Diamonds on eBay - Page 20

movax · #**191** (**permalink**) 12-08-2008, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by beestea

Well its official, if you bought from lkcarter his auction was officially cancelled and his account is gone from eBay.

Did anyone actually get their phones from him?

Hooray, eBay listened!

Yes, I got my phone - it took 10 business days.

robotphood · #**192** (**permalink**) 12-08-2008, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by froghat

Asurion says they have no way to look up ESNs. Sprint says the ESN does not belong to a phone that has been reported stolen, but they can't tell if it is from Asurion or not.

Asurion can't look up ESNs and Sprint can't tell if it's from them? What kind of company is this? No wonder people are scamming phones from them left and right...

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Originally Posted by movax

Hooray, eBay listened!

Yes, I got my phone - it took 10 business days.

I got mine from lkcarter within 10 business days (including thanksgiving holiday) as well. I ordered 4 days before thanksgiving.

dcperdue · #**193** (**permalink**) 12-08-2008, 09:43 PM

The reason some people get a phone without any insurance papers is because they remove them and re shrinkwrap the box. Inside information straight from paypal the 2 users that had a long track record of positives were under investigation by the attorney general and the fbi. They were fileing insurance claims having the phones sent to them directly and re packaging the phones. Both of them had storefronts in their local area and had access to sprint and vzw customer databases. Some of the other sellers who had bad feedback and were doing refunds because the 2 major ones were getting shut down which means the others couldnt get phones.

You will see this in the news soon. Not sure what the outcome will be but I suspect a couple of theese people did not know they were buying from crooks so as long as the cooperate they might be off the hook. I mean at least they did refund people so that does show some type of honesty in their defense.

I mean ive been thinking about starting up a cricket store in my area. Know a few people who have and theese phones sell like freaking hotcakes. I did the website for a franchise and he was making so much money and that was just off markups. Immagine theese guys getting theese things for FREE at $250 a pop and you know they have sold thousands of them in the past 4 or 5 months. That is tempting for any shady person, easy money.

My favorite ebay scam was the guy selling plasma tv's when they first came out. He would list a 60" plasma for 5k and at the time that was less then half the price. In a month he made over 3 mil. when he got shut down and went to court here is what happened. His listing read check out the picture of this 60 inch plasma bla bla. And what he sent people for there 5k was just that a 35mm photograph of a 60" plasma. And the sad thing is the case was dropped. LMFAO

new2tech · #**194** (**permalink**) 12-09-2008, 12:05 AM

I wouldnt buy anything from someone with under 200 sales and a 100% approval. Unless they have a store front I am always weary about buying stuff online... call me crazy

robotphood · #**195** (**permalink**) 12-09-2008, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by new2tech

I wouldnt buy anything from someone with under 200 sales and a 100% approval. Unless they have a store front I am always weary about buying stuff online... call me crazy

Some sellers have well over 200 feedback, power seller, and 99.9%
(even 1 out a thousand will get you that). The funny part is that they DID have storefronts according to dcperdue's story. The most surprising part to me though is that you can obtain the phones so easily through Asurion. Big ol' gaping loophole...

gbh · #**196** (**permalink**) 12-09-2008, 09:49 AM

Any thoughts on this seller? Just bought two Curves and a Diamond.

http://stores.ebay.com/Bid-Here1972_...QQftidZ2QQtZkm

bahayman · #**197** (**permalink**) 12-09-2008, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Resolve

Alright, I'm doing the claim as I'm typing this. I will keep posting to see what happens. Also should I do anything with Ebay and my credit card company. (Thanks again for your help, I'm new to doing these types of disputes/claims)

I purchases an HTC Touch Pro from dmilton111 on 11/17. gave it 10 business days to arrive and it never did so i filed a claim with paypal and yesterday the refunded my money

(paid with paypal thru bank account)

sephirothhoo · #**198** (**permalink**) 12-09-2008, 05:27 PM

I got my phone from ariasss1 but I am using it on VerizonWireless. Not sure I should file claim.... :/

schaner49 · #**199** (**permalink**) 12-09-2008, 07:57 PM

so how long does lkcarter take to send phones out.. i ordered mine on Dec 2, when would you expect me to receive it. Since all this stuff is arising i am not sure what to do but i would like to activate this diamond as soon as it gets here because i have not had a phone for over week. I really need to check some messages and texts.... you guys pretty much all advise putting a pay pal claim against the sellers???

beestea · #**200** (**permalink**) 12-09-2008, 10:14 PM

I am not sure you are going to get it... I am assuming it wont come since ebay killed the auction and deleted his account.

The assurian shipping is really fast, usually 1 or 2 days once a claim is filed. I guess what they were doing before is waiting until they got new account info then filed a claim to have the phone shipped. I'd say if you (like me) ordered on the 1st or 2nd, you aren't going to get the phone.

Ill keep you posted though.