My Cellphone/PDA is about to give up the ghost. Keeps losing its
memory...Alzheimers settling in, like with me, I suspect. My Sprint
plan requires one arm, one leg, and a lifetime contract to get a new
phone. I found a perfect replacement on eBay, except that it has a
"bad ESN" I don't know what that means. The seller says it's ESN is
unclear, probably because the former owner didn't pay his bill. In
order to make the cell phone work, I'd have to know somebody who knows
how to "clear the ESN" or get somebody at Sprint to clear it for me.
No guarantees that I could do that, naturally. I am guessing that the
ESN might be the phone's internal identity or serial number? If
somebody buys a used phone, does that mean they have to know the
seller's pedigree, including their mother's maiden name, their credit
rating, and what their father does for a living?
Thanks so much!
Liz

"liz" writes:

My Cellphone/PDA is about to give up the ghost. Keeps losing its
memory...Alzheimers settling in, like with me, I suspect. My Sprint
plan requires one arm, one leg, and a lifetime contract to get a new
phone. I found a perfect replacement on eBay, except that it has a
"bad ESN" I don't know what that means. The seller says it's ESN is
unclear, probably because the former owner didn't pay his bill. In
order to make the cell phone work, I'd have to know somebody who knows
how to "clear the ESN" or get somebody at Sprint to clear it for me.
No guarantees that I could do that, naturally. I am guessing that the
ESN might be the phone's internal identity or serial number? If
somebody buys a used phone, does that mean they have to know the
seller's pedigree, including their mother's maiden name, their credit
rating, and what their father does for a living?

Pass on that one.

But do find a phone on ebay that doesn't have a banned ESN.

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

Todd H. wrote:
"liz" writes:

My Cellphone/PDA is about to give up the ghost. Keeps losing its
memory...Alzheimers settling in, like with me, I suspect. My Sprint
plan requires one arm, one leg, and a lifetime contract to get a new
phone. I found a perfect replacement on eBay, except that it has a
"bad ESN" I don't know what that means. The seller says it's ESN is
unclear, probably because the former owner didn't pay his bill. In
order to make the cell phone work, I'd have to know somebody who knows
how to "clear the ESN" or get somebody at Sprint to clear it for me.
No guarantees that I could do that, naturally. I am guessing that the
ESN might be the phone's internal identity or serial number? If
somebody buys a used phone, does that mean they have to know the
seller's pedigree, including their mother's maiden name, their credit
rating, and what their father does for a living?

Pass on that one.

But do find a phone on ebay that doesn't have a banned ESN.

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/


I wouldn;t touch this with a 10 ft pole. I would suspect that a "bad
ESN", may not mean that they didn;t pay their bill. I would think
it's likely it's a stolen phone. I'd only buy a cell phone on Ebay
from a seller with an excellent rating, lots of transactions, and who
certifies that the phone is 100% OK.

On 10 Jul 2006 06:24:16 -0700, wrote:

"liz" writes:

My Cellphone/PDA is about to give up the ghost. Keeps losing its
memory...Alzheimers settling in, like with me, I suspect. My Sprint
plan requires one arm, one leg, and a lifetime contract to get a new
phone. I found a perfect replacement on eBay, except that it has a
"bad ESN" I don't know what that means. The seller says it's ESN is
unclear, probably because the former owner didn't pay his bill. In
order to make the cell phone work, I'd have to know somebody who knows
how to "clear the ESN" or get somebody at Sprint to clear it for me.
No guarantees that I could do that, naturally. I am guessing that the
ESN might be the phone's internal identity or serial number? If
somebody buys a used phone, does that mean they have to know the
seller's pedigree, including their mother's maiden name, their credit
rating, and what their father does for a living?

ESN = Electronic Serial Number

A "bad ESN" would mean a stolen and/or nonfunctional phone.