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- 03-02-2004, 04:18 PM #1Guest
My wife lost here Sprint Vision Sanyo 4900 phone. Sprint and Sprint
stores want a fortune to replace it. We're off contract but less
than the 16 months required by Sprint to get the "new" price if
we get back on a contract.
Any good places to get refurbished phones?
Thank you
Frank
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- 03-02-2004, 04:38 PM #2Steven J SobolGuest
Re: Replacement for lost Sprint Phone?
[email protected] wrote:
>
> My wife lost here Sprint Vision Sanyo 4900 phone. Sprint and Sprint
> stores want a fortune to replace it. We're off contract but less
> than the 16 months required by Sprint to get the "new" price if
> we get back on a contract.
>
> Any good places to get refurbished phones?
None of the stores has the Hitachi P300 that my wife wanted - it's discontinued
and even the one store we went to that has a floor model says it has to be sent
back rather than sold. We went to eBay and ended up with a very pleasant
transaction with a gentleman who actually, if I recall, was not too far away
from us. The phone isn't brand new but it came to us in very good condition.
We've been lucky - she's bought a lot of stuff there lately and has had much
good luck with the people she's bought from. We did have to bid and lose on
two other P300 auctions before we finally got a phone, but I'm happy with the
buyer we did eventually buy from. He had a Sprint account but opted to use
Nextel through his employer instead, as he was at the end of his contract.
The standard "buyer beware" warning applies, since this *is* eBay, the largest
auction site on the Net, and there are plenty of bad apples as well as people
who are 100% honest. Check out their feedback, and don't hesitate to ask
questions.
And ask for the ESN. Our buyer didn't want to give the ESN because he'd
been told by Sprint that people could do bad things with it, but what I
was told by Sprint is that even if we *have* the ESN we can't call and
activate a phone if it's still active on someone else's account. They'd
have to deactivate it; generally this is done either by replacing the phone
with another phone or terminating service with Sprint. So, do ask for the ESN,
and do call Customer Service to check it - if the phone has been reported
lost or stolen, or the seller hasn't paid their bill, you will not be able
to activate the phone even if you bought it fair and square.
Our buyer, by the way, is dcobrien. Quite the gentleman, and had no problem
answering all of my questions. So I wanted to add a little positive
feedback here, in addition to what we've already given him on eBay...
just in case y'all ever happen to want to bid on something he's selling.
(I can, however, say with certainty that I don't think he'll be auctioning
off any more Sprint phones.)
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- 03-02-2004, 04:44 PM #3TimGuest
Re: Replacement for lost Sprint Phone?
ebay, the Sprinusers.com for sale/trade forum or the howardforums.com FS/T
area
"Steven J Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > My wife lost here Sprint Vision Sanyo 4900 phone. Sprint and Sprint
> > stores want a fortune to replace it. We're off contract but less
> > than the 16 months required by Sprint to get the "new" price if
> > we get back on a contract.
> >
> > Any good places to get refurbished phones?
>
> None of the stores has the Hitachi P300 that my wife wanted - it's
discontinued
> and even the one store we went to that has a floor model says it has to be
sent
> back rather than sold. We went to eBay and ended up with a very pleasant
> transaction with a gentleman who actually, if I recall, was not too far
away
> from us. The phone isn't brand new but it came to us in very good
condition.
>
> We've been lucky - she's bought a lot of stuff there lately and has had
much
> good luck with the people she's bought from. We did have to bid and lose
on
> two other P300 auctions before we finally got a phone, but I'm happy with
the
> buyer we did eventually buy from. He had a Sprint account but opted to use
> Nextel through his employer instead, as he was at the end of his contract.
>
> The standard "buyer beware" warning applies, since this *is* eBay, the
largest
> auction site on the Net, and there are plenty of bad apples as well as
people
> who are 100% honest. Check out their feedback, and don't hesitate to ask
> questions.
>
> And ask for the ESN. Our buyer didn't want to give the ESN because he'd
> been told by Sprint that people could do bad things with it, but what I
> was told by Sprint is that even if we *have* the ESN we can't call and
> activate a phone if it's still active on someone else's account. They'd
> have to deactivate it; generally this is done either by replacing the
phone
> with another phone or terminating service with Sprint. So, do ask for the
ESN,
> and do call Customer Service to check it - if the phone has been reported
> lost or stolen, or the seller hasn't paid their bill, you will not be able
> to activate the phone even if you bought it fair and square.
>
> Our buyer, by the way, is dcobrien. Quite the gentleman, and had no
problem
> answering all of my questions. So I wanted to add a little positive
> feedback here, in addition to what we've already given him on eBay...
> just in case y'all ever happen to want to bid on something he's selling.
> (I can, however, say with certainty that I don't think he'll be auctioning
> off any more Sprint phones.)
>
> --
> JustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, Apple Valley, CA
> Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) /
[email protected]
> PGP: C57E 8B25 F994 D6D0 5F6B B961 EA08 9410 E3AE 35ED
>
- 03-02-2004, 04:57 PM #4Robert M.Guest
Re: Replacement for lost Sprint Phone?
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
wrote:
>
> My wife lost here Sprint Vision Sanyo 4900 phone. Sprint and Sprint
> stores want a fortune to replace it. We're off contract but less
> than the 16 months required by Sprint to get the "new" price if
> we get back on a contract.
>
> Any good places to get refurbished phones?
Some Sprint stores, and Ebay are common sources.
- 03-02-2004, 05:44 PM #5Guest
Re: Replacement for lost Sprint Phone?
Thank you!
