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"The $10"

Ok so almost everybody has the new phone by now, the extra 10 dollars for the "4G" are real or not?

umm yes... and for me it has nothing to do with 4G... it has everything to do with UNLIMITED internet...

The radioshack guy told me that the $10 is gonna apply to all the lines. Sounds fishy but I didn't argue back. I've heard of the $10 added to line with the evo but why to all the lines? One of my lines isn't even a smartphone.
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they can't charge you $10 on a line that isn't an Evo. He must be mistaken.

uhmmm, there has to be a workaround for this man!

Yeah the $10 is for all evo phones and sprints explanation was that the evo is an internet enriched device and will result in additional internet use, thus the charge.

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lol, r u for real, come on man if you have nothing good to say then don't say anything. Payaso!

I don't get it with the $10 complaint. You are still $30 cheaper than most. Deal with it. There is no way around it. Don't look for it. Unless you can make your phone report back to sprint that's its a cheap flip phone then no dice.

mrmomoman said:
I don't get it with the $10 complaint. You are still $30 cheaper than most. Deal with it. There is no way around it. Don't look for it. Unless you can make your phone report back to sprint that's its a cheap flip phone then no dice.
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Is not a complain, is just a simple question, and YES, there's a workaround if you go to the Sprint Store to buy yours, they can give you and extra monthly discount of up to $20 on top of your employee discount if you have one.
One more time: I'M NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PHONE OR THE PLAN, i was asking a simple question here.

mikevillarroel said:
Is not a complain, is just a simple question, and YES, there's a workaround if you go to the Sprint Store to buy yours, they can give you and extra monthly discount of up to $20 on top of your employee discount if you have one.
One more time: I'M NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PHONE OR THE PLAN, i was asking a simple question here.
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are you sure about that? i'm trying to get family plan 4 lines and with discount (23%) it comes to $150, so you're saying they'll low it to $130 if i buy from Sprint store?

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are you sure about that? i'm trying to get family plan 4 lines and with discount (23%) it comes to $150, so you're saying they'll low it to $130 if i buy from Sprint store?
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I know they can do it, but you have to ask nicely lol, i'm not saying they WILL do it, every customer is diferent, but i know that they can do whatever they want with your account, last year i had data unlimited for about 4 month in one of my 3 lines until i derided to upgrade plans.

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I had no idea that stating the obvious was flaming. Noted.
Edit: And the $20 discount is gone, that was a retention offer, and the RET1024 is gone as well. Sprint is not allowing a discount specifically for the Premium Data service. If you ask for it in conjunction with the PD, you will not get it.

cwbeasley said:
I had no idea that stating the obvious was flaming. Noted.
Edit: And the $20 discount is gone, that was a retention offer, and the RET1024 is gone as well. Sprint is not allowing a discount specifically for the Premium Data service. If you ask for it in conjunction with the PD, you will not get it.
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It is flaming simply because the OP was just asking a question and you lashed out at him...

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It is flaming simply because the OP was just asking a question and you lashed out at him...
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I'm gonna guess that I was the only person who read that thread. It wasn't even directed at the OP. It was directed at the person who responded to the OP. All in all, flaming is flaming, I get it. I took this week off work so I wouldn't have to put up with all the "gimmie" customers, and it just bothers me when people give out incorrect information and we have to clean it up. If that's a flame, then so be it.

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I'm gonna guess that I was the only person who read that thread. It wasn't even directed at the OP. It was directed at the person who responded to the OP. All in all, flaming is flaming, I get it. I took this week off work so I wouldn't have to put up with all the "gimmie" customers, and it just bothers me when people give out incorrect information and we have to clean it up. If that's a flame, then so be it.
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Well, if you feel that the information being given out is incorrect, a simple "That is not true. In reality, things are "x", "y", or "z"." This works much better, conveys the same message, and saves you from being rude to the person you are talking to (which in turn saves you from breaking Rule 2 of this site).
I don't mean to be harsh on you and I understand your position. But if you feel that something is incorrect, let's just say that being courteous goes a long way.

