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Cheapest EVO

Where can I find the cheapest EVO? I have two, but I want to find one for my mom and stepdad, but want to get a good deal. Any suggestions?

You'll be lucky if you can even find an EVO. Just Saying...

I was going to post a link to a $199 price to be an ass...but I found this:
http://www.letstalk.com/samsung-intercept-gray-sprint?
Not an evo, but a $5 epic is pretty interesting.
Edit-oops...intercept is the moment2, isn't it? So much for that.

uniquenameevo said:
I was going to post a link to a $199 price to be an ass...but I found this:
http://www.letstalk.com/samsung-intercept-gray-sprint?
Not an evo, but a $5 epic is pretty interesting.
Edit-oops...intercept is the moment2, isn't it? So much for that.
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They tried like hell to sell my brother in law that piece of crap. Lucky for him he called me first and I set him straight. I mean you will be able to get an Epic in about 30 days who would buy that. OK back on topic.
No cheap EVO's good luck.

Damn it man I guess I gotta keep pressuring the local BBM.

The best deal out there is 199 with out having to pay the rebate upfront. This is going to be from a Radioshack or a Best buy. Good luck finding one though, took me 5 weeks.

zone23 said:
You'll be lucky if you can even find an EVO. Just Saying...
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My boss was at a Sprint store today and said they had plenty in stock there. Granted he may of been mistaken, I was not there to verify myself.

Have you tried craigslist, ebay from a actual store or wirefly. Locally i'm hearing bestbuy some of there phones are refurbished (brought into Sprint to find the Evo had assurion insurance from last customer}

Got mine for 150 each on sprints corporate discounts
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When I worked for a Sprint store, we advised people against buying from non-Sprint sources such as RadioShack and BestBuy for this reason amongst others.
bn1341 said:
Have you tried craigslist, ebay from a actual store or wirefly. Locally i'm hearing bestbuy some of there phones are refurbished (brought into Sprint to find the Evo had assurion insurance from last customer}
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[TIP] G2 is on sale today. T-mobile rufunded me $150.

This applies to anyone that has purchased a G2 in the last couple weeks. The G2 is on sale on T-mobile's website for $49.99. I purchased mine last Sunday and it was delivered last Wednesday. I called 611 and said "speak to an agent about billing." First I talked to a representative who told me that a price match was impossible and the company had no way to give me money back. She said her internet "did not upload" so she could not navigate to the company website and see the promotion. I laughed and asked for a supervisor so she transferred me to an extremely friendly girl with much better call quality. I was only expecting a credit but she refunded the money to my card. Unfortunately the refund is going to take two weeks, but how great of a deal is the G2 at $49.99? I was on the fence about returning it for the Nexus S, which was announced the day after I bought the G2. I really want to use the $30 prepaid plan since I have wifi 90% of the time. Now I can cancel in a few months and pay the $200 ETF. G2 without a contract for $250 and a $30 per month phone bill.

Well its a good thing I got mine for $0 on the cyber Monday sale they had
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I don't understand why people care so much about accents.
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rmcsc said:
I don't understand why people care so much about accents.
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I was only trying to imply that I first got through to their outsourced call center which, in my experience, has never been the least bit helpful.

rmcsc said:
I don't understand why people care so much about accents.
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Lol! That's coming from a guy from Puerto Rico... Seriously though, its because they are more dificult to understand and generally its due to being outsourced to some call center in India with no clue what's going on. Heck, we are all immigrants in the US but learning how to speak the native tongue correctly seems less relevant these days and that goes for the 5th or 15th generation immigrants too... sad

icolorado303 said:
Well its a good thing I got mine for $0 on the cyber Monday sale they had
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Me too! :fistbump:
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rmcsc said:
I don't understand why people care so much about accents.
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It's not about the accent, it's more about the cause behind it.
If you call a tech support representative in Puerto Rico and he speaks with a heavy American accent, and isn't that great with Spanish (as it's his second language) and he has trouble understanding you, then you will see what you are getting at. Unfortunately the USA is so cheap that they would rather pay Jamal $0.50/hour than Earl $8/hour. So we have comprehension problems and they absolutely suck. When we call support and hear an accent (and usually a middle-eastern one) we fear that they won't understand us due to the language barrier.
I used to do 3rd-Tier Technical Support for cell phones a few years ago and you have no idea how many people were surprised to have a native English speaker telling them what to do. I always understood what they said, and they always understood me. The same can not always be said about non-native English speakers.

icolorado303 said:
Well its a good thing I got mine for $0 on the cyber Monday sale they had
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EEaudio08 said:
Me too! :fistbump:
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Haha you guys are all noobs! I got mine for under $200 without a contract or rebate. You just gotta know how to work the system...

