so i came across this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-New-H...0903653540?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item2ec6ca78a4
Whats the catch... is this a contract (not sure if ebay supports contracts)? is this a fake? is the title misleading and you only get the box?
help me find out what the catch is... no one sells a phone for $15
EDIT: new link (old one got removed and is no longer available, same guy selling and more people are buying...
sketchy
If it's too good to be true... it cost the seller more in shipping from china to us. Also the seller shows no sale history or feedback, even when it states that 51 were sold. Sounds like a scam.
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so i came across this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-New-H...0927183737?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item20cfea2b79
Whats the catch... is this a contract (not sure if ebay supports contracts)? is this a fake? is the title misleading and you only get the box?
help me find out what the catch is... no one sells a phone for $15
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I buy a lot of stuff off eBay, and that looks REALLY sketchy, for a number of reasons. The seller has no prior feedback, either as a buyer or seller, he's sold 52 of them, and nobody has left any feedback on him, even though some of the buyers have lots of feedback, and he hasn't left any on any of the buyers pages. Lots of red flags, but it's only $15, try it, and tell us what happened. :good:
EDIT - The sales jumped from 51 to 60 in the time to type out my message, sounds like a scam.
I bought one see how bad I get screwed
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I bought one see how bad I get screwed
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ok, tell me how it goes... ill come back in a few days and ask you.. and you can always open a case and claim your money back
EBay already closed item , not proper id . Will see what happens
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EBay already closed item , not proper id . Will see what happens
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as homer simpson would say, emmm... SARS
The first thing I bought on was valued around $100,but I got it for $2.A lot sellers start bids at 99¢ to attract buyers.
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The first thing I bought on was valued around $100,but I got it for $2.A lot sellers start bids at 99¢ to attract buyers.
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but the item was a buy it now type
Oh I would be suspicious.
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www.wirelessmarketplus.com
IBO: 3249312 (you will need this code to get in)
Zip: your own zip...
I've gotten many phones from them. They have great customer service.
Edit: BTW they have free shipping for new contracts.
Otherwise...
$9.99 (3biz day)
$14.99 (2biz day)
$19.99 (next biz day)
The lower price and tax savings more than pays for shipping cost.
On so confused with ordering online.
I already have a family plan so how do I just setup an upgrade for my phone. It seems like I'm opening a new account.
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Sounds like an advertisement. Check post count.
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He has 60 posts wth is wrong with that? so many people who think too much.
LOL plus a two year member .... so he's been cooking this one up for awhile
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Sounds like an advertisement. Check post count.
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Pretty sure it is.
poweroutlet said:
The OP profits for every order made with that number...
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Whats wrong with profiting off of stupid and useless posts? People do it all the time for free. I don't see whats wrong with making some money
Yea that great and all but with the shipping I can just get it from the store and not wonder if I just ordered from a bunk site ..not enough savings for the risk and wait IMHO
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Yea that great and all but with the shipping I can just get it from the store and not wonder if I just ordered from a bunk site ..not enough savings for the risk and wait IMHO
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or amazon which is also 179 tax free?
This site does have a customer service number too that I "cooked up"... Lol. Anyways take it or leave it. Just leave the drama behind.
30 of my friends and relatives have gotten phones from here. No complaints.
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30 of my friends and relatives have gotten phones from here. No complaints.
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there are much more reputable online stores that have the same price: wirefly and amazon..
I looked into this site some more since people were questioning its validity...
It is a site owned by InPhonic. Inphonic owns wirefly.
Just saying there is a slight possibility of getting it sooner than wirefly, but don't quote me on it (shuts lid fast before flames jump out of box).
Edit: actually looked into it further, and it is owned by Simplexity which owns wirefly and inphonic.
Anyways, its just another source...
