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lovebyte · 2025-12-13T18:04:47.751000Z

Hello, Due to negative experiences, I would like to suggest that eBay introduce stricter conditions for refurbished productsIt’s nice enough that eBay is making an effort to prevent the sale of counterfeit Gucci bags (or check authenticity), as is currently shown in the TV ad. But I think it is much worse when huge numbers of Apple products are sold refurbished even though Apple accounts / Apple IDs have already been assigned for them. In my case, it was not possible to create a new Apple account (Apple ID) for a Mac Book Air,because too many accounts had already been created for the device - in my opinion, that is anything but "refurbished - like new"!The miserable Apple support also couldn’t help me with this, so I couldn’t complete the setup (I also don’t have any other Apple device and therefore no alternative Apple ID / Apple account)When I buy a refurbished product, I want to be able to register it the same way as with a new device.Critical: from what I know, previous owners whose Apple ID / Apple account is linked to a purchased refurbished device can lock it and worse. If anyone knows anything different or knows more about the topic, please let me know. Thanks! One more thing to close: refurbished products that are offered as "like new" should also be like new, without Apple account (Apple ID) linking Thanks for your attention! 😃 Best regards,Apfelmännchen

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