I purchased a Samsung D900i Tmobile from prepaymania.co.uk. The phone was
much cheaper than anywhere else. I received the phone today, but the void
seal had been broken on the box. So should I accept the phone in this
condition?

"Chris Lewis" <nospam@.com> wrote in message
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: : I purchased a Samsung D900i Tmobile from
: : prepaymania.co.uk. The phone was much cheaper than
: : anywhere else. I received the phone today, but the void
: : seal had been broken on the box. So should I accept the
: : phone in this condition?

Up to you. Personally I wouldn't.

Ivor

Depends on how much you paid and are you willing to risk it.




"Ivor Jones" <ivor@thisaddressis.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> "Chris Lewis" <nospam@.com> wrote in message
> news:4evxj.6646$oW4.5992@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net : : I purchased a Samsung
> D900i Tmobile from
> : : prepaymania.co.uk. The phone was much cheaper than
> : : anywhere else. I received the phone today, but the void
> : : seal had been broken on the box. So should I accept the
> : : phone in this condition?
> Up to you. Personally I wouldn't.
>
> Ivor
>

I received an email from prepaymania.co.uk because I queried on why the seal
was broken. Their explanation was because the phone was purchased with a £5
Tmobile topup (compulsory) the box had to be opened to add the credit. So is
this plausible or just normal practice?


"John Smith" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Depends on how much you paid and are you willing to risk it.
>
>
>
>
> "Ivor Jones" <ivor@thisaddressis.invalid> wrote in message
> news:62oe7nF24hdqqU1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "Chris Lewis" <nospam@.com> wrote in message
>> news:4evxj.6646$oW4.5992@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net : : I purchased a Samsung
>> D900i Tmobile from
>> : : prepaymania.co.uk. The phone was much cheaper than
>> : : anywhere else. I received the phone today, but the void
>> : : seal had been broken on the box. So should I accept the
>> : : phone in this condition?
>> Up to you. Personally I wouldn't.
>>
>> Ivor
>>
>
>

"Chris Lewis" <nospam@.com> wrote in message
news:%QFxj.14396$d62.4389@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net
: : I received an email from prepaymania.co.uk because I
: : queried on why the seal was broken. Their explanation
: : was because the phone was purchased with a £5 Tmobile
: : topup (compulsory) the box had to be opened to add the
: : credit. So is this plausible or just normal practice?

Where in the phone did they stuff the fiver..? No need at all to open the
box, they could have sent you a voucher or whatever to add it yourself.

Ivor

I think that they took the payg sim pack out and added £5 on the top up
card?
here is the phone's ad
http://www.prepaymania.co.uk:80/mobi...payg.html?base

Chris


"Ivor Jones" <ivor@thisaddressis.invalid> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Chris Lewis" <nospam@.com> wrote in message
> news:%QFxj.14396$d62.4389@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net
> : : I received an email from prepaymania.co.uk because I
> : : queried on why the seal was broken. Their explanation
> : : was because the phone was purchased with a £5 Tmobile
> : : topup (compulsory) the box had to be opened to add the
> : : credit. So is this plausible or just normal practice?
>
> Where in the phone did they stuff the fiver..? No need at all to open the
> box, they could have sent you a voucher or whatever to add it yourself.
>
> Ivor
>

"Ivor Jones" <ivor@thisaddressis.invalid> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Chris Lewis" <nospam@.com> wrote in message
> news:%QFxj.14396$d62.4389@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net
> : : I received an email from prepaymania.co.uk because I
> : : queried on why the seal was broken. Their explanation
> : : was because the phone was purchased with a £5 Tmobile
> : : topup (compulsory) the box had to be opened to add the
> : : credit. So is this plausible or just normal practice?
>
> Where in the phone did they stuff the fiver..? No need at all to open the
> box, they could have sent you a voucher or whatever to add it yourself.
>

Which doesn't put the credit on the supplied SIM.
This is something that real shops seem to insist on , probably as a result
of pressure from the networks , so it's entirely plausible that an online
retailer would do the same

--
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger , then I hide until it goes away"

In article <4evxj.6646$oW4.5992@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net>, nospam@.com
says...
> I purchased a Samsung D900i Tmobile from prepaymania.co.uk. The phone was
> much cheaper than anywhere else. I received the phone today, but the void
> seal had been broken on the box. So should I accept the phone in this
> condition?

Almost certainly opened by T-Mobile to insert the SIM card. If it looks
ok I wouldnt worry about it.
--
Regards
Jon

In article <%QFxj.14396$d62.4389@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net>, nospam@.com
says...
> I received an email from prepaymania.co.uk because I queried on why the seal
> was broken. Their explanation was because the phone was purchased with a £5
> Tmobile topup (compulsory) the box had to be opened to add the credit. Sois
> this plausible or just normal practice?

Sounds reasonable to me.
--
Regards
Jon

In article <62otbhF245vrrU1@mid.individual.net>,
ivor@thisaddressis.invalid says...
> Where in the phone did they stuff the fiver..? No need at all to open the
> box, they could have sent you a voucher or whatever to add it yourself.

Then there's a risk of the fiver not getting credited to the phone it
was meant to get credited to, which can result in clawback for the
retailer.
--
Regards
Jon