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$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

cordell12 said:
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.

srb7215 said:
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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Top Nurse said:
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.

Ripped of by Sprint. Beware anyone I beg you.

I love Sprint, NOT!!! I cancel service because it used to work at my house then quit. I go a month without it so I port my numbers and they will not do anything on cancellation fees. I had them submit a Adjustment waiver form and they came back of course saying they are valid cancellation fees. Why should I pay you anything? You can't keep up with your end of the bargain but you want me to keep up with mine. I also should make sure to state I had full service in my house when I signed up and 2 months later nothing. No construction done nothing. Just a big screw you from Sprint. Thanks guys really appreciate it.
Not to mention it was not a building issue. It was outside everything. I wasn't even asking to remove all cancellation fees. I figured 50% would be fair.
Caution to anyone avoid them they are crooked.

U Flippin Idiot said:
I love Sprint, NOT!!! I cancel service because it used to work at my house then quit. I go a month without it so I port my numbers and they will not do anything on cancellation fees. I had them submit a Adjustment waiver form and they came back of course saying they are valid cancellation fees. Why should I pay you anything? You can't keep up with your end of the bargain but you want me to keep up with mine. I also should make sure to state I had full service in my house when I signed up and 2 months later nothing. No construction done nothing. Just a big screw you from Sprint. Thanks guys really appreciate it.
Not to mention it was not a building issue. It was outside everything. I wasn't even asking to remove all cancellation fees. I figured 50% would be fair.
Caution to anyone avoid them they are crooked.
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You didn't have service?
Sounds like a possible phone issue.

Unfortunately I think all carriers would have treated you the same way.

dude it's not sprint it's ur phone get an evo 3D or galaxy S2 and all those problems will dissappear

U Flippin Idiot said:
I love Sprint, NOT!!! I cancel service because it used to work at my house then quit. I go a month without it so I port my numbers and they will not do anything on cancellation fees. I had them submit a Adjustment waiver form and they came back of course saying they are valid cancellation fees. Why should I pay you anything? You can't keep up with your end of the bargain but you want me to keep up with mine. I also should make sure to state I had full service in my house when I signed up and 2 months later nothing. No construction done nothing. Just a big screw you from Sprint. Thanks guys really appreciate it.
Not to mention it was not a building issue. It was outside everything. I wasn't even asking to remove all cancellation fees. I figured 50% would be fair.
Caution to anyone avoid them they are crooked.
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You can actually cancel without ETF by stating that the Administrative Fee is increasing to $1.50. I tried myself (didn't actually go through with it) and they said yes, even though I just upgraded to an Evo 3D on launch day.

Product F(RED) said:
You can actually cancel without ETF by stating that the Administrative Fee is increasing to $1.50. I tried myself (didn't actually go through with it) and they said yes, even though I just upgraded to an Evo 3D on launch day.
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Not sure how true that is now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17413788&postcount=288
People have reported that Sprint will no longer do it for you.

Cool story bro.
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mattykinsx said:
Not sure how true that is now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17413788&postcount=288
People have reported that Sprint will no longer do it for you.
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That's bs. Its on goodandevo.net and I tried it myself, asking if I could instead go month to month. The woman said no but that she'd be happy to terminate my account without ETF if I wanted.
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qjsmartphone said:
dude it's not sprint it's ur phone get an evo 3D or galaxy S2 and all those problems will dissappear
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this was what i was going to say...

qjsmartphone said:
dude it's not sprint it's ur phone get an evo 3D or galaxy S2 and all those problems will dissappear
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Or a Photon.

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Or a Photon.
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Or an Echo.
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Selling my EVO but i have a contract...dont know what to do

I bought my evo back in march. I got it with a two year contract. I wanna sell it on ebay but i dont know how that works if i was to seel my phone would i still have the two yesr contract or what? Basiy im trying to sell my phone and void my contract.
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I just need clarity on this ive never wanted to do this before
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I strongly recommend reading your contract, because selling your phone (without putting a new phone on your contract to take the service of your old phone) may be seen as abandoning your service. If you abandon your service, then the provider may consider that an early termination. That is what happened to me when I was with Verizon and got rid of my phone before having a replacement phone added to my account.

A contract is a contract. Getting rid of your phone does not change that.
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If you break your contract,you will be charged $200.00 for disconnect,then another $200.00 for early termination,plus a bad credit mark.If you replace it with another phone,your good.

