Beware: Shops Selling Used Mobile Phones as New

Guys, please be aware that there are 6 shops found selling used mobile phones as new to their customers. The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has already initiated action against these mobile shops.

There are surprise raids being conducted not only to mobile shops but to all commercial outlets all over the country.

If you encountered any violation such as overpricing, not displaying prices of the products, selling counterfeited items, contact the ministry toll free number 16001, or send e-mail to info@mec.gov.qa, or post comments on its official Tweeter account.

Full report here: The Peninsula

 

Any shop you can name it ?

 

It wasn't mentioned in the report.

 

Mobile Markets are filled with Fake Phones and they selling them as Original even with Branded tags beside it the replica phones are present in the market that looks similar to the original phone, to check whether your phone is original or fake there are two ways of checking it. These methods will help you a lot while buying a used cell phone.

First Check the following Features :

• Be careful about the spellings For example, Soniericsson, Nokla and Samsvng
• Warranties: Always insist on 12 months warranty certificate from the handset manufacturers; Never an oral agreement with the seller. Fake phones come with a shorter warranty periods since counterfeiters cannot guarantee it will last so long
• Check for performance of the handset: Some people carry their phones home without testing it first. Some dealers encourage this, knowing the handset is fake. As you check it out, you may notice some points of low performance such as memory which is smaller or poor quality photos.
• Appearances: like dull colors , Fake logos,built quality difference in weight, screen size, location of buttons and battery, quality of printing and paint finish, added or missing functions, quality control stickers and holograms and an overall lack of quality.

 

And be careful with the price. If it appears to be so cheap for such mobile compared to other stores, better not buy it.

 

But we can depend on less priced phones offered in hypermarkets, as they are with invoice and warranty.