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I just got off the line with t-mo. I'm a Even more plus customer (no contract, cheaper plans) and you CAN NOT go to an Even more plan with a contract from an Even More Plus plan. You have to cancel your account first and loose your number. Then you can get a discounted N1. Too bad google won't let t-mo sell the nexus one so that way you can get on that no interest phone payment plan.
edit: title should say Even More Plus...
well if you think about it, even though they designed this to make it seem like you're saving money with the "discounted" phone, after 24 months of a contract that costs you an extra $20 a month, it ends up costing $179 + (24 * $20) = $659, which is an extra $120. i bought the unlocked version, but i guess not everyone has the money to do that.
Try and do the option to add a line to you account and see if that works. If it does just go ahead and activate the new account with the contract. Once you get the phone call tmobile and cancel you're old account and tell them to put in a "request old number" request. This will pull your old phone number and replace the new one you got on the new account. Everything ends up being the same minus the contract.
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Try and do the option to add a line to you account and see if that works. If it does just go ahead and activate the new account with the contract. Once you get the phone call tmobile and cancel you're old account and tell them to put in a "request old number" request. This will pull your old phone number and replace the new one you got on the new account. Everything ends up being the same minus the contract.
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Already tried that... It says I already have a t-mobile account
Time to use your Google Voice number then...
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I got mine unlocked ($530) and since I've been with T-Mobile for about 8 years I was on the original unlimited-everything t-mo offered. I have unlimited family plan and I pay only $250 a month for four lines with unlimited callling, data, and text.
I luv the t-mos
deltanyne said:
Already tried that... It says I already have a t-mobile account
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It worked for me, that's how I did mine, are you sure you didn't select use an existing number? You need to do create a new line at that step.
deltanyne said:
I just got off the line with t-mo. I'm a Even more plus customer (no contract, cheaper plans) and you CAN NOT go to an Even more plan with a contract from an Even More Plus plan. You have to cancel your account first and loose your number. Then you can get a discounted N1. Too bad google won't let t-mo sell the nexus one so that way you can get on that no interest phone payment plan.
edit: title should say Even More Plus...
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I just switch to Even More Plus last week and used my AAA membership to get the $35 activation fee waived. When I did the switch-over, the rep. read from a script that said that I could never go back. If you didn't get this script, that would be T-Mobile's fault; but if you did and you weren't paying attention, that's your own damn fault.
Buyer beware.
Anyway, I wouldn't exactly call getting $480 less service charges over two years "getting screwed."
Thinking about purchasing the nexus one? Here is a breakdown for all T Mobile customers of what's required.
Purchase Link
If you have a family plan, shared plan, flexpay plan or corporate account you will need to change before going to purchase the nexus one from the link above. Once all the above items are removed/changed then you are good to go and can enjoy the upgraded discount.
Quote from Nexus site "You can choose to purchase the Nexus One from the Google Phone Webstore without service for $529 USD, or with a qualifying T-Mobile US service plan at a discounted price:
Nexus One without service: $529
Nexus One with new, 2-year T-Mobile US service plan for new customers: $179
Nexus One with new, 2-year T-Mobile US service plan for qualifying existing T-Mobile customers who are adding data plans: $279
Nexus One with new, 2-year T-Mobile US service plan for qualifying existing T-Mobile customers who are upgrading their data plans: $379"
Source
I only paid 179.99 but that's because i opened a new line of service and got a new number. Be aware that if you open a new line of service to get the 179.99 price you CANNOT cancel your other line of service early or you will have to pay a 200.00 fee for early termination. The only option you have is to switch it to a home phone plan. If you decide to go that route as I did then it is 10.00 a month. It uses your sim card and a router that you get from T Mobile for 40.00. You must have a high speed connection to use this option.
I'm hoping you accidentally hit submit before finishing your post, cuz it doesn't make much sense to me.
I have been off contract since January 2009. How do I get the $179 price?
