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Anonymous #11
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Re: Wireless carrier accidentally shipped several iPhones S Plus's to me - sellable? [Re: Anonymous #8]
#22436814 - 10/26/15 05:03 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Could unlock them for all sim cards and bring a random sim card and show the buyer it works on different carrier ,eventually someone will buy it without going to any store to check or u could have them sit next to u at a coffee shop and check imei on a site that checks if there locked or blacklisted may be enough to reassure them
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Anonymous #12
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Re: Wireless carrier accidentally shipped several iPhones S Plus's to me - sellable? [Re: Anonymous #11]
#22448414 - 10/29/15 09:09 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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God himself will take an eternal SHIT upon you, mortal fool!
Hand yourself in NOWW!
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Anonymous #1
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Re: Wireless carrier accidentally shipped several iPhones S Plus's to me - sellable? [Re: Anonymous #12]
#22450429 - 10/29/15 06:32 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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So I actually got a bill from the carrier for new service activation and all that shit, and they believed ot was fraud related, so they got my info and cancelled the plans. When asked if I received any devices I said no, and they didn't really question me beyond that.
I went on one of the major creditors and pulled up my permanent record, no real activity aside from the phone thing, put the fraud alert out just in case and cancelled the damn ebay auction cause now I have this fraud shit to think about in terms of selling them.
I opened one up to try swapping sim cards to see if its unlocked but found they use micro-sim cards, I assume I'd definitely want those out before fucking with selling them.
So I come back around to square 1 with identity theft / fraud now in the mix, if I offloaded them on ebay, do you think a carrier would call oit someone trying to activate it, and back to me over ebay? I almost had both these bitches sold too before any of this fraud shit popped up. Damn it all.
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Anonymous #4
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Re: Wireless carrier accidentally shipped several iPhones S Plus's to me - sellable? [Re: Anonymous #4]
#22452314 - 10/30/15 05:44 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
Anonymous #4 said: Nothing is free. They may want them back or money for them.
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Anonymous #3
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Re: Wireless carrier accidentally shipped several iPhones S Plus's to me - sellable? [Re: Anonymous #4]
#22452330 - 10/30/15 05:51 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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The fraud aspect might change things. I really don't know though. The general idea of being able to keep whatever a company sends you that you did not order, stems from it being their screw up. Which is why it gets iffy. Is buying into the fraud and sending you what you didn't order their screw up/responsibility? Argument can go both ways. If they put some kind of check in place to make sure you did order this stuff, it wouldn't have happened. At the same time, there's no guarantee if they did, they would discover the fraud.
I'd ask Enlil. He's the most likely person to understand the law and how it pertains to you in this case.
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Anonymous #9
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Re: Wireless carrier accidentally shipped several iPhones S Plus's to me - sellable? [Re: Anonymous #3]
#22465531 - 11/02/15 07:01 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Sorry to hear about the fraud 
Unlock the phones, swap networks over, wait a while, put them back on after the fraud stuff dies down OR If you just want quick cash maybe try a pawnshop, some of them can ooffer decent prices and no more than a debit card/signature, and some should do it with no ID if you give them a good price  OR Message the people who had already bought the phones on ebay, tell them some sob story like tell them about the fraud etc & say it shut down the listings for xyz reason; Then ask them if they still wanted the phones, but just through paypal. Include your paypal address in it, you cannot enter in, say, anon@email.com, you have to say it like, ' anonat the mail of xyz (whatever your provider is) .com' , if you don't ebay doesn't let you send the message. Dont forget, remind them that they are still protected buy paypals buyer guarantee, and if all is well, you can knock off a few $ (it's cheaper w/out ebay fees), still get most of your money, they get a new, unlocked (which increases the value a good bit BTW) Iphone. Everybody is a winner except the fraudsters and the bank.
I would go with the last one if I where you
UNLESS you can find a cash buyer. Having $1000 go into your bank days after this fraud and saying you hadn't received them, looks a bit dodgy.
Actually, I think if you kept the money in your Paypal account for a while and gradually withdraw it to the bank or use it online you should be OK.
Hell, if you want to be really discreet, put it on one of those darknet sites for a knockoff price
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Anonymous #13
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Re: Wireless carrier accidentally shipped several iPhones S Plus's to me - sellable? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#22465555 - 11/02/15 07:15 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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I had a carrier not long ago send me two replacement phones by mistake too. It happens I guess? Anyway, I was actively requesting a replacement phone and they knew they sent me two by mistake and told me to just keep the one I wanted and send the others back. Maybe you've hit the mini lotto. Congrats.
