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Old 16-05-2005, 19:59
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I have a friend who upgrades his phone every year for free on his contract.

He always get the latest model, and sell it on ebay.

The last free upgrade was a Samsung D500, this was 3 months ago. He sold it on Ebay for £250 ish I think.

His contract is £15 a month and he tells me he's never used up his 100 anytime mins, I think he's om 02.

As he just uses his phone to make phone calls, he's happy to use a 3410.

It's clever really, 12 x £15 is £180, so his line rental is FREE. He never has to pay for any of his phone bills as hos phone he sells pays for it all. He's done this for 2 years now.

Just wondering what are the leagal matters here? Is a FREE upgrade really a FREE phone? Or are you leasing it for 12 months.
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Old 16-05-2005, 20:33
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Just goes to show how many mugs there are on eBay doesn't it?

Why would someone pay £250 for something you could effectively buy for £180 over 12 months interest free?
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Old 16-05-2005, 22:17
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Originally Posted by dawson
Just goes to show how many mugs there are on eBay doesn't it?

Why would someone pay £250 for something you could effectively buy for £180 over 12 months interest free?
Because not everybody can get credit.
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Old 16-05-2005, 23:55
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Originally Posted by jaybee24uk
Just wondering what are the leagal matters here? Is a FREE upgrade really a FREE phone? Or are you leasing it for 12 months.
the phone is yours so you can sell it if you want, although if you cancel your contract early or stop paying for it the supplier can and probably will try to get the full handset cost back off you. If you know you can manage the payments ok then you're fine.
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Old 17-05-2005, 09:08
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People have been doing this since day one tbh.

Just sold my A1000 for £220 on ebay, as I use a basic old 3g handset for that contract.

How exactly did he get someone to pay £250 for a phone that's available freely at around £220 sim free, and new from a shop?
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Old 17-05-2005, 10:42
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Send a link to the closed auction
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Old 17-05-2005, 11:50
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...396823795&rd=1 shows one sold for 250 but to someone with a zero rating.
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Old 17-05-2005, 16:01
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Originally Posted by actfia
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....6396823795&rd=1 shows one sold for 250 but to someone with a zero rating.
That bidder, if genuine, must be crazy!.

The bidder only signed up to ebay on 16 May 2005 and bought it as a buy-it-now offer.

A quick search of current open items for the same phone shows another (2 weeks old, as new, boxed, with original receipt) for £199.99 available on buy-it now. Seller also has 100% pos. feedback, been around almost a year and has 66 feedback responses (as opposed to just 5). Postage is £2.50 cheaper too.

I won't post the link whilst it's still live (no, it's not me ) but the listing started 14-May-05 18:37:52 BST and will end 17-May-05 18:37:52 BST, if not sold earlier.

Why didn't the buyer buy that?

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Old 17-05-2005, 20:25
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This guy sold his phone a few months ago, before it was common as muck

I have another friend who is sent free phones to review and beta test. He has them to keep, he always ebays them, he get's pre released phones and get big money for them.

There's a game i'd like to be in
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