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Blackberry Pearl Scams

There comes a time when your Sony Ericcson T637 just goes out and you need a phone. I decided I wanted a Samsung Blackjack or a Blackberry Pearl. So I went to ebay to see what the going rate was for these without having to sell your soul to the mobile company. I stumbled upon something earey "$50 Blackberry pearl". So I sent the guy an email.... heres the thread.

From: "Isaac Kishk"
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 16:00:58
To:[email protected]
Subject: BB Peal for $50

so whats the catch. how can you offer the phone $200 cheaper?


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On 3/2/07, Kevin Alt wrote:
No overhead online!

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Isaac Kishk"
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 16:15:18
To:[email protected]
Subject: Re: BB Peal for $50

yea, however when I asked about this to a rep, they said you guys have
various strings attached. can you disclose the 3rd party contract i'd
be agreeing to if I did this?


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On 3/2/07, Kevin Alt wrote:
You will be selecting your phone and rate plan on my dealer site. The only thing you cannot do is change your plan for 6 months.

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Isaac Kishk"
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 16:29:31
To:[email protected]
Subject: Re: BB Peal for $50

do you have your contract anywhere I can review it? Sorry to come off
skeptical, but you cant expect some people not to be on middle men :)


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On 3/2/07, Kevin Alt wrote:
Sure go right to my dealer site and you can read the terms and conditions.
www.FreeCellPhonesNow.com

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And the final farewell:

-----Original Message-----
From: Isaac Kishk
Date: Mar 2, 2007 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: BB Peal for $50
To: [email protected]


whats your experience with your customers getting their rebates. I've
found various sites where inphonic doesnt honor rebates for various
things unrelated to the submission itself.

http://www.ripoffreport.com/results.asp?q1=ALL&q4=&q6=&q3=&q2=&q7=&searchtype=0&submit2=Search!&q5=InPhonic&Search=Search

Also, reading further, it states people dont even get rebated for 6
months due to the high churn of customers otherwise (which makes sense
from a business standpoint):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InPhonic

These are the kinda things I was leary of.

Your partners, about us, and contact us pages are blank. There is no
terms/conditions link on your site.

Seems like a cool deal to be an affiliate, and its free why not, but
not disclosing the now obvious 6 month wait for a rebate is kinda
lame. I'll havwe to sleep on wheather paying $100 more now, or
waiting 6 months for $200, which may or may not even come, is worth
it. thanks for your help.


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And the reply with no attempt to lure me in... loser:
I have had no complaints. I have had my dealer site for over a year now. Generally rebates are not honored because they were not properly filled out from online or in stores. I run a arper in upstate ny as well.

So the moral of the story is.... not all 3rd Party vendors are bad, InPhonic is.

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