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NFT: refurb iPhone

giantfan2000 : 6/17/2018 7:27 pm
dropped iPhone and messed up logic board

wanna get a refurb iphone. for now until new iPhone X come out in September

anyone ever bought from gazelle or swap?

a bit leary of scams
any help would be appreciated
Don’t have any experience  
Jim in Fairfax : 6/17/2018 7:59 pm : link
Just an FYI: they’re not refurbished in any way. They’re just used.
Go to Ebay  
weeg in the bronx : 6/17/2018 8:16 pm : link
Major resellers.
ebay  
giantfan2000 : 6/17/2018 9:14 pm : link
thanks
the eBay resellers have 25000+ positive ratings
and 60 day guarantee and by far lowest prices
I am going to go for it ..
Getting a refurbished phone from apple is very dicey  
TeamSchlitz1 : 6/17/2018 9:25 pm : link
I have gotten 4 iPhone 7s and 3 of them worked for less than 6 months
I bought an iphone 6 with a cracked screen  
spike : 6/17/2018 10:01 pm : link
and brought to Apple to fix the screen. But the screen stopped working after a week, so I took it back to Apple and they got me a replacement Iphone6 instead.
i got a "refurbished" iphone 6s  
lightemup : 6/18/2018 12:08 am : link
last year from gazelle. its not perfect, but the phone i got had minor battery issues. Ended up sending it back
iPhone  
giantfan2000 : 6/18/2018 10:23 am : link
I decided to try large Ebay reseller ..
picked up a iPhone 7 refurb

about 45% cheaper than refurb on Apple.com

cross fingers that it was correct decision
RE: iPhone  
Jim in Fairfax : 6/18/2018 12:52 pm : link
In comment 13993433 giantfan2000 said:
Quote:
I decided to try large Ebay reseller ..
picked up a iPhone 7 refurb

about 45% cheaper than refurb on Apple.com

cross fingers that it was correct decision

It will probably be fine. But again: it’s not actually refurbished. They wipe the exterior clean and make sure all the functions seem to work. Nothing is done to refurbish it in any way: it’s just a used phone.

Apple actually does refurbish the phones: they replace the entire exterior of the phone including the glass, they replace the battery with a new one, and give you a full one year warranty.

Obviously you pay a steep price for a phone that’s actually refurbished..
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