Originally Posted by 632627 (Post 1260441)

Hey guys, im new here, so any help and advice would be much appreciated.

2 weeks ago i bought a brand new touch pro2 from ebay from an ebay power seller with over 99% feedback. The phone arrives 2 days later directly from sprint, however it is adressed to a different name. I find it odd but call up sprint and have the phone activated. From some of the posts here and on sprintusers.com, i come to realize this phone was sent to me as part of an insurance scam.

Here is my dilemma.... I have already sold my old phone, and the only other phone I would be interested in is a samsung intrepid but i cant find one on ebay. I like the tp2 alot and got it for a pretty good price. My main concern is that 2 or 3 months down the line Sprint might brick my phone and im SOL. I asked a friend who used to work for sprint, and she said that once the phone is activated on my account, they cant block the esn #.... which for some reason i find hard to believe.

Should I just keep the phone and take my chances and if anything bad happens file a dispute with paypal? or should i call up sprint and report the incident and hope they let me keep the phone? one thing I dont want to do is just send the phone back to the seller and keep my fingers crossed that he issues a full refund.

thanks for your time guys!

Originally Posted by es101346 (Post 1260552)

The person could of just bought the phone, and didn't like it, so they sold it. Doesn't necessarily mean it was insurance fraud. If the ESN is clean, its clean. When its reported to Sprint to either being lost or damaged, the ESN is not cleared. So your good to go.

Originally Posted by banzaiwolfe (Post 1260569)

If that was the case, it still wouldn't have shipped FROM SPRINT.

Originally Posted by em2y0 (Post 1260616)

Call Sprint and tell them about the situation, if they give the ok go ahead and activate it. If they decide a month or two later to shut the phone off and tell you it was stolen, tell them you spoke to a sprint rep and they informed you everything was good to go. Now if they say SOL i would want to speak to someone higher up since you were told everything was ok

So Have you even tried contacting the seller for answers?

Originally Posted by SecretAgentMan (Post 1261662)

Is the name on the box the seller's name? Maybe the seller has some sort of drop ship arrangement and Sprint just used his name instead of yours. I'd check with Sprint to be sure.

Originally Posted by rjmjr69 (Post 1262021)

I wouldnt say a thing

Originally Posted by 632627 (Post 1260441)

Hey guys, im new here, so any help and advice would be much appreciated.

2 weeks ago i bought a brand new touch pro2 from ebay from an ebay power seller with over 99% feedback. The phone arrives 2 days later directly from sprint, however it is adressed to a different name. I find it odd but call up sprint and have the phone activated. From some of the posts here and on sprintusers.com, i come to realize this phone was sent to me as part of an insurance scam.

Here is my dilemma.... I have already sold my old phone, and the only other phone I would be interested in is a samsung intrepid but i cant find one on ebay. I like the tp2 alot and got it for a pretty good price. My main concern is that 2 or 3 months down the line Sprint might brick my phone and im SOL. I asked a friend who used to work for sprint, and she said that once the phone is activated on my account, they cant block the esn #.... which for some reason i find hard to believe.

Should I just keep the phone and take my chances and if anything bad happens file a dispute with paypal? or should i call up sprint and report the incident and hope they let me keep the phone? one thing I don't want to do is just send the phone back to the seller and keep my fingers crossed that he issues a full refund.

thanks for your time guys!

Originally Posted by chong67 (Post 1262352)

Man, I am sick to my stomach. I hope it doesnt happen to me!

Originally Posted by 632627 (Post 1262406)

thanks for all the responses guys.... i have contacted the seller and he swears its not fraud and offered me a refund if i shipped the phone back. the only problem is i have no other phone(and i really like the tp2 also)

i think i am going to call sprint anonymously and tell them the situation first without giving them my account info.

if i do end up keeping the phone, for how long will paypal offer me buyers protection? say 6 months down the road the phone is bricked by sprint, can i still be covered by paypal?

i know this might sound bad, but i got the phone at a pretty good price and i dont want to give it up

Originally Posted by sd4shizy (Post 1262410)

how much did u cop it 4. and i didnt get a thank you 4 my nice long helpful post, lol

Originally Posted by 632627 (Post 1262435)

after microsoft bing cashback i got it for 400 shipped, and considering i sold 2 other phones for 250 it was only 150 out of my pocket

Originally Posted by sd4shizy (Post 1262410)

how much did u cop it 4. and i didnt get a thank you 4 my nice long helpful post, lol

Originally Posted by 632627 (Post 1262406)

if i do end up keeping the phone, for how long will paypal offer me buyers protection? say 6 months down the road the phone is bricked by sprint, can i still be covered by paypal?

Originally Posted by dimitri (Post 1262313)

And always know that there is a charge of "Recieving Stolen Property". I would make sure that you have covered every avenue available to you.

Originally Posted by BeanAnimal (Post 1264330)

Get a clue. To be charged with recieving stolen property, you have to be aware that the property was stolen at the time of the transaction. Purchase of a phone via Ebay from a person who you have never met and paying via PayPal is certainly not grounds for being charged with a crime, no matter how stolen the property is.

I am amazed at how much bad information is passed along via these forums.

Originally Posted by sd4shizy (Post 1262410)

how much did u cop it 4. and i didnt get a thank you 4 my nice long helpful post, lol

Originally Posted by BeanAnimal (Post 1264346)

Wheeler... Thank you for your service.

Originally Posted by BeanAnimal (Post 1264330)

Get a clue. To be charged with recieving stolen property, you have to be aware that the property was stolen at the time of the transaction. Purchase of a phone via Ebay from a person who you have never met and paying via PayPal is certainly not grounds for being charged with a crime, no matter how stolen the property is.

I am amazed at how much bad information is passed along via these forums.

Originally Posted by dimitri (Post 1264598)

Sorry to tell you but no you don't have to have knowledge that it was stolen for you to be charged with Recieving stolen property. I have seen it first hand.

Originally Posted by ClevelandWheeler (Post 1264642)

well here is FL it is illegal to be in possession of stolen property, only law enforcement officers and pawn brokers are legally able to handle stolen property but alot of it has to do with knowledge. but that's just my lawyer knowledge...lol

Originally Posted by dimitri (Post 1264689)

No matter what the law states from state to state, if it were me in the OP's situation; I would still contact Sprint to cover myself.