buying bb bold 9700 off craigslist?
 

Should i? or it is better to purchase it through a particular carrier?
What are the things that I need to look into to make sure it's working properly etc, cuz i never used a BB before. Also, im gonna use it in southeast asia (I was told it's cheper here compared to asia). TIA

make sure you buy the one that has correct 3G bands for asia, and get it unlocked before you go over to asia

any 9700 that you'll get from here will work in Batavia/JKT, both T-Mo/Wind version or Telus/AT&T...etc version.
Indo only uses UMTS 2100 & GSM 900/1800 which happen to be available in all versions of BB9700.

There's a lot of knock-off stuffs over there (Craiglist)... Always BUYER BEWARE!!!

how do you know if it's a knock off or not ? usually the knock off of a blackberry phone wouldn't even match up to a real blackberry phone

personally I would just buy it at rogers?
good luck bro 8============D

If your buying it off craigslist i'd sugggest one of those cell company's I got mine for 650$ no logo no brand so when it boots up it has no brand either

i seen them go for around 500-550 on CL.

just make sure the 3G bands match up, as CT10 mentioned above. once you got that sorted out, buy it, unlock it, and you should be good to go.

if you're buying off CL, just remember that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. expect to pay anything in the range of 500 to 650 (more if you want to get ripped off). if you're buying for less, beware.