He probably sells stolen phones. Ebay I would sell and buy on because as long as I deal with people with good ratings and all I should be fine and you have Paypal protection there. Amazon as well is another trusted place for buying and selling phones.
On 11/2/17, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > I know this doesn't help you now, but as Mark said, I'd never buy a phone > off anybody on Craigslist or eBay. In fact, last year I tried to sell my > wife's iPhone 6 which was a 64 Gb Gold model on Craigslist when we were here > in Calgary. I listed it on Craigslist as well as on Kijiki and after about 3 > weeks I got one request which I think was genuine, all other replies to the > add I got and I estimate I maybe had 60 to 80 were fake from people > typically always with US area codes even though I specifically stated I was > in Calgary near Foothills Medical Centre and that any transaction would have > to take place in a public location (I suggested the nearby Apple Store) and > that I would then only exchange the phone against cash. All replies followed > the same pattern, somebody asked if the phone was still available, they > wanted to buy it and send me the money by Paypal or sometimes via an Interac > email money transfer, often they voluntarily said they would add an extra > $100 for shipping because they wanted me to send the phone by FedEx directly > to their girl-friend, brother, sister or whatever who were doing God's work > as missionaries usually in some country in Africa. It was the first and last > time I ever list anything on either one of these platforms. > In your case, Terri, I wonder if the guy you bought it from listed it as > stolen himself or of course he might just sell stolen phones. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Terri Stimmel > Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 4:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Questions about rather phones are locked, or unlocked > > Hello everyone, > > > I have had a rather odd situation come up, and I do not know at all what to > think. > > > Back in the beginning of September, I bought an iPhone SE, from a > gentleman on Craig's List, who purchases phones, then sales them. > According to him, whenever he gets an iPhone, he holds on to it for a > few weeks, before listing it, to make sure there aren't any issues. > > > Well I asked him last week, if he might have an SE with more space, > around December, or so. He told me he would see what he could do. And he > asked me in the mean time to get the phone I have on the T-Mobile > network, unlocked. He said this would make it easier for him to sell. He > was going to take this phone back, as a partial trade. > > > Well, I called yesterday to see what I needed to do. I was told by > T-Mobile, that this phone had tried to be unlocked on the 19th. But > that's not possible! But they said they could do it again. I told them > that I never received unlocking instructions, or any emails from them, > regarding such a thing. > > > Well, I was told by the gentleman on the phone, that within 24 hours, I > should receive an email with instructions on how to unlock my phone, and > a code. This never happened. But here is where things get really weird! > > > At about 9:15 this morning, which would have been about 24 hours from my > call to T-mobile, yesterday, my phone lost service. So when my friend > arrived, I asked her if she had service. I thought maybe there was an > odd outage. But she had service. So we went to the T-Mobile store. > > I explained everything to the woman that was there, and I could tell she > wanted to try and help me. But the guy that was working there, had her > go do something else, and I got the feeling he was trying to blow me > off. So did my friend. I had tried to explain everything to him, and he > just kept saying that I should go to the Apple store. > > > Well we left, and as we sat in the parking lot, I called T-Mobile on my > friend's phone. I explained what went on yesterday when I called to get > it unlocked. I explained what happened this morning, and how quickly it > happened. And I told them I had gone to the local store to try and get > help. > > > Well somehow, this phone was blocked. It was reported stolen. > > Now how could that happen so suddenly? > > > So I contacted the man I bought the phone from, to begin with, and he > told me that the phone didn't need to be unlocked, that only Android > phones had to be unlocked. > > This does not sound correct to me. But I know very little about this stuff. > > Also, if it didn't need to be unlocked, why would he have asked me about > doing it the other day? > > > So needless to say, I had to go back in to the T-Mobile store. I went > with the LG K20 Plus, like I had tried once before. I only went with > that 1 again, because I didn't have to put anything down, and everything > else was so high, anyway. > > > I called T-mobile again, once I got home. They kept asking me if I could > get hold of the original owner of the phone. I think I told them 3 times > at least, that I didn't know who the original owner was. > > So supposedly, this is being looked in to, and I should here back from > T-Mobile by Friday, at the latest. Yes, lets just see what really > happens there. Insane! > > > Thank you to all who may have read this. I do appreciate it. > > > Terri > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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