Call center experiences can be poor but not all outsourced reps are bad. I've worked in lots of call centers too and when people ***** and moan about people in India or the Philippines I politely let them know I'm a visual minority... Filipino as well. You wouldn't believe how embarrassed they feel afterwards.
Usually if you give them the time of day they'll do a much better job than lazy buggers in North American call centers. Outsourcing doesn't always mean poor quality.

gravis86 said:
Haha you guys are all noobs! I got mine for under $200 without a contract or rebate. You just gotta know how to work the system...
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Well I got three G2's for a total of $0.00 its kinda hard to get them to give you three with no contract.....

question does this apply if i bought in store?

shabbypenguin said:
question does this apply if i bought in store?
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No, the stores are franchised and have different accounting than the website and phone sales.

sciphonic said:
This applies to anyone that has purchased a G2 in the last couple weeks. The G2 is on sale on T-mobile's website for $49.99. I purchased mine last Sunday and it was delivered last Wednesday. I called 611 and said "speak to an agent about billing." First I talked to a representative who told me that a price match was impossible and the company had no way to give me money back. She said her internet "did not upload" so she could not navigate to the company website and see the promotion. I laughed and asked for a supervisor so she transferred me to an extremely friendly girl with much better call quality. I was only expecting a credit but she refunded the money to my card. Unfortunately the refund is going to take two weeks, but how great of a deal is the G2 at $49.99? I was on the fence about returning it for the Nexus S, which was announced the day after I bought the G2. I really want to use the $30 prepaid plan since I have wifi 90% of the time. Now I can cancel in a few months and pay the $200 ETF. G2 without a contract for $250 and a $30 per month phone bill.
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They must have just changed this in the last day because I just jumped on T-mobiles site and it is 199 with contract....hmmm

MRCLrider said:
They must have just changed this in the last day because I just jumped on T-mobiles site and it is 199 with contract....hmmm
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I think it was a short lived sale. I did see it advertised for free on contract earlier this week as well but I think that was on Amazon. If anyone's interested, T-mobile confirmed that as soon as my return period is up, I can switch to the EM+ plan and pay the $200 ETF, making this phone $250 off contract.

I just got two extra G2's for a total of $0.00 . So now we have 3 of them

AZ2ENVY said:
I just got two extra G2's for a total of $0.00 . So now we have 3 of them
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You got two G2's for zero dollars? Is that off contract pricing? How?
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sciphonic said:
You got two G2's for zero dollars? Is that off contract pricing? How?
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Dunno how recent he means by "just" but there was a sale about 2 weeks ago.
I got 5 of em. Would have gotten more but that was the max on my family plan

$99 evo

Just saw $99 EVO's at Target

Radio Shack has the Evo for $99 as well, I'm thinking about buying one again..
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someonenewhere said:
Radio Shack has the Evo for $99 as well, I'm thinking about buying one again..
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Again? You gave it up already?
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Is that just for the device or do you have to have a contract?

probably a contract, new signed 2 year, which is what sprint is offering on them i think? cause im trying to talk my mom into getting one... ive almost got her switched from AT&T...
if thats the device, no contract... im going to rob a kid on the street, outside of a bank, for that hundo, and have me an EVO lol...
not getting my hopes up lol

[email protected] said:
probably a contract, new signed 2 year, which is what sprint is offering on them i think? cause im trying to talk my mom into getting one... ive almost got her switched from AT&T...
if thats the device, no contract... im going to rob a kid on the street, outside of a bank, for that hundo, and have me an EVO lol...
not getting my hopes up lol
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Im quite sure its with contract. You can't get a hero for $100 off contract, let alone an Evo.
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Again? You gave it up already?
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Got two when they 1st came out...sold one to my sister and the other one on Ebay for 700 dollars...
then went back to the hero..
but I think it's the time to switch, the hero is starting to become an old brick...

