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Michael Yermian,

Why are you making a big deal out of this.  There is nothing wrong to buy a
merchandise (even a high tech cell phone) as it is advertised (No activation
required and No upgrade also)  and use it with any other service legally
(eventually you buy a service from provider legally, you don't steal it.)

Believe me, nobody is loosing money in this game. ATTWS,  Best Buy and
Circuit City have enough lawyers to take care of this "problem" if you
consider it a problem.

BTW, the original question was how to buy a phone from BB, not the morality
and legality of the deal.

David.

"Michael Yermian" <myermian00@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uursrrooahq91@corp.supernews.com...
> Well no, see... National retailers are different... they are compensated
> for their loss on "Upgrades" (purchase without activation) ... that is
> why they sell the items for $25 without activation, so existing
> customers (NOT THEIVES) can purchase the phones without a huge charge...
> they don't make commission, but once the ESN goes into the system and
> backtracks to BB or Circuit City or whatever Nat Retailer they are
> compensated for their loss in profit, ... no commission, but no loss
> either...
>
> They do make a lot of commission though because $25 is an attractive
> price to NEW customers also...
>
> The whole point of no activation required is not meant so that you can
> purchase it to flash it and committ fraud. It is meant to help existing
> customers purchase upgrades much more easily, and less expensively. What
> the BB or CC people should be doing is either activating or UPGRADING
> the account in store ... No activation simply means your allowed to
> UPGRADE (not steal) ... unfortunately BB and CC lose out on that
> compensation because the ESNs never reach the system since they are
> either flashed or burnt out or sent to another country for
> reprogramming...
>
> --
> Michael Y.