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question about selling iphone

2000m

2000m

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Jul 17, 2008
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i extended my contract and got a new 3gs from apple dot com at the reduced price and when it came to my house i decided i dont want it.....if i sell the phone on ebay do i need to take it out of the box and activate it first?
 
U DO WANT IT! IT IS THE BEST PHONE IN THE WORLD! IF YOU DONT LIKE HOW IT IS NOW, JAILBREAK IT! THIS IS THE BEST PHONE ON THE MARKET I CANT BELIEVE YOU DO NOT LIKE IT! IF YOU DONT LIKE THIS THEN YOU ARE VERY PICKY! ITS AN AWESOME PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:apple: is awesome =D KEEP THAT IPHONE!
 
pcs are junk said:
U DO WANT IT! IT IS THE BEST PHONE IN THE WORLD! IF YOU DONT LIKE HOW IT IS NOW, JAILBREAK IT! THIS IS THE BEST PHONE ON THE MARKET I CANT BELIEVE YOU DO NOT LIKE IT! IF YOU DONT LIKE THIS THEN YOU ARE VERY PICKY! ITS AN AWESOME PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:apple: is awesome =D KEEP THAT IPHONE!
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i have one already, im really doing it for my brother;)
 
2000m said:
i extended my contract and got a new 3gs from apple dot com at the reduced price and when it came to my house i decided i dont want it.....if i sell the phone on ebay do i need to take it out of the box and activate it first?
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I'm gonna say no; pretty sure whomever would buy it from you would have to activate their (new) SIM card anyways.

Hope that helps.
 
Just take it to a apple store and return it. If its unopened and not activated you should get a full refund.
 
If it were me, I would take it out and unlock it. I've seen quite a big price jump between locked and unlocked iPhones.
 
uneek1 said:
If it were me, I would take it out and unlock it. I've seen quite a big price jump between locked and unlocked iPhones.
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I agree, that's on my list of things to do once the supposed new one comes out in June-ish. It usually ups the price a hundo at least.
 
ngenerator said:
I agree, that's on my list of things to do once the supposed new one comes out in June-ish. It usually ups the price a hundo at least.
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i thought about unlocking the phone and looked at many completed ebay auctions... I came to the conclusion that a new iphone sealed in the box sells for the same price as a new open-box iphone that was unlocked....its the factory unlocked iphones in sealed boxes that go for up to 200 dollars more
 
btw, at&t makes you keep a data plan for 6 months before you can stop cancelling it


so i assume your getting 16gb

you will pay around 250 for the iphone with tax (its 250 here in cali after tax)

then $30 x 6 months, which will be $180 + taxes which should be like 200


so you will be paying $450? or around that
 
tnisatard said:
btw, at&t makes you keep a data plan for 6 months before you can stop cancelling it


so i assume your getting 16gb

you will pay around 250 for the iphone with tax (its 250 here in cali after tax)

then $30 x 6 months, which will be $180 + taxes which should be like 200


so you will be paying $450? or around that
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Thats false.
Where did you get this information?
 
I would unlock it personally. I have sold 3 iphones in the past, and 1 out of the 3 was unlocked and i got 100 bucks more for it on ebay.
 
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