[Pyrogen100]

Contact the network company and ask to unlock it, if they give you reasons for 'atleast 1 year service', talk about bad network service or something.

For amazon, if you are going to refund it, if you say the item is broken or leaking, they probably wont block it.
With Amazon or any big company you can never be sure what the rep is thinking or will do.

You could say item did not arrive, which they would look into.

If you say you received it, with only an invoice (make sure you have it printed first before you contact them), they would think it wasnt placed in the package. And when you return it, make sure you make up for the weight difference, but thats probably not needed since it very lightweight, you could add more packaging.

Ah, so you can really finesse an unlock?

Yes, you can filll out a specific request form, or phone the network.
But also understand that you have timeframe for returning items and getting a refund.

But the process is usually 1 working day in my experience.

For the first thing, not really sure with what I can feasibly say. It's obvious that DNA or "This item came in the box, but not that one" will lead to an IMEI blacklist. Don't really feel like using the return method either-- not to mention that they would be awfully stupid if they didn't check the box.

Main thing is, I'm not messing with smartphones that are sold and shipped from Amazon. Especially not with an account that's not really aged too much- I'm either getting a failed investigation or a mandatory police report (don't want to file one.) I am fairly satisfied with the purchase either way.

Now the network unlock, not too sure how I'll convince the parent company TracFone to unlock it before their mandatory 12 month wait (as noted in TOS) but I already knew this before I bought the phone, and don't intend on switching carriers anyways, so why not just wait my time? I already called them just for kicks and they simply just say the device is ineligible and send me on my way.