Question about Purchasing Phone on FB marketplace or kijiji

Hi all. (Sorry if this is not the right area to post this question)

So I am looking to save a bit of money and buy a new iPhone. On FB marketplace or kijiji I often times see people selling their new phone they just got when starting a new cell phone contract, but they decide to keep their old device instead and make some cash by selling the new phone. Is there any risk to purchasing the phone from them? Like what happens if they don't make their payments, can/will the carrier blacklist the phone? Or does it affect their account only? Is there a way to tell if the phone has been paid off before buying it? I want to save some money and get a new device, but I just want to make sure I don't end up getting burned. If anyone has any insight let me know! Thanks.

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u/SaltPeper8899 — 10 days ago

Group Texting Problems

Hi All.

Seeing if anyone here has any advice... Long story short I am trying to figure out why I have issues with group texting since joining FM. For context I have 3 FM cell phone lines on my account, all of which are iPhones. The issue happens when someone is sending group texts to either 2 or 3 of the cell phones, and when the 'external' person is using text message and not iMessage. So sometimes what happens is a) it will work fine that day. b) The message comes to 2 of the 3 phones (and its not always the same phone having the issue of not receiving the text). c) the message doesn't come at all. d) the messages comes 30 mins to 1 hr after and all at once. I have made sure on my end everything is up to date and all settings are correct. I have even reset network settings numerous times but it doesn't change anything. I have sent the SIM update/setup text message short codes, etc. But nothing I do on my end seems to make a difference and I just can't figure out what could be causing this to happen. For years prior to FM I was with Rogers and never had any issues with group texting. And please don't take it the wrong way I am mostly happy with FM but I am puzzled why this continues to happen as I don't want to miss important text messages.

If anyone has any ideas please let me know! Thank you!

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u/SaltPeper8899 — 11 days ago