I purchased our 2 Razrs a couple of months ago form Ebay for around $150
each and they worked fine with the old simcard. I did however call Cingular
and gave the the new phone IMEI 3's for insurance purposes on my daughter's
phone.

"Dusty" <RV_phixer@innerREMOVETHISlodge.com> wrote in message
news:12gp72897ee4g66@news.supernews.com...
> G'day all;
>
> My wife dropped her RAZR and the internal display has taken a dump (the
> little one on the outside is okay). I went to a local Cingular store to
> buy a replacement phone. Yep. They had 'em. And for the measly sum of
> ~$325.00 I could have one too. NOT!
>
> I paid less than that for two of them together when I bought 'em. So I
> figured that I'd buy one off the web somewhere, and change the SIM to the
> new phone. That's all I need to do, right? I don't need to fool with the
> ESN (? - the internal electronic number) do I?
>
> If John or anyone else reading here has any tips on how to get this done
> in the most expedient and cost effective manner, I'd be grateful to read
> about 'em.
>
>
> TIA,
> Dusty
> Everett, Wa.
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