I on a everything family data plan and they didn't even mention anything about the extra 10 dallors.

I created a website dedicated to seeking out one question from Sprint, "Can you explain the fee?"
Check out their answers to my question @ explainthefee.com
You'll be surprised..

cwbeasley said:
I'm gonna guess that I was the only person who read that thread. It wasn't even directed at the OP. It was directed at the person who responded to the OP. All in all, flaming is flaming, I get it. I took this week off work so I wouldn't have to put up with all the "gimmie" customers, and it just bothers me when people give out incorrect information and we have to clean it up. If that's a flame, then so be it.
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And i'm gonna guess that i'm the only "gimmie" customer that will root the phone and try to avoid the $29.99/month or so for mobile hotspot just because it would be nice. And regarding the "incorrect information" please i know by fact, than the 95% of the people working in phone sales don't know anything about the product they are selling, they just try to sell base in a meeting (training) received. I guess you are in the other 5%, congratulations then.
Las time i went to a sprint store was because i want to change my number, so i did it but the could not reprogram the phone because "the phone had a custom software on it ( the dialer) " they toke it to the technicians and nothing, so i went home and did it by my self. By the way, it was not a 3rd party dialer, i just went to the registry and activate the dialer skin WINMO has. but once again, thank God you are in the other 5%.

Explainthefee said:
I created a website dedicated to seeking out one question from Sprint, "Can you explain the fee?"
Check out their answers to my question @ explainthefee.com
You'll be surprised..
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100 % with you, I just add you web link to my signature, i'm not the only gimmie customer yeih!!!

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I have a Business account with sprint that has 10 lines of service and a data card ready for renewal. Does anyone work for sprint in here looking for some commission???? But I am looking for 10 free EVOs and a 4g overdrive in the Process. Verizon has already offered me free Droid x or Incredibles for switching to them. Anyone up for this?????
Please delete...Done deal.....Thanks you.

skantman69 said:
I have a Business account with sprint that has 10 lines of service and a data card ready for renewal. Does anyone work for sprint in here looking for some commission???? But I am looking for 10 free EVOs and a 4g overdrive in the Process. Verizon has already offered me free Droid x or Incredibles for switching to them. Anyone up for this?????
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10 free EVO's and an OD huh?
I didn't realize you had such a good sense of humor...

dont ask for much do you? With verizon comes the cellphone gestapo with charges for every service imaginable. and IMO ive had MUCH better signal with my sprint than my verizon phone.... BUT if you get 10 free EVOs then your the man! Goodluck.

good luck dude...
I'm doubting you'll get 10 free Evo's, so you'll probably go to Verizon and lose your 4G...

Good luck on Verizon.....

Sprint's first offer was free Samsung Moments or Heros. I told them that wasnt apples to apples so I figured i would through it out here... My bill is 1100 dollars a month so the way I figure asking for free EVOs is not out of the question when i am signing a guaranteed 2 year contract that is worth 26,400 dollars over the life of that 2 years.

OP is obviously a comedian.

skantman69 said:
... so I figured i would through it out here...
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through or throw; just asking
skantman69 said:
signing a guaranteed 2 year contract that is worth 26,400 dollars over the life of that 2 years.
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26,400 less ~$2700 (retail)
btw I doubt this will go thru, so good luck with Verizon. Doesn't sound like you really wanna go over to them or you would have already done it and wouldn't be trying to play Sprint into your hands with this thread.

