Scammed out of an iPhone - 6S Plus weight with box?

IronWarrior said:
Never understand people buying phones for their full price. I have always found contracts to be cheaper. You pay monthly for the phone, minutes, texts and internet where if you just buy the phone than you have to pay for a service for it too.

After 12 months, the phone becomes yours and you can upgrade to a new one while you sell the old one.
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last time i did the maths the cost of 24 month contract on an iphone vs purchase outright and sim only (like for like deals) was pretty much the same over 2 years (give or take a few quid).

these days with a purchased outright OP3 and £18 sim only im quids in.
 
neil_g said:
last time i did the maths the cost of 24 month contract vs purchase outright and sim only (like for like deals) was pretty much the same over 2 years (give or take a few quid).
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For a new customer, likely yes but who is a new customer these days?

If your a long term customer. You can negotiate the price. Currently right now, I could get a newest iPad for free and just pay the monthly £25. Where a new customer would have to pay about £100 or so for the device plus the monthly fee of about £30 or so. Same deal pretty much for the newest iPhone or Samsung.
 
Huggie86 said:
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Say goodbye to your money then.
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As above
 
Gigabit said:
I've been scammed on Gumtree before. Will never use it again.
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More fool you. If you use Gumtree as intended it's almost impossible to get scammed. If you buy things from a distance on a site that is intended for face to face transactions then that's your problem, not Gumtree's.
 
I wouldn't say you've been scammed out of an iPhone, more you've been scammed out of £££.
 
Trojan Horse said:
They're asking me to provide proof but I don't really know what I can send. Seller is off gumtree and payment was via paypal buyer protection.
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It says wise guy under your pic to the left, ironing?

e: Paypal and Gumtree should never appear in the same sentence.

Open a dispute with Paypal and say it never arrived.
Last resort say your account was hacked\bank details stolen, something like that anyway :) good luck.
 
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Just take a photo of what was sent? what sort of proof do they expect some video footage of the seller swimming in mobile phones doing an evil laugh?
 
I'd just send them a photo of what exactly was sent - there isn't any 'proof' per say that you can send in this instance other than describing what happened and showing them what arrived. Hopefully they'll side with you - if not then try to get his address and go for the small claims court.

IronWarrior said:
Never understand people buying phones for their full price. I have always found contracts to be cheaper. You pay monthly for the phone, minutes, texts and internet where if you just buy the phone than you have to pay for a service for it too.

After 12 months, the phone becomes yours and you can upgrade to a new one while you sell the old one.
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I've generally found that buying a phone without contract is cheaper tbh...
 
Assuming it was shipped insured then the seller, if they insist the phone was in the box when it was shipped, should open a claim with Royal Mail. If they don't want to do this then I would get suspicious.
 
You found it on Gumtree and paid via Paypal? Really? Is this your first time on the interwebs?

Take it as the price to learn a lesson...that everyone else with a little bit of common sense learns for free.

Unbelievable.
 
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