Diamonds on eBay

[c3hutson]

Originally Posted by dcperdue

You cant change the sim as this is a cdma phone and not gsm.

I was under the impression that most cdma carriers used sims... thought there was a spot for the sim in this phone.

[movax]

Originally Posted by c3hutson

I was under the impression that most cdma carriers used sims... thought there was a spot for the sim in this phone.

Nope - your UID is ESN/MEID, though each GSM headset has a IMEI, but you can still travel around with the SIM card.

After posting that negative feedback, I got like six messages in my inbox from other buyers who got screwed - pointing them here. Going to see if they received phones addressed to the same # as c3hutson and myself...if so, some poor bastard got absolutely ****ed over.

[movax]

Originally Posted by c3hutson

Asurion charging the buyers would be the most ridiculous thing possible.

Yeah, but lets face it, its likely what will happen. They clearly don't give a **** about customers.

Originally Posted by reconboy

Regardless. the legal or Security department of Paypal themselves are the ones that directed me to file the dispute.

They said File so File I did..... And as far as Paypal cannot make them pay is bogus , they are still bound by rules and regulations , if you get a chargeback against you .. you better damn believe your gonna end up paying it back.

You can close any account you wish to but if a charge back or a check rolls in after you close it YOU are still responsible for those funds weather you like it or not.
No account with a bank is TRUELY closed out, for that matter ask your bank yourself the above they will probably end up telling you the same thing. If you dont pay it goes to collection.

PayPal disputes blow, and PayPal historically is terrible with disputes. You can clean out your account to your bank account, unlink it from PP, and run off - if you were a scammer worth anything, collections would be sent after a stolen ID anyways.

As long PayPal earns its percentage on your transactions, and attempts to freeze accounts therefore acquiring frozen funds for themselves, they don't care. Too many other paying customers to make up for it.

[tretch]

hey i also bought a phone from that celldep0t guy and filed a claim with paypal but it was escalated to where i have to return the phone to him, although i received it straight from sprint/asurion. i don't really want to send him the phone since he is obviously scamming people, should i call paypal?

-after reading through, it looks like his drop shipper actually is probably scamming him and as a result us, i hope this can be straightened out.

[lexusgs]

Hey guys did you see this guys new ebay acc id 2k9cantstopme he was selling under 2k8 something 2 weeks ago and now he's back again. look at his touch pro auctions at $399. that is a true scammer.

[lexusgs]

This is the guys old ebay acc 2k8vegasgoin and it is kicked off ebay

[WhiteSoxxx]

Originally Posted by thumper01

Yes, I bought a diamond off ebay and have not had any problems....yet. It was kind of fishy that the phone was shipped from Asurion (cell phone insurance company) and not the seller. The seller's rating was 99.4% with a few hundred auctions.

Just in case you haven't seen it, Microsoft Live Search has a cash back program with ebay/paypal. It is at 25% now, but has been up to 35%. There are threads on fatwallet.com/slickdeals.net that describe it in more detail.

I had the same experience, except shortly after I made my purchase from what seemed like a reputable seller, his rating shot down to 60% due to numerous buyers reporting that when they went to activate the phone, it was listed as stolen.

Mine came without activation problems, but also very suspiciously from an asurion replacement box. I am pretty sure the guy got caught because the last seller ratings he received said product didnt even ship to their address. I would say buyer beware and hope for the best.
The ONE and only good thing I have to say about eBay is that they have good buyer protection so I would start looking for a reputable seller and pull the trigger with the live search discount activated.

I got a Diamond for 240 - %25 off live search = approx. 190 which I thought was excellent deal at the time, but my stuff was apparently stolen so it is what it is.

[txphinest]

thats definately the same guy wording looks exact to his other auction what a scammer im reporting him to ebay now

[txphinest]

Originally Posted by tretch

hey i also bought a phone from that celldep0t guy and filed a claim with paypal but it was escalated to where i have to return the phone to him, although i received it straight from sprint/asurion. i don't really want to send him the phone since he is obviously scamming people, should i call paypal?

ive had this happen to me before as long as you have return tracking your protected by paypal

[cincij]

For those of you that have received a phone without the Asurion forms; can you please list the seller that you used? I plan on using my Christmas cash on a Diamond and don't want to get involved with this insurance scam business.

Thanks!