Edit: Just saw your post in the other thread. I think what you're saying confirms what the T-mo rep told me earlier today. She said that if I switched from my old grandfathered plan to the Even More 500 plan, then I'd be eligible for the $179 price. Not that I'm going to do it... it's cheaper for me to stick to my current plan and buying the phone unlocked.
uansari1 said:
I'm hoping you accidentally hit submit before finishing your post, cuz it doesn't make much sense to me.
I have been off contract since January 2009. How do I get the $179 price?
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Someone in another forum had the same issue and apparently he had to add another line. Once his N1 comes in he plans on canceling his old line and switching his number over to the new line. I can try to find that post if need be.?
rantrav said:
Someone in another forum had the same issue and apparently he had to add another line. Once his N1 comes in he plans on canceling his old line and switching his number over to the new line. I can try to find that post if need be.?
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That's not necessary, but thanks. I'd only buy the phone unlocked, because it will considerably cheaper than switching plans and being in a contract again. I'm really just curious because it doesn't seem right that if we're off contract with T-mo, we couldn't take advantage of the subsidized price of the phone. Theoretically we're paying higher plan prices every month because our original phones were subsidized. So if we're off contract, then we should have paid T-mo back for that subsidy and they should either discount our monthly rate (like the Even More Plus plans), or subsidize a new phone for us.
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That's not necessary, but thanks. I'd only buy the phone unlocked, because it will considerably cheaper than switching plans and being in a contract again. I'm really just curious because it doesn't seem right that if we're off contract with T-mo, we couldn't take advantage of the subsidized price of the phone. Theoretically we're paying higher plan prices every month because our original phones were subsidized. So if we're off contract, then we should have paid T-mo back for that subsidy and they should either discount our monthly rate (like the Even More Plus plans), or subsidize a new phone for us.
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Sorry, people on here seem to like 'hard evidence' that is only text from another person. I am sure that this has been the plan since the beginning. Google, obviously having the upper hand and being in control, is calling the shots on how this works. T-Mobile, being an underdog, was probably given first dibs with this being part of the deal. But, I do agree with you. I bought it unlocked and would have rather saved the money and updated my phone with current plan. The guys post was something about he had a "grandfathered" in plan and was eligible through TMO for the update but with it being through Google he wasn't able to.... I guess all we can say is 'okay' and mush on.
I would have bought the unlocked version as well but I'm already paying the same amount as the plan that is required so took the discount and ran. I'm sure eventually there will be more plans available. Google is sure to take a lot of heat for it and will eventually crack...well I hope anyways lol.
Both of you should take a look at the discussion here:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=3c0fd3870ec370a8&hl=en#all
It doesn't look good for people who are existing customers, off contract and want to sign a new contract. Kinda ****ty if you ask me, but fortunately it won't affect me.
For people interested in the tmo family plans, here is some math.
Getting 2 subsidized phones over a two-year period breaks down to an extra $15 a month ([$180 x2]/24). 2 unlocked phones is $44 a month ([$530 x2]/24).
Looking at text and web family plans with no annual contracts, its $109.99 for 750mins, $119.99 for 1500mins and $139.99 for unlimited. This gives you freedom of picking your plans or switching to another carrier that supports this phone.
Knowing that if you get the subsidized version, you will be paying $160 a month plus the breakdown of $15 a month (spreading out what you pay up front for the devices) it comes to $175 a month.
With the unlocked device price breakdown at $44 a month, you can see you will save money if you buy the unlocked phone and use either the 750min or 1500min family plans as they will cost you $154 and $164 respectively.
This is a two year savings of $504 and $264!
uansari1 said:
Both of you should take a look at the discussion here:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=3c0fd3870ec370a8&hl=en#all
It doesn't look good for people who are existing customers, off contract and want to sign a new contract. Kinda ****ty if you ask me, but fortunately it won't affect me.
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I love the first post that clearly states "only new T-mobile customers are eligible to purchase Nexus One at the discounted price of $179." If thats true then why did I get one for 179.99, I've been with them for 7 years! lol
uansari1 said:
Both of you should take a look at the discussion here:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=3c0fd3870ec370a8&hl=en#all
It doesn't look good for people who are existing customers, off contract and want to sign a new contract. Kinda ****ty if you ask me, but fortunately it won't affect me.
