Used Cell Phones: Does it Even Matter?
A lost cell phone is in no way in comparison to a lost tooth. Because with a missing cell phone, you can substitute it with a real one right away. Except possibly for the phone “body number”, you can even secure the same and exact unit that was lost.
And rightly so, there are lots of good reasons to purchasing a used cell phone. Let’s talk about convenience first. Buying a pre owned cell phone will save you from hassles and sickening formalities of signing a contract with cell phone companies. Most of us have been there and there’s no prize for the discomforting feeling of having to read again all those pages of warranties and rules just because your phone was lost or stolen. Activating pre owned cell phones only takes just minutes and can be done right at the comfort of your own sofa.
For example: If you are a subscriber to Cingular, T-Mobile, or ATT, simply remove your SIM card from underneath your cell phone battery (in most cases, this is where you will find the SIM), and re-insert it into your newly bought pre owned cell phone, and then the problem’s fixed! Yes, you heard it right, there’s no need to worry much over losing a phone because the solution is as easy as simply going down to your local cell phone providers’ place of business and asking them for a new SIM card. For Verizon, Metro PCS, and the like, where SIM card is of no use, you only have to dial *611 on your newly acquired pre owned cell phone, and a customer representative from your local phone provider will provision your phone with your existing account over the air.
