/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>913047
Alibaba

>>913049
I thought it was bad to get the screens from chinese markets cause they're shit?

bump

>>913054
that's exactly it dude. you buy shit screens, replace them, then when your customers break those ones again they think it's their own fault and come back to you again. rinse, repeat, profit.

>>913054
Really?
Designed in California
Made in China

>>913666
I didn't think about it that way.

How much do you think I would need to invest for startup?

>>913767

You just need the screw drivers and YouTube

Just ask the client what phone they have and order it, find a client willing to wait 1 week to get their phone back.

The i6s just came out so the 6 screens will be dropping soon.

>Pic related
Fixed phones back in high school/gave people different color screens

Instead, I'd advise you to do what everyone else is doing now since the market you're going into is flooded.

>Find cheap phone online
>"Back is cracked, 70% off"
>Fix back for $5
>Sell for $150

Just know that you'll be returning a lot of them since scammers really think they can get away selling stolen/unpaid/lost-found phones through the web.

>We buy tons of phones online
>Please make sure your phone isn't stolen as you will not receive your funds
Seller ships
>Phone shows it was lost/stolen
>"You're lying...release my funds now nigga"

Had to return 4 last week, almost 1k is being held while they're being returned to the scammers. Almost want to return some old boxers instead.

>>913047
depends where you want to locate your shop... its makes a big difference if you want to do it bumfuck town in Idaho or in San Francisco..

If you live in London I can give an estimate how much you need.

>>914194
>>914196
what site is that ?

>>914205

Not a site, it's an app. Don't think I can say it here since it would be considered advertising or whatever.

App has been out for a year, it's still in beta mode so you're not charged anything for selling. Only problem is it's much..much easier for a seller to get scammed.

It's full of College kids/people that don't really know the price of things. Great place to snag an unlocked 64GB iPhone 6+ for $350

But get ready to have your money held for days

>Pic related happens every day
Still waiting for the app to refund me

>>914208
you can say it breh

>>914211

Merrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrcari

>>914208
poo poo im sure you can mention it.
Not like nothing else has ever been hawked here
>the constant RH threads

>>913704
This. The only difference is the little stamp that doesn't mean shit. OP I did this for a bit you shouldn't need more than 1000 to get started just be sure you know what you're doing and know what you're buying. EBay is your best bet if you're just starting off btw once you plan on ordering in quantities >30 you can look for other sources

>>914212
>uses "we" to sound more professional
>anime image
top cuck

>>914222
lol, matches my name.

Anyways on a side note.

The landlord's wife had her phone stolen today.

7AM
>Hey, are you up?
I am now, what's up
>Have you seen my phone around?
Haven't
>Okay thanks, sorry for waking you up


Been here for over a month, a couple just moved in two weeks ago (blk/wht)
Landlord knows I deal with phones everyday, but I make everything transparent with him, even when pic related happened three days ago.

Left it outside so they would see it and know I was returning a stolen phone because I don't deal with stolen goods. We had a laugh and he even has his own eBay acc now.

Long story short, 10min ago she was just threatening to call the police because the new guys were the one who stole her phone. They said they didn't mean to and it was a mistake, but the sim card is missing + the case is broken.

______________________
HOLY SHIT she just knocked on my door telling me everything ( I already know). They're throwing their shit out tomorrow if they don't take it, LOL.

>>914212
>This app is incompatible with all of your devices.
wtf its a Note 3, wtf is not compatible !?

>>914232

I'm using a Note 3 as well...

you might have a fake note 3 or the app must've kicked our device off. Just download the apk or I can send it to you.

>>914234
I think its a country limitation since I'm in Canada..

oh well..

CL/Kijiji might be the only alternatives but there are already so many vultures there plus all these stupid ads for iphone repairs in the wrong category.

>>914235

I keep forgetting there's different countries here, lol.

We really need flags...it's /biz/ for crusts sakes.

>>914236
I do know a person that runs a pawn shop, maybe he gets these broken iphones once a while.
I don't know if he accepts them or what.
Guess I will have a chat with him, but he probably takes them for himself and flips them since after all its a business..

>>913666
>mfw this is how 80% of consumer markets work

>>914236
the market here for this shit isn't great.
Most people are asking pretty fair value for their phones, factor in cost of parts and my margin is meh

>I factory reset it and it became iCloud locked. Its fixable but I don't know how.
these niggers sometimes..

>>914249
Is iCloud lock fixable?

>>914267
most likely someone has cracked the code, but since its so profitable its a well kept secrete.

>>914284

Someone has, I've seen some listings up on eBay costing upwards to $200 just to have the iCloud repaired.

IMO I think it has to do with the mobo and resetting something, just like you do with a computer and small battery that keeps the clock from staying correct.


Just the other day I heard about how companies were cracking down on employees selling unlock codes

>>914194

This.

Bonus points if you can do housing swaps.

Iphone housing swaps are insanely frustrating though.

>>914194
OP here, I'm considering doing this, seems more profitable in the long run.

Going to keep the app in mind when I get a bit more money to purchase some phones.

>>914354

yea, cause eBay nowadays is full of bots that are programmed to grab new listings that don't say "Bad IMEI/ESN" etc...

Or eBay themselves have someone that buys the item before it's even posted to the public...

Sellers tend to scam less on eBay because they know eBay will most likely let the buyer keep the item, so they go to Craigslist or apps like this where these idiots don't see that someone selling 4 iPhones at once on a new account isn't fishy at all...

>>914292
>>914284
>>914267

you guys are fucking retarded please dont get into the business.
icloud isnt unlockable. and it isnt stored on your phone at all. the Locked icloud device contacts apples servers and apple reports back to the device sending info to request login details for an icloud account associated with that unique imei/serial. you can wipe it a million times and it wont matter since the information is stored on apples SERVERS.

is there people that can by pass this? sure statistically. but it will never be made public, apple will patch the fuck out of the exploit as soon as it hits the net. good luck

>>914397

>IMO I think it has to do with the mobo and resetting something, just like you do with a computer and small battery that keeps the clock from staying correct.

No one is saying it can be removed completely, but everything can be masked over.

Apple checks the devices UDID, something anyone with a Jailbreak can change, as I used to change mine a lot back when I played Graal Online.

They're patching things up having the servers check the IMEI/ESN as well since most people have yet to find out how to mask that since you would have problems with your carrier as well.

I've dealt with iPhones that the sellers said "Don't reset" because they know it will be locked again.

>>914400
>>914400
smh please log off.

>>914403
i have hear of UDID method but never figured out how it worked. since jailbreaking is neccassry im assuming it has to be a certain iOS for it to work. great method.

IMEI/ESN can be rewrtitten with android but i have not seen any methods to change it within iOS. sad they are checking these now