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I have a family plan with 4 lines so I had to break down and pay full price.... same when the G1 came out. Only reason is because i feel like this phone I will keep for some time. I hope. Google, I think, will be getting a lot of heat about this. I took a look at the link and there are A LOT of pissed off people on there. But GOOG does have the money to blow.
This is interesting guys
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=06a361e72a26b798&hl=en
ryanmo5 said:
i would have bought the unlocked version as well but i'm already paying the same amount as the plan that is required so took the discount and ran. I'm sure eventually there will be more plans available. Google is sure to take a lot of heat for it and will eventually crack...well i hope anyways lol.
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theyre all unlocked
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theyre all unlocked
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Oops lmao, I meant without service
I actually bought the unlocked phone for $530,-. I have another 6 months on my contract.
But this way, I'll be contract free, and am actually SAVING money now, because I had a G1 with Myfav600, which was $80,- a month.
And I never even come close to using my 600 minutes.
So the 500 plus plan is perfect for me. And I save $20,- a month.
And , when they get the Voip thing happening, I can use that as well, since I have a Google Voice number.
i'm a current T-mob customer with 9 mo left on my 2 yr contract i got with my G1, once i get some extra cash saved up i plan to pay the full price for the nexus one because for me at least i currently spend $53 a month on my service with t-mob and don't care or benefit to change it and if i could extend my contract and pay less for the phone by some amount it will still save me more in the long run by not having to pay for the dumb 80 dollar a month plan they force you to have by going that route
this is of course as long as they do not change their tune on how they are handling this before i'm ready to purchase the phone i.e. give me a discount of some amount to upgrade and keep my current plan or one very close to it
Im currently on the even more plus 500+unlimited text+Web
On flex pay. Iam so lucky i didnt sign a 2 year contract!
I just hope tmobile doesnt try to make me pay 80 if i buy the phone without a plan. Just going to pop in my sim from G1
I've posted this in a couple other threads but it should help here.
I'll tell everyone up front I worked for T-Mobile customer care for the last 4 years up until this past June and was a supervisor for the last year of my time there.
If you currently have a single line plan that is out of contract is qualifies through T-Mobile for the full discount but Google is giving you the price that is almost $400 here is what you can do it get around it. And change to the Even More plans prior WILL NOT fix this issue.
Alot of people are getting bad information from TMobile about what needs to be done because the reps were given almost no information about the ordering process. So most reps and just going with the flow to try and get people off the phone.
When you go to order the phone with Google select the option to add a new line to your account. It will give you the 179.99 price for adding the new line. Once the new phone comes in the mail call T-Mobile and cancel your old line and ask them to put a "request old number back" request to replace the new number with your old one. This takes about 24 hours to go through. During that 24 hours your old number will not work because you have to cancel it before you do this.
I know for a fact this will work but the rep you talk to may give you crap about doing this and not let you because they want to be a ****. If you're worried about that call and cancel you old line when you get the phone then call back and talk to another rep and tell them to put in the request for you.
Don't you have to pay the 200 dollar ETF if you cancel a line?
There's no ETF if the line has no contract. So if you add a new line to get the discount you can cancel the old one without a fee
Ah I missed that part. I am trying to get the 180 price and I only have a few months left on my contract and they won't upgrade it. They will let me add a new line of service though.
try to get it!
I think thats been around for sometime.
zmdivy said:
try to get it!
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too bad you cant buy a phone outright online. have to go to the store or order with a plan.
Yep this as been around since the phone came out on 3/24 in fact I am due my bing cashback in 10 days
techboydino said:
too bad you cant buy a phone outright online. have to go to the store or order with a plan.
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yes you have to, but atleast you have the option of full payment and getting EM+ which isnt so bad at $59.99.
Plus after 2 months you get around $150+ back which is always nice
i will go with the BCB about a month from now.
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Yep this as been around since the phone came out on 3/24 in fact I am due my bing cashback in 10 days
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please let us know when you get it
could i get it with no plan if i pay the full payment with EM+?
