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Shops selling 'new' iphones

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  • 19-10-2017 7:24pm
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    quad_red
    Registered Users Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭


    Hi folks

    In the market for an iPhone plus and looking at ads on adverts etc

    There are a few sellers (with perfect rep) on adverts selling 'new' boxed iPhones for well under RRP.

    What's the story here? Are they actually refurbs? Reboxed handsets that they've repaired?

    Quad


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    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,442 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    quad_red wrote: »
    Hi folks

    In the market for an iPhone plus and looking at ads on adverts etc

    There are a few sellers (with perfect rep) on adverts selling 'new' boxed iPhones for well under RRP.

    What's the story here? Are they actually refurbs? Reboxed handsets that they've repaired?

    Quad

    Could be guys that get them on upgrades but don’t actually want them. They then use the money to fund whatever phone they do want.

    I do it every 2 years. I get a free upgrade to the latest Samsung, don’t open the box and sell it on adverts. I then sell my old iPhone and find a new iPhone from Apple directly sim free.

    Just check the sellers and buy from a good trusted seller on adverts. Check their previous ads etc to get an idea of what kind of stuff they sell.


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    quad_red
    Registered Users Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭quad_red


    Hi kceire,

    Totally and that's 100% legit.

    I'm talking about sellers that also have shops that have loads of iPhones that appear to be boxed and in plastic.


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    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    kceire wrote: »
    I do it every 2 years. I get a free upgrade to the latest Samsung, don’t open the box and sell it on adverts. I then sell my old iPhone and find a new iPhone from Apple directly sim free.
    How do you get a free upgrade to the latest phone if you're using some low cost sim-only plan?

    Most carriers charge a couple of hundred to upgrade to the latest phone even if you're paying them a chunk a month.


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    Aquos76
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 9,037 Mod ✭✭✭✭Aquos76


    This guy is an absolute gent to deal with on adverts, I can assure you all his phones are 100% legit.


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    PaulT21
    Registered Users Posts: 697 ✭✭✭PaulT21


    Aquos76 wrote: »
    This guy is an absolute gent to deal with on adverts, I can assure you all his phones are 100% legit.

    Having bought from the gentleman mentioned in Aquos76's post, I can certainly say he is the source for genuine products at great prices:):) 100% relialable..


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    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    That is some quality feedback. I want to buy something from him just to experience it.


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    FourFourRED
    Registered Users Posts: 8,713 ✭✭✭FourFourRED


    Dades wrote: »
    How do you get a free upgrade to the latest phone if you're using some low cost sim-only plan?

    Most carriers charge a couple of hundred to upgrade to the latest phone even if you're paying them a chunk a month.

    He didn’t say he was on a sim-only plan - he said he buys an unlocked phone from Apple at full cost.

    https://twitter.com/fourfourred



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    Dades
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    FourFourFM wrote: »
    He didn’t say he was on a sim-only plan - he said he buys an unlocked phone from Apple at full cost.
    Well then I don't get why you'd buy off network, and then pay loads of money to a network every month anyway.


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    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,442 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Dades wrote: »
    How do you get a free upgrade to the latest phone if you're using some low cost sim-only plan?

    Most carriers charge a couple of hundred to upgrade to the latest phone even if you're paying them a chunk a month.

    I’m not on a sim only plan.
    I have an unlimited legacy plan. They charge for iPhone upgrades but not android. And the android can be unlocked from them the day after I receive it without even taking it out of the box. I just include the unlock code with the sale.

    In recent years through the cost to change using this method has been going up but it has served me well since the iPhone 3GS but as always, I’ll do the sums at upgrade time.


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