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Ca income tax on new phones

Just picked up the epic today. Best buy charged tax on the retail price of the phone and not the upgrade price. Is this common or only a california thing?
Btw digging the phone so far and using the keyboard to type this. Call me crazy but the keyboard almost feels too wide... hahaha
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dfitzpatrick said:
Just picked up the epic today. Best buy charged tax on the retail price of the phone and not the upgrade price. Is this common or only a california thing?
Btw digging the phone so far and using the keyboard to type this. Call me crazy but the keyboard almost feels too wide... hahaha
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CA law requires retailers to collect sales tax on the pre-discount prices of merchandise. I am not sure if any other states do this...the vast majority certainly do not.

thats sales tax, not income tax.
unless you stand on the side of the highway with a sign that says will work for phones.
btw, missouri does not do this. this is the first ive ever heard. ca must be hard up for taxes.

Idk how sprint does it but they charge tax on the discounted price I know that the shack did the retail price too not the discounted that's why I bought it from sprint themselves.
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It's California only. This state'd rape your grandmother if there was money in it for them.

Yup. Completely normal.
I forget that its charged on retail price so I'm always surprised when tax is a good 40-50 bucks on items like this.

There are only 3 states that require by law to have sales tax done prior to ANY discounts. California is one of them, and it's been that way for YEARS not just a recent change. RI is another iirc.

dfitzpatrick said:
Just picked up the epic today. Best buy charged tax on the retail price of the phone and not the upgrade price. Is this common or only a california thing?
Btw digging the phone so far and using the keyboard to type this. Call me crazy but the keyboard almost feels too wide... hahaha
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Yeah, California is arse-grabby like that. Ill swear that no other state does that rubbish. Certainly not the case here in NY. Sales tax is on the final price.
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LordLugard said:
Ill swear that no other state does that rubbish.
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Well, you shouldn't swear because you'd be wrong.
At least MA and RI have similar sales tax policy based on bundling/subsidization.

dragonisinogard said:
Idk how sprint does it but they charge tax on the discounted price I know that the shack did the retail price too not the discounted that's why I bought it from sprint themselves.
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I bought my Epic in a Sprint Store and I still had to pay tax on the pre-discounted price.

Weird at shack it came out to 493 something at sprint nearly a hundred less at 393
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Bought from wirefly. No taxes at all!
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yeah, wirefly and amazon are two places you can avoid taxes. I had to deal with the pre-discount tax on the iphone4 i had bought before.. AN IPHONE4.. what was i thinking??? lol. dealt with it on the epic as well...

vansmack said:
Well, you shouldn't swear because you'd be wrong.
At least MA and RI have similar sales tax policy based on bundling/subsidization.
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othan1 said:
It's California only. This state'd rape your grandmother if there was money in it for them.
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No it isn't, lots of states do it.
Some states will charge the full price no matter what. some states it will make a difference whether rebate is instant or mail in

Minnesota does it also, so I set up service through Amazon. Saved over 300.00 on 4 Epic phones, plus they were 149.99 this week for new customers. Saved a ton over BBY or Sprint stores.

cholepuree1 said:
yeah, wirefly and amazon are two places you can avoid taxes. ...
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Amazon now charges tax to California residents too, since the state passed a law forcing web retailers to collect taxes on purchases.

Boy, for a second there are was worried about all those hooligans cheating my poor state by ordering from online. Popular demand be damned! Pay your taxes! Afterall, the great state of california will put your money to good use.
(just an excuse to test my smiley button)
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Where is everyone?

I found it appropriate to kindly ask, where is everyone that was hating Sprint 2 weeks ago? Funny how phones change peoples minds, even if service in their area still suck. I can't see myself paying a company that doesn't cover my area just because they have a nice phone, but I guess if you like being tormented enjoy the new phones! I sure will.
And to clear some things up, my area sucks for Sprint service as well, I drop every single call inside of my house if im in my living room and Sprint doesn't give employees free Airaves

Well, my speeds have gotten better in some areas, so that's why I'm not complaining anymore... and I can't really beat $54 a month...though, virgin mobile's new deal looks pretty good.
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DirtyShroomz said:
I found it appropriate to kindly ask, where is everyone that was hating Sprint 2 weeks ago? Funny how phones change peoples minds, even if service in their area still suck. I can't see myself paying a company that doesn't cover my area just because they have a nice phone, but I guess if you like being tormented enjoy the new phones! I sure will.
And to clear some things up, my area sucks for Sprint service as well, I drop every single call inside of my house if im in my living room and Sprint doesn't give employees free Airaves
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That sucks. But hey, nice discount huh?
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Crossrocker said:
That sucks. But hey, nice discount huh?
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If you only knew

