Talk to me about refurbished iPhones

[Salted_Peanut]

Talk to me about refurbished iPhones. Where's a good source to buy them? How easy is pay-as-you-go an option?

[Magnum 475]

Google for 'apple uk refurbished' - visit the apple refurbished site. Comes with standard apple warranty, but cheaper.

[PF62]

Salted_Peanut said:

Where's a good source to buy them?

I can tell you where isn't - an online store that features a tuneful black and white bird.

Their quality descriptions are, shall we say 'optimistic' where "moderate signs of wear and tear but has been fully tested" equate to a phone that looks like it has been kicked around on a concrete path and then when replaced with one that looked better but which crashed and died when the battery reached 50%.

And the gits took weeks to refund.

[Jamescrs]

PF62 said:

I can tell you where isn't - an online store that features a tuneful black and white bird.

Their quality descriptions are, shall we say 'optimistic' where "moderate signs of wear and tear but has been fully tested" equate to a phone that looks like it has been kicked around on a concrete path and then when replaced with one that looked better but which crashed and died when the battery reached 50%.

And the gits took weeks to refund.

I'm quite surprised at that, I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S10+ from them via their ebay listing as I had a good discount code which saved me £75, anyway mine was described as "pristine" I think, or whatever the top grading is and genuinely I wouldn't know it's not a new phone.

[PF62]

Jamescrs said:

PF62 said:

I can tell you where isn't - an online store that features a tuneful black and white bird.

Their quality descriptions are, shall we say 'optimistic' where "moderate signs of wear and tear but has been fully tested" equate to a phone that looks like it has been kicked around on a concrete path and then when replaced with one that looked better but which crashed and died when the battery reached 50%.

And the gits took weeks to refund.

I'm quite surprised at that, I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S10+ from them via their ebay listing as I had a good discount code which saved me £75, anyway mine was described as "pristine" I think, or whatever the top grading is and genuinely I wouldn't know it's not a new phone.

As I said it wasn’t one but two, with them knowing the first they sent out was dog st and still they couldn’t be bothered to send a replacement that actually worked.

From their “don’t give a fk” automated email responses I realised that customer service was not their strong point.

[alorotom]

I bought 2x iPhone 6S’s recently from MusicMagpie for my parents to enable them to keep in touch with us/grandkids throughout the lockdown (they had awful and useless windows phones)

Went for a middle grading (good - I think) and they arrived in perfect condition - hardly a blemish. Good battery condition too.

Paid £75 each for them - I’d use them again if needed.

[Timmos1974]

bought loads off ebay from top rated sellers..

always delivered like new and decent battery

[LordLoveLength]

Amazon renewed worked for me. Turned up boxed with charger and cables packed as new

[Geffg]

I’ve bought 2 iPhones from cex, both grade a phones so no marks or scratches etc. Mine the Xs turned out to be 3 days old, so wasn’t ever even used.

[GT72]

I bought an iPhone 8 for my son from Music Magpie and it was in absolutely perfect condition, looked like it’d never been used. Couldn’t fault the service.