Quote from: iluv3trade on April 26, 2012, 11:28 pmYou're perfectly right there sbaxter, the best option would be to buy cheap "burn phones", but we don't have that either in Europe because you have to provide an id when buying one.I've been asked for ID before now when purchasing phones. Asked that is. But usually there's no actual rules in place to make that a legal requirement. It's usually just company policy. Time for social engineering class:This makes life very simple. You buy phone, cash is on table, they ask for ID --> "No". What is your personal details? --> "I don't care what you type up or write down, don't like getting spam emails/telesales calls etc". There is no reason to lie, lots of people are protective of their information being given out to companies for no reason.If they don't cooperate, you walk off with your cash. Obviously, this works for prepaid credit phones, not contracts, where it's perfectly reasonable for the company to expect some information to hold you to the contract.I have bought hundreds of phones, I have never once encountered a problem. I have also purchased many many other items that DO legally require ID. Strangely enough, when faced with an option of sale or no sale, they make the sale and do whatever sacrifice needs to be done to appease the gods of bureaucracy. That suits me, since I wouldn't know how to submit the correct data typically without extensive study, whereas it's practically a reflex for them. The only time I have ever been refused a product that needed ID, when when I forgot my ID and an apparently religiously motivated individual behind the counter refused to sell me alcohol (she was young, and misunderstood the rules). You don't need to bribe people. People already see the government regulations preventing them making a sale as a major obstacle to their volume of sales. The majority of the time people are only too pleased to engage in a pint-sized rebellion against their paper tigers.