anyone done this before to get a buddy your phone? like say you lost it and pay your deductible and get a new phone for that much?

a friend of mine is asking me to do it because he wants my ppc phone but i dunno enough about it - he says it's foolproof, yada yada

7/20/2006 2:07:21 PM

you are an idiot if you try that

7/20/2006 2:40:03 PM

If you're going to commit a crime, it's probably best to not create a public record of intent beforehand.

7/20/2006 2:53:54 PM

Quote :

"you are an idiot if you try that"

7/20/2006 3:12:19 PM

dont do it

7/20/2006 3:14:44 PM

the ESN gets marked when it's reported lost - your friend is a fool and so are you for considering it

7/20/2006 3:30:46 PM

I've done that before. It works great. You should do it.

7/20/2006 3:47:04 PM

/thread

7/20/2006 4:40:33 PM

My buddy who worked at cingular used to do it all the time. Just don't use the phone during the supposed time that you lost it. When you tell them you lost it make sure it is lost somewhere that it cannot be recovered like the bottom of a lake. Good luck

7/20/2006 4:58:29 PM

If you're going to commit a crime, it's probably best to not create a public record of intent beforehand.

7/20/2006 5:23:20 PM

If you do this then you are a tool. It's dipshits like this that keep prices high.

7/20/2006 6:14:10 PM

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"It's dipshits like this that keep prices high."

this is the dumbest thing i think i've heard all day.

7/20/2006 7:43:56 PM

No no... this was:

Quote :

"anyone done this before to get a buddy your phone? like say you lost it and pay your deductible and get a new phone for that much? a friend of mine is asking me to do it because he wants my ppc phone but i dunno enough about it - he says it's foolproof, yada yada"

7/20/2006 9:14:10 PM

his was slightly dumber

just slightly though, i admit.

[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 9:54 PM. Reason : .]

7/20/2006 9:54:18 PM

One thing is with Sprint and all these bitch ass cell phone companies, you will probably get a reconditioned old phone that works like shit after waiting about three weeks or more. You can't walk in to the store and have them hand you a new phone. They set it up to take themselves out of the equation by contracting a seperate company to handle the insurance claims/replacement phones. This company also sucks a nut. I got disconnected about ten times talking to them.

7/20/2006 9:57:56 PM

Sprint blacklists the serial number so the phone cannot be activated once it is reported stolen. There is not any way around this with an ESN based phone.

If you had a GSM(cingular) or iDEN(nextel) phone you could just switch the sim cards and there is no way for the carrier to keep track of that. With a CDMA(sprint/verizon/alltell) phone there is no sim card and the carrier activates by serial numbers, which are easy for them to block.

7/21/2006 12:46:27 PM

Quote :

"your an idiot"

7/21/2006 12:49:53 PM

I thought this thread was going to about how the insurance itself is a scam. Not how people unfortunate enough to have gotten the insurance are dumb enough to try and scam it.

7/21/2006 1:37:30 PM

What does the warranty cover on it?

7/21/2006 5:37:54 PM

Nothing, unless it breaks and you have never physically abused/damaged it.

7/21/2006 5:46:23 PM

Hence,

Quote :

"the insurance itself is a scam"

How much does insurance cost anyways?

7/21/2006 7:23:24 PM