Buying a used cell phone?

Jschmuck2

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I'm going to be out in the middle of the damn ocean for four months on a cruise ship this summer, so I'd like to upgrade my Blackberry from the Pearl to a Curve. It has more screen real estate and will be better for me to have on my trip.

I don't, however, want to sign another stupid sixty year contract with Verizon. Is eBay the best place to buy a safe, used Blackberry?

Has anyone had any experience with this?


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Pliablemoose

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Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
I'm going to be out in the middle of the damn ocean for four months on a cruise ship this summer, so I'd like to upgrade my Blackberry from the Pearl to a Curve. It has more screen real estate and will be better for me to have on my trip.

I don't, however, want to sign another stupid sixty year contract with Verizon. Is eBay the best place to buy a safe, used Blackberry?

Has anyone had any experience with this?

If only there were a forum for these, what do you call them? Cell Phones?
 

Jschmuck2

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Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
I'm going to be out in the middle of the damn ocean for four months on a cruise ship this summer, so I'd like to upgrade my Blackberry from the Pearl to a Curve. It has more screen real estate and will be better for me to have on my trip.

I don't, however, want to sign another stupid sixty year contract with Verizon. Is eBay the best place to buy a safe, used Blackberry?

Has anyone had any experience with this?

If only there were a forum for these, what do you call them? Cell Phones?

Bah, wrong forum.

Also, you're ugly.
 

Pliablemoose

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Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
I'm going to be out in the middle of the damn ocean for four months on a cruise ship this summer, so I'd like to upgrade my Blackberry from the Pearl to a Curve. It has more screen real estate and will be better for me to have on my trip.

I don't, however, want to sign another stupid sixty year contract with Verizon. Is eBay the best place to buy a safe, used Blackberry?

Has anyone had any experience with this?

If only there were a forum for these, what do you call them? Cell Phones?

Bah, wrong forum.

Also, you're ugly.

68 women disagree with you...
 

BW86

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I've never dealt with Verizon, but I bought an unlocked Samsung (have t-mobile) on ebay a few years ago and I'm still using it.

Are you sure you're going to get service on the cruise ship? My gf just recently went on a cruise and she had no service the entire time (Verizon btw)
 

dougp

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Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
I'm going to be out in the middle of the damn ocean for four months on a cruise ship this summer, so I'd like to upgrade my Blackberry from the Pearl to a Curve. It has more screen real estate and will be better for me to have on my trip.

I don't, however, want to sign another stupid sixty year contract with Verizon. Is eBay the best place to buy a safe, used Blackberry?

Has anyone had any experience with this?

If only there were a forum for these, what do you call them? Cell Phones?

Now we know why newly entitled Lifer's can't find the Lifer Forum - it's listed as the Douche bag Forum.
 

Jschmuck2

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Originally posted by: BW86
I've never dealt with Verizon, but I bought an unlocked Samsung (have t-mobile) on ebay a few years ago and I'm still using it.

Are you sure you're going to get service on the cruise ship? My gf just recently went on a cruise and she had no service the entire time (Verizon btw)

I'll have service in...uh...."port."
 

Pliablemoose

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I'd scrounge up a GSM phone so you can put in different pre-paid SIM cards in it depending on where you are...