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So like @UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone found out it's a Verizon sold phone and Verizon are absolute fuckwads about letting you unlock the BL.
When the seller said "Unlocked" they meant carrier unlocked as in it will accept any non-Verizon SIM card
Now, generally, for every other US carrier that does also mean you have the ability to unlock the BL because per Google policy when the phone is carrier unlocked then you will be able to BL unlock...
...except when that carrier is Verizon
Not sure how successful you'll be on getting a refund, because technically they didn't mistake anything the commonly accepted definition for "Unlocked" in this context is carrier unlocked. Which you would have been fine with, again, had that carrier not been Verizon.
Fuck Verizon.