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Website for checking imei numbers? |
Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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From: Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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Having bought many phones in good faith only to find they've been blocked, I'm wondering if there is a website somewhere where I can input an IMEI number, to check if it has being blocked for any reason. Does such a site exist?
I know you can phone up operators and ask them if it's blocked, but I'm after a quick and easy web-based solution, hopefully to eliminate buying phones that have being blocked!! 
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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lordmat
Joined: Jul 21, 2004
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yeah i know what u mean u bought a broken p900 to find out its blocked 
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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From: Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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Have just tried the phone and it recieved a call!
It's really frustrating when you get a phone and relise it's blocked though. Anyways, does anyone know of any site to check imei numbers? I would have thought one would have made sense, to help people buying secondhand phones not buy stolen handsets!
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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lordmat
Joined: Jul 21, 2004
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no but people that buy stolen goods will cheek it and not buy it i dnt know what that means
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kenski
Joined: Aug 15, 2002
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Best solution, Buy from authorized dealers. More peace of mind and less headaches :-D
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lordmat
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but last time for the sammy dude the person her bought from did not know it was blocked
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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I've had lots of problems with blocked phones - either the seller had no idea, or conveniently 'didn't know' it was blocked. Mind you, the main problem would be getting that imei off the seller - if they were knowingly selling a blocked phone, they may either refuse to give you the imei, or give out a fake one that works.
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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Posted: 2004-08-05 18:16
