Originally Posted by msp3

That specific example gave me a chuckle. Every time Best Buy, Target, etc have some sort of crazy sale the Slickdeals reseller scum set all come out of the woodwork and buy as many phones as they can then proceed to cancel the lines next day screwing over the sales reps and Best Buy's numbers, which in the long run kills all the cell phone deals for everyone.

Frankly people who do this deserve exactly what they get (plus the well-deserved SSN bans from Best Buy's cell phone sales system and from the carrier itself). In your specific situation, there have been examples on Apple unlocking after T-Mobile and the carrier the iPhone is supposed to be registered to corroborating your story, but you'll have to find reps who give a .... and speak English for that which is a tall order in itself...