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The 8310 to 8800 Stolen Idea Thread! |
whistla
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Following the success of the other experiments im going to start my very own experiment, as time scale is not a factor for me it may take a while but should hopefully reach my end goal very soon.
I bought a faulty 8310 off eBay, it had a damaged keypad. So i bought a keypad and replaced everything apart from the main board and charger connector. Its now on sale here but may go on ebay if not enough money is made!
The phone initially cost £7, the cost of repairs bought the total cost upto £22, with £3.98 on a new keypad/screen and £11 on new original full housing.
I bought the phone from:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBay[....]840&sspagename=ADME:L:RTQ:UK:1
A few pics of the "refurb" phone:
Will keep you up to date with the latest repairs and phones!
Edit: Been looking on ebay for the sort of prices i should get and have found a few that have sold for a good price:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VGC-NOK[....]ViewItem?hash=item260073142997
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nokia-8[....]ViewItem?hash=item200066341356
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VGC-NOK[....]ViewItem?hash=item260074152984
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NOW ON EBAY:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270079488431
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goldenface
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Great stuff!
It looks as good as new and you should make a bit of profit judging by the links. 
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Sammy_boy
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Copycat! 
Good luck with it, keep us posted! It can have it's problems (I've got a bit of a hiccup with my current D500) but potentially rewarding, I managed to turn a T68i with a faulty microphone into an XDA 2S worth at the time £140+!
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whistla
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Yeah, looks as good as new..... if only i needed another phone! My cost would have been lower but i had to buy the housing which everything is screwed to as it was damaged but the seller refused to pay towards the cost of a new one even though it was only £2 and it wasn't in the item description! Oh well! 
@ Sammy_boy, well, the name of the thread is stolen idea! Hope yours goes well as well!
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Miss UK
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Ive just bought one of these
altho it fully works it needs a new housing £30 is all this has cost to ammend (Buy and Fix - up) 
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whistla
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Oh cool, thats quite cheap!
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Miss UK
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lol yeah...
it needs unlocked I think aswell im hoping I can get it done for a fiver if im lucky
btw it's a swap really im flogging a 6610i to my Bruv in law so thats paid for that 1
Ps, I bought a fully boxed 8210 some months ago £10 delivered nothing wrong with it new cover as good as new and thanks to fatreh here he sorted the security code for me
I re-sold it for £25.00
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whistla
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Could you not just buy your own unlocking clip for that much?
Edit: found you some links:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SAMSUNG[....]ViewItem?hash=item120074022619
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SAMSUNG[....]ViewItem?hash=item320068766624
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Miss UK
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dunno im gunna see if anyone here can sort it out first
it works on 02 btw
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Residentevil
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That is a nice looking phone.
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whistla
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Now listed on eBay, hopefully should make a decent profit for my next phone!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270079488431
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SE4NICK
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UM whistla you cant advertise that phone as new, simply because its not !!
It just refurbished. |
Sammy_boy
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How's your experiment going whistla?
Still going well?
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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Chrispy
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On 2007-01-19 23:02:56, SE4NICK wrote:
UM whistla you cant advertise that phone as new, simply because its not !!
It just refurbished.
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You can if no-one notices bah, consience, who needs yah
t68i (dead), t630 (sold), s700 + 128mb (lost), P990i + 1gb (sold) Nokia N73 ME (sold) Currently: K750i, W810i + 1gb, W580i (gray) + 4gb
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whistla
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It is advertised as a new refurb and im ok with that and the ebay item specfics says refurb, never had any problem advertising phones in such a way.
Its going good thanks but need this phone to sell at a profit!
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Posted: 2007-01-13 17:36
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