Just a note of interest for all of you who may be bidding on the "Essex" on e-bay. The item # I am referring to is 250547534195, and I am a serious buyer, but had some questions for the seller before I would bid on said item. Our dialogue began through e-bay and once I began to ask more involved queestions about the product the seller requested we move to have discussions through presonal e-mail. I spoke with my buddy who is more "tech savvy" than myself and since verizon is my only option, I needed to get the info that was pertinate to me in order to know if the phone could work for me. He suggested that I ask the seller two questions,1) what is the phone's MEID# and 2) could the PRL be flashed over to verizon since in my area i am using an integrated hybrid PRL from verizon that incorporates thier aquisition of Altell tower signal as well as verizon's. When those questions were asked our conversations stopped. I am a serious buyer, but was just attempting to do my homework before a high $ purchass so I could feel confident that it would work andthat I was'nt stuck with a 1k$ paper weight. This is just FYI, I am not currently bidding on the device because the seller never got back to me.