Help me with eBay question

[ChampN252]

so I have my phone on auction and one of the auctioneers wanted to run my ESN number by VM to be sure it was free. Is this setup or could they do anything with that number? It was a replacement unit, so it should be blank right?

 

[jerofld]

I don't know of any way the guy bidding could do anything bad with the ESN. A ESN gets dirty due to the account it's attached to is not paid-to-date and the carrier that holds that account disconnects the phone. That phone then can't be used until the account's debt is paid, even if it's sold to someone else.

You can always call your carrier's customer support and make sure there's nothing that they can do to screw you over by knowing the ESN, but I don't think there's anything.

 

[ChampN252]

I figured there was no harm, but I had to be sure

 

[Doit2it]

Pretty standard. I've bought and sold used Androids and both asked and gave out the ESN. It's easy to call Verizon and just ask them to tell you if an ESN is valid. They don't even ask your name, but the only info they give is if it's valid or not.

Just don't give them any other personal info. As said above only the current owner can get an ESN blacklisted by actions or reporting it stolen or destroyed. You wouldn't want them impersonating you while talking to Verizon.