- Apr 5, 2014
- 23,779
I’ve had my first disappointing e bay purchase this week and am not really sure what to do about it.
I bought a new mobile phone for my other half. The phone arrived promptly, but having been advertised as new, unopened, and ‘unlocked’ it is clearly locked to another network and is asking for a code to proceed further. I don’t know what that network is.
It arrived in a plain white box, with a battery and a charger-no other accessories (no manual or warrantee). The phone had the usual sellotape bits that you have to peel off new phones.
I have sent some emails to the seller since mid-week, but have had no reply.
If I could be sure the phone was definitely new, and that I could unlock it without damaging it, I’d probably keep it to save the hassle and give negative feed back, but it is a worry.
What would people reading this do if they were in my situation?
I bought a new mobile phone for my other half. The phone arrived promptly, but having been advertised as new, unopened, and ‘unlocked’ it is clearly locked to another network and is asking for a code to proceed further. I don’t know what that network is.
It arrived in a plain white box, with a battery and a charger-no other accessories (no manual or warrantee). The phone had the usual sellotape bits that you have to peel off new phones.
I have sent some emails to the seller since mid-week, but have had no reply.
If I could be sure the phone was definitely new, and that I could unlock it without damaging it, I’d probably keep it to save the hassle and give negative feed back, but it is a worry.
What would people reading this do if they were in my situation?