I think that's reasonable as long as you've been with them for a significant amount of times. They throw a lot of free stuff out like that for loyal customers.

skantman69 said:
Sprint's first offer was free Samsung Moments or Heros. I told them that wasnt apples to apples so I figured i would through it out here... My bill is 1100 dollars a month so the way I figure asking for free EVOs is not out of the question when i am signing a guaranteed 2 year contract that is worth 26,400 dollars over the life of that 2 years.
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In our logic that might seem reasonable but from a company stand point taking a hit upfront like that isn't something they tend to lean towards. Maybe buy 5 get 5 would be something to shoot for? Not to mention where are these Evo's coming from? It's hard enough to find one or two....
lol Either way, Good luck

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OP is obviously a comedian.
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Not at all... I feel this is a Very Valid request that Sprint should Honor, If I was renewing one phone on a cheap shared plan Maybe I understand if they dont want to wheel and deal... When Ive got 10 lines to renew 9 of those on everything plans and an unlimited data card, they would be foolish not to make this deal....
If there is a retentions Rep. out there looking to score a few points PM me, I know the coding to make this work in your system.
Edit: BTW this is an original Nextel account that is well over 12 years old.... I go through this every 2 years so I know they will give in, Just takes the right person behind the computer......

skantman69 said:
Edit: BTW this is an original Nextel account that is well over 12 years old.... I go through this every 2 years so I know they will give in, Just takes the right person behind the computer......
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Obviously there is more to this story if you're saying that you even [just so happen to] know Sprints system and their key codes for discounts. With all of your inside knowledge, maybe I should message you about some codes to get my bill lower
EDIT: I am all for getting the best deal and I hope this works out for you. It just seems that you're playing a game of smoke and mirrors by (a) posting on a public forum for business needs and (b) noting that you know the codes to make it all work in the Sprint system. It almost seems like you're looking for a gullible employee to get it into the system for you meaning that Sprint will have to honor it for you at the possible cost of some form of discipline to the employee that puts it in.

spiicytuna said:
Obviously there is more to this story if you're saying you even know Sprints system and their key codes for discounts. With all of your inside knowledge, maybe I should message you about some codes to get my bill lower
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Just spend a lot of time on these forums and know a few people in management at the local level in sprint. only retentions can do what i need done, or a dealer if they are hungry enough.

skantman69 said:
Sprint's first offer was free Samsung Moments or Heros. I told them that wasnt apples to apples so I figured i would through it out here... My bill is 1100 dollars a month so the way I figure asking for free EVOs is not out of the question when i am signing a guaranteed 2 year contract that is worth 26,400 dollars over the life of that 2 years.
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Do you have 4G in your area? You might want to wait till later this year when VZ rolls out LTE, if they do in your area anyway. I don't think they will have LTE compatible phones anytime soon however, but since you want an overdrive you should take it into consideration. You could also wait for the Epic4g, and get a mix of evos and epics in case any of your employees like keyboards. They both have FFC so you can easily do video chats. By that time the evos will be older and they might be more willing to give you free ones, especially if they actually have them in stock, lol. Its hard to find one of them, let alone 10.

jonhern said:
Do you have 4G in your area? You might want to wait till later this year when VZ rolls out LTE, if they do in your area anyway. I don't think they will have LTE compatible phones anytime soon however, but since you want an overdrive you should take it into consideration. You could also wait for the Epic4g, and get a mix of evos and epics in case any of your employees like keyboards. They both have FFC so you can easily do video chats. By that time the evos will be older and they might be more willing to give you free ones, especially if they actually have them in stock, lol. Its hard to find one of them, let alone 10.
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We are based right outside Tampa so no 4G here yet... we travel a lot in our business so I use it on my travels.
I will accept a mix of EVOs and Epics

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I will accept a mix of EVOs and Epics
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We'll (XDA Forums) will get right on that. Please PM me your shipping address

Damn that didn't take long.... I knew there was someone trolling around that knows the deal... Please close Thread....
15 Minutes....LOL

so all your employees get EVO's.. can I come work for you?

nebenezer said:
so all your employees get EVO's.. can I come work for you?
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haha ya I know....

Cell companies bend over backwards for company accounts. You may not get them for free but you may get deep discounts. Let them know you are considering other companies and what they have to offer.
Considering how much they'd make in the 2 years plus those $10 evo charges I think they can work with you.
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Okay... get rid of that extra $10 easily.