We'll be seeing new phones next year. Other than HTC Shift. Hopefully will have Gingerbread installed and dual-core. Slightly smaller screen, like HTC Incredible. That's my hopes.... plus my anniversary not till Feb anyway, so I need to wait....

mozman said:
We'll be seeing new phones next year. Other than HTC Shift. Hopefully will have Gingerbread installed and dual-core. Slightly smaller screen, like HTC Incredible. That's my hopes.... plus my anniversary not till Feb anyway, so I need to wait....
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This. I'm waiting for the Shift. Supposedly going to have a $149.99 price point.

Any tricks to a early upgrade? Mine is in March, the 1st to be exact. My account is premier so technically the March date is already early at 1 year mark. Though is I was to get the $99 EVO they would prob drop support a month after I got it, kind of like the Hero Sorry for the rant

cordell12 said:
Any tricks to a early upgrade? Mine is in March, the 1st to be exact. My account is premier so technically the March date is already early at 1 year mark. Though is I was to get the $99 EVO they would prob drop support a month after I got it, kind of like the Hero Sorry for the rant
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You could be a douche and threaten to cancel your contract and bash the hero and make up make believe problems some reps it might work some it might not. I use to work for t-mobile for 2 years if we got tired of hearing a person ***** we would just give them an upgrade early all the time lol.
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And the way the radio shack deal works is if you trade them your hero its 99 and no trade its 199. Best buy its 199 hero trade gets you 40 bucks if no water damage. Sprint its 250 w/ 50 dollar mail in rebate. I was more than happy to hand them my hero
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LOL, I wouldnt be lying if I complained about the Hero! This one I have now is my 4th phone I rooted this one from the gate, as soon as I activated I sat down at the PC and put Fresh 2.4 on it A week later I was on CM6, funny the other day I was doing some PRL and radio stuff and used Fresh 2.4 to do it. I ended up flashing Deca's latest kernel out of curiosity, it gave this rom a new life Might stay with it until GB is ready

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LOL, I wouldnt be lying if I complained about the Hero! This one I have now is my 4th phone I rooted this one from the gate, as soon as I activated I sat down at the PC and put Fresh 2.4 on it A week later I was on CM6, funny the other day I was doing some PRL and radio stuff and used Fresh 2.4 to do it. I ended up flashing Deca's latest kernel out of curiosity, it gave this rom a new life Might stay with it until GB is ready
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I might have to give that a try. It always seemed to have more lag than others at the end. Maybe a new kernal is all it needs to be great again.

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I might have to give that a try. It always seemed to have more lag than others at the end. Maybe a new kernal is all it needs to be great again.
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I have it overclocked to 748, it runs pretty smooth. I dont use a task killer but have autokiller set to aggressive. I also removed stuff like twitter and facebook, they dont get things pushed like email, b ut rather check for updates all the time, eating my battery! lol On day 3 with Fresh 2.4 and no complaints, so far

RadioShack is now $99 dollars with no trade in as long as you order it online. just a heads up.

Early upgrades? My sister was able to bash the hell out of her Blackberry 8830 or w/e over the phone with Sprint, and they sent her the newest Blackberry model for free and took $15 off our monthly bill for the remainder of our contract.
I tried calling Sprint last night to get my phone swapped with a LG Optimus S, only to be told I would have to use my insurance to get it. I told him all the problems I was having (random rebooting, phone taking too long to connect a call, dust under screen, unresponsive presses to wake it up, freezing), which are apparently a widespread problem with the Hero model. After being told to use my insurance, I told the guy that I bought the insurance in case I damaged the phone, not to get a phone that is not defective. Any tips to getting swapped to a different model? I've heard people getting swapped Evo's

