Did anyone ever bought smart phone in ebay?

[Micha]

If you go that way though, getting a lightly used phone also has it's 
advantages, as warranty issues would have been handled by the original owner.

With the nexus, there was an issue with the screen on some phones cracking 
during charging (possibly due to heat), so bad batches are caught by the 
original owner

By the way, be wary of the starts at price, and make sure that it's a dependable 
seller. Also look at the average closing price and not the currently advertised 
price.

On the other hand, I'm very happy with the nexus I got on ebay, but it's taking 
a risk, you need to make sure you are willing to take. (it's much harder to 
return a phone when shipping it to Israel)

With a previous phone (an ericson) I got a water damaged phone and shipping it 
back for a refund (original shipping charges plus return charges) would have 
cost more than the refund (had that also with a bike). Luckily I got that one to 
work under I put it in the laundry by mistake ...

On 14/01/2011 17:58, Raz wrote:
> even with 30% tax much much cheaper. as for warrnanty they give only one year in
> israel. thank you for the info though
>
>> On 14/01/2011 17:52, "Micha" <michf at post.tau.ac.il
>> <mailto:michf at post.tau.ac.il>> wrote:
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>> Sorry Hetz, reply initially sent off list by mistake.
>>
>> Note sure how much it costs on ebay and don't remember the details for the htc.
>> I got a nexus one on ebay. You can put cyanogenmod or similar on it (I believe
>> also on the htc) to get the latest version.
>>
>> things to watch out on ebay are mainly fake phones and locked phones (reported
>> stolen and thus will not work in the states on the original network). Forgot the
>> exact terminology
>>
>> You should also make sure whether it's a carrier locked phone or not (which may
>> unlocking to use locally).
>>
>> Also note that unless things changed, there is a 30% tax on cell phones, so I'm
>> not sure how profitable it is to order one from ebay unless you have someone to
>> bring it over as the extra 30% + lack of warranty can add up.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 14/01/2011 17:40, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
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>>     >
>>     > Why do you want to do such a thing? Samsung Galaxy S is much better (AMOLED
>>     > screen, Gorilla gl...
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>>     <http://www.zap.co.il/model.aspx?modelid=767777>) with full Hebrew support
>>     and warranty.
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>>     Hetz
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>>     >
>>     >    I want to buy htc desire in ebay. i wonder whether anexpected problems i
>>     >    might have?
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