Alright fellas, since I have already got 12 of the TP's I will give you all a giant tip. There is one store that has at least 3 in every store I've been too. The price is higher but the do price match and come with a carrying case which best buy TP's don't. Head to your local Aaron's Sales and Lease. Do not tip them off that you want to buy all their stock if you call to check on quantity otherwise they will just say they have one. Aaron's typically will lease these out at $50.00 per month for a year and they like to make money just as much as the next Joe. I personally made the mistake at the first store but learned my lesson after this.
Please do not ruin this for everyone by calling every Aaron's store and telling them you will buy "their stock" and tell them the price drop over the phone as they are oblivious to it at this point. Once the employee learns of the drop in price they will magically end up reserved when in reality they will buy them and sell them. I want to see my awesome devs here on the Evo 3d forums get them before others, hence the post in these forums and not the HP Touchpad forums.
Good luck, and once again call and ask if they have "1" in stock. Drive, walk, fly, and or skip to the store, but do not ask total stock until you are in the store and ask them to price match Best Buy or you will fail (i experienced this in the first store).
My local Aaron's only had 1 in stock and it was used and heading back to a "shop" to get it fixed.
Almost.
Called and they had some coming in but retailed at $899. I assume they price match? Because that is ridiculous. Went ahead and put my name down and figured it is worth a shot at this point.
Unless you are in a small town there should be plenty of stores. I just realized also stores similar to aarons like rent a center may carry them also. It's worth a look.
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Called and they had some coming in but retailed at $899. I assume they price match? Because that is ridiculous. Went ahead and put my name down and figured it is worth a shot at this point.
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Yes they price match. I had them go to best buy website to get the match they needed.
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This worked.. Just bought 3 of them... Many thanks coming as soon as I get to my PC...
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This worked.. Just bought 3 of them... Many thanks coming as soon as I get to my PC...
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Sorry this is a dumb question, I called my local Aarons and they have some, so I'm going to head up there when I get a chance to get away from my desk, but I'm confused at how this place works. They charge you monthly if you wanna rent-to-own, but can you buy them flat-out too and they'll price match? So I should be able to bring in a print-out from best buy or hp.com and I'll be able to walk out with one at $149 or $99?
I just called and placed one on hold for tomorrow. Aarons is a rent to own store, correct? They will just let you buy one outright for 99.99? Will they price match even if best buy is out of stock? I always thought they would have to at least be available for the competitor to price match.
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My local aaron's are all out...but thanks for the tip/attempt...you selling any of yours? If so pm me
Just a warning for you guys. I called three Aaron's around my city (phx, az) and it seems that they have become wise to this price drop and are now bundling them with computers. If your local Aaron's is selling them separate then jump on it!
None in Ga
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Sorry this is a dumb question, I called my local Aarons and they have some, so I'm going to head up there when I get a chance to get away from my desk, but I'm confused at how this place works. They charge you monthly if you wanna rent-to-own, but can you buy them flat-out too and they'll price match? So I should be able to bring in a print-out from best buy or hp.com and I'll be able to walk out with one at $149 or $99?
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Yes to all the above.
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My local aaron's are all out...but thanks for the tip/attempt...you selling any of yours? If so pm me
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Vin... You are.killing me. I have 2 left and have been unloading them for 225-250 a piece. I do however run viper mod and use a lot of themes from you created soooo I would consider a price drop for ya just pm me with a price plz.
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I found some stores by me that have stock. Some of them are in more "rural" areas and lemme tell you, those people are a fack ton nicer and polite that the dikheads in blue at worstbuy. Very helpful. They def have no idea whats gong on with the fire sale. They said they were out but unloading a truck as we speak and 6 are on it. They are even holding some for me! Hopefully it goes through. The toughest part is going to be price matching. Here are links to online retailers sites if anyone is interested..... (I'm not trying to sell or solicit anything with these links MODS, just posting them as leverage for fellow XDA'ers to use in price matching, no banwagon plox)
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+To...284065&skuId=2842056&st=hp touchpad&cp=1&lp=2
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/s...r11614_us/en/HHO_r329/Affiliate/FY11/TouchPad
http://www.bjs.com/hp-touchpad-97-w...b-storage---black.product.195534?sc_cid=affil
Good luck!
