Comments on: 7 tips for spotting a fake mobile or smartphone

By: mmarius

mmarius — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:36:02 +0000

In reply to Valencia.

Hi Valencia,
Clearly when you buy a cell phone literally on the street, there is really very little protection against faulty or defective goods. I think the larger risk exists when buys from shops that reselling those devices. They might not be authorised dealers, but have purchased a number of phones through another dealer or distributor, which they are now reselling to the public.

Although there are customer protection systems throughout the Caribbean, you as the user will still suffer the inconvenience and frustration of purchasing a phone that was not genuine in the first place…

By: Valencia

Valencia — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:45:04 +0000

Is this really a problem in Jamaica and the Caribbean? People are buying cell phones out in the streets, in the markets? There’s no consumer protection is a vendor sells something that doesn’t work? Or is fake?
+1

By: mmarius

mmarius — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:14:19 +0000

In reply to Marc Canter. Hi Marc, I wholeheartedly agree with your point. Although the average person might be justifiably skeptical about buying a cell phone on the street, I think the waters get a bit more murky with shops, other than the telcos, that sell phones.

By: Marc Canter

Marc Canter — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:35:37 +0000

Clearly – you get what you pay for – right?