Why do we always seem to have adventures with buying phones? 😦 A friend of mine just received this phone in the mail for me, but the box was open and the phone was literally rattling around in the box.

Here’s a picture of what he saw when he opened the box:

Katya and I also had a terrible time getting her T-Mobile Pixel 3a XL unlocked after buying it in the States in 2019. It took from July to November to get that done.

Update: We’ve decided to keep the phone. My friend looked it over, and he said that there were no scratches and everything is working properly.