Hrshycro said:
Well, my speeds have gotten better in some areas, so that's why I'm not complaining anymore... and I can't really beat $54 a month...though, virgin mobile's new deal looks pretty good.
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$25 a month is an extremely good deal

Or maybe they left like they said they were. I was until att bough t-mo, npw im taking the lesser of 3 evils
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wingzfan said:
Or maybe they left like they said they were. I was until att bough t-mo, npw im taking the lesser of 3 evils
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Nope, they're definitely still here and posting Just not negative **** anymore which has honestly given this forum new life. The negativity was crazy on here for a bit

DirtyShroomz said:
$25 a month is an extremely good deal
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Yeah, it is!
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This is a pretty good deal too

aimbdd said:
This is a pretty good deal too
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Yeah, that is, but I like my 23% student discount.
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Sprint loves me as far as coverage goes, and always has (I've lived in Los Angeles since I've had Sprint).

On other carriers? So what, we're all supposed to be happy now even though many of us still have crap data speeds because Sprint came out with a new phone? Dont get the logic..I mean if our data speeds had gone back up hell id be the first one on here rejoicing.

I'm here.
I haven't had anything to ***** about re Sprint in a long time but I'm here now and I'm here to say FVCK YOU SPRINT, bastards..
I am so pissed about this whole losing my upgrade that I've been saving since December knowing more great phones would drop in Q2.
No offense shrooms, but please don't send me another pm about how retentions will reinstate it.
I just got off the phone with retentions (i was very civilized on the phone) not only did they completely stonewall me on the upgrade, they were delighted to terminate one of my lines and bill me an etf.
I will definitely let my contracts run out, shop the competition and if I do stay with sprint I sure-as-**** won't sign another contract.
Sooo pissed off right now..

You missed the point.... he said call after.
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aimbdd said:
This is a pretty good deal too
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So..........uh..........Shrooms............
What's your email address at work? I also need your employee number........I want to tell your boss what a good job you've been doing.......
Yea....that's it.

Well i didn't complain about it on here, but my speed at full service near my house were 150kb max, now that upgrades are nearly complete im feeling the love of 1.6 -2.1 with 75 ping on 3g and 12mbps all day long on 4g

rugedraw said:
So..........uh..........Shrooms............
What's your email address at work? I also need your employee number........I want to tell your boss what a good job you've been doing.......
Yea....that's it.
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? Surely ill PM you... /sarcasm
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rugedraw said:
So..........uh..........Shrooms............
What's your email address at work? I also need your employee number........I want to tell your boss what a good job you've been doing.......
Yea....that's it.
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DirtyShroomz said:
? Surely ill PM you... /sarcasm
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aimbdd said:
http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=173903
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I've seen that before, but I never tried it because I'm already getting a total 30% off of my bill. Really, I was just messing with Shrooms. I get a 5% "courtesy" discount on my bill because I called them once *****ing about something or other (this was years ago; I don't remember what my complaint was) and they offered this to me as a consolation. I also get a 25% discount because my employer is under Sprint's list eligible companies that they give discounts too. So in total, my $69.99 plan comes to $78.49 including the $10 data fee, the $7 for TEP, and all local taxes.
I have no complaints.
Oh, and I've been with Sprint since 1999, so I get all my Premier benefits. My plan is so old, that I still get the first incoming minute free. lol Anyone remember that?

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..

tmspyder said:
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.

Atrix 4G for $29.99

The Atrix 4G is on sale for $29.99 at Best Buy
http://www.droidmatters.com/phones/deal-alert-motorola-atrix-4g-29-99-at-best-buy/

Mother.f***er.
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lol....it is a sale, this happens with everything, people buy it, it goes on sale, more people buy it, rinse repeat until item is discontinued. Sales are nice to have. Maybe more people will buy it, more people will dev for it.

is it possible for att to price match this? i see no point in having paid 250 for this phone when i could ahve got it for 30

It's $29.99 only for new customers.

nomisunrider said:
It's $29.99 only for new customers.
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I am pretty sure that if you go to an AT&T store you can get them to price-match it if you don't tell them that it is for new customers

DITTO DITTO DITTO!!!!!!
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Mother.f***er.
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zizo79 said:
The Atrix 4G is on sale for $29.99 at Best Buy
http://www.droidmatters.com/phones/deal-alert-motorola-atrix-4g-29-99-at-best-buy/
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It's $99 if you upgrade which is still awesome!