OR i have to cancel the plan after the first month?
I am now using prepaid plans and just want a phone pda.
zmdivy said:
could i get it with no plan if i pay the full payment with EM+?
OR i have to cancel the plan after the first month?
I am now using prepaid plans and just want a phone pda.
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well you have to get a plan whether you're going for the subsidized price or the full price, you cannot buy it without getting a plan, atleast not to my knowledge.
Also you're account has to be active for 60 days from getting a plan, meaning you have to use tmobile service for 60 days in order to get BCB.
zmdivy said:
could i get it with no plan if i pay the full payment with EM+?
OR i have to cancel the plan after the first month?
I am now using prepaid plans and just want a phone pda.
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buy phone direct from walmart. pay 500+tax and phone is yours. u dont have to sign or buy any contract.
second option is to buy phone from wmdeals.com cost (150+tax+one month or 15 days rent+200 etf) and phone is yours
thanks
I found the hd 2 is only 99.99 with 2yr contract in amazon.com
so the best price is supposed to be
100+ no tax+one month rent 60 +200 etf=360?
but if i want to transfer to att still need to unlock so might be 120 for 2 months rent
could it work?
zmdivy said:
could i get it with no plan if i pay the full payment with EM+?
OR i have to cancel the plan after the first month?
I am now using prepaid plans and just want a phone pda.
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This is exactly what I did. I ordered the phone online with the bing discount. After I got it I played around with it for a few days, called and canceled. They didn't give me any trouble at all, seemed rather happy I'm keeping the phone to use with their prepaid They canceled my plan and refunded my activation (they pre-activated the thing when it shipped). The only slightly annoying part is they billed me useage for when the phone was in transit. I didn't really argue that one, just happy to get activation refunded.
Naturally this is for a phone I paid their retail price for.
I used bsbtweak to permanently disable the data, although I'm not sure it would've connected to data anyway.
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This is exactly what I did. I ordered the phone online with the bing discount. After I got it I played around with it for a few days, called and canceled. They didn't give me any trouble at all, seemed rather happy I'm keeping the phone to use with their prepaid They canceled my plan and refunded my activation (they pre-activated the thing when it shipped). The only slightly annoying part is they billed me useage for when the phone was in transit. I didn't really argue that one, just happy to get activation refunded.
Naturally this is for a phone I paid their retail price for.
I used bsbtweak to permanently disable the data, although I'm not sure it would've connected to data anyway.
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wait a min.
did you use tmobile service for 60 days?? because in order to be eligible for BCB your account has to be active for 60 days.
So how many days did you use the phone for because it hasnt been 60 days since the hd2 came out meaning you wont be getting the BCB in this case!!!
let me know your timeline.
i am planning to use BCB aswell for HD2 but with full payment and after i get BCB that is after 60days of service i might go to att.
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wait a min.
did you use tmobile service for 60 days?? because in order to be eligible for BCB your account has to be active for 60 days.
So how many days did you use the phone for because it hasnt been 60 days since the hd2 came out meaning you wont be getting the BCB in this case!!!
let me know your timeline.
i am planning to use BCB aswell for HD2 but with full payment and after i get BCB that is after 60days of service i might go to att.
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The bcb is currently showing in my account as pending. I'll post an update when the 60 days comes up, but I'm not really expecting any problems. The BCB is on the phone, and has nothing to do with the plan. Since I'm keeping the phone the full order stands.
If you want to switch to AT&T you'll need to unlock the phone and you'll probably have to wait whatever amount of time tmo says before you can get that code. I wasn't leaving Tmo, really just switching plans.
If you still want a timeline here it goes without the date
Ordered the phone on a weekend with the Bing cashback
Tmo ships it on monday and I receive it wednesday night, sim, microsd, all inserted and activated. I replace the sim with my old prepaid, dumped the contacts in and make a few calls to make sure everything is cool.
Put the new sim back, play around with the phone through the weekend. Really there wasn't much to gain over my prepaid plan except Data connection.
Next Monday I called the tmobile and canceled the plan under buyer remorse. Been using the phone with prepaid card since.
