprint insurance replacement

I lost my epic touch and got a replacement after my 100 deductible I have since found my old phone... Will I have issues if I try to sell? A bad esn?
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Yes the insurance company locks the ESN before they process your new phone I believe.
A bad ESN phone can sell for parts for 100 bux maybe a little more so you should be able to get your insurance deductible back selling it.
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I believe that part of the insurance agreement for a lost phone is that if you find it, you need to send it in to asurion,
So.... send it in to asurion.

I believe if you call sprint or maybe assuron you can tell them that you found it and they'll reinstate the esn. I wouldn't make a habit of it but I've seen folks do it before.
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$100? Ill buy it.
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bad esn ET4G's are selling for 250+ on ebay.
a quick example being this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...Cell_Phones&hash=item231a2d5186#ht_500wt_1085

Back in the day I lost my treo pro and filed a claim. Found it a few weeks later and called sprint and the cleared the esn. That was a couple years ago though so I don't know if the policy has changed or if I just got lucky at the time.
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If Samsung won't be able to sell the Epic 4G Touch anymore.......

MOD Edit: Thread closed as fraud is illegal here and many countries. Do not reopen..ever!!

dw3bb10 said:
Any chance we would get Galaxy S III's in replacement from Asurion since they can no longer distribute the device? I thought of this and wanted to get everyones take on it. Because if so, im reporting my E4GT STOLEN and calling Asurion once or if that happens Lol
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They would probably send you a Gnex or something of the same level of the E4GT.
That being said, What you are talking about is fraud and could get you in a heap of trouble.

Ophois said:
They would probably send you a Gnex or something of the same level of the E4GT.
That being said, What you are talking about is fraud and could get you in a heap of trouble.
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Gnex isnt bad haha
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I must agree it can get you into some deep doo doo. But im curious about the replacement thing also. Most likey a photon or a gnex
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A photon will be a huge downgrade. Probably a Gnex, I will check since will be going to tech center because of Phantom menu pop ups its getting annoying.
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I think it won't happen unless Samsung loses the appeal also

dw3bb10 said:
Any chance we would get Galaxy S III's in replacement from Asurion since they can no longer distribute the device? I thought of this and wanted to get everyones take on it. Because if so, im reporting my E4GT STOLEN and calling Asurion once or if that happens Lol
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That wouldn't be the case. It would ban new sales. Asurions devices are "already sold."

They'll still be required to sell or replace with w.e stock of E4GT they have left. And I bet there are a bunch of E4GT refurbs in stock to get rid of before they can replace your phone with another phone.
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Ophois said:
They would probably send you a Gnex or something of the same level of the E4GT.
That being said, What you are talking about is fraud and could get you in a heap of trouble.
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Uhh..gnex was banned a while ago but the van was lifted until outcome of this trial. Wouldn't be getting one of those.

Well i can said this
On my case my sisters is on my account and her phone took a accident (photon) ,i call for the replacement phone and they send the same phone but was bad the mic don't function and decide to call again for the replacement and the photon was placed on BO( back order) and the photon of the same equivalent was the Evo 3D .

By the time the appeals over, we will all have new phones I'm sure..
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JediNinjafication said:
Uhh..gnex was banned a while ago but the van was lifted until outcome of this trial. Wouldn't be getting one of those.
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Uhhh...The injunction was lifted when Google pushed the necessary changes to universal search actually, which was the only reason there was one in the first place.... so the nexus is in the clear
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I don't know what changes those would be because nothings changed on mine.

I came from a Photon. Went into Sprint threw my bricked Photon on the counter and said I wanted a phone I can develope without a nazi locked bootloader and the girl came back with E4GT. Best trade I coulda done Free too no assurance bs.
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JediNinjafication said:
I don't know what changes those would be because nothings changed on mine.
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Google pushed a new quick search apk that disabled local results, Google it...
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locoboi187 said:
They'll still be required to sell or replace with w.e stock of E4GT they have left. And I bet there are a bunch of E4GT refurbs in stock to get rid of before they can replace your phone with another phone.
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Ahh, but that's the beauty of Boost and other MVNOs - they can shift the ESNs to their pools and dump the stock VERY quickly if they wanted to. And with NV continuing to roll out to major cities - we're supposedly up in November - I wouldn't be surprised.
OTOH perhaps this will motivate my MVNO to get the S3. But have to wait until June anyhow for the renewal discount.

oshinqwe said:
I think it won't happen unless Samsung loses the appeal also
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The judge who will decide, Lucy Koh, is the one who issued a preliminary injunction that halted sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1.

rantoca said:
On my case my sisters is on my account and her phone took a accident (photon) ,i call for the replacement phone and they send the same phone but was bad the mic don't function and decide to call again for the replacement and the photon was placed on BO( back order) and the photon of the same equivalent was the Evo 3D .
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thats not true. the photon equivalent is the epic touch. i went through 2 photons and asked for a different phone. they gave me an epic touch.

It is impossible to say what they will send you. It seems to be either a lateral move (similar range phone) or an upgrade. I have gotten 2 replacements from asurion in the past 2 years. I had an EVO 4g. I dropped it and the screen broke, they replaced it with an EVO 3d. The EVO 3D recently broke in my pocket (I have no idea how, I must have crushed it leaning over something) and they sent me the E4GT. The 3D is a generation newer than the EVO 4g, so that is an upgrade, and the SGS2 E4GT is similar spec'd to the E3D, so that seems lateral. That said, if I could choose any the E4GT seems to be the best of the bunch. My upgrade is in October but I think I will keep this for now!