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Anonymous #1
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Re: Wireless carrier accidentally shipped several iPhones S Plus's to me - sellable? [Re: Anonymous #9]
#22466195 - 11/02/15 10:58 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Anonymous #9 said: Sorry to hear about the fraud 
Unlock the phones, swap networks over, wait a while, put them back on after the fraud stuff dies down OR If you just want quick cash maybe try a pawnshop, some of them can ooffer decent prices and no more than a debit card/signature, and some should do it with no ID if you give them a good price  OR Message the people who had already bought the phones on ebay, tell them some sob story like tell them about the fraud etc & say it shut down the listings for xyz reason; Then ask them if they still wanted the phones, but just through paypal. Include your paypal address in it, you cannot enter in, say, anon@email.com, you have to say it like, ' anonat the mail of xyz (whatever your provider is) .com' , if you don't ebay doesn't let you send the message. Dont forget, remind them that they are still protected buy paypals buyer guarantee, and if all is well, you can knock off a few $ (it's cheaper w/out ebay fees), still get most of your money, they get a new, unlocked (which increases the value a good bit BTW) Iphone. Everybody is a winner except the fraudsters and the bank.
I would go with the last one if I where you
UNLESS you can find a cash buyer. Having $1000 go into your bank days after this fraud and saying you hadn't received them, looks a bit dodgy.
Actually, I think if you kept the money in your Paypal account for a while and gradually withdraw it to the bank or use it online you should be OK.
Hell, if you want to be really discreet, put it on one of those darknet sites for a knockoff price 
I have researched quite a bit, but didn't find any sites that didn't look like bull shit to perform a carrier unlock, apparently that is a REAL pain in the ass if you are new to it.
I was almost considering once again opening the phone to international bids on ebay, bit that just seems like extra hassle for the possibility of extra scam.
I thought of pawn shops as well but I figure they must have carrier numbers to call and verify devices aren't stolen if they're getting a brand new latest and greatest phone.
The ultimate question is, beyond the SIM, is there any numbers the carrier holds onto to ID the device? I would think the serial number, but I would also think it would show a carrier lock on the icloud site if it was flagged, I would have a hard time believing they are leaving it unlocled just waiting for it to be activated to spring a trap.
I also considered calling the carrier (from a random phone #), and saying there is an iphone for the network on ebay that shows carrier unlocled on the icloud site and if that means its good to buy.
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Anonymous #2
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Re: Wireless carrier accidentally shipped several iPhones S Plus's to me - sellable? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#22493719 - 11/08/15 12:43 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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is there any numbers the carrier holds onto to ID the device?
aside from the serial number, there is the IMEI and MEID. you can see them all in Settings > General > About
really though, apple doesnt even make a publicly accessible record of stolen devices, its why strong arm robberies of apple products is so common. If its not locked to an icloud account, which these wont be because they are brand new, its not going to come back on you.
Theyre worth like 2 grand, just drive a city over and sell em on craigslist cheap
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Anonymous #1
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Re: Wireless carrier accidentally shipped several iPhones S Plus's to me - sellable? [Re: Anonymous #2]
#22494305 - 11/08/15 05:21 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah I've come to terms with the fact I either need to send them back, or sell them for cash cheap so there is less questions asked, I live in a major metro area. Still debating, didn't get a lot of attention on CL ag their near retail price so was thinking $500 each and see who shows me cash first.
Thanks for the constrictive input!
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Anonymous #2
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Re: Wireless carrier accidentally shipped several iPhones S Plus's to me - sellable? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#22497818 - 11/08/15 08:23 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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also, the 6, 6 plus, 6 plus S, and 6s are 4 different phones. are you sure theyre the 6+S?
Edited by Anonymous (11/08/15 09:35 PM)
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Anonymous #1
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Re: Wireless carrier accidentally shipped several iPhones S Plus's to me - sellable? [Re: Anonymous #2]
#22500021 - 11/09/15 11:34 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yes, 6S Plus 128GB model, so the most expensive phones possible to fall in my lap.
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Anonymous #14
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Re: Wireless carrier accidentally shipped several iPhones S Plus's to me - sellable? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#22507713 - 11/11/15 12:44 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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drop them both on CL for 1k each, someone probably tried to purchase them and steal them when they arrived using some old information about you they had. Just get a friend to do the meet and greet and it can't come back to you, sit on the cash for a while and use it for bills or anything else you can pay off with cash.
If you go dropping them for $500 each people might think its a bit fishy.
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