Buying To Try

Philippines
March 7, 2013 10:14am CST
I have this classmate who bought a Blackberry phone for the sole purpose of trying it. Then after 3 days or so, he decided then to sell it again at a bargain price because he already reached the peak of using such phone. Do you find it practical or what do you think about this?
5 responses
@blackrusty (3519)
• Mexico
7 Mar 13
what is this person thinking this is such a big waste of money and not even to say most of the phone sellers make you sign a contract for at least 2 years and if you fail to pay the contract they have the right to ruin your credit
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• Philippines
7 Mar 13
Huh? Who said about any contracts? He bought the phone blackrusty and did not have any contract with it.
• Philippines
7 Mar 13
So you cannot just purchase a phone without having such contracts? That's some unusual agreement there.
• Mexico
7 Mar 13
ok well in the states and in mexico we have contracts that is why i had said it it is great if this is not the case where you live have a great my lot day
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
8 Mar 13
Hahaha, i think this person has got a lot of money to spare, so he bought it and thought of just reselling it for the sake of doing so because he is no longer interested in it already. I won't do that, because i have got no such extra money and i do not want to waste al my money that way just to be able to try something like a phone. I always research and see if i can like the things i buy first.
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• Philippines
8 Mar 13
Yeah, my classmate is really that rich and he do not mind his spending are going as long as he can satisfy his desires.
@beachdune (907)
• India
10 Mar 13
Wow look like your friends get a lot of pocket money . Buying a phone just to try it is total nonsense . He could have tried using the demo model which they offer at those mobile ships before purchasing .Also exchanging a BlackBerry for an old HTC doesn't seem to be a good deal either . Also in my country things work a bit different . If buy a new phone , you can't return or exchange it . So we thing twice before finalising a model and try to use the demo piece before making a decision .
@Raine38 (12258)
• United States
7 Mar 13
I say make an offer and go buy that from him! But seriously, if he's got enough money to blow like that, then that's his prerogative. I just hope he didn't buy a brand new one to use as a "tester". I mean there are lots of second hand Blackberry phones like in eBay that he can use to see if he will like a phone like that.
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• Philippines
7 Mar 13
Wow, your classmate sure have lots of money to spend. I was not born rich and I have always been practical so I don't really know if I will be having decisions like that if I was born with lots of money. It's not practical to buy something just to try it and sell it on a bargain after few days. My parents would be furious if I acted like that.
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• Philippines
7 Mar 13
Actually we have the same stand, but knowing that particular classmate of mine is indeed rich, I did not really bother to think that way. Instead, I was inspired and motivated to achieve their financial status. Anyway, he did not manage to sell it, but rather got an exchange for a used HTC phone worth P24,000 if brand new. And as what I've heard, the market value for such phone is around 14k according to him. I think that's a good deal there.