Author Topic: Is buying ex demo models safe?  (Read 84 times)

Sweet & Tender Hooligan

Is buying ex demo models safe?
« on: September 11, 2006, 10:32:47 PM »
Im buying a cell phone on trade me (NZ equivalent of Ebay) and it says "Ex demo"....what does that mean? Does it still have all the functions of a regular cell phone?


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Re: Is buying ex demo models safe?
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2006, 11:11:49 PM »
it means its second hand... never trust auction web-sites...

and the phone may be a branded model, ie. branded to vodafone, or orange... meaning you can use any network on it, but some phone functions are reserved to vodafone or orange, such as mp3 ringtone...

 

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Re: Is buying ex demo models safe?
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2006, 12:24:10 AM »
It means it was 'on the floor' and a gang of folks sampled it and played around with it.  I'd avoid it .
 

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Re: Is buying ex demo models safe?
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2006, 02:01:20 AM »
are you sure its a real phone or is it just the dummy display phone?
 

Sweet & Tender Hooligan

Re: Is buying ex demo models safe?
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2006, 02:25:08 AM »
are you sure its a real phone or is it just the dummy display phone?

Thts what im worried about man. Cheers for the input folk, im just gona stay clear of it.


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