Actually now that I think of it, there was a little more to tell about this. Bing sends you a notice as soon as you order something under the bcb. I never got one. It didn't even occur to me to check until after I had canceled. So I had to contact Bing and provide them my order information, and they added the cashback (very quickly I might add, good service). Alll that happened after I had already canceled my service.
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The bcb is currently showing in my account as pending. I'll post an update when the 60 days comes up, but I'm not really expecting any problems. The BCB is on the phone, and has nothing to do with the plan. Since I'm keeping the phone the full order stands.
If you want to switch to AT&T you'll need to unlock the phone and you'll probably have to wait whatever amount of time tmo says before you can get that code. I wasn't leaving Tmo, really just switching plans.
If you still want a timeline here it goes without the date
Ordered the phone on a weekend with the Bing cashback
Tmo ships it on monday and I receive it wednesday night, sim, microsd, all inserted and activated. I replace the sim with my old prepaid, dumped the contacts in and make a few calls to make sure everything is cool.
Put the new sim back, play around with the phone through the weekend. Really there wasn't much to gain over my prepaid plan except Data connection.
Next Monday I called the tmobile and canceled the plan under buyer remorse. Been using the phone with prepaid card since.
Actually now that I think of it, there was a little more to tell about this. Bing sends you a notice as soon as you order something under the bcb. I never got one. It didn't even occur to me to check until after I had canceled. So I had to contact Bing and provide them my order information, and they added the cashback (very quickly I might add, good service). Alll that happened after I had already canceled my service.
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oh ok, this is news to me, because i was under the impression that BCB requires you not to cancel before 60 days, hence the confusion on my part.
Iam planning on getting it on full payment so if i request the unlock code they give it out on full payment after a few days, they will just ask me to fax them some inofrmation.
Also when you inserted you pre-paid sim, did it start working? or did you have to unlock the hd2??
thanks for the information.
geronemo said:
oh ok, this is news to me, because i was under the impression that BCB requires you not to cancel before 60 days, hence the confusion on my part.
Iam planning on getting it on full payment so if i request the unlock code they give it out on full payment after a few days, they will just ask me to fax them some inofrmation.
Also when you inserted you pre-paid sim, did it start working? or did you have to unlock the hd2??
thanks for the information.
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No problem at all. I had read before I bought the phone a "confession of a T-mobile sales rep" that there are no difference between between the regular subscription phones and prepaid phones. Also confirmed that in a faq I dug out before I finally pulled the trigger. So far so good, just waiting for the prepaid data from tmo.
The gal is eyeballing my EVO and is thinking about picking one up now, so I'm thinking of maybe picking one up for her instead for Christmas. So my goals here are to get her a new phone with her old number using a new plan under her name, all while still maintaining surprise on Christmas.
Just a little background, she'd be coming from T-mobile, her contract has been up since September, so she's good to a new carrier. She is wanting to change carriers to Sprint. She figured out that for the same price as her t-mobile plan (with a clamshell), she could get unlimited data, text and 450 minutes (unlimited talk for cellphones)...and also a student discount. Figured I'd mention that here so people don't think I'm just randomly changing her carrier.
Has anyone ever gone through this process before? What are the best steps to take to 1) buy the phone for her with a new account, 2) get her old number ported over after receiving the gift and 3) putting the phone in her name after giving it to her? (and 4. have a contingency to return the phone if she changes her mind)
My current plan involves the following steps:
1. Buy phone off of Amazon, sign up for new individual account under my name with a new number.
2. Give phone to the gal.
3. Immediately after if possible, call Sprint and port over her old number. (is this possible?)
4. Transfer account to her name (I will probably pick up the first month of service and activation).
I was looking at picking the phone up off of Amazon.com for $149 with free 2-day. If anyone else has any better thoughts/deals I'd be grateful for help in this area as well.
Porting numbers is a very easy thing to do:
1. The authorized contact on her account must give the OK for the port; essentially this would just involve your gf contacting TMo and inform them of an impending port request.
