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Originally Posted by kellybrf
youre reading what you want to read. no one is saying that you shouldnt try to find a better deal, but anyone whos ever been on the internet should know that ebay isnt perfect and scammers exist. the only way to ensure you dont get scammed is to buy directly from the first party, no matter what youre buying. throw in a third party and there is always a likelihood.
sprint didnt charge him, nor did they ship him the phone. nor did the deal with the ebay scammer. if anything the blame should fall on asurion, and while i agree that they shouldnt be able to charge the account the fact remains that that is the policy and the op got scammed because of it. like you said, even with the $58 he came out way ahead than if he had bought through sprint with no discount. for him to attack sprint for something that they had no involvement shows a lack of maturity and lack of willingness to accept what happens when you go deal hunting. something about cake and eating it comes to mind...
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I dont see how you could blame asurion, the issue is sprint charged him for something that he did not agree to pay. When sprint activated the ESN number did they inform him that their would be a $57 charge to activate it? Did the op have a contract with Asurion to pay the fee? If they did not inform him or have a contract then they have no legal right to charge him. It is not asurion fault that sprint allows them to bill customers that they do not have a contract with. In regards to the statement that this is policy, it would seem that is tough luck for sprint. If their is no contract between the op and asurion than they can not collect. For me personally it is my policy not to pay sprint for my plan, though I have that pesky contract that overides my policy.
Say I bought a Sony tv from ebay and hooked it up to my cable and then a month later my cable company had a charge from State Farm saying it was an insurance replacement and I had to pay a deductable I would blame my cable company not State Farm.