I recently bought an icloud locked Sprint iphone 4s from a seller on ebay. The seller clearly stated he does not accept returns or do refunds for the item listed. He also did include the fact that it was locked by icloud activation. He said it was only good for parts and if I was able to remove the activation lock, that would be a bonus since I'd have a fully functioning phone. At that point in time, I had no idea what the iCloud activation lock was. Never heard of it. But that was of little concern to me. I already own an AT&T iPhone 4s and the only reason I was purchasing this one is for the parts. I needed a new motherboard because I had damaged mine during a screen repair. I was simply going to swap the motherboard with mine.
Let me know if I'm making sense here or if I sound delusional. I feel I'm entitled to a refund because of the following.
1. Come to find out...the motherboard is not usable because of the activation lock. Even if I was able to swap it with mine, (which I'm not...see #2) the phone still wouldn't work despite the fact that I have my own apple id and sim information, etc. So the motherboard is useless. Had he listed that the phone was for parts, EXCLUDING the motherboard, I would not have purchased it.
2. Apparently Sprint iphone motherboards do not work on an iphone of any other carrier within the U.S. I feel this is certainly something that HAS TO BE stated in the description. So pretty much the parts for this phone are exclusive to phones with the Sprint network.
3. I've been reading that if a phone has an activation lock, it's highly probable it was stolen. And I see there have been many topics about this on this site and others. So it's happening to a lot of people unfortunately.
But tl;dr: I see my case is a bit different because the seller did state it was iCloud locked. However, I feel I'm entitled to a refund because he failed to indicate the implications that would have on the usefulness of the motherboard and failed to indicated a verizon iphone motherboard is not compatible with an AT&T iphone motherboard. He hasn't messaged me back yet. Hopefully I won't have to open a case. Your thoughts? Am I entitled to a refund? *Also of note, the item hasn't arrived yet. I initiated this return process before receiving/opening it.
Let me know if I'm making sense here or if I sound delusional. I feel I'm entitled to a refund because of the following.
1. Come to find out...the motherboard is not usable because of the activation lock. Even if I was able to swap it with mine, (which I'm not...see #2) the phone still wouldn't work despite the fact that I have my own apple id and sim information, etc. So the motherboard is useless. Had he listed that the phone was for parts, EXCLUDING the motherboard, I would not have purchased it.
2. Apparently Sprint iphone motherboards do not work on an iphone of any other carrier within the U.S. I feel this is certainly something that HAS TO BE stated in the description. So pretty much the parts for this phone are exclusive to phones with the Sprint network.
3. I've been reading that if a phone has an activation lock, it's highly probable it was stolen. And I see there have been many topics about this on this site and others. So it's happening to a lot of people unfortunately.
But tl;dr: I see my case is a bit different because the seller did state it was iCloud locked. However, I feel I'm entitled to a refund because he failed to indicate the implications that would have on the usefulness of the motherboard and failed to indicated a verizon iphone motherboard is not compatible with an AT&T iphone motherboard. He hasn't messaged me back yet. Hopefully I won't have to open a case. Your thoughts? Am I entitled to a refund? *Also of note, the item hasn't arrived yet. I initiated this return process before receiving/opening it.
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