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It's $99 if you upgrade which is still awesome!
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If you are planning on getting it, you should try your local AT&T store and they will look it up on BB's site. they PM it if they don't investigate lol

Just ordered two Now the long wait and refreshing of order status

Why did I spend so much money on this phone again? I remember with my iPhones they retained their value, this is a HUGE degradation in a matter of months? I guess I won't be able to sell this phone when I'm ready to upgrade.

mpalatsi said:
Why did I spend so much money on this phone again? I remember with my iPhones they retained their value, this is a HUGE degradation in a matter of months? I guess I won't be able to sell this phone when I'm ready to upgrade.
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You do realise there's a HUGE difference between an iPhone and... well... any other phone, right? People flock to iPhones like gnats to a sweaty forehead. And not even just the US. Hell, i sold my iPhone 4 that i had since they came out to someone in Russia for $450. That was enough to cover the cost of the iPhone when i originally bought it, PLUS the Atrix. I've only ever seen one person NOT in an AT&T store that had an Atrix. Just about every smartphone you see on the street is some version of the iPhone. And with the 3GS now being $49.... I'd imagine that ratio will be even higher. People don't know how to find a good phone. They know what is crammed down their throat no matter where they turn... and that just happens to be any Apple product, really.
Hell... look on TV. You see at least 5 iPhone commercials for every single Atrix commercial... and they advertise the lapdock more than the phone itself it seems.

mpalatsi said:
Why did I spend so much money on this phone again? I remember with my iPhones they retained their value, this is a HUGE degradation in a matter of months? I guess I won't be able to sell this phone when I'm ready to upgrade.
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It ($29.99) is not a regular price. Its just a one day Easter Day sale at BestBuy. Soon it price will be back to $99.99 like everywhere else

Very jealous....

Are any AT&T stores even open today (Easter?) None of them answer the phone...

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Are any AT&T stores even open today (Easter?) None of them answer the phone...
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It doesn't have to be a holiday for them not to answer the phone

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It doesn't have to be a holiday for them not to answer the phone
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ain't that the truth!
But yea... even if you did go elsewhere and tried to get them to price match, they'd probably see that it's for new customers only. I mean... they usually say that right around the price somewhere.... somewhere that's not easy to miss.

mpalatsi said:
Why did I spend so much money on this phone again? I remember with my iPhones they retained their value, this is a HUGE degradation in a matter of months? I guess I won't be able to sell this phone when I'm ready to upgrade.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Like-New-Motoro...ell_Phones&hash=item3f094ea310#ht_2507wt_1139
Dunno, they still seem to go for a fairly nice sum of money. I'd imagine it would still be rather nice a bit from now, especially being a dual core.

yeah store was closed here. I tried calling att to see if they would price match the 100 bucks at bestbuy and they told me nope and if i wanted bestbuy's price i should cancel and goto bestbuy. does att charge a restocking fee for canceling a plan within the 30 days?

Monterograves said:
yeah store was closed here. I tried calling att to see if they would price match the 100 bucks at bestbuy and they told me nope and if i wanted bestbuy's price i should cancel and goto bestbuy. does att charge a restocking fee for canceling a plan within the 30 days?
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Yes. Check their website for the exact amount.
BTW, they give this phone for free in Europe with contract.

Sprint requires your phone to be sent back in

So today, I was getting everything straight so we could transfer our number to AT&T. The reason we are switching is bcause Sprint has NO service at my house. I had talked to several reps from Sprint, all of which said that the Early Termination Fee would be waived since we did not have coverage. Well, today I found out that even having been told the ETF would be waived, me and my mother would be required to send our phones into Sprint or we would be charged. WTF?! They are going to charge us if we don't send back phones that WE payed for? One of them over a year ago! I think this is BS. I will fight it as long as I can. What do I need to tell them? I wasn't told this the first times I was told the ETF would be waived.. so I may go on that. Way to go Sprint though, piss u off even as were leaving.
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Part of the contract deal is they "absorb" the difference of retail vs. the 2 or 1 year contract phone price. They should technically offer you a proration of that difference for each phone based on the remaining contract time.
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Just call & ***** for one week. Hears how I got out of cantract last march (becuz of bs gps on froyo & 2.1) I called & *****ed *****ed some more an other day. Then one day I woke up with a hang over in a bad ass mood. I called them & told them I had nothing to do that day & it was raining out. And proceeded to tell them that if they did NOT resolve my problem on this call I would continue to waste there time & call them all day therefore over hours of them paying customer service to listen to my *****ing insted of them helping other customers which would equal more than my early termination fee. Rofl & it works on there 3rd call. Now I did not leave sprint I only wanted off contract cuz the way I see it sprint had there dam name printed on a phone that said it had gps & it did not work & the only reason I was on contract was because they subsidized the price of the phones. A phone with a defective piece of **** gps until gingerbread and custom rom over a year later.
So you could find some thing you don't like about the phone (a software bug) and focus on that. Maybe the sound on the camera in gb there no mute?
If you know how to ***** then you WILL get your way.
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My phone cost over $600 to buy outright when I got it but I only paid $199 and signed a two year contract. So I'm sure someone feels that if I don't complete the contract they ought to get something back. Just sayin...