So before this even spirals out of control I want to make something very clear:
Sprints extra $10 is complete BULL****. There is no logical sense in it whatsoever. To all who disagree: gtfo my thread.
Before we begin this might test the boundaries of your ethics a little bit but that is something you will have to deal with yourself.
Call Sprint customer support and tell them you want to apply an employee discount. Tell them you work for UPS and you overheard some co-workers saying that they get 25% off their monthly plan and that you were very interested. If they ask for an email which is almost certainly guaranteed that they will tell them that you are a part time employee and that they do not give part time employers email addresses. They will make up some bull**** blah blah but tell them that your co workers all are part time and that they have the discount etc. Don't let them win. The rep I spoke with eventually just put in my sprint PCS email and a few days later I got a confirmation saying that my discount went through.
Best of luck. The extra $10 is absolute garbage IMO and all should be done to prevent these plans from turning into ATT/Verizon exploitations - which btw is slowly happening to Sprint as well. Do NOT trust these cell phone companies because one is cheaper than the other etc. Sprint can easily turn into an ATT if they decide to. They offer the cheapest plans right now out of NECESSITY to the company not out of good will.

Are people really STILL *****ing about that $10?

Yes. Now gtfo my thread you nub. $25% discount is nothing to be frowned at and is well worth it considering Sprint still makes a profit.

if you dont like paying that 10 dollars, get another ****ing phone you ****ing troll.
How the **** do you pay your bill every month? Obviously you are a broke ass trailer trash, do you even own an evo or you just came in here to *****?
now you GTFO outta my ****ing forums

OK so I'm the nub? Not the guy who joined in July doesn't even have enough posts to post links and is telling everyone to commit fraud?

So wait wait wait. You bought and signed the contract willingly knowing that you are going to pay the 10$ extra and yet you are upset by it?
You, sir, are an idiot.

We've been through this before, and these threads are always deleted. Morality aside, these scam threads don't belong on xda.
Sent from my blah blah blah blah.

It's for 4G or to support Sprint's 4G network and the massive amount of data being used. If you don't like it, go ***** somewhere else. You're never going to get rid of it, and Sprint is still the cheapest even with it. Be thankful we're not being limited on our data like AT&T and grow the hell up.

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So wait wait wait. You bought and signed the contract willingly knowing that you are going to pay the 10$ extra and yet you are upset by it?
You, sir, are an idiot.
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I second that.
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Let's put it this way. It's $10 extra for a network with uncapped bandwidth. I say worth it.

hydralisk said:
Let's put it this way. It's $10 extra for a network with uncapped bandwidth. I say worth it.
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Agreed.
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As an fyi, if you are a member of Navy Federal Credit Union, you get a 23% discount. I just happened to pay with my card at the store and they told me about it.

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EPIC 4G $200 dollars

EPIC 4g is up for preorder at amazon finally, $200 with new contract!!! thats the cheapest yet!!!

ePIC4G said:
EPIC 4g is up for preorder at amazon finally, $200 with new contract!!! thats the cheapest yet!!!
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NEW contract, being the key phrase. Before anyone asks, no they do not do upgrades for Sprint. Amazon has some deal with Sprint where they cannot handle upgrades at this time. At least this is what I have read numerous times.
They still charge the $36 activation fee.

Soo... Do you think "New" contract include converting a single line to a family line and adding Epic's as the add-a-lines?
I don't see how to contact Amazon wireless for doing these kind of family plan changes with adding lines.

Yeah man but if your at the end of your service contract it works to, also alot of us that are getting the epic 4g are switching from carriers like verizon for it, anyway the cheapest it's been is $250 so atleast credit it me with the find man don't knock it, this is useful to some people,

jspielberg said:
Soo... Do you think "New" contract include converting a single line to a family line and adding Epic's as the add-a-lines?
I don't see how to contact Amazon wireless for doing these kind of family plan changes with adding lines.
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I have also read they do not handle family plans. Strictly new personal accounts. Perhaps someone else has first hand knowledge.
Again, I read they are only like this with Sprint accounts.

ePIC4G said:
Yeah man but if your at the end of your service contract it works to, also alot of us that are getting the epic 4g are switching from carriers like verizon for it, anyway the cheapest it's been is $250 so atleast credit it me with the find man don't knock it, this is useful to some people,
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Yeah mean this was totally your find. Oh wait.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=763316
lern2search

