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Old Oct 30, 2010 | 8:16 am
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Originally Posted by Landing Gear
Thanks.

In that case, any problem with buying a Moto on eBay that's marked for Verizon? (Here's an example. If I have inadvertently broken FT rules, please delete the link.)
The words you need to look out for are "bad ESN" - when a customer fails to pay, or if a phone is reported missing or stolen, the ESN (serial number) is blocked, and nothing you can do will get it activated again

Sadly, it isn't like GSM where you can just pop a new sim in
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