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I found a great mobile store in UK but they only accept UK $$. They have such nice phones.

They have such a long list because the phones are so cheap. I'm so (sad) because they don't accept US Money orders. They want me to send Cash.

Any suggestion?

If you have any friends or relatives in the UK whom you trust you can ask them to help you, like send them the money and have them take it there or something. I don't know much about this stuff, being only a high school student, but I wouldn't be sending cash, because that way there's no way to prove they ever get it and there's no record of it anywhere either.

(correct me if I'm wrong)

The place in question is this place but an ebayer has placed a warning ad.
samsung v205 e715 e700 nokia 6600 3650 p900 Item number: 3068887471

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this is a link to a website that sells phones for $35 or the equivalent in the UK

many ebayers listed this add and are selling the link for up to $100....it's a fraud...a scam ... dont lose your money.....They get money by asking you to refer people to them to buy software and they reward you with a chance to get a free phone.. They make money while you lose it. BEWARE!!!!

the site is this ad warning

To send or not to send is the question.

First of all, if there is a warning on it, don't send money! And they insist that you send cash? Even more warning bells.

Second, do you know that a phone made for use in the UK will work here? They use a different system than we do, as far as I know. I would check this out very carefully.

So bottom line, I would not send them any money. No way.

Kathy

Also keep in mind that no matter how good the deals are, the shipping will be a LOT higher. You're very likely to find a better deal in the US -- from ebay, perhaps -- once you factor in shipping.

Oh, I'm not planning on sending them cash since they don't accept US checks. They only accept UK debit cards or UK checks.

They do! I didn't know that.

I tried ebay. But everyone keeps outbidding me. I only want to spend $50. It makes me so when I get outbidded.

Just thought I'd let you know that the February 2004 issue of Consumer Reports has a large review of cell phones -- everything from rating calling plans and service from the various companies, to rating the various phones available.

It also does a good job of explaining how different cell phone companies in the US use different systems and how phones that work on one system will not work on another -- and that even if you keep your phone number when you change to another cell phone company, you have to buy a new phone since the old ones can't be recoded (or rather, how your old company will refuse to recode it so you can reuse it).

You should be able to find this issue on newsstands now (I just got my subscription copy in the mail over the weekend) or your local libary should carry it.

In general, though, you should contact the company where you have cell phone service to see what kinds of phones they have available and what kinds will work with their service. You can't just buy a phone over eBay and expect that you'll be able to make it work with any given cell phone provider. However, if you are a new customer, you should be able to get a cell phone for less than $50 if you sign a contract -- they are always offering deals to get people in the door.

Kathy

I am looking into phones for T-mobile because I already are a customer of theirs.

Consumer Reports lists the Nokia 3595 as being a phone that works with T-Mobile for only $40. They say it is widely available and offers a long battery life and talk time (given as 6 hours).

Among the ratings of Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair and Poor, it's rated as Very Good overall, with more specific ratings of Good in "Voice Quality" and "Ease of Use", and Excellent in "Sensitivity" (measure of voice quality with a weak signal). It doesn't have any fancy features, but the phones that do are much more expensive -- $100-$300. They list it as one of the recommended choices for T-Mobile.

You should probably visit your local store and see how much they want for it.

Kathy