I had a agent tell me a couple months back that with the insurance you can switch phones when making a claim. I dont know if she was just trying to sell me some insurance, or if that is true. Last time I had insurance was with my Instinct, it was a $50 deductible. Funny when I broke my Instinct the deductible had just went up to $100 a week earlier, I was never informed though Long story short sprint paid for it, I had a new Instinct 2 days later.
Yeah I went from one lame azz phone to another lame azz phone, just what I wanted! From a sry Instinct to a sry Hero

cordell12 said:
I had a agent tell me a couple months back that with the insurance you can switch phones when making a claim. I dont know if she was just trying to sell me some insurance, or if that is true. Last time I had insurance was with my Instinct, it was a $50 deductible. Funny when I broke my Instinct the deductible had just went up to $100 a week earlier, I was never informed though Long story short sprint paid for it, I had a new Instinct 2 days later.
Yeah I went from one lame azz phone to another lame azz phone, just what I wanted! From a sry Instinct to a sry Hero
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Yeah I'm calling Sprint back tonight, and possibly going to have my sister call them. I'm going to keep calling them until I get a different phone >.< What makes me mad though, is the first rep I talked to before getting switched to Multiple Phone Exchange (something like that) told me that she was able to get someone who had a Hero and the same problems as I had switched to a LG Optimus S, a few hours before I called. I had also asked her if I could switch to an Evo and pay the difference of $20, and she said "that's not the way it works"

I am looking for a cheap Hero to replace my wife's flip phone, so if any of you upgraders want to get rid of your's let me know.

Epic down to $19.99

with new contract:
http://radioshackwireless.com/eCommerce/SpecialOffer.aspx?cid=25578_4d64b1a540b64a36a2bc3ffe87b6af41

Someone beat you to it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048134

Dammit I just bought one today for 149

I'm going to get one for my wife.

mapcom1 said:
Dammit I just bought one today for 149
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You can return it (they'll take a $30 restocking fee) then rebuy it at Radioshack.

$699 value?! The Shack marks em up 200 bux???? I love inflated MSRPs...

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You can return it (they'll take a $30 restocking fee) then rebuy it at Radioshack.
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not if it was purchased at a corporate store. 30 days no questions asked. if i remember the only catch to that is their is a certain min and data limit you couldnt have exceeded

How much for one without a contract? I always need extras.
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How much for one without a contract? I always need extras.
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new from store... 499 at sprint... that doesnt go down... or 699 at radio shack like they said above lol.

Do anyone know how long this offer is for? My wife got an optimus last week and its been having problems. So I'm thinking about getting her one of these Epics.
I'm just hoping sprint don't charge me a restocking fee. After all the optimus isn't working correctly. People on the other end of the phone can't hear her.
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guys this is for a NEW CONTRACT not an upgrade

boominz28 said:
guys this is for a NEW CONTRACT not an upgrade
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I know but its only $49.99 for an upgrade...which is still way cheaper than sprint
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I worked for radioshack for 3 years. I deeply loathe that place. Please people don't buy your phones at radioshack. Its all they care about and those prices are so low because district managers pressure associates into not selling phones unless you get accessories with it. Don't believe me? Go ahead and try it. I guarantee you the salesman will turn you away not sell you the handset if you don't get something alongside with it.
Bottom line. Get your phones online. I bought both of my epics back in november for 100? If im not mistaken off of letstalk.com. amazon normally has awesome deals too. Save yourself the hassle of being hassled and don't put money into these corporate pigs pockets.
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I still have (and still using) my TouchPro2. (due for a upgrade for a long time)
This looks like a good deal! but what are the chances of a new EPIC2 or a better QWERTY smartphone coming out very soon?!

Yes. The guy at my local radio shack was pushing me towards an Evo. Boo! he said there was no other phone in its class. I said what about the epic? And he just kinda scoffed and said it was a decent phone.
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RushAOZ said:
I worked for radioshack for 3 years. I deeply loathe that place. Please people don't buy your phones at radioshack. Its all they care about and those prices are so low because district managers pressure associates into not selling phones unless you get accessories with it. Don't believe me? Go ahead and try it. I guarantee you the salesman will turn you away not sell you the handset if you don't get something alongside with it.
Bottom line. Get your phones online. I bought both of my epics back in november for 100? If im not mistaken off of letstalk.com. amazon normally has awesome deals too. Save yourself the hassle of being hassled and don't put money into these corporate pigs pockets.
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this is"online only" anyway. But I agree, radioshack is not where I would purchase.... bud of mine worked there for a short time. Worst experience of his working life.
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we have 3 lines rt. now. one for my son, my wife, and myself.
If I wanted to get my wife an epic for this deal, (she currently has the transform) and we're not eligible for an upgrade, how 'could' we go about it ?? I don't believe there is a way without committing to a 4th line, rt ?
just cuious how some of you would accomplish this.
Thanks..

