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buying an iphone 6, factory unlocked from some random person on the internet

92,689 36,041 October 7, 2016 at 07:38 PM in Computers (3)
school me because i don't want to be screwed. what do i need to know?
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10-10-2016 at 06:47 AM.
10-10-2016 at 06:47 AM.
Quote from Novakingwai :
That's why I always bring a gun when I meet someone off Craigslist or Facebook
Because sometimes a transaction goes smoothly? Huh
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Novakingwai
10-10-2016 at 09:48 AM.
10-10-2016 at 09:48 AM.
Quote from Frogstar :
Because sometimes a transaction goes smoothly? Huh
Because sometimes a transaction turns into a robbery
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.s...craig.html
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/...story.html
http://newsone.com/3465210/teen-4...bbery-ps4/
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10-10-2016 at 09:56 AM.
10-10-2016 at 09:56 AM.
Quote from Novakingwai :
Because sometimes a transaction turns into a robbery
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.s...craig.html
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/...story.html
http://newsone.com/3465210/teen-4...bbery-ps4/
You responded to a post where everything went well and said "that's why I bring a gun".
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teenbean
10-10-2016 at 10:41 AM.
10-10-2016 at 10:41 AM.
Quote from serra :
Update, I went to meet the lady at the ATT store. She handed over the phone. Checked imei number using both links, checked functionality of sound, keypad, camera, etc. Put sim card in and it worked perfect. Phone was in excellent condition and she kept it in an otterbox case. No scratches or dings. Paid her cash and she threw in the otterbox and an Apple logo'd leather case.

She even got there early to put her name on the wait list in case we needed a rep to verify.

Always scary to buy a phone private (stranger) party so I am really glad this worked out. I did stalk her fb page for a while before deciding to put "interested" in a comment.

Anywho, thanks for all your help, people! I wouldn't have known shit otherwise!

Make sure you can set up "find my iphone" because if the seller still has it activated under their account, it will cause you issues.
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Landers
10-10-2016 at 10:44 AM.
10-10-2016 at 10:44 AM.
Quote from teenbean :
Make sure you can set up "find my iphone" because if the seller still has it activated under their account, it will cause you issues.
She wouldn't have been able to activate it if the device was still locked to the previous user's iCloud account.

If she has the device turned on, activated, and on the home screen with her own iCloud account signed in - She's good to go going forward.
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lowpro
10-10-2016 at 02:21 PM.
10-10-2016 at 02:21 PM.
I'm happy that you finally moved up from the Nokia you had!



The iPhone is for you, right?
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10-10-2016 at 04:15 PM.
10-10-2016 at 04:15 PM.
Quote from lowpro :
I'm happy that you finally moved up from the Nokia you had!



The iPhone is for you, right?
We had those back in the day when analog was getting phased out in favor of Digital...reception sucked after that switch.
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serra | Staff
10-10-2016 at 07:22 PM.
10-10-2016 at 07:22 PM.
Quote from Landers :
She wouldn't have been able to activate it if the device was still locked to the previous user's iCloud account.

If she has the device turned on, activated, and on the home screen with her own iCloud account signed in - She's good to go going forward.
yep yep, that's exactly what happened and hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii wave
Quote from lowpro :
I'm happy that you finally moved up from the Nokia you had!

The iPhone is for you, right?
lmao lamo

Chairbash

and no, lol.
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Last edited by serra | Staff October 10, 2016 at 07:25 PM.
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lowpro
10-11-2016 at 10:30 AM.
10-11-2016 at 10:30 AM.
Quote from serra :
lmao lamo



and no, lol.
WOT ?!?

That's it, i'm setting up a GoFundMe account for you to get a new cellphone from this decade. Comfort
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