Consider this a warning. Be careful when you purchase the Pixel or Pixel XL off Google’s own Project Fi. It appears more than 200 users have been banned by the search giant from using their accounts, on suspicion of re-selling the phones in order to make profit.
According to Google’s terms of service, this kind of activity is not allowed. A few hundred people bought Pixel phones only to send them to a third-party re-seller based in New Hampshire – a state which has no sales tax. Which means original buyers sold the Pixels for a profit.
Google didn’t like that one bit and so it banned users from using their accounts and other Google apps for photos, music etc, reports Dan Deal’s.
Following the event, Google sent out a statement saying:
“We identified a scheme in which consumers were asked to purchase Pixel devices on behalf of a reseller, who then marked-up the cost of those devices in order to resell them to other customers. We prohibit the commercial resale of devices purchased through Project Fi or the Google Store so everyone has an equal opportunity to purchase devices at a fair price. Many of the accounts suspended were created for the sole purpose of this scheme, but since some customers were not aware of these Terms of Sale and are now locked out of many Google services they rely on, we’re restoring access to these customers’ accounts.”
The good news is that after being flooded with complaints from affected users, Google has decided to reverse the decision. But not without warning users that “repeated violations of our terms may lead to account termination.” So watch out people, you don’t want to get Google angry.
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