Ginofan
02-04-2008, 08:42 PM
So I think I got scammed on ebay....AGAIN! You think I would've learned the first time.
Here's the story:
So I got my tax refund burning a hole in my pocket, so of course I think to myself that I need a new phone. Not just any phone though, a new Palm Centro. Well since my contract with Sprint did not offer any discounts on a new phone at the time I decided to just get it on Ebay, see if i could get it cheaper than the $399 they were listing it for without a new contract.
Well I found it! I checked out the seller's feedback and everything looked to be great (100% positive feed back on over 100 phones sold). So I went ahead and purchased the phone. It arrived this afternoon so I'm super psyched because I get to play with a new gadget WOO!
I call Sprint to activate the phone and the foreign guy (why don't they ever have any body answer that you can actually understand?!) says that he's sorry he can't activate that phone because the ESN is registered to a different Sprint customer. I say "what does that mean???" And in all his explanation I gather that basically I'm fucked. I have $300 plastic paper weight.
I've already tried contacting the seller and he hasn't responded yet. I've also contacted some of his other buyers that bought the same thing and they haven't responded either. I gave the seller a 24 hour time allotment for him to contact me before I go through Ebay and Paypal for a refund but I'd hate to do that...I want this phone damn it! I'm at a lost as to what to do.
Reading online, it seems Sprint won't activate any ESN that has been reported lost or stolen no matter what. So if indeed this phone is stolen (though I pulled out of the box and wrapping myself) I'm screwed right????
Here's the story:
So I got my tax refund burning a hole in my pocket, so of course I think to myself that I need a new phone. Not just any phone though, a new Palm Centro. Well since my contract with Sprint did not offer any discounts on a new phone at the time I decided to just get it on Ebay, see if i could get it cheaper than the $399 they were listing it for without a new contract.
Well I found it! I checked out the seller's feedback and everything looked to be great (100% positive feed back on over 100 phones sold). So I went ahead and purchased the phone. It arrived this afternoon so I'm super psyched because I get to play with a new gadget WOO!
I call Sprint to activate the phone and the foreign guy (why don't they ever have any body answer that you can actually understand?!) says that he's sorry he can't activate that phone because the ESN is registered to a different Sprint customer. I say "what does that mean???" And in all his explanation I gather that basically I'm fucked. I have $300 plastic paper weight.
I've already tried contacting the seller and he hasn't responded yet. I've also contacted some of his other buyers that bought the same thing and they haven't responded either. I gave the seller a 24 hour time allotment for him to contact me before I go through Ebay and Paypal for a refund but I'd hate to do that...I want this phone damn it! I'm at a lost as to what to do.
Reading online, it seems Sprint won't activate any ESN that has been reported lost or stolen no matter what. So if indeed this phone is stolen (though I pulled out of the box and wrapping myself) I'm screwed right????