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Unlimited promotion

I noticed last night while I was paying my bill using 611 that T-Mobile (and I'm assuming that most of you have T-Mobile since this is the G1 thread) is having a promotion for unlimited minutes for $49.99 a month (plus taxes of course) and even better... there was no contract extension! It's also on T-Mobile's website listed as Unlimited Loyalty Plan.
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The rep had to place me on hold for a good 5 minutes to look everything up and he sounded like it was market specific. But it can't hurt to look!
For those that are wondering I live in the San Francisco Bay Area but I am not certain what "Market" that applies to. Could be just the Bay Area... could be all of California... could be the entire west coast. But it can't hurt to look into it. Also there may be other qualifying prerequisites to be eligible. Since this is a "Loyalty" plan I am assuming that you must be a long time customer. As for myself, I have been a customer for 7 years.
I have also dug a little deeper and saw this information about it.
So check it out!

Yep.
If I can recall right, this offer will be nationwide (across the US) March 1st.
It includes 1 line of unlimited minutes ($49.99) and I think 2 lines at $89.99.
Worth a shot if your on a single line. Doesn't make sense otherwise, imo.

akapoor said:
Yep.
If I can recall right, this offer will be nationwide (across the US) March 1st.
It includes 1 line of unlimited minutes ($49.99) and I think 2 lines at $89.99.
Worth a shot if your on a single line. Doesn't make sense otherwise, imo.
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Do you know if this deal will apply to flex-pay customers as well?

@HayWire,
I'm not sure, but I'm leaning to think no.
Again, if I can recall correctly, the plan for unlimited minutes is for those that have a specific amount of minutes each month (eg 1000 mins for 69.99/mo, or 500mins for 59.99/mo)
I'll find out and let you know.

This is only for San Francisco Market now, From what I was told. No contract and depending on popularity it may go nation wide. Oh rep said if you have an account in SF and port in a number from other carrier you get a credit of $135.00 to your account.

T-mobile is making all kinds of changes then cuz my gf just bought that samsung behold & they told her she has the option to pay for it straight up or over the next 4 months. They may not be getting it with the G1 (maybe thats google's fault tho) but they are making some heavy changes with all this. Its all good in my book tho

It's... coming....

http://www.google.com/phone/support
It's now down

hmmmm... interesting. It showed up for me earlier, and now its down.

laztpn0i said:
hmmmm... interesting. It showed up for me earlier, and now its down.
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Yup it was up for like 10 minutes or so and now it's down I still got the Terms of Sale page displayed on my browser tho.
The same one leaked to engadget last week except for the fix of that number typo
"You agree to pay Google an equipment subsidy recovery fee (the "Equipment Recovery Fee") equal to the difference between the full price of the Nexus handheld device without service plan and the price you paid for the Nexus handheld device if you cancel your wireless plan prior to 120 days of continuous wireless service. For example, if the full price of the Nexus handheld device without service plan was $529 USD and the price you paid for the Nexus handheld device was $179 USD with a service plan, the Equipment Recovery Fee you pay will be $350 USD in the event you cancel within the first 120 days of carrier service. The Equipment Recovery Fee is equal to the line item in your confirmation email setting forth the discount on the full priced Nexus handheld device related to your carrier service plan activiation. You authorize Google to charge the Equipment Recovery Fee directly to your credit card, or other payment method used to purchase the Nexus handheld device, upon cancellation of your wireless plan. You will not be charged the Equipment Recovery Fee if you return your Nexus handheld device to Google within the 14 day Return Policy period as set forth below."
The Engadget version had a typo of $429 instead of $529

Screenshot anyone? I missed it!

mattyboy247 said:
Screenshot anyone? I missed it!
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here's screenshot of terms of sale page I still have open
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The terms of service are still up. Looks like they fixed the price anomaly.
http://www.google.com/phone/static/en_US-terms_of_sale.html

No...there is nothing up anymore
Not Found
Error 404
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...Can't wait

This is what I saw
mattyboy247 said:
Screenshot anyone? I missed it!
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This is what I saw when it was up.

Just a little input, it's http://www.google.com/support/phone not http://www.google.com/phone/support
Still down though... couple random symbols and an empty button.

Duplicate post...

Who's covering this event live?
I saw Ars Technica said they'll have a live blog. Anyone else? I need news!!!

bradyonly said:
Just a little input, it's http://www.google.com/support/phone not http://www.google.com/phone/support
Still down though... couple random symbols and an empty button.
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Its now not available. Someone must have just realized it was up.

Liveblogs:
http://live.slashgear.com/
http://live.gizmodo.com/

Danke. Danke.

cant wait... 20 more mins right?

Site is online: http://www.google.com/phone/?locale=en_US&s7e=

illutionz said:
http://www.google.com/phone/support
It's now down
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It's now down... for good

ap3604 said:
It's now down... for good
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You aren't going to keep doing this, are you? Reviving dead threads for practically nothing isn't cool.

Sprint Order Error

So I ordered 2 Evo's for 2 phone lines. We got 2 Evo's in the mail everything is cool.
Can you see whats wrong with this bill?
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Appearently they doubled my order, and just forgot to give me the other half. I called and they said they can NOT cancel it and it has not been shipped. But they need to see if in the next week or two it gets shipped before I can send them back to them and get a credit.
Anyone hear or have this happen to you? Or am I just lucky?

