Sticky Situation...

Ok here's the deal...

I recently purchased a cell phone from a friend of mine... I unlocked the phone because he was on a different service provider, and then i put my own sim card in...

Well long story short we got into a big fight and we are no longer friends...

He told me that he wants HIS cell phone back right now, or he will first call his service provider and have the phone shut down, and then call the police and tell them I am in possession of stolen property...

Can he do all of this? I paid for the phone and I want to keep it...

Thoughts?

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Sounds like a case for Judge Judy

Do you have a reciept? Any other proof that you paid him for the phone. He will have proof that the phone was his, at least at one time.

If you paid for the phone then it is yours.
If the phone is unlocked, then chances are that his service provider can't shut it down anyway - not with your sim in there.
Just ignore him for a while and see what happens. - Chances are - he'll go away.

If the phone is reported stolen to the provider, It will become a paperweight.

All the SIM card issues aside... your friend probably has a reciept showing his purchase of a phone with the ESN that is currently in your possession. If he chooses to be a real prick about it, you would be in possession of stolen property, and he has all the evidence.

Originally Posted by camstuf

If the phone is reported stolen to the provider, It will become a paperweight.

Not if the phone has been unlocked and currently houses another provider's SIM card.

Originally Posted by paulcman

Not if the phone has been unlocked and currently houses another provider's SIM card.

True and in rare occurances (sp) does this even happen, there are several stages to go through and he'll need a police report to even make it happen (and not one that just states he reported it stolen) something to the affect that it was actually stolen (because the provider will check). Long story short if you truly bought the phone, you have nothing to worry about (legally) and not to mention it's not even on his service anymore... I'd tell him to stick it and if he files a police report it wil be fraudulent (sp)