Screen burn and warranty

[sheppy1]

Hi guys,

So Im loving my galaxy nexus but Ive had one issue with it and that's the screen burn, so I bought the phone from eBay and when I received it I found out it had screen burn, I was offered a refund but didn't want to mess around with it as I needed a phone. Now it's getting on my nerves a little bit and the original owner has offered to send me the original receipt. My questions are, would I be able to send the phone off to be fixed under warranty even though I'm not the original owner? Also how long will it likely take to get the phone back and would they actually replace it anyway with this fault?

Thanks

 

[jpr]

Warranties only apply to the original owner and are not transferable.