ETF is one thing to get out of, but part of the contract was that they would give you an expensive phone for cheap if you stay with them. You are leaving so they want their phone back. I say THEIR phone because the you are actually paying for the phone over the time of the contract's length.
Also, why did you wait so long to cancel when you had no coverage at your house? Didnt you check coverage BEFORE signing up with them? After all, it IS a lot of phone and you are getting into a legal contract.

Or... You could work them for a free Airave. Same thing here our house is a deadzone. The thing works great and I npw have full signal at home.

I'm also with sprint on this one. The entire point of the ETF is is to absorb the cost you caused them to incur when giving you the subsidy. Returning the phone seems like the right and reasonable thing to do if you they are going to waive the fee. Our phones are basically minicomputers now and are not cheap to us or the carriers.
OP, were you aware you had no service within the trial period? How about the airave?
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Purchased my Epic on Ebay, best purchase I ever made for $200.
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Alright sorry I just got back to service. Where we live, there is no high speed internet, so the Airave is out, we actually have one, but no internet. Second, we just moved. We have been wth sprint for 8 1/2 years. Where we moved to doesn't have service. And for the last poster, I bought my Epic off of Craigslist, part of what upsets me about hving to send it in.
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nbunn said:
Alright sorry I just got back to service. Where we live, there is no high speed internet, so the Airave is out, we actually have one, but no internet. Second, we just moved. We have been wth sprint for 8 1/2 years. Where we moved to doesn't have service. And for the last poster, I bought my Epic off of Craigslist, part of what upsets me about hving to send it in.
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If you bought it off of Craigslist they have absolutely no right to it politely tell them to die in a fire. As for the Airave you will probably have to send it back unless you were crazy enough to pay them for it (got mine for free) find a sprint retail store or ups it (ground is 5-7bucks most anywhere in the states).
I didn't see all that much about what other phones you have, but the ones bought from sprint at a reduced cost are subject to the etf.. Now if its been bought from eBay/Craigslist/ect. ect. I can only suggest you tell them to die in a fire, if that don't work give the folks at the executive customer service dept. a call 703-433-4401 (Consumerist)
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If you bought it off of Craigslist they have absolutely no right to it politely tell them to die in a fire. As for the Airave you will probably have to send it back unless you were crazy enough to pay them for it (got mine for free) find a sprint retail store or ups it (ground is 5-7bucks most anywhere in the states).
I didn't see all that much about what other phones you have, but the ones bought from sprint at a reduced cost are subject to the etf.. Now if its been bought from eBay/Craigslist/ect. ect. I can only suggest you tell them to die in a fire, if that don't work give the folks at the executive customer service dept. a call 703-433-4401 (Consumerist)
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Yeah ill send the Airave in, they are sending a return kit for it. The other Epic was bought less than 6 months ago with the upgrade so ill probably just send it in. At&t would give us $85 for it which would cover the cost of the Captivate Glide which is what she got, but oh well I guess.
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nbunn said:
The other Epic was bought less than 6 months ago with the upgrade so ill probably just send it in.
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I was gonna say you could always sell it and you might make a buck or two off it after the ETF, but then I remembered that they increased the ETF's not too long ago.
If you were lucky enough to get it before the increase you could pay the ETF and sell it on eBay/Craigslist or here on xda & still come out ahead .
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this whole debacle sounds like a mix up and either the op or sprint is very confused. sprint DOES NOT require you to send in the hard ware if they cancel the etf. who even told you this op? they cant even do anything with the phone besides use it for parts or refurb it. 1 or 2 hundred dollars is less than a drop in the bucket when your last earnings report said you were down 5 bil. (im looking at you sprint)
i think they just want you to send back the airave.

thaiceman said:
If you bought it off of Craigslist they have absolutely no right to it politely tell them to die in a fire. As for the Airave you will probably have to send it back unless you were crazy enough to pay them for it (got mine for free) find a sprint retail store or ups it (ground is 5-7bucks most anywhere in the states).
I didn't see all that much about what other phones you have, but the ones bought from sprint at a reduced cost are subject to the etf.. Now if its been bought from eBay/Craigslist/ect. ect. I can only suggest you tell them to die in a fire, if that don't work give the folks at the executive customer service dept. a call 703-433-4401 (Consumerist)
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I love that line. Next time I pissed off I'm going to tell some one to go die in a fire. Makes me chuckle
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I love that line. Next time I pissed off I'm going to tell some one to go die in a fire. Makes me chuckle
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Me too. Awesome

thaiceman said:
If you bought it off of Craigslist they have absolutely no right to it politely tell them to die in a fire.
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YES! +1 on this. I love that line!