That's one hefty bill..

Woah, that's a lot of evo's! You should make them ship the other two then sell them on ebay for a profit.

mrono said:
Woah, that's a lot of evo's! You should make them ship the other two then sell them on ebay for a profit.
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I was going to if they sent them to me. That was in my original post, but I took it out cause, I dunno why...

You do realize to keep the other two at that price you'd have to activate them and do a 2 year contract. Are they letting you short pay the bill and not pay the portion of the bill that has those 2 extra evos?
Edit: Btw I see one problem with your bill. Where is your insurance? No way I'd get these phones without insurance. They're $450 off of contract.

@Donatom3 Finders keepers! I know that will be mad, but what about me? I have to deal with all of this and pay for it all up front to avoid late charges, and clearly the error is on their side, should I get something for my 2 hours on the phone and $700 loan to them?

Landmine said:
@Donatom3 Finders keepers! I know that will be mad, but what about me? I have to deal with all of this and pay for it all up front to avoid late charges, and clearly the error is on their side, should I get something for my 2 hours on the phone and $700 loan to them?
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Well if it was me, I would have let the phone rep know that I'm paying the bill minus the two extra phones, since I have not received anything I am not paying for it. I'm sure someone over there will understand and let you short pay the bill.

About a week and 5 hours on the phone later, still is an open issue. The Customer Service Department is awesome, the Orders and Warehouse people are not helping at all. They said the order is still pending and they cant track the extra phones so until they turn up I'm getting billed.
I feel like I'm with the Death Star all over again! Come on Sprint! You're better than this.

Dude have you spoken to a manager? Im sure if you talk to one things might go smoother, get names, employee ID numbers, follow up with this information and if a rep can't help resolve the issue, get a manager, if the manager don't help go higher up.
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Oddly enough I tried the online chat, and they had the issue fixed in about 15 minutes, while I watched the Simpsons on my other monitor.
Life is good again.

Sprint...

Well today I recieved in the mail pretty much along the lines..
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What is the Premier program? Are there any pending changes for Sero Premium?

In the letter they state they are still doing unlimited data come dec 2012.. I saw in some other thread that sprint unlimited is going away..

Premier program allows full discount upgrade every 12 months, now its going to be every 20 months.

ca1ne said:
Premier program allows full discount upgrade every 12 months, now its going to be every 20 months.
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would u rather have unlimited data or the program?

thlinx said:
would u rather have unlimited data or the program?
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I can wait for upgrades, lol..hoping for a quad core

they clearly state they continuing the unlimited data but getting rid of the premier package but you will receive the new to you upgrade. what's the big deal? If you want to be a customer of mine, I will be in your top three annual expenses and give you 17-30% rate increase every year.

thlinx said:
In the letter they state they are still doing unlimited data come dec 2012.. I saw in some other thread that sprint unlimited is going away..
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Careful, certain "experts" in the matter and armchair CEOs might start telling you how you are so ignorant and don't know how to run a business.

fenixjn said:
Careful, certain "experts" in the matter and armchair CEOs might start telling you how you are so ignorant and don't know how to run a business.
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Lmao, exactly. Just because they have a business degree all of a sudden they are the CEO of Sprint. I had a guy tell me fine print doesn't matter....what a joker.
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Does anyone use Verizon Prepaid?

Just curious. I've been using it for over a year since I had an Eris and switched over a white Fascinate I picked up for $150. It's $95/month for 450 anytime minutes/unlimited text plus free nights/weekends and UNLIMITED data at full 3G speeds. Plus, unlike ATT/etc the network is exactly the same, IE you aren't limited to a specific prepaid network. I mention it occasionally and people give me a flabbergasted look but according to the Verizon website they still have such a thing. Since apparently few people know about it, consider this your heads up if your contract is expiring soon and you want/need unlimited data for some reason. May not be around forever though. Who knows.
Scroll down to "3G Monthly Plans (Smartphone and Blackberry Devices)
http://www.verizonwireless.com/plans2-1/prepaid.shtml
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$95/month?! Your getting ripped off. If you own your phone w/o a Verizon contract, Check out PagePlus, a Verizon reseller (same service, lower prices).
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I travel all over the country, so I have to make sure I have cell service in as many offsite locations as possible. Verizon is the only company that offers that level of coverage, and the small carriers that piggyback towers here and there don't cut it.
Plus, I burn through about 10gb of data every month. Lol
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I guess it just doesn't sound like it's that much cheaper (if any) than regular post-paid. I'm on a family plan and have essentially the same plan you do and it's definitely cheaper than $95, but it's a family plan so hard to compare.

Ill hook you up man, i got a fascinate on the verizon 50 dollar unlimited plan with fast 3g (anywhere from 800kps to 1.5mbs depending where you live) and really its quite simple, takes 30 minutes at most if you have problems understanding it. i use about 5 gb of data per month LOL. plus i call and text all the time cuz i do bussiness id say the coverage is about the same on verizon post paid, maybe a bit less but for 50 per month its a great deal! i just finished my guide here on xda, its on the fascinate general. if you cant find it click on my user name and then go to statistics or the last tab and then it says "view threads" or something like that and it should pop out! good luck if u decide to do it !