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8525 @ Cingular Stores $99 I bought 2 today

I just wanted to give everyone a heads up. I currently have a TyTN that I bought about 6 months ago, I finally convinced my wife that she should get a new phone today. We went to the local Cingular Corporate Store and what do we see...8525's on sale for $99.99 with a new 2 year contract. We picked one up for her and I picked one up for myself as a back up phone. You have to sign-up for the PDA Unlimited plan to recieve the mail-in rebate for $50. I opted to not get that plan becuase it's a rip-off, so we paid $150 plus tax for each phone.
I thought that I might spread the word. Maybe you care maybe you don't...just trying to give a little back.
One person at the store said that the special offer ends Monday 4/30/07 and one other person said that it ended on 5/2/07. So if this interests you, you might want to call your local corporate store.
Marc

hmm i guess this is a local deal? I believe in Dallas, TX its still $399.99 with 2 yr contract and minus a $100 rebate for data plan totaling to $299.99 but I do agree thats a rip off for the data plan

What are the details on this special? I can't find it less that $360. Was it a refurb?

yeah i got mine for 200 plus a 50 dollar mail in rebate

hmm I am going to check tomorrow just for kicks. I got the 8525 less than 2 weeks ago. Do Cingular offer price matches? If not, I'll just do a return/exchange

umpire7777777 said:
What are the details on this special? I can't find it less that $360. Was it a refurb?
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The 2 that I got were brand spankin new. If it helps they were purchased in Tustin, CA.

I called Cingular and game them your 92780 zip code. Price was still >$300.
Was this at a Cingular Store (I thought this was what you meant)? Did it involve rebates? Best price I've seen is $199 after rebates @ Wirefly (but I won't buy from them or anyone using them again).
I'd buy one today if I could get the deal you got!
Which store did you buy it from in CA, I'll call them directly!

umpire7777777 said:
I called Cingular and game them your 92780 zip code. Price was still >$300.
Was this at a Cingular Store (I thought this was what you meant)? Did it involve rebates? Best price I've seen is $199 after rebates @ Wirefly (but I won't buy from them or anyone using them again).
I'd buy one today if I could get the deal you got!
Which store did you buy it from in CA, I'll call them directly!
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Check your PM...

Could you post that info for the rest of us, also?
Thanks

Yeah. How much is the plan and what does it cover?

Yes plz, more details

mviana said:
...You have to sign-up for the PDA Unlimited plan...I opted to not get that plan becuase it's a rip-off...
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Why do you think the PDA Unlimited plan is a rip off?
I have the PDA Connect (Shown as: "PDACNCTUNTLADD" on my bill) for $39.99 minus company sponsorship discount.
Is there a better unlimited data plan?
Thanks.

Got mine for $99 (after $50 rebate). It used a $100 rebate for the California market, but since it was a corporate store, they matched the final price here.
Love these forums, saved me >$250 on this puppy!
Today was the last day.
If you want to make a mad dash, call you local store and see if they will match the current promotion in California.

umpire7777777 said:
Got mine for $99 (after $50 rebate). It used a $100 rebate for the California market, but since it was a corporate store, they matched the final price here.
Love these forums, saved me >$250 on this puppy!
Today was the last day.
If you want to make a mad dash, call you local store and see if they will match the current promotion in California.
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Glad it worked out for you...

mattbratt said:
Why do you think the PDA Unlimited plan is a rip off?
I have the PDA Connect (Shown as: "PDACNCTUNTLADD" on my bill) for $39.99 minus company sponsorship discount.
Is there a better unlimited data plan?
Thanks.
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Because most pay 19.99 for the Media Max and get unlimited internet... you just need to tell them you have a non-pda phone...

I tried calling the stores AND the price is 150 -50 for PDA, BUT you have to upgrade in the store. They wont do any over the phone orders. And cingular.com will not honor the price.
FINALLY I was able to get one of the store in the LA area to upgrade me over the phone and ship it to me... but it is not 150... Actually it is 196.49 out the door with taxes (they have to charge tax on the original price or some BS like that). Still a deal.
SO ANYONE IN THE LA AREA JUMP AT THIS DEAL.....
Ron

It would be proper to mention all the details about the deal... They are NOT 99 dollars.
It's 149.99 if you pick up a 2 year contract (or have an upgrade available on the account)
Tax is 46 dollars and is based on the 399 price tag, not the 99.99 tag
And until now, I thought the rebate was for everyone, but apparently it's only 50 off if you get that unlimited data plan.
The phones are 196.xx out the door each NOT 99!!!

