“ Originally Posted by pljansma 
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Guys, I just bought a PPC6800 off eBay, the guy said it was a clear esn and only 2 months old. I get the phone and it looks great but when I call Alltel to activate it I find he still has an outstanding balance on the phone and they won't activate the esn until he clears up the bill. Am I screwed or is there some way I can get around this. I did a search on here and I didn't see anything relating to this, so I started this post. Any help would be greatly appreciated folks and thanks in advance.
or wait the standard 3 months so the owner of the phone goes thru the collection agency..and the esn number will be back in the pool or like kaos said unlock the phone and go with another carrier....