What If?

[pure_player52]

what if i buy a clean esn mogul but the phone doesnt work example: theres a mogul on ebay that the screen doesnt work (something with the tape) and i buy it and do the esn swap with my current phone (BB curve) can i claim insurance on it within days or is there a certain period of time?...

thank you

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[sorge]

First, you have to wait 30 days
Second, the deductible will end up being 100 dollars, not really worth it
Third you can prolly find a mogul cheaper then broken one and 100 bucks
Forth it might not allow insurance if its used
Fifth, you are the reason the deductible is 100 dollars if you do this

[gearjunkeez]

While I don't personally encourage this - if you currently have TEP on your plan and buy the "broken" phone, and do an esn swap - as long as you can actually activate and use the phone by programming it, you can go to a sprint store/repair center and swap out for a new one. The only reason I personally feel this isn't the reason that assurion deductibles are going up is that the TEP is tied to the line (phone number), not the ESN or actual phone. So - theoretically, you could get a phone that works just fine, activate it, and use it for a week, month, or year. And once that phone has a problem, you could use TEP to do an advance exchange. The true fraud is when people intentionally break, "lose" or otherwise damage their phones to call assurion to do a replacement for $50 when they just want a new phone. 2 completely different scenarios.