Hi, so i bought an iPhone on eBay. It is iCloud locked and when I search up the imei on imeipro, it shows as lost/stolen. I have opened a case with eBay and will be charged back but what do I do with the phone? I don't want to give a stolen phone back to the seller. I checked on the ACCC.gov.au imei thing and it shows as unblocked, could it have been stolen overseas?
idk the seller had no feedback.
ohh no feedback, sadness.
Pro tip: don't buy a high value item from someone with zero feedback.
Oh for god sakes…No feedback?
How much was the phone?
You do realise the seller could've given you a IMEI of any iPhone. Maybe his/her own?
Drop it to your local police station along with a email trail from eBay.
If they try and get out of it, explain to them nicely that you are trying to do the right thing by handing over stolen/lost property.
Call police non-emergency line for your state. 131 444 if in SA.
go to your local police station
hand it over the counter with some ebay paperwork
job done
what else would you do with stolen property??????
Agreed with you. Do it asap!
what else would you do with stolen property?
a refund is in order.
"I have opened a case with eBay and will be charged back but what do I do with the phone?"
Sounds like he's already getting one
Paypal should most probably side with you, the ebay seller who has no feedback would now be trying to empty funds from PP account and starting 'to run away with the money', so to speak.
lodge a dispute ASAP… that's probably the first thing you'd need to do if you want your money back. You can submit the IMEI to Paypal as proof that the iphone is locked and isn't as described.
I think PayPal keeps the money for a time before its cleared
not always, usually for low feedback sellers yes.
also they do it for first few times seller
Can you link us to the ebay listing? What was the description?
Yep, hand it to the police, get their receipt and forward that to PayPal, they'll refund your transaction. Done.
I don't want to give a stolen phone back to the seller.
just let paypal deal with it
No need to get police involved, let paypal/ebay deal with it, its their job to lodge a entry with cops.
https://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/stolen.html
No need to ask for random advises here.
I checked on the ACCC.gov.au imei thing and it shows as unblocked, could it have been stolen overseas?
don't hand over anything until your snad dispute has been finalised and in your favour.
If you take to the police you will loose your money probably. Just call paypal and ask what you should do.
Whats the sellers feedback like? They may have been scammed too.
I think if you want your cash back your going to have to send it back.