Looks like I have a very slim shot the guy from Aaron's says he is getting one in tomorrow. Took my name said he would call then it shows up. He said they would price match. Sounds too good to be true.
zone23 said:
Looks like I have a very slim shot the guy from Aaron's says he is getting one in tomorrow. Took my name said he would call then it shows up. He said they would price match. Sounds too good to be true.
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Just tried the same thing with one...the rep said "they are on hold at the servicing center right now"
Ps: Ty, I pmed you
I am heading to my local aarons in a little while. I will report back with results. They have six in stock. They are holding one for me. I didn't mention anything about price or matching price on phone as I thought that would mess it up.
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I am heading to my local aarons in a little while. I will report back with results. They have six in stock. They are holding one for me. I didn't mention anything about price or matching price on phone as I thought that would mess it up.
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I had asked the nice lady about price matching and she said no problem. She seems so nice in fact that i may just unravel my whole plan to her that i want to come there any buy each and every thouchpad that she has in stock for only $99 each....
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I had asked the nice lady about price matching and she said no problem. She seems so nice in fact that i may just unravel my whole plan to her that i want to come there any buy each and every thouchpad that she has in stock for only $99 each....
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I think you got lucky with the employee you spoke with. When I called the woman I spoke to was trying to get all my info over the phone to start a contract on the touchpad. She seemed kind of aggressive. I hope she doesn't give me a hard time. I just want to purchase one, not all.
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If anyone here might be interested in the galaxy note ll then sams club has them on sale for 98.88 on upgrade or new customer.
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Anyway to get a pictures thats shows the sign a little clearer? Thank you for the heads up!
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Damn, just got 2 from Amazon for 189. Guess I should have waited... nice find
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Anyway to get a pictures thats shows the sign a little clearer? Thank you for the heads up!
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Sign doesn't show anything else. I work there. So it doesn't really matter.
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Sign doesn't show anything else. I work there. So it doesn't really matter.
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I dont mean to be a pain. Basically I need Best Buy to price match because I am within 60 days on 3 of my phones. So I was hoping to get a better shot of the price tag and the detailed print. Any help is appreciated.
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I dont mean to be a pain. Basically I need Best Buy to price match because I am within 60 days on 3 of my phones. So I was hoping to get a better shot of the proce tag and the detailed print. Any help is appreciated.
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alright cool ill post it tomorrow when im back in.
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I dont mean to be a pain. Basically I need Best Buy to price match because I am within 60 days on 3 of my phones. So I was hoping to get a better shot of the price tag and the detailed print. Any help is appreciated.
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good luck with that. Bestbuy just told me on thursday that they are no longer price matching phones. Wouldn't price match for amazon wireless price. Said it came from corporate office.
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That is weird. Best Buy price matched the amazon $149.99 price last week when we bought them. Also Endadget posted today that Best Buy was going to match online retailers permanently. The article specifically mentions Best Buy Mobile and cell phones, and even mentions price matching Amazon.
http://tinyurl.com/c8nyhff
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From what I read online, they will only pricematch online-only pricing if you buy from their online front. But when I was in store just this evening, they told me they dont really care and pricematch everyone.I got them to pricematch Dell.com and then at the register the guy hooked me up (probably since we talked about rooting for ages) and punched 99.99 in. The manager came over, didnt question a thing, and I got my Verizon Note 2 for $108 lol. Time to load up on accessories!
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That is weird. Best Buy price matched the amazon $149.99 price last week when we bought them. Also Endadget posted today that Best Buy was going to match online retailers permanently. The article specifically mentions Best Buy Mobile and cell phones, and even mentions price matching Amazon.
http://tinyurl.com/c8nyhff
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says in the story that it doesn't cover on contract smartphones...
Oh well, that's why I rarely go to bestbuy.
Please if u could get a clearer picture of the ad thst would be greatly appreciated. Also is this price good for the white one too?