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this is"online only" anyway. But I agree, radioshack is not where I would purchase.... bud of mine worked there for a short time. Worst experience of his working life.
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It bad. You get harassed and your job threatened everyday. Your NEVER good enough in that place. For those interested or want to work there this is what you will experience.
Radioshack gets angry if you don't sell they're quota of phones a day. If you sell your phone by itself they get angry. I you sell a phone with accessories (and they have a minimum like 20-40 bucks), cool. Now did you get the warranty? No? Your not good enough. Here's a write up. I remember when the i4 came out and they said it was mandatory to sell the 70$ applecare with it. Lol. Oh and don't forget about the plethora of other **** you gotta do there besides earn commission selling cell phones. Which is essentially the only real way to make money there.
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jeez, I've never had an issue buying a phone at radio shack. I've never bought accessories there and they just seemed happy I was getting a phone.

Lovely.. i'm within 30 days.. now I get to see if i can get best buy to price match/guarantee, or return it (stupid restocking fee) and get it for $100 cheaper.. if it was $20-40 difference I wouldn't bother, but $100.. that's worth some time to get my money back.

[Q] Where should I sell my Evo

Okay so after much debate I'm looking to Upgrade to the Evo 3D. Really, after going to my local radio shack, they informed me that Sprint will allow me to upgrade early (only for a limited time) and therefore I can get the Evo 3D. In addition, they said I could sell them back My Evo and I could get up to $150 back. So my question is, should I sell it back to them, or would I get even more money if I went and sold it someplace else like Ebay?

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Okay so after much debate I'm looking to Upgrade to the Evo 3D. Really, after going to my local radio shack, they informed me that Sprint will allow me to upgrade early (only for a limited time) and therefore I can get the Evo 3D. In addition, they said I could sell them back My Evo and I could get up to $150 back. So my question is, should I sell it back to them, or would I get even more money if I went and sold it someplace else like Ebay?
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I'd try craigslist. They seem to be going for $175-200. my brother sold his just the other day (upgraded to a 3D) for 175 cash on craigslist.

Your best bet would be ebay or Craigslist, but be prepared to wait a while for it to sell unless you sell it with plenty of accessories. The flood of EVO4Gs on ebay is pretty crazy, also try wireless toyz.
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Okay thanks. Yeah the accessories I have for it will be the standard case, charger battery and that's it. Maybe I'll try Ebay first.

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Your best bet would be ebay or Craigslist, but be prepared to wait a while for it to sell unless you sell it with plenty of accessories. The flood of EVO4Gs on ebay is pretty crazy, also try wireless toyz.
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Okay...sorry to sound a little naive, but how would you go about selling it on Criagslist, I never sold anything on there before. Also...at what point should I have it deactivated? I'm just wondering because I'm thinking of the process.
1. Buy EVO 3D (still end up paying $200 upfront)
2. Sell HTC EVo (reimburse myself with whatever I made from the sell)
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1. Sell HTC Evo to radioshack
2. Buy EVO 3D, only end up paying about $50 upfront.

Well Craigslist is pretty easy, you just go to like post or something, I haven't done it in a while but be sure to post pictures along with it, and a way to contact you.
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sold mine on ebay in less than 24 hours for $235 BIN If i would have left the auction run its 7 day course I could have gotten more.

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sold mine on ebay in less than 24 hours for $235 BIN If i would have left the auction run its 7 day course I could have gotten more.
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Sold mine for 238 on ebay mine was 3 months old rooted guys jumped all over it

what promotion or anything they have to allow you to upgrade? how long you been with them?
i want to upgrade too but i only have like 8 months

helpmeplis said:
what promotion or anything they have to allow you to upgrade? how long you been with them?
i want to upgrade too but i only have like 8 months
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Well the guy just said, until the 31st of this month, sprint will allow to push your upgrade date. I don't know if that applies to phones other than the 3D

Well sprint isn't very generous when it comes to upgrades, especially two yr upgrades, but I know they usually give you a two week advance of any upgrades, they tried doing this to me when I moved from a hero to my EVO a couple of weeks ago but I bought my EVO from a friend for 120. Saving my upgrade for the next best thing after this whole 3vo thing gets better and more stable.
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