I know this doesn't help you now, but as Mark said, I'd never buy a phone off anybody on Craigslist or eBay. In fact, last year I tried to sell my wife's iPhone 6 which was a 64 Gb Gold model on Craigslist when we were here in Calgary. I listed it on Craigslist as well as on Kijiki and after about 3 weeks I got one request which I think was genuine, all other replies to the add I got and I estimate I maybe had 60 to 80 were fake from people typically always with US area codes even though I specifically stated I was in Calgary near Foothills Medical Centre and that any transaction would have to take place in a public location (I suggested the nearby Apple Store) and that I would then only exchange the phone against cash. All replies followed the same pattern, somebody asked if the phone was still available, they wanted to buy it and send me the money by Paypal or sometimes via an Interac email money transfer, often they voluntarily said they would add an extra $100 for shipping because they wanted me to send the phone by FedEx directly to their girl-friend, brother, sister or whatever who were doing God's work as missionaries usually in some country in Africa. It was the first and last time I ever list anything on either one of these platforms. In your case, Terri, I wonder if the guy you bought it from listed it as stolen himself or of course he might just sell stolen phones.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 4:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Questions about rather phones are locked, or unlocked Hello everyone, I have had a rather odd situation come up, and I do not know at all what to think. Back in the beginning of September, I bought an iPhone SE, from a gentleman on Craig's List, who purchases phones, then sales them. According to him, whenever he gets an iPhone, he holds on to it for a few weeks, before listing it, to make sure there aren't any issues. Well I asked him last week, if he might have an SE with more space, around December, or so. He told me he would see what he could do. And he asked me in the mean time to get the phone I have on the T-Mobile network, unlocked. He said this would make it easier for him to sell. He was going to take this phone back, as a partial trade. Well, I called yesterday to see what I needed to do. I was told by T-Mobile, that this phone had tried to be unlocked on the 19th. But that's not possible! But they said they could do it again. I told them that I never received unlocking instructions, or any emails from them, regarding such a thing. Well, I was told by the gentleman on the phone, that within 24 hours, I should receive an email with instructions on how to unlock my phone, and a code. This never happened. But here is where things get really weird! At about 9:15 this morning, which would have been about 24 hours from my call to T-mobile, yesterday, my phone lost service. So when my friend arrived, I asked her if she had service. I thought maybe there was an odd outage. But she had service. So we went to the T-Mobile store. I explained everything to the woman that was there, and I could tell she wanted to try and help me. But the guy that was working there, had her go do something else, and I got the feeling he was trying to blow me off. So did my friend. I had tried to explain everything to him, and he just kept saying that I should go to the Apple store. Well we left, and as we sat in the parking lot, I called T-Mobile on my friend's phone. I explained what went on yesterday when I called to get it unlocked. I explained what happened this morning, and how quickly it happened. And I told them I had gone to the local store to try and get help. Well somehow, this phone was blocked. It was reported stolen. Now how could that happen so suddenly? So I contacted the man I bought the phone from, to begin with, and he told me that the phone didn't need to be unlocked, that only Android phones had to be unlocked. This does not sound correct to me. But I know very little about this stuff. Also, if it didn't need to be unlocked, why would he have asked me about doing it the other day? So needless to say, I had to go back in to the T-Mobile store. I went with the LG K20 Plus, like I had tried once before. I only went with that 1 again, because I didn't have to put anything down, and everything else was so high, anyway. I called T-mobile again, once I got home. They kept asking me if I could get hold of the original owner of the phone. I think I told them 3 times at least, that I didn't know who the original owner was. So supposedly, this is being looked in to, and I should here back from T-Mobile by Friday, at the latest. Yes, lets just see what really happens there. Insane! Thank you to all who may have read this. I do appreciate it. Terri -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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