I just went there to confirm.
1) New Customers: Both Individual and Family plans available.
2) Existing Customers: Only option $499, no contract.

lol he beat me by a day, i really don't care if i found it i ment give props for attempting to be useful

ePIC4G said:
lol he beat me by a day, i really don't care if i found it i ment give props for attempting to be useful
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ROFL
That article was posted on the 23rd. Today is... the 26th. 26 - 23 = 3 days.
lern2math

ePIC4G said:
lol he beat me by a day, i really don't care if i found it i ment give props for attempting to be useful
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Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

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That article was posted on the 23rd. Today is... the 26th. 26 - 23 = 3 days.
lern2math
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yeah man i noticed what date it was posted, but it was updated with the information regarding availability only yesterday. Read the bottom of his post box.

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Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
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laugh out Loud Kind Sir, The update to said gentlema's post regarding the availability of The Epic 4G through amazon.com transcended naught but an evening before my original post. I Have no petty concerns for being the first at anything with regards to the internet; I only aspired to save coin from my fellow man's purse.
plus one collegiate points for the attempted correction please, minus the 5 i have to award to you for quoting an Epic movie leaves me at negative four =( yes the pun was slightly intended when i said Epic but only to the extent that would allow me to say no pun intended. good day Sir!

Just so everyone knows, right now amazon.com is showing as "Usually ships within 2 - 3 weeks." for me. Not sure why it suddenly jumped such a huge amount, it might be some amazon.com safe estimate thing, but it definitely has me worried that this phone will sell out. However they are offering it for a killer price.

it now says ships in 2-3 weeks!!!!!
im sorry, id much rather get it on launch from sprint for 350, and then get my $100 back 4 weeks later when you are just unboxing your phone

hmm should I go this route? no taxes ( about a $60 dollar savings here in Los Angeles ) plus I get $40 cash back if I use my amazon card. so thats a $150 savings..aside the instant rebate.
edit: its a no brainer. I just placed the order Im saving a good amount for the wait. est ship is September 14, 2010 - September 21, 2010.

So I guess the dates aren't arbitrary or random. Great to know that it's first come, first serve. I ordered mines yesterday morning and ship dates show sept 8-9.
Come the 31-1st if it doesn't ship and if I can happen to get one else where, I'll probably cancel. But deal was too good to pass up, so I had to get my place in line. I too hope it doesn't sell out, but as long as I can cancel before it actually ships, no biggie.
I like to look at it as insurance, if I happen to not be able to get it else where, at the very least I know I got a chance getting it on that date (so I hope).
I had the evo by the way.. returned it, but once it was sold out, it was sold out. So I'm making sure I get my epic before they go as well.

b15love said:
hmm should I go this route? no taxes ( about a $60 dollar savings here in Los Angeles ) plus I get $40 cash back if I use my amazon card. so thats a $150 savings..aside the instant rebate.
edit: its a no brainer. I just placed the order Im saving a good amount for the wait. est ship is September 14, 2010 - September 21, 2010.
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I just did this as a back up as well, but with the cost savings I might just stick with the Amazon order.
Do you know if we have to pay the activation fee when signing up through Amazon?
And if so, are we able to get it waived by using the AAA discount by calling sprint?
Edit: Looks like Amazon does charge the activation fee, bummer. But I have heard of people calling after activation to have work discounts or AAA discounts added and Sprint refunding the activation fee.

