Buying refurbished iPhone off ebay?

My phone carrier is at&t and I want to buy an iphone off a third party site, such as ebay, and use it. Will i be charged by my phone company? What exactly would happen? My contract does not end for another year and i'm not willing to wait that long.

If you buy one from eBay then look for the one that's contract free which you won't be charge for it, hope that helps.

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