Braymond141 said:
It would be proper to mention all the details about the deal... They are NOT 99 dollars.
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True, I found this discrepancy out for myself, BUT I still gladly paid the $196, BECAUSE it is a stellar deal.
Ron

Wait I'm confused, was this just one Coporate Store? Are you sure it's over? I'm in the L.A. area, where should I go to see if I can still get this deal?
THanks for the help

yeah no kidding. I was gonna buy a TYTN for $600 until I saw this.

Got my Aria...

So I finally went to AT&T today to pick up my Aria. Went smoothly until I mentioned that it wasn't very clear that a mail in rebate is required to get the $130 price. Because of this, the rep gave me $100 in free accessories as well as the mail in rebate. But wait, there's more! On the receipt the phone appeared as $116.58 instead of $229. So when I send in the rebate, the phone will have cost me about $17 with $100 worth of accessories for free.
Needless to say, I am happy.
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craig.cabrey said:
So I finally went to AT&T today to pick up my Aria. Went smoothly until I mentioned that it wasn't very clear that a mail in rebate is required to get the $130 price. Because of this, the rep gave me $100 in free accessories as well as the mail in rebate. But wait, there's more! On the receipt the phone appeared as $116.58 instead of $229. So when I send in the rebate, the phone will have cost me about $17 with $100 worth of accessories for free.
Needless to say, I am happy.
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I was happy buying the phone at 130, i can only imagine how your feeling lmao

I just ordered this phone for free with a 2 year upgrade from Amazon. I am so excited for it to arrive. I wish I would of ordered it a couple days ago so I would get it now.

Similar thing happened to me when I bought mine a few weeks ago. Rang up as $129 in store so it ended up being $29 after rebate.

gtg465x said:
Similar thing happened to me when I bought mine a few weeks ago. Rang up as $129 in store so it ended up being $29 after rebate.
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What store did you get yours from?
Is the mail in rebate a AT&T Promotion Card or a check?

Thundervore said:
What store did you get yours from?
Is the mail in rebate a AT&T Promotion Card or a check?
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I'll be a debit card... Mastercard or Visa, not sure. You can use it anywhere. Although honestly I'm surprised they haven't switched to basically forcing you into using it only for AT&T products.

[Q] What price did you pay and/or best price available!?

When i got the G2 last month with a partial upgrade i had to pay $350, then found out costco had them for 99$ and that people were calling 611 and making tmobile price match that and getting theirs for around $150 in the end...
I ended up returning the HTC G2 after finding out i had paid almost 3 times too much.
I just ended up calling 611 for my Mytouch HD upgrade and she marked my account at $260 for an upgrade.
Is that worth it? is costco selling it for less again? I want to snag this phone up today so ill wait a few hours and read any posts i may get.
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EDIT: After a huge debate with a customer service rep, i was able to get the phone for $149.99 + TAX, but it was harder then pulling teeth!!!!

I got mine for $150 and adde the $20 data plan. I also signed a two year contract. No upgrade fee and free shipping.

I got the family more plus plan so I wanted to put down $300 for the phone. At the end I paid $347 with 2 silicon case (20% off the cases if I got 2. So I bought one for my cousin.) and change, but I have about $182 and change left to pay.
myTouch4G (Glacier)

Hubby called retention and got it for $149.99 (matching wirefly's price) and free shipping. With the EIP, paid $30 up front, and 3x $40 for the next three months bill. This is the upgrade price (+ 2 more years of contract) which I don't mind since we like T-mo and we're on a grandfathered plan.
Should be here on Wednesday.

I got mine at Costco. $200 - $50 MIR = $149.

i got mine from tmo for 99 then a 2nd one for 149 .... which i havent opened if anyone interested lol

Got mine for 150 on a new contract... - my 30% discount (radioshack) and - the 45$ I got from tmo in commission for selling the contract... breaks down to 75+sales tax
Then in 3 months the contract gets shredded when I convert it to dealer line
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Free! I work there!
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how did you get both phones so cheap???? Would you mind sharing?