Sprint Cancels All Employee Discounts for Additional Lines and Add-Ons

Just when it appeared that Sprint was finally pulling their head out the sand, they finally have good (rather, great!) devices, they are rolling out the fastest network available in many cities, they fumble, pathetically. Kinda like handing it off on the 1 yard line, running back jumps over the pile and ball gets knocked loose, game over, you lose.
Effective now, if you are getting ANY employee discount, they are discontinuing it on every line after the first two:
"Discount Policy Change Notice
Effective 8/27/10, discounts will no longer apply to the monthly recurring charge for Add-a-Phone lines beyond the first two lines on family or share plans."
And if that weren't enough, if you have any add-ons (regardless of if it is first, second, or 5th line) your discount is gone too.
Discount Policy Change Reminder
"As a reminder, effective 8/1/10, employee/member discounts no longer apply to add-on services with a monthly recurring charge of $29.99 or less. Examples include, but are not limited to, Messaging Add-Ons, Data Packs, Data Premier."
Pathetic.
Anyone who wants to tell me "well if you don't like it, you can go somewhere else" save yourself the time, I plan on it.

That's quite the misleading thread title to get us to look at old news.

derrickj said:
Just when it appeared that Sprint was finally pulling their head out the sand, they finally have good (rather, great!) devices, they are rolling out the fastest network available in many cities, they fumble, pathetically. Kinda like handing it off on the 1 yard line, running back jumps over the pile and ball gets knocked loose, game over, you lose.
Effective now, if you are getting ANY employee discount, they are discontinuing it on every line after the first two:
"Discount Policy Change Notice
Effective 8/27/10, discounts will no longer apply to the monthly recurring charge for Add-a-Phone lines beyond the first two lines on family or share plans."
And if that weren't enough, if you have any add-ons (regardless of if it is first, second, or 5th line) your discount is gone too.
Discount Policy Change Reminder
"As a reminder, effective 8/1/10, employee/member discounts no longer apply to add-on services with a monthly recurring charge of $29.99 or less. Examples include, but are not limited to, Messaging Add-Ons, Data Packs, Data Premier."
Pathetic.
Anyone who wants to tell me "well if you don't like it, you can go somewhere else" save yourself the time, I plan on it.
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So what? If not getting discounts that MOST people don't get anyway, is a deal breaker for you ("waaah, I'm no longer in the special club"), then buh-bye.
If it's a matter of not being able to afford the STANDARD rates... then I say, learn how to manage your damn $$.
Such a sense of entitlement in America these days. C'mon people, the biggest hurdle in a lot of people's lives is their own ego.

Good luck finding what Sprint offers for cheaper even without the discount.

Yeah.. old news man
Your thread title suggests they are discontinuing ALL discounts, not just on the added lines. Considering my 27% discount only saves me ~$5 on my $20 added line I'm not sweating it. Not to mention (and I could be mistaken) I believe this applies to FUTURE lines, not current.. My discount is still there for my 3rd line.. guess we'll see when my next bill drops..

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So what? If not getting discounts that MOST people don't get anyway, is a deal breaker for you ("waaah, I'm no longer in the special club"), then buh-bye.
If it's a matter of not being able to afford the STANDARD rates... then I say, learn how to manage your damn $$.
Such a sense of entitlement in America these days. C'mon people, the biggest hurdle in a lot of people's lives is their own ego.
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Couple of tips for you:
1) Read original post, already mentioned I was leaving, has nothing to do with being in a "special club" rather Sprint, not me, Sprint, changed their terms. I made my decision.
2) I would be willing to compare W-2's with you, I can assure you that my money is a) being managed far more effectively than yours and 2) there is more of it to manage.
3) Learn definition of entitlement. Why do you think anyone offers discounts? As an "entitlement"?!!? I think the word you are looking for is "incentive" and I have lost mine with Sprint.

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Yeah.. old news man
Your thread title suggests they are discontinuing ALL discounts, not just on the added lines. Considering my 27% discount only saves me ~$5 on my $20 added line I'm not sweating it. Not to mention (and I could be mistaken) I believe this applies to FUTURE lines, not current.. My discount is still there for my 3rd line.. guess we'll see when my next bill drops..
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I edited the title. This is definitely for existing lines, I already had the discussion. It is also new news to me because I have electronic billing and you have to click a hyperlink to see it. Seriously, you have to click a hyperlink. All the other text is printed and a major change is announced and you have to click a hyperlink, I'm just saying.

