VIANARCHRIS
Well-Known Member
So I bought an $80 Telus 'prepaid' cell phone from Wally World on Monday evening. It came in a factory sealed cardboard package. I take it in to the Telus store the next morning and have it activated but don't get the chance to play with it until yesterday morning. I don't use a phone much and this is my first smart phone, so I start tapping icons. The contact folder pops up and it's full of names...on a supposedly 'new' phone. I scroll through the names and I recognize a bunch as local people...some I've bought weed from! I found my niece and her husband in there and MY old email address I lost the password to 3 years ago! There were quite a few medical marijuana related contacts, including the local cc owner, Natures Botanicals, marijuana.ca and others.
So I email a nice letter to Telus and Walmart last night telling them I'm pissed at getting a used phone...it was not labeled refurbished...and I'm concerned about the privacy breach. I tell them that I am also worried about someone getting a hold of my phone and me being associated with marijuana...I made them think I was paranoid at someone finding any marijuana links on my phone! I still haven't heard a peep out of Walmart, but Telus is all over it. I waiting to hear what the outcome will be...I want a new phone, but I really want to know how I got a used local phone being sold as new in Walmart.
The previous owner had his email in there under 'Me', so I sent him a heads up and he's going to contact them as well. Turns out we don't know each other, but we are both mmj patients know a lot of the same people.
So I email a nice letter to Telus and Walmart last night telling them I'm pissed at getting a used phone...it was not labeled refurbished...and I'm concerned about the privacy breach. I tell them that I am also worried about someone getting a hold of my phone and me being associated with marijuana...I made them think I was paranoid at someone finding any marijuana links on my phone! I still haven't heard a peep out of Walmart, but Telus is all over it. I waiting to hear what the outcome will be...I want a new phone, but I really want to know how I got a used local phone being sold as new in Walmart.
The previous owner had his email in there under 'Me', so I sent him a heads up and he's going to contact them as well. Turns out we don't know each other, but we are both mmj patients know a lot of the same people.