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I just took the Dell page to my local Best Buy where I bought mine for 199.00 ten days ago and they gave me the difference of 100.00 (149.99 plus 50.00 Dell Gift Card)
nrfitchett4 said:
good luck with that. Bestbuy just told me on thursday that they are no longer price matching phones. Wouldn't price match for amazon wireless price. Said it came from corporate office.
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I went today and they price matched it for me. I downloaded the picture to my phone, and acted as if I had just come from Sams and had taken the picture myself. They did it no problem at all.
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says in the story that it doesn't cover on contract smartphones...
Oh well, that's why I rarely go to bestbuy.
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Good catch. I admit, I just glanced over it.
I go to Best Buy a few times a week. And they always do a great job of price matching. I havent gotten push back on it in a long time. I actually prefer shopping there because of their price matching, especially up to 60 days after purchase!
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How long is the sale at Sams? Could not get there today. I hope it is onsale tomorrow too. Anybody know?
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Don't know but I bought one today!
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No indication on how long the price will remain, but Samsung phones have been all weird lately at Sam's Club. I've been watching the GS3 fluctuate from $200 down to 96 cents (Black Friday), up to $150 and now at $99 all within 2 months.
Debating myself to get another one of these and selling it, but not sure if that's a crazy thought.
If you have guys have any questions on Sam's Club lemme know, I've been working at a club's kiosk for 7 months now.
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No indication on how long the price will remain, but Samsung phones have been all weird lately at Sam's Club. I've been watching the GS3 fluctuate from $200 down to 96 cents (Black Friday), up to $150 and now at $99 all within 2 months.
Debating myself to get another one of these and selling it, but not sure if that's a crazy thought.
If you have guys have any questions on Sam's Club lemme know, I've been working at a club's kiosk for 7 months now.
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Do I have to be a Sam's Club member to buy a phone from you with Verizon?
bigw34 said:
Do I have to be a Sam's Club member to buy a phone from you with Verizon?
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Yes you need a membership card to get in, but we don't check who the card actually belongs to when purchasing.
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Do I have to be a Sam's Club member to buy a phone from you with Verizon?
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And they only tax you on the sales price 98.88 not 699 whatever.
If anything the sale will last for another week unless it changes today. Most stores received over 20 notes. There was no advertising.
Just word to mouth kind of thing.
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Just curious what yalls opinions were on the way I intend to sell one of my m7's. Am I being reasonable?
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=190847277232
Check it out!
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I think that's a great price! You'll sell it in no time! Unlike me, who has a cracked screen on my hands. I'll be lucky to get 300 if I want to sell.
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Just curious what yalls opinions were on the way I intend to sell one of my m7's. Am I being reasonable?
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=190847277232
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The only thing that would drive me away is I don't like reserve auctions. Instead of playing the hidden reserve game with your potential buyers, just be up front with them and set your starting bid at the very least amount you would accept (around $600-$625 I would imagine?), and set the Buy It Now price at the high end of what other eBay sellers are actually selling their phones for. Just my opinion of course. This will also weed out the less serious bidders who will try to low-ball you. If you're worried about missing out on bids, do you really want people who won't pay $600+ bidding on your phone, when you know damn well it will sell for at least that amount?
One more thing - be prepared to give a prospective buyer the IMEI number off your phone (if they ask for it) so they can check to see if it's on the AT&T black list. Of course, I'm not implying you're a thief or anything. I just had a friend that bought a used AT&T iPhone off of Craigslist. When he went to activate it, AT&T wouldn't do it because it had been reported as stolen, and I think the carriers share this list nowadays. So he now basically has a wifi-only iPod touch that no carrier will touch.
Noted, and changes made. Thanks for the tip. I hope my first time selling something on eBay goes over well lol.
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Noted, and changes made. Thanks for the tip. I hope my first time selling something on eBay goes over well lol.
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Good luck! I see you raised the Buy It Now, that is good!
Had to. Buy it now has to be 30% over start price lol.