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I would edit the title but it won't let me. This is definitely for existing lines, I already had the discussion. It is also new news to me because I have electronic billing and you have to click a hyperlink to see it. Seriously, you have to click a hyperlink. All the other text is printed and a major change is announced and you have to click a hyperlink, I'm just saying.
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Interesting about the link..
And you cant edit the title of the thread? I've never had that problem before..
When you hit edit on the OP the thread title shows as the title of the OP.. cool

derrickj said:
Couple of tips for you:
1) Read original post, already mentioned I was leaving, has nothing to do with being in a "special club" rather Sprint, not me, Sprint, changed their terms. I made my decision.
2) I would be willing to compare W-2's with you, I can assure you that my money is a) being managed far more effectively than yours and 2) there is more of it to manage.
3) Learn definition of entitlement. Why do you think anyone offers discounts? As an "entitlement"?!!? I think the word you are looking for is "incentive" and I have lost mine with Sprint.
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1) I did read, and said, "Buh-bye". So why are you still here?
2) What are you, 5? I manage my money just fine, and something tells me that if you are so up in arms about losing discounts that don't amount to much over the course of a year, then a) your money ISN'T being managed better than mine, not that it matters either way. b) WTF makes you believe you know where my 6 figure annual salary lies?
3) I know the definition of entitlement, and you are displaying a sense of it with your words. Boo-hoo, you don't get a discount anymore, so you're going to stomp away mad like a child and go elsewhere. Discounts aren't incentives, they're perks. The incentive with Sprint is that you still get better rates than any other major carrier, and an awesome phone.
Now shut up and color.

/buh-bye, don't care, hate Sprint more.

there are other .. providers that might be cheaper..
Try metroPCS or similar companies in your area. the only thing is that their service is limited to local area and you pay for roaming.
but for the big 4... it will be hard to get a cheaper plan.
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PS.. that does suck that sprint did that. They should at least grandfather the current users and plans.

Dan330 said:
there are other .. providers that might be cheaper..
Try metroPCS or similar companies in your area. the only thing is that their service is limited to local area and you pay for roaming.
but for the big 4... it will be hard to get a cheaper plan.
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PS.. that does suck that sprint did that. They should at least grandfather the current users and plans.
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I appreciate your civility, obviously some true losers on these forums. My point was not that I want something cheaper, rather that Sprint makes a poor business decision by removing something they offered as an incentive to encourage people to sign up for their service. Would I have signed up with Sprint without the discount? Absolutely not. Not because I can't afford it, (that's just such a lame argument and one that I guess its those who can't think of first) but you look and see what you are getting for you money and you make the decision. I was paying less, I was getting less. Now I might be able to pay marginally less but its not worth it. My post was to inform as I just learned this. Surprised to see so many people so passionate about their cellular provider.
Can't imagine what would happen if I insulted their water company.

derrickj said:
I appreciate your civility, obviously some true losers on these forums. My point was not that I want something cheaper, rather that Sprint makes a poor business decision by removing something they offered as an incentive to encourage people to sign up for their service. Would I have signed up with Sprint without the discount? Absolutely not. Not because I can't afford it, (that's just such a lame argument and one that I guess its those who can't think of first) but you look and see what you are getting for you money and you make the decision. I was paying less, I was getting less. Now I might be able to pay marginally less but its not worth it. My post was to inform as I just learned this. Surprised to see so many people so passionate about their cellular provider.
Can't imagine what would happen if I insulted their water company.
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Really? In what advertisement campaign, might I ask, did you see this as a selling point to the general public?
I don't really care if you don't like Sprint, to each his own. However, you're leaving over a matter of a few dollars a month that was never promised to you to begin with... and it's Sprint's poor business decision?
Take this for example, I spent 14 years in the Air Force, and over that time, many stores and companies offered various levels of military discounts. Many of them stopped for one reason or another, and there were some military members who complained, "Lowe's (or whatever store) doesn't do military discounts anymore, I'm not going there." But most of us knew it was originally something that the chain did to show appreciation, and it simply came to a conclusion as things do, and we would then pay full price for purchases like everyone else.

