A serial number for a product that has been replaced.

raunchycaldera Said:

"Oh I forgot, I’m on an Apple platform so of course you will defend Apple, and that it is illegal to take an iPhone and put foreign parts in it by a nonauthorized manufacturer. Why is it bad that it’s remanufactured (refurbished) - In terms of security, cyberhacking, is this a big issue?"

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A Glitch, Perhaps?

It may be a glitch in Apple's database. So, contact them, asking if there is any conflictual error occurring in their device database.

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raunchycaldera Said:

"A serial number for a product that has been replaced.: I bought a Sierra Blue Unlocked (Renewed) 512 GB 13 Pro Max from Amazon. I’m pretty certain it was from amazon renew (shipped and sold by [...]). When I enter entered the serial number it showed an error -[...]"

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Get a Refund:

You have been sold a device that is remanufactures. So, report this to Amazon, seeing if the seller can be held accountable, and if you can get a return.

You haven't bought a phone that was remanufactured, you bought a phone that was supposed to be sent back to Apple because a replacement was sent to the owner.

Technically this is a stolen phone. The owner was supposed to send this back to Apple because they received a replacement but instead, they sold the phone.

Contact Bayshine Trading and ask for a refund. If they don't refund it, contact Amazon and make them aware of the fraud. They will refund your money.

raunchycaldera Said:

"ok, I will try to do that.: Remanufactured - That means it’s not an all original Apple product?. What does remanufactured mean?"

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"Remanufactured":

It is a device that has been custom-built from other devices' hardware.