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Mike.P®
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Just before Christmas I did a trade with Topscooby for his Nokia 8800 Special Edition. I have left it in the box since as I was only going to use it for special occasions but someone made me an offer for it so I decided to sell it on. When I got the phone out of the box the other day I found out that the phone has been blocked. On contacting Topscooby his basic reaction is that he bought the phone off ebay and so he should not be responsible for refunding me the value of the phone because in doing so he will be buying a handset that is involved in insurance fraud.????
I am still the registered owner of the W950i that was used as part exchange so am seriously thinking that as the 8800 was blocked and is basically useless I am in my rights to block the W950i as it has, in effect been taken from me under false pretences.
Any input would be appreciated from other sellers/buyers.
This is turning out to be a cracking week ... 
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Gazza_1989
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sorry to hear about your misfortune ova the week mike.p!
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scottt
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To be honest i dont think it is Topscoobs responsibilty to make you a refund as he did'nt know it was blocked and really its got nothing to do with him....
When he sold the phone did he offer a personal warrenty? In where the phone did get blocked or broken he would give you a refund? I think not, yeah i would be pretty damn peeved if it happened to me granted but thats what you get on these buying/selling forums, i have come to accept that they have flaws and you have to take it with a pinch of salt...
I have see Topscooby also has made a thread about it and knowing him he will sort something out for you as he is a top bloke and a personal mate of mine off here
Good Luck anyway, i dont think taking personal revenge in blocking the W950i is really called for as like i said aint his fault....
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Mike.P®
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On 2007-02-15 18:13:26, scottt wrote:
I have see Topscooby also has made a thread about it and knowing him he will sort something out for you as he is a top bloke and a personal mate of mine off here
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To be honest had it been a k750i or something then I would have just put up with it but a £200+ phone is just a little bit hard to swallow.
All I am looking for here is maybe even a "contribution" towards the cost .. as you say you take a bit of risk when dealing phones and I have had my fair share of blocked phones from Ebay but I have always done what I consider is right and refunded the person I sold it to and taken the loss myself.
We shall see if he "does something right" but to me it seems that he is basically washing his hands of the situation.
At the end of the day it was him I did the deal with, it was his phone that was therefore blocked and so it should be him that sorts.
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mutleyboy
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quite a while ago, probably over a year back, i sold a p910i i had bought off someone on here.
it was duly traded on here a few more times until it got to its final owner.
It then got blacklisted, and the way we all solved it was each person who had traded or sold the phone reimbursed the person they had passed it on to, until it got back to the original person i traded the phone off. He then managed to get it sorted in the end where he had bought it from.
In my opinion this is the way it should be done. Each person who made a trade/sale should be responsible for reimbursing the person they passed the phone onto.
So in this instance i think topscooby should reimburse mike, and then go about getting his money back(probably aint gonna happen if a dodgy ebayer)from who he bought it from, mike isnt the person who bought it from ebay and then it became blocked, so it isnt upto him to sort that out
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Mike.P®
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Thanks for that mutleyboy, its not as though I can even go to the original Ebay seller as the sale had nothing to do with me in the first place.
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jcwhite_uk
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I personally think that as the person he traded you the phone Topscooby has some (not necesaraly full) responsiblity to at least help you sort the problem. In theory you have received stolen goods and so has topscooby.
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Sammy_boy
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Sorry to hear you've had problems again Mike - you've had some extraordinarily bad luck with a few trades here 
I think if I was the person who had traded you the phone I would offer a partial refund, and would be getting in contact with whomsoever I bought the phone off. If that 'Powerseller' is the original owner, or knows them, they may be able to do something about the blacklist.
It rarely happens but the phone can be unblocked (legally!) I once bought an 8310 to fix, and when I'd fixed it it was blocked. I emailed the seller about getting it unblocked, he said he'd try to sort something out. I kept trying the phone for a couple of weeks afterwards and it never got unblocked. About a month later, I decided to sell the phone as blocked and for parts only - turned the phone on just to see if all else was OK... and it got a signal and worked fine! I think only the original owner could get it unblocked, and it I imagine depends on the curcumstances surronding the blacklist.
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PeterKay
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Don't block the W950i, cos i bought that off him!!!
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PeterKay
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It's not funny!!
I'm the one stuck in the middle of this fiasco.
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jcwhite_uk
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I would also say not to block the W950i partially becos of PK but also because you are then making a false statement to the Police (you have to report it stolen for it to get blocked as far as I know) which is an arrestable offence.
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Post this in non mobiles section tbh...
Hope it goes well for ya
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Mike.P®
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On 2007-02-15 19:31:42, PeterKay wrote:
Don't block the W950i, cos i bought that off him!!!
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oooerrr .. that a bit of a bugger .. but then should I worry about that as it seems Topscooby has no problem with how he has treated me.
All I am asking is, if anyone here was in the same situation would they be happy to take the loss or would you kick up a fuss.
I think you all know the answer to that one.
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fatreg
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i reckon you got to think laterally...
my PM is a way to solve it.
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Posted: 2007-02-15 17:39
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