Beware nokia n900 ebay seller scam
 

Hello maemo community. I want to share my ebay purchase story with everybody to avoid making same mistake that i did. I purchased "NEW Nokia N900 3G 32GB WIFI GPS 5MP QWERTY SmartPhone MADE IN FINLAND " from cellphoneforever seller. This was my second N900, first one has broken USB connector. As i received the box i realized that this is not the same box that i got with my first N900. The box was with no any bar code. Surprise was inside. The phone come with no stylus, no video cable and no instruction. It was some chip printed booklet about different phone that everybody can print at home printer. Well, i guess no big deal. When i charged phone and turned it on i start to explore new purchase. Firmware was outdated, but this is OK, i can upgrade it later. Surprise was inside the conversation folder. It was a bunch of SMS messages between previous owner and other people. It was conversation in London area code. When I contacted seller about stylus and video cable he told me that i can buy it for additional price:). Finally i got email that i can return the phone with full refund include shipping cost, BUT i have to ship it with no tracking number. :):):) . Such a smart idea!!! Ok, here is the end. I contacted Paypal and the opened dispute case. A little bit hussle for my N900. But I really like that phone !!!
Hope somebody will learn my lesson and will avoid my mistake.
P.S. I contacted Nokia and gave them IMEI number, they told me that this phone more than 1 year old and not under nokia warranty and phone was purchased in Europe.

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MADE IN FINLAND should make you suspicious. All N900's were made in korea

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Take a look how seller is describe it


http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Nokia-N9...item43aa277d08

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Looks like the seller is from Hong Kong. I recall there was a thread about someone enquiring about N900 sold from Hong Kong. That is just wrong that they charge you extra for stylus and A/V cables.

Unfortunately I have had a similar incident when I purchased my second N900 on my trip to Hong Kong (I visited Taiwan and China apart from Hong Kong and it seems like Hong Kong did stock N900). The seller did not provide me A/V cables, a non-genuine USB -> microUSB cable (which fails intermittently), and a useless wired headset (which doesn't work with N900). Not to mention that the N900 was used prior to my testing and purchase. I tried to dispute but they said that's what came with the device (which was utter nonsense) and said that if I wanted those `accessories' I will have to pay extra for it.

Anyhow I left the store disgruntled and decided to keep the used N900 along with whatever that was missing from the box.

Back to the topic, if you see the photo by the seller depicting the package contents, notice how the cables are sitting on top of a Nokia N95-1 box? not that it matters alot but its interesting to note that potentially the original box is probably missing for the said device. The headset provided in the photo is also a little weird with extra controls for music listening. That's not a genuine N900 included item as N900 is not capable of skipping music, etc by default (and there was a huge thread about it).

Also you should leave a negative feedback on the seller. I went through the seller's history and noticed there was one bad feedback (on the first page) for N900 sold to a person whom declared the accessories are not original.

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Kinda sounds like it was a stolen device...

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Mine was made from Finland, bought it from Frys.

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That can't be possible. Nokia devices always have 2 years warranty.

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@HtheB
nope. that depends on your location. for example, we only have a year covered by the warranty here in the philippines.

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my phone when i open the keyboard and see behind the screen it is written "designed in finland" i am from india and bought second-hand (but it was purchased from india as i have its bill) if you are right then what does my phone is showing me by "designed in finland"?

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The words `Made in Korea' can be found underneath the battery where you can see the sticker showing other information such as FCC ID, etc. Also I'm sure a similar sticker can be found as an image on firmware downloads page of N900.

Nothing special about it being designed at one place and made at another, like iphone which has its backcover engraved that iphone was designed in Cupertino.