2. Provide Sprint with all the necessary TMo account information: account number, account PIN (if any), etc.
3. The port is completed while you are on the phone with them. I've never ported from TMo to Sprint, but I've ported between Sprint and VZ. It's very easy.
The only issue I see is that you are purchasing the phone with a subsidy. In other words, that phone is tied to a contract. When you port her number over, you are locking in to that two-year contract (her ported number replaces the new number on that device). Make sure you transfer the account to her name asap in case there aren't any wedding bells in the future
Also, you will have to probably pickup the pro-rated charges on both accounts; this can get pricey.
EDIT: call Sprint ahead of time, because you might get stuck with two contracts: one for the contract that came with the device purchase, and a 2nd for the ported number. That would suck. I am unsure if Sprint would just replace the number or require a new contract for the ported number. Call ahead to check on this.
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Porting numbers is a very easy thing to do:
1. The authorized contact on her account must give the OK for the port; essentially this would just involve your gf contacting TMo and inform them of an impending port request.
2. Provide Sprint with all the necessary TMo account information: account number, account PIN (if any), etc.
3. The port is completed while you are on the phone with them. I've never ported from TMo to Sprint, but I've ported between Sprint and VZ. It's very easy.
The only issue I see is that you are purchasing the phone with a subsidy. In other words, that phone is tied to a contract. When you port her number over, you are locking in to that two-year contract (her ported number replaces the new number on that device). Make sure you transfer the account to her name asap in case there aren't any wedding bells in the future
Also, you will have to probably pickup the pro-rated charges on both accounts; this can get pricey.
EDIT: call Sprint ahead of time, because you might get stuck with two contracts: one for the contract that came with the device purchase, and a 2nd for the ported number. That would suck. I am unsure if Sprint would just replace the number or require a new contract for the ported number. Call ahead to check on this.
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You know...perhaps I'm going about this all wrong. Maybe an Amazon gift card for the price of the phone would make more sense.
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You know...perhaps I'm going about this all wrong. Maybe an Amazon gift card for the price of the phone would make more sense.
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But It's not nearly as fun to open! Gift cards suck as presents.
I wouldn't worry about getting stuck with two contracts, I've ported plenty of numbers to Sprint, no biggie. Just make sure her other account isn't still under contract so you wont have any ETF's. You will have to have some information ready before you can port, just her account #, passcode, etc for her existing line.
Also, you could just add a line to your plan to save some money. If you have to later, for whatever reason, you can remove her from your plan as long as she takes the number to another contract. I had to do that before, wasn't a problem.
And, there's a deal on cellulardeal.com for $140 Evo's, Just bought one for my girl yesterday, cause Amazon doesn't support contract renewals for Sprint yet, and she was getting tired of the Hero.
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But It's not nearly as fun to open! Gift cards suck as presents.
I wouldn't worry about getting stuck with two contracts, I've ported plenty of numbers to Sprint, no biggie. Just make sure her other account isn't still under contract so you wont have any ETF's. You will have to have some information ready before you can port, just her account #, passcode, etc for her existing line.
Also, you could just add a line to your plan to save some money. If you have to later, for whatever reason, you can remove her from your plan as long as she takes the number to another contract. I had to do that before, wasn't a problem.
And, there's a deal on cellulardeal.com for $140 Evo's, Just bought one for my girl yesterday, cause Amazon doesn't support contract renewals for Sprint yet, and she was getting tired of the Hero.
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She's passed her contract with TMo, so we're good there. Honestly, I'm more worried about her making the switch herself and buying the phone before Xmas rolls around.
Hey, as long as I can buy the phone (with a new number on a separate individual contract), wrap it up, have her open it, port her number and transfer the contract to her so she's the sole owner of it...then I think we're good.
**off topic...wow I can renew my contract and pickup a brand new EVO? That's obscene! I might as well do that and then sell it on ebay for $400 and net a tasty little profit. (I bought my original EVO unsubsidized, and since I'm a premier member, I hit my 1 year mark for getting a new phone just recently). Wonder if I can utilize my full coverage warranty on my current EVO and get it cleaned up and scratch freed while I'm at it.
