[pianistul]

Do you guys know where can I buy official housing for a Nokia 8800 Sirocco?(or broken Sirocco with mint housing?)

Cheers

[RobM]

Mobile Fun used to sell them, as did L8shop.net

And moving to the Nokia forum....

[pianistul]

Thanks...

[RobM]

If all else fails, there is always the dreaded eBay....

[pianistul]

Originally Posted by RobM83

If all else fails, there is always the dreaded eBay....

eBay is....really hard to find a genuine one, specially for 8800 Sirocco Black.

[RobM]

I know, from bitter experience, that most aren't genuine. However if the intention is to get your phone looking good again, some of the 'fake' cases are actually pretty good. The fit and finish is decent and wear well.

But if you're looking to refurbish it to sell on, don't bother as it's fairly easy to spot the fakes.

I've bought from L8shop.net many times over the years and would recommend them highly. I've used Mobile Fun less, but have nothing but good things to say about their service from my experience. Both also sell the tools needed to do the job, which is handy.

[pianistul]

Originally Posted by RobM83

I know, from bitter experience, that most aren't genuine. However if the intention is to get your phone looking good again, some of the 'fake' cases are actually pretty good. The fit and finish is decent and wear well.

But if you're looking to refurbish it to sell on, don't bother as it's fairly easy to spot the fakes.

I've bought from L8shop.net many times over the years and would recommend them highly. I've used Mobile Fun less, but have nothing but good things to say about their service from my experience. Both also sell the tools needed to do the job, which is handy.

To be honest, the 8800 Sirocco is "the case" otherwise it's a £30 phone, that's why I don't get people that are selling scratched sirocco's for a lot of money.

[RobM]

Image and reputation have a lot to answer for...

[pianistul]

Originally Posted by RobM83

Image and reputation have a lot to answer for...

Well...not sure if I can psot ebay links over here, but do you think this is fake?IN your opinion?Original 100% Nokia 8800 Sirocco Full Housing T6 UK on eBay (end time 05-Dec-09 18:02:09 GMT)

[airmyx]

I paid £100+ for a full housing replacement back in 2007 (metal, plastic back, camera surround & keypad) and that was for a standard silver model.

I can't imagine they can even produce them for £29.99, let alone the gold model...

I think I remember MobileFun and First2Save selling the official ones though...

[RobM]

Originally Posted by pianistul

Well...not sure if I can psot ebay links over here, but do you think this is fake?IN your opinion?Original 100% Nokia 8800 Sirocco Full Housing T6 UK on eBay (end time 05-Dec-09 18:02:09 GMT)

I would say that's a fake. I don't remember the casing having anything engraved on the back and the genuine sellers usually go to great lengths to show the case markings.

[djstriker2009]

i would ask nokia how much it would cost cause at least u no its gona be a real one even if it costs more

[pianistul]

Originally Posted by djstriker2009

i would ask nokia how much it would cost cause at least u no its gona be a real one even if it costs more

I would ask them if I could...can you give me some contact details if you know?Thanks.(I've got one 8800Sirocco without housing that I got cheap and i want a real housing for it...)