Me? Employee discount... I work at radioshack... plus I make commission off phone sales so I got paid to buy a phone
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Through Wirefly and BOA
Ordered a new accnt from Wirefly for 79.99... But i did it through Bank of America's add it up program (You need a BOA checking accnt or credit card) so I will get 50$ credited back into my BOA accnt in a month's time... Net = 29.99$

Just ordered 2 at Amazon. $79 !!!!

succorso said:
Just ordered 2 at Amazon. $79 !!!!
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Link?!?!?!

Bought it outright for $500.

just so you guys know wirefly is OUT OF STOCK on the black mt4g... i was gonna order a black one from there on sunday i called they told me it was in stock and would ship monday, now today my order says awaiting stock... they said they have no idea when itll be in but would give me free overnight shipping (after i said "so do you instruct your reps to lie or was that just his idea to make the sale")... i said whats that help if it doesn't ship for a month lol

Foo_Blyat said:
Link?!?!?!
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http://wireless.amazon.com/T-Mobile-myTouch-Android-Phone-Black/dp/B00466HPZM/ref=sh_br_ph_3

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http://wireless.amazon.com/T-Mobile-myTouch-Android-Phone-Black/dp/B00466HPZM/ref=sh_br_ph_3
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thank you! im calling 611 back and going to ask for the 149.99$ price match.

$99 on an upgrade

nofearslamdunk said:
Ordered a new accnt from Wirefly for 79.99... But i did it through Bank of America's add it up program (You need a BOA checking accnt or credit card) so I will get 50$ credited back into my BOA accnt in a month's time... Net = 29.99$
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I showed this to my tmobile store and they wanted my activations so they sold it to my for 79.99 and gave me a $50 T-Mobile rebate, so I never had to use my BoA card and I walked out of the store with 2 MT4G's. My gf wanted the purple one (I got the black) so I made them take the class 4 sd cards out of another black one and replace the purple's class 2.
Yes you read that right. Black ones get class 4 sandisk sd cards and the purple ones all had class 2 samsung sd cards. Not sure about the other colors.

Got mine for $149.99 thru retentions
But I wish I would have been one of the lucky to get it for $99 lol but $50 isn't something for me to get up in arms about because either way I got a deal I believe.

Amazon Wireless has the epic for $100

I've been keeping an eye on amazon wireless's $150 epic expecting to go up in price any day....well it went down to $100 when I check last night! So I ordered it...hooray. I signed up for as a new customer so not sure if it will be the same price for an upgrade. Hopefully that will help some of you out.
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wish
wish i woulda waited another week >.<

madgadjt said:
wish i woulda waited another week >.<
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Don't sweat it. It's been this price for weeks now. Problem is, it's ONLY for new contracts (no upgrades) and the $99 is only for single plans. Family plan new contract price is $149, and upgrades are still unavailable through Amazon - apparently they are working on it.

Walmart.com has it for 199 with and you get a $100 wm gift card in 4-6 week's only thing is its back ordered and they don't tell you..So i'm waiting for mine right now. I did get it for 169 w/ the gc because of a sale last week. Too good to pass up. Ordered 3 LG optimus's for the family so I'm getting $400 in gift cards but because my epic is back ordered the whole thing is on hold

LucJoe said:
Don't sweat it. It's been this price for weeks now. Problem is, it's ONLY for new contracts (no upgrades) and the $99 is only for single plans. Family plan new contract price is $149, and upgrades are still unavailable through Amazon - apparently they are working on it.
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Just added it, popped up $99 for a family plan also.

SilverJester said:
I've been keeping an eye on amazon wireless's $150 epic expecting to go up in price any day....well it went down to $100 when I check last night! So I ordered it...hooray. I signed up for as a new customer so not sure if it will be the same price for an upgrade. Hopefully that will help some of you out.
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I wonder how is it treating you? Because i just put my order in as a new customer Hooray.

