My husband and I signed up for service with US Cellular about 9 months ago. We received the first two-three bills with no problems. The next bill came in and had charges for around $600-700 on it. (We were supposed to have free mobile to mobile and it charged us for that) We called customer service and they told us everything was correct, even though nothing was different from the previous months to make our bill change. We couldn't pay the bill all at once, and we asked what we could do. The service manager said that we had to or our service would be terminated. That was fine with us as we didn't want service with US Cellular any longer with bills like that, and we haven't received any bills from them since.
-Anyway, my question is: Now that we don't have service, I want to sell my Motorola V3c on ebay and I've been reading about the ESN and that it reports that there is an unpaid bill. How can I check this and is there any way to clear it. My phone does not have a sim card
2007-03-21 06:11:05 · 5 answers · asked by JJ 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
I know this is the case with Sprint, and it is probably the case with US Cellular. If there is an unpaid account balance attached to the ESN, the phone cannot be activated. I would not sell this phone on Ebay without confirming this with US Cellular.
People are giving you the wrong answers here. Let me be clear. I worked as a cell phone tech for years and I know the cell phone business. Most carriers won't let you activate a phone that is tied to an account that still owes a balance. This is why many Ebayers advertise their phones with the phrase "The ESN is free to be activated." ESN's can be dummied out if they are either a.)reported stolen or b.) tied to a collection or past due account.
2007-03-21 06:22:13 · answer #1 · answered by Joe M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The new user will get their own subscription, so it won't matter what the status of yours is.
In your case you will need to make sure to mention that it is a US Cellular phone. Since US Cellular is not a major carrier, you will have a limited market.
Make sure you delete all personal info from the phone, like the phonebook or contacts list, etc.
PS: Mobile-to-mobile calling means only to other customers of the same company. In case you didn't know that.
2007-03-21 13:24:06 · answer #2 · answered by romulusnr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is legal to sell it however they will shut off the service and shortly after they will DEACTIVATE the phone. it is unique to your number and as a delinquent account holder they will deactivate the phone permanently
i would consider it unethical to sell on ebay
2007-03-23 18:38:31 · answer #3 · answered by larrydoyle52 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure you can sell it. Phone will be reprogrammed when the new owner gets service for it.
2007-03-21 13:17:29 · answer #4 · answered by discraft_usa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not GSM so you're screwed
2007-03-21 13:14:51 · answer #5 · answered by dubya b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