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She's passed her contract with TMo, so we're good there. Honestly, I'm more worried about her making the switch herself and buying the phone before Xmas rolls around.
Hey, as long as I can buy the phone (with a new number on a separate individual contract), wrap it up, have her open it, port her number and transfer the contract to her so she's the sole owner of it...then I think we're good.
**off topic...wow I can renew my contract and pickup a brand new EVO? That's obscene! I might as well do that and then sell it on ebay for $400 and net a tasty little profit. (I bought my original EVO unsubsidized, and since I'm a premier member, I hit my 1 year mark for getting a new phone just recently). Wonder if I can utilize my full coverage warranty on my current EVO and get it cleaned up and scratch freed while I'm at it.
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Funny, I'm just about to do the same thing with mine. Got another one coming in a few weeks, probably going on ebay. Gonna go see what the Sprint store can do for my over worn screen first though. I got lucky with my first Evo, I had the Best Buy insurance on my Hero, well when it got broken, they were out of Hero's and gave me an Evo. So I never had to use my upgrade to get it.
I used this line to gain access to my mom's account long enough to get her into a new phone for Christmas:
"OK, I was checking, I can get you on my work discount as soon as you add me as an authorized user."
After that:
-Buy new phone, activate long enough to set up, then switch back to original phone.
-Helped her "lose" her phone.
-Loaned her an OLD beater of mine.
-Christmas morning, dip beater in water and freeze. (to ensure it doesn't work...she didn't know it got frozen, but she knew she couldn't get a new one that day).
-Have sister call my phone to complain she can't get mom to answer and talk to her.
-Turn on new phone, start calling repeatedly while present opening is going on.
Modify as needed for a GF. It's a fun gift, well worth the work to go all out.
go to wireflyfriends dot com. They have been around for a while, the regular wirefly site has it for 149 but adding friends in the url send you to a section with special pricingI just got my EVO from them for $119 with free shipping. You need to talk to them though about starting a new number and then porting one over after a months time. If you purchase online and select to port the number they will automatically port it within 5 days.
My wife went from the Iphone 3G to the Focus about 2 or so weeks back.... a few days after the new windows phones were released. I myself have a tilt 2 but was ready for an upgrade. We went in to look at the new phones and at that time they didnt know about the BOGO offer that was coming up for Black friday (and presumably running through out the holidays). She went ahead and got her phone. Today we went in and asked if we could still get the free phone. As she was still in the 30 day grace period we figured it wouldn't be an issue. Sure enough.... a quick call to the manager and I had the phone in my hand. The only extra I paid for was the Zag Shield.
I'm not sure WHAT had to be done to get it. Whether you needed to add another line etc but since we already had 4 lines on our family plan we had decided to add my mom on for her Christmas. We told him we wanted to add a new line as well although he didnt actually tie the new Focus to that new line, and it didnt get tied to my number yet either. I'm not sure but I do think you need to start a new line (which luckily enough we already planned on doing) to get the BOBO deal with AT&T. He seemed to imply I could get it for free too by using my upgrade status which was also open from the original purchase of the Fuze 2 years ago.
I figure if in the new year they release some newer cooler phones (ie one with the same size screen but has a keyboard) I'll use my upgrade for that and sell the Focus off.
So anyone who did get their focus (or any other windows phone for that matter) early and wants to go in to get their free phone go and and schmooze and you'll be walking out with the second phone in your hand!
Good Luck!
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confirmed by an att rep.... if youre within the 30 day period and are eligible or you add a line, they will restock your phone and resell it to you and you get the new one... just a restock fee, but well worth the free phone.... did mine this eve, took 10 min to get it done... good deal on a solid set of phones...
Good for you guys!!
I'm stuck so no deals for me since I'm not in the upgrade timeframe. Unless someone wants to sell thier free Focus for a nice holiday discount?
I had bought 2 focuses (foci?) at 2 seperate ATT stores about a week apart from each other. I went to one store and got the money credited back to my credit card. I then received a call from the second store and they told me they would credit the account the amount of one of the phones since they noticed I had bought 2 phones within a week of each other.