I would guess they would have to send you another phone with wimax to match the e4gt. Whatever has a matching price on their website.

[Q] lost my phone

OK so I lost my phone 4 days ago and I did not know where I lost it. I called sprint and they sent me a replacement and paid the deductible. Today i was getting on the bus and the bus driver handed me my phone. I must have dropped it in the bus and someone turned it in to her. My picture with my gf was my lock screen picture so she knew it was mine. My question is what do I do with my replacement phone? No refund on deductible
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Sephirothvfc said:
OK so I lost my phone 4 days ago and I did not know where I lost it. I called sprint and they sent me a replacement and paid the deductible. Today i was getting on the bus and the bus driver handed me my phone. I must have dropped it in the bus and someone turned it in to her. My picture with my gf was my lock screen picture so she knew it was mine. My question is what do I do with my replacement phone? No refund on deductible
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The other phone (Lost one) has a locked SOC code on it.. So can't be activated again. (Shouldn't be able to) I'd call sprint and talk to them.

Sephirothvfc said:
OK so I lost my phone 4 days ago and I did not know where I lost it. I called sprint and they sent me a replacement and paid the deductible. Today i was getting on the bus and the bus driver handed me my phone. I must have dropped it in the bus and someone turned it in to her. My picture with my gf was my lock screen picture so she knew it was mine. My question is what do I do with my replacement phone? No refund on deductible
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Try swapping the esn on sprint.com to see if it will activate. I was in the same situation and sprint.com reactivated my old phone so i sold the replacement.
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solehjeff said:
Try swapping the esn on sprint.com to see if it will activate. I was in the same situation and sprint.com reactivated my old phone so i sold the replacement.
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I was talking with a tech yesterday about a similar thing.. if they have a Lost SOC code.. they won't work.. Go to http://checkesnfree.com/ Check the ESN on it.. It'll tell ya if it's clean or not.

Sprint doesn't do replacements, your insurance does. (Insuarian or something like that)
Your insurance does not talk to Sprint.
It most likely has a fine ESN still.

milky1112 said:
I was talking with a tech yesterday about a similar thing.. if they have a Lost SOC code.. they won't work.. Go to http://checkesnfree.com/ Check the ESN on it.. It'll tell ya if it's clean or not.
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If the old phone reactivates on sprint.com they didnt blacklist the esn or forgot too, so your free to do what ever you want with the replacement.
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IF it's fine.. Sell the bad boy on Craigslist, ebay your choice.. if the ESN is bad, Can still sell and can be connected on prepaid service such as Boost.

The esn is locked and recorded lost or stolen until the owner calls sprint and says they have received it back and then it will work out

OP, check your pm...
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Samsung warranty headache

This is just as a warning to anyone looking to try out Samsung. They do not stand by their warranty or product. My s3 stopped charging or transferring files. I sent it in. It was about six months after purchase. They sent the phone back unrepaired claiming the phone was beyond economical repair. I called in saying they should either send me a refurbished phone or repair mine as stated in the warranty. They said that a piece of my motherboard was damaged and it couldn't be repaired. So I requested a refurbed phone as my s3 should be covered by warranty. At first they tried claiming my warranty isn't covered because of water damage but I proved neither water damage indicator went off. Then they tried to say my phone was out of warranty. Even though I had a proof of purchase of October 2012. Finally they resorted to simply saying I must have opened the phone and broke it myself. Samsung did everything they could to skirt around their warranty obligations. And in the end left me with a six month old broken product that I paid $500+ dollars for and is now practically useless.
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Did you take it into Sprint or is this even Sprint GS3 related?

I've had them have to replace the entire board, certainly that's more expensive than an charging port
I've sent multiple phones to them for varying problems, and its always been honored.
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I concur with this . Mine started cracking at the bezel for no reason! My phone was babied in a case and never dropped. They wanted me to pay a 70 dollar fee. In was seriously pissed. I only had the phone for 3 months.
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Ascertion said:
Did you take it into Sprint or is this even Sprint GS3 related?
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They wanted me to take it into sprint to see about getting a replacement. The thing is the phone was just bought outright for the unsubsidized price and flashed so I never even had an account with sprint so sprint wasn't able to do anything, nor should they have, as it was a Samsung warranty not sprint
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That may be the case, but if your phone doesn't work, how is Sprint going to charge you $70/month? They have an Interest in you having a working phone.
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socos25 said:
That may be the case, but if your phone doesn't work, how is Sprint going to charge you $70/month? They have an Interest in you having a working phone.
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Sprint doesn't care about my phone. I don't have sprint service. Its just a sprint s3. I attempted talking to them but they said it was Samsung's problem because I didn't have sprint service.
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marcusdgd said:
Sprint doesn't care about my phone. I don't have sprint service. Its just a sprint s3. I attempted talking to them but they said it was Samsung's problem because I didn't have sprint service.
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And that's what sprint should do. Samsung ia complaint is probably based on the fact you did something you not suppose to do with a phone now. Even though it shouldn't have anything to do with your problem.
The thing is if they mess with your phone and then you get it back and have a software issue immediately. Normally you could say samsung messed it up, probably true too. But since you have messed with your software, samsung doesn't want to be liable if something like that happens.
Basically YOU voided the warranty when you flashed a sprint phone to another carrier.
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