Found a phone...

[Mint]

I found a Motorola Razor V3 but I'm not sure what I should do with it. It's in amazing condition and has a Vodafone sim card in it but I think it's unlocked. I don't have a clue how much it's worth second hand and I don't have the box or any of the accessories so selling it would be a pain anyway. I do have an old Motorola charger which I used to charge it up but that's about it. Any suggestions?

Edited by Robbie! (Forum Super Moderator): Moved to Portable Devices as it is better suited there

Closed by Jamesy (Forum Super Moderator): Due to bump.

[Luke]

I hated my RAZR ;[

http://www.envirofone.com/Motorola/RAZR+V3/details.aspx

Or flog it on ebay lol

[Jackk]

sell it on ebay, or buy the charger off ebay and keep it?

[Hecktix]

If I were you I would find a contact in the phonebook & text them asking who's phone it is and find a way of getting it back to the rightful owner.

[Mint]

I hated my RAZR ;[

http://www.envirofone.com/Motorola/RAZR+V3/details.aspx

Or flog it on ebay lol

I'd rather throw it in the bin than go through all the effort just to get a fiver for it.

sell it on ebay, or buy the charger off ebay and keep it?

I already have a charger but I also have an iPhone so yeh... I know it's not worth much at all, I've seen second hand ones sell on ebay for £20 to £30 but that's with the box and all it's accessories, I just have the phone and some random Motorola charger that didn't even come with it. Maybe I could give it away to the less fortunate? :eusa_eh:

[Skajo]

If I were you I would find a contact in the phonebook & text them asking who's phone it is and find a way of getting it back to the rightful owner.

I found a phone worth £700 at the time (it was modded for someone who was disabled in some way, can't remember now) and phoned round the contacts until we found an owner. I was rewarded with £5 for my efforts. At my age £5 was a crap load of money lol.

[Mint]

If I were you I would find a contact in the phonebook & text them asking who's phone it is and find a way of getting it back to the rightful owner.

I found it in a car that a guy traded in. He said it runs fine but must of forgotten to tell us about how it overheats all the time :rolleyes: And for that reason, there's no way I'm gonna help the guy out.

[Jordy]

Hold onto it then for atleast a few weeks, what if he remembers and comes back?

Also it's worth noting the phone will be blacklisted, making it impossible to trade-in anywhere and I also suggest you dispose of the sim card as well. Once the IMEI is blacklisted it won't work on any UK Networks anyway am I right?

[Mint]

If I were you I would find a contact in the phonebook & text them asking who's phone it is and find a way of getting it back to the rightful owner.

It's not really worth enough to sell so I might as well just keep it as a cheaper phone. I'll stick my sim in it and use it for things where it's most likely to get lost or stolen.

[Jordy]

Just looked into it a bit more. Every phone is assigned an IMEI number, and when a phone is stolen you report the IMEI number to your network and they then blacklist the IMEI number, the blacklist applies to every UK phone network and some abroad so once a stolen phone has been blacklisted, it'll no longer work with any UK Sim card.

When trading in a phone at a pawn shop or trade-in shop, they check all phones against the IMEI blacklist first and if it's on the blacklist it's likely they'd call the police who could arrest you on suspicion of stealing.

And if you sell it on eBay, the person who buys it will realise it doesn't work and will then probably get refunded by Paypal and you're reputation would be ruined.

Give it back is my suggestion.