An uncle of a friend of mine bought an iPhone 5 from a complete stranger in a barber shop in the UK...
So, the online service to unlock this o2 phone was paid.... few days later, was refunded where the seller said the phone was blocked because it was either stolen or lost.
Can this phone be unblocked then unlocked if there is no sign of finding that stranger? How can this be done? And at what cost?
The funny thing about it was that while waiting for it to be unlocked...I was checking the status of the phone on a site I found on that day... to realize that the phone contract was still active. Expired next year. So, I learnt a lesson because we all buy used phones from strangers (whether in person or off ebay/Amazon).
And to also add, does it really take 2 weeks to get ur money back???