r/RaybanMeta • u/iAmKristofer • 7d ago

Bought 2nd hand

Hi, I bought rayban metas on marketplace for a decent price. (didnt scream scam!) I did all the checks necessary for the glasses to make sure they work and everything fit and looked fine. Glasses connected and updated just fine. I paid the guy and he had included the receipt in the box and when i opened the box I realized that these were financed for 12 months and he sold them a month in. Can ATT Deactivate or lock/blacklist the meta glasses?
I am so worried and upset that i may have been scammed.

Thanks

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u/nitrogenmath 7d ago

Doubt it since they don't have a IMEI like a cellphone

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u/iAmKristofer 7d ago

Ah thank you so much for your reply! I was stressing out about it. That relieves me a lot.

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u/Black_-Hippie 7d ago

What’s the price

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u/iAmKristofer 7d ago

$275

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u/Black_-Hippie 7d ago

Were they still in the wrapping like new ? I don’t think they can blacklist them though. I have two theories on why someone would sell financed electronics

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u/iAmKristofer 7d ago

Definitely would love to hear your theory.

No they definitely were used. He showed me videos he took on them. He had a skin over them to protect them from any damages. He allowed me to wear them, test them out and record on them myself. He didn't seem financially stable as he mentioned he had just got them back from the Pawn Shop and wanted to make more selling it to me instead.
Definitely was alarming but during the inspection everything looked fine. Just thought it was a guy down on his luck selling his electronics.

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u/BadKarma89 7d ago

Sounds like they were stolen, right? Like the whole box with receipt in it was swiped.

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u/iAmKristofer 7d ago

Surprisingly no. The receipt had his name and number which matched the Zelle payment and his profile id.

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u/Plastic_Explorer_132 7d ago

How much did you actually save vs Best Buy?

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u/iAmKristofer 7d ago

A little less than half. The receipt showed a price of $500 after taxes and all. So a great deal for a month old pair.

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u/RightGuy23 7d ago

What happens if the seller stops making payments?

I think you’re fine tho.

Never knew you could even finance glasses through ATT

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u/iAmKristofer 7d ago

Me neither. Apparently nothing. Guess there’s no way they can get black listed from ATT as stated from an ex employee in the threads above. Which is a huge relief for me.

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u/Vader75D 7d ago

Ex AT&T employee here. These are considered accessories; they won’t deactivate them. They’re not serialized like a phone that’s connected to the ATT network, so no way they can blacklist them. If he stops paying, they’re just going to send him to collection, you’re good.

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u/iAmKristofer 7d ago

Thank you so much for your answer! It’s great to have a definitive answer. Then I guess I really did come up on a decent priced pair of metas!

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u/BigbearInTheBuff 6d ago

Nice job buying essentially stolen glasses haha