If someone wants to sell the one he got for free at a fair price, please let me know
http://www.everythingwm.com/forum/threads/75-off-at-att-online.36755/
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I haven't been able to make it work, but I thought I'd post just in case.
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I haven't been able to make it work, but I thought I'd post just in case.
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That's fairly similar as to how I got my fuze... they had some promo going on and they had a programming glitch where you could put the coupon on multiple times... which I did. I got that phone for free. A year later when I got my tilt 2 my wife got it for 100 dollars upfront and then AT&T sent me a $50.00 visa gift card, so really the phone was 50 dollars. HTC at the time had this promo where they would accept ANY smart phone trade in when you bought a tilt 2 and they'd pay you 100 dollars. I sent in my HTC Vouge and they gave me 100 dollars... so really I got paid 50 dollars for getting a new phone.
Then once this promo came along, well suffice to say my wife just rolled her eyes... yet another free phone
Does this only work if you purchased it at a real AT&T store? I bought my focus at a 'CellularWorld' about 15 days ago.
williammel said:
Does this only work if you purchased it at a real AT&T store? I bought my focus at a 'CellularWorld' about 15 days ago.
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Correct. As far as I understand. You could try returning your Focus and re-purchasing at your local AT&T?
Nobody interested in selling your second Focus?
bmstrong said:
Correct. As far as I understand. You could try returning your Focus and re-purchasing at your local AT&T?
Nobody interested in selling your second Focus?
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I am just guessing that you cant get another one for free if you purchased it off contract...IS it only with a new line or contract to get the free phone?
I've contacted AT&T about this. You MUST get a new line OR upgrade an existing line that is eligible for upgrade. Since I want to give the free phone to my dad, they did say 2 things that kept my interest though:
they can be flexible on 'eligibility'
I can transfer the phone to my dad's account, as long as he's eligible and an existing AT&T subscriber
One other thing - gotta do it within the 30 day grace period.
How much each store follows these rules, of course, would depend on the store
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I am just guessing that you cant get another one for free if you purchased it off contract...IS it only with a new line or contract to get the free phone?
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Correct. Two-year contract and data plan are required on both lines. AT&T makes minimum $600 ($15 data + $10 add a line = $25/mo minimum) over two year period off you per phone. That's how they can afford to give you one for free.
I'm planning to upgrade my phone n get me a Focus, since it's BOGO deal right now. I'm wondering if this plan will work or not. Currently Im in a family plan and my dad is able to upgrade his phone too and planing to give the 2nd phone to him. however, since he's a tech noob im going to go head take the phone, but cancel his data plan so he can use his old phone. Then just sell the 2nd phone. do you think AT&T will allow me to do this, since my dad would not use the Focus.
My sister had done this before, she got an iPhone n hate it. So she use her old phone, canceled the data plan and sell her iphone on eBay.
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confirmed by an att rep.... if youre within the 30 day period and are eligible or you add a line, they will restock your phone and resell it to you and you get the new one... just a restock fee, but well worth the free phone.... did mine this eve, took 10 min to get it done... good deal on a solid set of phones...
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I didn't even have to go through that much hassle. I told them I'd bought the first one in the last 30 days and they gave me a second one for free. They did charge an $18 upgrade fee on the line I upgraded but they didn't make me go through any "resell" or "restock" ordeal. They just put in a promo code for it and gave it to me.
Amazon is selling the phones for $.01 with a 2 yr plan.
For 2 qualified plans, that's a whopping $.02. Just a tad better than AT&T's BOGO deal.
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Amazon is selling the phones for $.01 with a 2 yr plan.
For 2 qualified plans, that's a whopping $.02. Just a tad better than AT&T's BOGO deal.
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Take a look at the fine print for things like the early termination fee. Don't fool yourself into thinking that Amazon is only making $.01 on the phone.
yep not only do you get dinged with an early termination fee from ATT but one from Amazon as well... I think Amazon's is bigger then ATT's actually. Not to mention I believe you only get that on new lines.... not ones you are adding onto an existing family plan. I could be wrong here.