Swappa became a no-go for me when they started making exceptions to their rules for commercial sellers, justifying it by saying they were inherently more reliable. For example, using stock photos for multiple devices instead of the device you actually receive. All of three of these phones, based on the seller names, were those reliable sellers.

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NewJazz 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you any alternative marketplace? My last few ohones were from swappa, only good experiences so far.

	▲	kay_o 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I have had good experience with Craig list seller in highly technical city, such as San Mateo, San Jose etc. Facebook Marketplace almost all of phone for sale is locked/stolen or the person selling does not know originator (f.e. Verizon phone never unlockable, includes all reseller) and often they are too non technical to know if it was bought from google play store ("factory unlocked") Often it will not even be paid off or intentional to scam you with a phone that will work for a month until it is reported stolen and unpaid loan