Jye75 said:
Really? In what advertisement campaign, might I ask, did you see this as a selling point to the general public?
I don't really care if you don't like Sprint, to each his own. However, you're leaving over a matter of a few dollars a month that was never promised to you to begin with... and it's Sprint's poor business decision?
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It was never promised to me? How do you think I got it? Magic? Did I ever say it was offered to the General Public or in advertising campaign? I said it was offered as an incentive to get people who would otherwise not use their service to use their service. Do you think they would offer it if they didn't have to?
Sprint's poor business decision?
If I have to explain that, I will just leave you wondering.

derrickj said:
It was never promised to me? How do you think I got it? Magic? Did I ever say it was offered to the General Public or in advertising campaign? I said it was offered as an incentive to get people who would otherwise not use their service to use their service. Do you think they would offer it if they didn't have to?
Sprint's poor business decision?
If I have to explain that, I will just leave you wondering.
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Obviously, they DON'T have to, which is why they terminated those discounts.
Discounts are the exception, not the standard. It's not a poor business decision to charge people the amount that is stated in the standard rates. If I have to explain THAT to you, then well...
I'm contemplating words that start with the letter "M"... moron.

derrickj said:
I appreciate your civility, obviously some true losers on these forums. My point was not that I want something cheaper, rather that Sprint makes a poor business decision by removing something they offered as an incentive to encourage people to sign up for their service. Would I have signed up with Sprint without the discount? Absolutely not. Not because I can't afford it, (that's just such a lame argument and one that I guess its those who can't think of first) but you look and see what you are getting for you money and you make the decision. I was paying less, I was getting less. Now I might be able to pay marginally less but its not worth it. My post was to inform as I just learned this. Surprised to see so many people so passionate about their cellular provider.
Can't imagine what would happen if I insulted their water company.[/QUOTE
Being new to the board I can honeslty say there are some real ****-heads on here. Then you have the people who may come off in the wrong way. Still take stuff with a gain of salt when in a fourm online.
As for the discount I have not seen or heard of anything about it, not saying I don't care. I truely do. I have worked for Sprint when it was the PCS network. One thing that my manager said that has proven time and time again is that Sprint is the LEADER in the celluar busniess. When they make a move to do something all the other cell phone compaines follow. interesting when sprint announce the Everything Plan I was expecting chaos. I have a 23% discount. My bill is $160 right now. Without it its $190. $30 is the difference with 2 phones. Even with one phone on AT&T or any other network I would not have the same thing. Plan to Plan and Add-ons ..Etc. I would be paying close to the money I pay now.
my opinion - if its 1 user 2 phones. Drop the other phone and pay a cheaper rate. If it's 2 users 2 phones. get that other person to pay there half of the bill. You might already know this, so lets move forward.
As you can see Cell Phones are not Analog anymore!! So chances are as we move forward they are going to require more and more data or coverage.
I feel your pain. We live in the US, so by proxy we are going to get screwed when big corps. like this make these desicions. I hope I wasn't rude or being a douche but stop crying about $30 or less discount or plan changes.
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Also can you provide the hyperlink. I would like to see this.

Wallabe said:
Also can you provide the hyperlink. I would like to see this.
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The hyperlink is on a secured link. I actually have to be logged into my account but here is a screen shot. Seems like there are people who don't know that the "Employee Discount" doesn't mean you are a Sprint employee, just means you have a job, which many are clearly (and understandably) lacking.

Jye75 said:
Obviously, they DON'T have to, which is why they terminated those discounts.
Discounts are the exception, not the standard. It's not a poor business decision to charge people the amount that is stated in the standard rates. If I have to explain THAT to you, then well...
I'm contemplating words that start with the letter "M"... moron.
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If you take a business class someday, perhaps it will be clearer. I have neither the time nor the inclination to shed the light on this for you and I doubt you have the ability to comprehend.

I love these threads. Boo Hoo, they are taking away my discount. I heard that they are creating a new cell phone providor called crymeariver, you might want to check them out.