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Had to. Buy it now has to be 30% over start price lol.
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Wow I didn't know that. Doing a quick google search, this looks to be a brand new change that eBay implemented on May 1st. You might re-think my strategy then. I didn't know they forced you to do that now. I'd feel bad if I screwed up your auction.
Yeah but I mean... Most retail places it's $600-700 plus I'm throwing in $100 urbeats that are HTC branded. I'm just gonna see what happens.
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Yeah but I mean... Most retail places it's $600-700 plus I'm throwing in $100 urbeats that are HTC branded. I'm just gonna see what happens.
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I have done well selling my phone's using buy it now or best offer. I usually list it for $50 over what I actually want. At $725 I imagine you would get offers for st least 650 if not more. If you can throw in a case along with those head phones you will get some pretty good offers. I had a job selling stuff on EBay for 3 years and rarely ever did an auction. If you really want to do a timed auction make it end on a Sunday night at around 9pm eastern time.
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why is it even on ebay???? try swappa, no crazy fees
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why is it even on ebay???? try swappa, no crazy fees
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Try swappa, at $550 on ebay youll lose $55 to ebay fees and have a sore butthole.
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why is it even on ebay???? try swappa, no crazy fees
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This screw ebay
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Total eBay fees are like $7 + 10% of the selling price. So total I'll be out maybe $15 lol.
Starting bid is $475!!
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Total eBay fees are like $7 + 10% of the selling price. So total I'll be out maybe $15 lol.
Starting bid is $475!!
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no, you wont.
http://www.fees.ebay.com/feeweb/feecalculator
$55 if you sell for $550.
And if you use paypal they will take a percentage as well. I sold my old HTC one x+ on ebay after not using them for years and was shocked at how much they took from me on the purchase. I sold the phone for $365 and after fees from ebay (~$38) and paypal (~$15) I lost 15% in fees. My fault I should of checked their new policy but never again
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Dude thanks!! removed on ebay and now on swappa.
http://swappa.com/listing/FYN301/view
That's good choice
Wats up guys, well I bought two of these two days ago and thought to share it with everyone here at XDA. I trust the seller and if you dont its your own thing but hes selling brand new white back covers for our HTC AMAZE 4G for only $8.81 and FREE SHIPPING!!!!
Mods please dont remove this thread because its an ebay link, I am not selling these just letting you know, I just wanted to share with others. Heres the link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281124879552?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
ONLY 2 LEFT SO YOU BETTER HURRY IF YOU WANT ONE!!! And check his other selling items because he has lots of OEM stuff and used versions of this cover. I'll be getting them in the mail by like next monday so I'll leave my feedback here.
Well I just got my two in the mail and they're horrible and not new at all. There are scratches and damages all over the case. I'm getting a replacement or money back somehow so I advise you guys not to buy it.
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kusso92 said:
Well I just got my two in the mail and they're horrible and not new at all. There are scratches and damages all over the case. I'm getting a replacement or money back somehow so I advise you guys not to buy it Lol.
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I just checked his/her feedback and it sucks, way too many complaints.
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I just checked his/her feedback and it sucks, way too many complaints.
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This is why I hesitate to buy stuff from Ebay. Tired of these junky sellers. Even some of the ones with <99.5% good feedback are troublesome. Maybe ebay should get a better feedback system.
Whos to say its not your eBay? Free advertising smart lol
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I prefer the black one anyway.
My phone was "white" and my daughters "black", but I swapped backs with her - and she wants the black one back, lol.
Well another update the seller sent a brand new replacement to me and then refunded me I guess I was being a little pushy and annoying but I got my money back and also kept the cases lol I have 3 white now and my old black one.
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Whos to say its not your eBay? Free advertising smart lol
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And yea I do I have an eBay but its not that one. I wish I was that established but I sell video game stuff. And trying to grow but its hard, my eBay user is ce-videogamezinc if you guys wanna check out my stuff. That's free advertising!!! Yay lol.
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