Still registered at old owner

Bought a Ring doorbell online but it was still registered on the old owner. Cannot install it on my account. Old owner doesn’t contact anymore. Anyway to bypass this? HELP!

Thanks.

Hi there, @Jaywild! You are certainly doing everything correctly here. When you attempt a setup on a previously owned device, it will request the change of ownership, in which the prior owner can remove it from their account . Check out our Change of Ownership process here.

As you are not in contact with the prior owner, the next best step will be to reach out to our support team for further assistance. Please give our support team a call at one of the numbers available here. We’re taking additional steps to protect our team and help reduce the spread of COVID-19, so this has resulted in longer than normal wait times. If you are outside of the US, please read our response to COVID-19 here to see how to contact support.