Best buy sucks

Just received a email preorder delayed its gonna shipped in 30 days,call customer support and lady told me its gonna be available MAY 15,sprint gold

Yeah same message for a VZW model. Going to try and cancel
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I just picked up my AT&T G5 this afternoon, only issue I had was them not having the free promo items in stock. "Extra battery, cradle, cable" Mine is arriving in store Thursday the 7th; I did receive my free $100 gift card though. Not an unpleasant experience surprisingly.

Picked up my Titan Sprint G5 from Best Buy this morning, the cradle kit originally back ordered has shipped today.

Verizon model titan color picked up from best buy today as well. None of the promo cradle kits were shipped to them. Apparently it's going to be shipped to my house on the 4th-5th.

Same as few above, Vz Titan, picked up no issues. Promo cradle/battery and USB Micro/C converter shipping next week.

maybe its because you ordered that it arrived to you directly and they are waiting for the "preorder" bonus, maybe try changing the order to pick up at store. i too got my g5 today for att and the bonus didnt arrived yet but they will call me when it arrives i also aplied to the lg page bonus so that i could have 2 spare batteries.

husyk said:
Picked up my Titan Sprint G5 from Best Buy this morning, the cradle kit originally back ordered has shipped today.
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which is the LG Item Code for the Cradle ?

I preordered my G5 in store at best buy and the cradle/batt didn't show up, their system wasn't even loaded for it other than it being an online item or something. They basically had to special order it in for me , then the manager had to override it to get it to me for free. Either way, no big deal, I can manage until next week without my Free extras. I'd imagine I'll only need the secondary batt on rare occasions.

they delayed mine so i went into the store and they said they had 3 on the shelf. Im like why did my instore pickup get delayed then. Oh well canceled preorder and reordered. Special ordered accessory bundle and off i went.

I didn't get a notice but I went to the store on Apr 1 and they had my phone, but no accessory bundle. I bet that's wht they're all delayed. I was able to pick mine up anyway and had the accessory bundle set up to ship to my house when available.

i went into a best buy on sat and they had 1 g5. not one person knew anything about the phone. all the staff kept saying how ugly and stupid the phone was and only bashed it. Funny they had nothing but bad things to say and not a single person had even used the phone... I have been doing much research and the intranet has much of the same. Nothing but negativity or pre-release reviews that don't give this phone any justice.
apparently no one ordered the bundle, so mine is coming in the mail as well...

wolfgart said:
which is the LG Item Code for the Cradle ?
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LG - G5 3-Piece Accessory Bundle - Multi
Model: LG G5 ACCY Bundle
SKU: 5067600
Expected Delivery April 5, 2016

Can anyone confirm a $100 BB gift card when buying for Sprint? I'll be getting the Sprint one on installment plans and have seen conflicting info on whether the $100 gift card works for Sprint.

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Can anyone confirm a $100 BB gift card when buying for Sprint? I'll be getting the Sprint one on installment plans and have seen conflicting info on whether the $100 gift card works for Sprint.
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I don't see Best Buy gift card as an option:
-$100 payment with 2 year contract.
-$24/month installment payment assuming good credit.

rafal2006 said:
Just received a email preorder delayed its gonna shipped in 30 days,call customer support and lady told me its gonna be available MAY 15,sprint gold
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Received the phone today and i cant activated some crap about meid not in the system i have to take it to technicians in the store

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=273927
Knew best buy pre order sucked long time ago. Sprint is getting worse and radio shack going out of business.... At the mercy of big company asses
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i think the $100 gift card is for at&t- the phone is $199 and you get a $100 gift card in the mail in a few weeks. Sprint phone is $99 at the register so no gift card.

I have at&t and purchased from best buy , it's a $100 best buy gift card that I got right away. Still havent found anything useful to buy as of yet from there.

husyk said:
I don't see Best Buy gift card as an option:
-$100 payment with 2 year contract.
-$24/month installment payment assuming good credit.
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It's here. I showed this to the rep and he agreed Sprint also receives $100 gift card. I was unable to upgrade for unrelated reasons, however, so I can't confirm that he would have eventually actually given me the gift card. But he was convinced.
However, I'm doing the $150 *cash* bonus on trading in old smartphone via Sprint directly instead. For some reason they're also taking off $15/month for switching to the installments, so once I trade in the old phone it'll be like they paid me $44 over the next two years to have upgraded.