[RefundCEO]

Let's say hypothetically:

You SB a Samsung or Iphone in store or online (from third party retailer, not Amazon not Samsung) and get a refund. Eventually the retailer finds the box with false contents.

At this point, they should blacklist the IMEI, at least in the origin country. But some phones are not blacklisted.

1. Why is that? Seems like adding the IMEI to a blacklist would be super quick, why wouldn't they do that in every fraud case?
   
2. Some SEs have had success by only activating the device after 30-60 days. If the IMEI was blocked on day 0, why does the waiting period matter?
   

Any insights?

Buy it from Verizon, or any store other than Samsung.com. I have personally gotten ipads from Apple, $1000 phones from T-mobile and Verizon and they were never locked or blacklisted. Verizon has a 60 day policy where no matter what they unlock it you just cant use Verizons service.

If you buy it directly from Samsung.com they will disable your devices they did it to 2 of my phones. And while there are services that can unlock them, the problem is they install their own Device Manager or Trusted Installer or whatever it’s called and you can’t take it off or it blocks it again. And they might be monitoring you like a perverted ex spying on his ex girlfriend with spyware.