Frank
- 03-02-2004, 06:53 PM #6Robert KershawGuest
Re: Replacement for lost Sprint Phone?
Yeah, sprintpcs is in teh business of refurbished phones...
On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 16:18:00 -0600, [email protected] wrote:
>
>My wife lost here Sprint Vision Sanyo 4900 phone. Sprint and Sprint
>stores want a fortune to replace it. We're off contract but less
>than the 16 months required by Sprint to get the "new" price if
>we get back on a contract.
>
>Any good places to get refurbished phones?
>
>Thank you
>
>Frank
- 03-02-2004, 11:43 PM #7Steven J SobolGuest
Re: Replacement for lost Sprint Phone?
Tim <don'[email protected]> wrote:
> ebay, the Sprinusers.com for sale/trade forum or the howardforums.com FS/T
> area
more good advice... (I've never used the howardforums or sprintusers
forsale boards so I didn't even think to list them)
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- 03-02-2004, 11:45 PM #8Steven J SobolGuest
Re: Replacement for lost Sprint Phone?
Robert Kershaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yeah, sprintpcs is in teh business of refurbished phones...
Y'know, both you and Phillipe mentioned that, which makes me wonder...
The most that I know of that any carrier will do with a refurb is give it out
as a warranty replacement. I've not known *any* carrier to actually *sell*
them... What would you have to do to buy one from Sprint??
--
JustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, Apple Valley, CA
Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / [email protected]
PGP: C57E 8B25 F994 D6D0 5F6B B961 EA08 9410 E3AE 35ED
- 03-03-2004, 06:32 AM #9TechGeekGuest
Re: Replacement for lost Sprint Phone?
Steven J Sobol <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Robert Kershaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Yeah, sprintpcs is in teh business of refurbished phones...
>
> Y'know, both you and Phillipe mentioned that, which makes me wonder...
> The most that I know of that any carrier will do with a refurb is give it out
> as a warranty replacement. I've not known *any* carrier to actually *sell*
> them... What would you have to do to buy one from Sprint??
Sprint used to sell refurbished phones in the past, but the stores
themselves haven't done so (as far as I know) in the past year and a
half with the only exception being a program they had for a short
while last year, selling refurbished phones for roughly $20-$40 to be
used for customers in situations like this one.
There may be a store or two (although it's doubtful) that still has
these in stock, but the last time they were shipped out was early last
summer.
EBay may be a good bet, but what you're getting may be a crap shoot.
I'm not sure if Radio Shack still sells refurbished phones or not at
times.
- 03-03-2004, 06:42 AM #10Robert M.Guest
Re: Replacement for lost Sprint Phone?
Wednesday morning about a dozen different Sanyo 4900's were for sale on
eBay, only one claimed to be new in its box.
Most were bid to the ~$80 level.
Just go to Ebay (http://www.ebay.com) search on "Sanyo 4900", and click "Price"
column so it sorts as most expensive first, which will cause the
accesories to fall to the bottom of the list and phones to rise to the
top.
- 03-03-2004, 10:11 AM #11Steven J SobolGuest
Re: Replacement for lost Sprint Phone?
TechGeek <[email protected]> wrote:
> EBay may be a good bet, but what you're getting may be a crap shoot.
> I'm not sure if Radio Shack still sells refurbished phones or not at
> times.
They have. We got a refurb 2255 from them. Keep in mind, however, that a
lot of Rat Shacks are independent dealers that may or may not offer what
the company stores offer.
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- 03-04-2004, 02:54 AM #12Terry KnabGuest
Re: Replacement for lost Sprint Phone?
Radio shack does a decent business in refurbished SPCS phones for some odd
reason.
"Steven J Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Robert Kershaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Yeah, sprintpcs is in teh business of refurbished phones...
>
> Y'know, both you and Phillipe mentioned that, which makes me wonder...
> The most that I know of that any carrier will do with a refurb is give it
out
> as a warranty replacement. I've not known *any* carrier to actually *sell*
> them... What would you have to do to buy one from Sprint??
>
> --
> JustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, Apple Valley, CA
> Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) /
[email protected]
> PGP: C57E 8B25 F994 D6D0 5F6B B961 EA08 9410 E3AE 35ED
>
- 03-04-2004, 03:10 AM #13Robert M.Guest
Re: Replacement for lost Sprint Phone?
In article <[email protected]>,
"Terry Knab" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Radio shack does a decent business in refurbished SPCS phones for some odd
> reason.
And where does radio Shack obtain these phones ??
- 03-06-2004, 04:44 AM #14Terry KnabGuest
Re: Replacement for lost Sprint Phone?
They get 'em straight from Sprint, or internatl returns that are
refurbished, so I've been told.
"Robert M." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Terry Knab" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Radio shack does a decent business in refurbished SPCS phones for some
odd
> > reason.
>
> And where does radio Shack obtain these phones ??
- 03-06-2004, 08:21 PM #15TechGeekGuest
Re: Replacement for lost Sprint Phone?
"Terry Knab" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> They get 'em straight from Sprint, or internatl returns that are
> refurbished, so I've been told.
>
I had a strong suspicion that Radio Shack has their own processes of
refurbishing Sprint's phones.
We have an internal tracking system, it tracks the movements of each
phone (tracked by ESN) though Sprint's inventory system, from the
minute they're received in the warehouse, to the minute they're sold
(either though the web, telesales, to a 3rd party, at a store etc..).
I can track any phone's movement.
When I see these refurbs come in that people say they bought
refurbished though Radio Shack, I can track the phone up until when
the first person had it bought it, after that, nothing. SO it gets
refurbished without going though Sprint's inventory system.
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