As much as trade in used phones is becoming rampant both globally (E bay) and in Naija (Nairaland and Computer Village), we constantly have the fear of buying the fake version 'China' of the phone for the price of an original. Driving to work everyday, i am bombarded by these scruffy looking guys selling wrist watches, suddenly they flash you a Nokia N97 covered under their clothes, for the unwary ones that are "uninitiated" most of these phones are "china" version which you would discover after you take them home. There are some guilty parties on this nairaland too, imagine someone offering a 135k phone for 35k?? now they have gone a step further by selling the "china" version for as close price with the new one just to convince the unwary souls, the China phones have improved so much that they have become a perfect replica of the original except for software differences; you can hardly distinguish the two by sight except when you put it into use. I bought my first Blackberry from ebay after screening out sellers from other countries except US, Blackberry was not common in Nigeria then and i really got a good deal, i have since upgraded to a newer version of the phone which i bought in Nigeria. I want to include an Iphone now but i don't see why i should spend so much for a new one if i can get a neatly used one. I have gotten some offers from Nairalanders but the fear of "China' phone is the beginning of wisdom. So let me go back to my ebay, at least "paypal" would guarantee the satisfaction part of what i buy. Imagine getting home and discovering you bought Iped instead of Ipad!!!!!!!!

hi, how do u go about buying stuff off e-bay?