[fireman15]

The last new phones that my wife and I purchased were HTC Touch Pro IIs in late 2009. Every phone since has been a used phone... most from highly rated sellers on eBay. All of them have been a fraction of the price of an equivalent new phone. They have all looked basically new. We have never had a problem with any of them.

[mongrel]

Yup, eBay makes it easy. Clean esn or bad esn in the title treks what you need to know.

If you buy off Craigs list, meet at your local wireless retailer and make sure it’s good and not under contract before giving them any money.

[CGASMIA68]

“highly rated sellers on eBay”

Now thats funny, you left out Craigslists

[Garth Tater]

"The last new phones that my wife and I purchased were HTC Touch Pro IIs in late 2009. Every phone since has been a used phone... most from highly rated sellers on eBay."

That is the trick right there. Buy from a seller with a  good  great rating. They work very hard for that 99% positive rating and it is worth a lot of $$$ to them. They are not going to screw that up just to make a few hundred bucks off of you.

[lodi90]

I don’t see the need for a used phone when you can buy a great unlocked phone new for $200 or less.