I'm an idiot! Help

[moby_illiterate]

Hey,
What an amazing forum this is! It's got everything in here...I'm excited! I'm also a bloody idiot! I've bought a phone off e-bay and it's blocked and locked. I'm completly phone illiterate, I'm tearing my hair out in frustration and I have a sinking feeling that I've just forked out for a piece of plastic :(
Please someone give it to me straight...

the IMEI code is 353780/00/373086/8
the network is Optus (Australia)

Any info at all will be HUGELY appreciated
thanks heaps

[nick]

When you say blocked, do you mean you can't make any calls on it???? If that is the case, then lob it in the nearest billabong.

[zemelo]

he mean its locked to optus aus network

[AMG]

Can't the phone be unlocked by a professional?

[Lewis1304]

It is able to be unlocked on this site if he goes into the unlock forums.