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Question About Cell Phones on Ebay

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  1. stevester214 stevester214 is offline

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    Mar 5th, 2011 (3/5/2011 8:20pm)

    I've never bought a cell phone on ebay before, and I wanted to try it. I'm already locked into a contract with AT&T and wanted to switch from Blackberry to a Palm Pre Plus. Buying that phone on ebay seems to be the cheapest way to do it, since i'm mid contract and recieve no discount from AT&T. Now when i buy it do i need to purchase an "unlocked" phone or one that has AT&T in the listing? And will it be easy to switch it over once i recieve it? I buy everything else online but as you can see i'm not very tech savvy. Anyway i appreciate all help.
  2. nastysmell nastysmell is offline

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    Mar 5th, 2011 (3/5/2011 8:30pm) in reply to stevester214

    make sure to get a phone that has been activated, just call em up an turn it on. we just did this for my kid. no contract and no fees
    Edited By: nastysmell Mar 5th, 2011 at 08:30 PM
  3. BillMueller BillMueller is offline OT President

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    Mar 5th, 2011 (3/5/2011 9:55pm) in reply to nastysmell

    seems like a very bad idea, stevester. You know from all of your ebay dealings that these phones are probably going to be dogshit.
  4. ripomatic ripomatic is offline

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    Mar 5th, 2011 (3/5/2011 10:03pm) in reply to BillMueller

    just buy the att phones, slip in your sim card....
  5. kingboxvii kingboxvii is offline

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    Mar 6th, 2011 (3/6/2011 5:35am) in reply to ripomatic

    Ive bought pretty much all my phones from ebay. No problems. Just make sure you get the one for your service provider.
  6. XNASTYNATEX XNASTYNATEX is offline

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    Mar 6th, 2011 (3/6/2011 7:04am) in reply to kingboxvii

    Did this when I busted my phone with no insurance. Easy with T mobile and their sim cards. Saved 200 not buying a new one.
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