What will you do if someone offered you a mobile phone with 4 megapixel camera, touch screen, music player and a lot more for a price less than Rs 3,000? Imeediately accept the offer??? Well many customers are doing the same with sales in the grey phone market rivalling that in the normal market.There is nothing wrong in taking advantage of a good bargain. However be clear about what you are bargaining, so that you will not have to regret later.

The biggest of the problem is you might be sold a stolen mobile phone. This may get you into bigger troubles than what you had bargained for. Most of these phones have very low quality components. On top of that no warranty is provided. So if anything happens to your phone then you may have to go for a new one. If you want to sell your handset then there will be significantly less resell value as buyers in the second hand mobile market prefer to buy mobile phones that have an invoice or warranty.

Finally if you decide to be brave hearted and go for a mobile phone in the grey market, then don’t buy the first one that is offered to you. Some of these sellers keep a lot of margin and they will sell you at a price far lower than the initial price if you start bargaining and shopping around. Many times the grey market sellers promise a lot of features that are not present in the mobile phone at all. So insist on using the handset to convince yourself that all the promised features are indeed present in the handset.

And for those of you who are not able to decide whether to buy a mobile phone in the grey market or not, do try to see if a model of your choice is available in the second hand mobile market. A second hand mobile allows you to get a really good quality mobile for a lesser price.

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