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If you break your contract,you will be charged $200.00 for disconnect,then another $200.00 for early termination,plus a bad credit mark.If you replace it with another phone,your good.
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If he wants to cancel his contract he would only have to pay the eft fee last I checked and the remaining bill he has. I recently did that

Also if you sell the phone and don't pay your bill etc, the new buyer will be screwed. The esn will be blacklisted. So pay your etf and sell the phone.
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Whats the etf? Haha
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Whats the etf? Haha
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Early termination fee, mind if I ask y u want outta your contract? If its service related you may be able to get em to drop u for free
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Early termination fee, mind if I ask y u want outta your contract? If its service related you may be able to get em to drop u for free
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I want out of my contract because:
1. My parents pay my bill, i need to start paying for it myself.
2. I would like a new phone
3. My friend is a manager for sprint so i would get his discount on my bill and i would not ever have a contract.
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Just force roam for a month or 2
nobody calls my EVO a fizzle and gets away with it!!

if you just sell it, then the person who buys it is screwed cuz the ESN will be locked, then you'd have to pay a fee, or you could just stop paying and say screw them, go to verizon and get a new plan, just can never go back to Sprint. Believe it or not, Sprint does not actually go on your credit

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Just force roam for a month or 2
nobody calls my EVO a fizzle and gets away with it!!
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Lol, what will that do? Wont i get a lettee from sprint?
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I want out of my contract because:
1. My parents pay my bill, i need to start paying for it myself.
2. I would like a new phone
3. My friend is a manager for sprint so i would get his discount on my bill and i would not ever have a contract.
Have your friend waive your ETF fee. Are your parents phones on the same plan? If so don't force roam or you may have their lines cancelled as well. The only phone out right now that is reasonably worth going thru the hassle to get rid of your contract for is the sgs2 and its not that GREAT, yet its still lacking in the development area, and has issues with calls if you don't flash the updated radios. The MOTO Photon is a pain with its jacked up bootloader encryption, last I checked fully unldocking it broke 4g and temp rooting caused the phone resource to freeze up and FC randomly, and the 3vo well the 3vo is a holographic headache. Anything I did in 3d on it gave me a splitting headache, same with my dad. He had/has all 3 phones he ditched the 3vo for the Photon got stuck with the Photon then added another line just to get the SGS2 to get rid of the photon. Hope that helps. Hopefully Sprint will drop something better around the holidays or early next year when my upgrade is ready.
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I want out of my contract because:
1. My parents pay my bill, i need to start paying for it myself.
2. I would like a new phone
3. My friend is a manager for sprint so i would get his discount on my bill and i would not ever have a contract.
Have your friend waive your ETF fee. Are your parents phones on the same plan? If so don't force roam or you may have their lines cancelled as well. The only phone out right now that is reasonably worth going thru the hassle to get rid of your contract for is the sgs2 and its not that GREAT, yet its still lacking in the development area, and has issues with calls if you don't flash the updated radios. The MOTO Photon is a pain with its jacked up bootloader encryption, last I checked fully unldocking it broke 4g and temp rooting caused the phone resource to freeze up and FC randomly, and the 3vo well the 3vo is a holographic headache. Anything I did in 3d on it gave me a splitting headache, same with my dad. He had/has all 3 phones he ditched the 3vo for the Photon got stuck with the Photon then added another line just to get the SGS2 to get rid of the photon. Hope that helps. Hopefully Sprint will drop something better around the holidays or early next year when my upgrade is ready.
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I was going to talk to him about it. I dont know if hes allowed to waive that fee though.
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Pay etf or whatever and cancel your account. Sell phone on eBay with good esn and reimburse yourself with the money from the phone. Everyone wins.
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See if you can assume the payment from your parents/turn it into your own single-line account. I wouldn't do anything to goof your credit or your parents at this point; easy to screw up, tough to repair. The Evo still rocks, I've stopped having gadget lust (mostly) since getting mine 9 months ago. Learn to root it and it can be like a new phone whenever you want
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OP,
If you are getting the phone in your name, why not do a change of financial responsibility?
If you are wanting another phone, you need to either fulfill the contract, pay full price for the new phone, or call Sprint and ask what the ETF is.
See, I am in a situation where I "want" another phone to replace my EVO. I am simply tired of replacing the EVO. My upgrade isn't until March or April 2012 (different departments tell me different things). Anyway, my ETF is only $60 at the moment. "If" there was a must have replacement, I could call Sprint to cancel this line and pay the ETF. This will allow me to sell my EVO with a clear ESN. I could then add a line to my account, get new user pricing, but loose my current phone number (a Sprint Retention Employee suggested this option).
Or, I could pay the ETF and get a phone like the Droid Razr or Galaxy Nexus when it launches (soon?)

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Pay etf or whatever and cancel your account. Sell phone on eBay with good esn and reimburse yourself with the money from the phone. Everyone wins.
Support TrevE! Fuh Q CIQ!
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Thats what i was thinking!!! My etf is like $180 tho...and if im lucky ebay will give me like 150 for my evo. Ive seen em go for more then that tho.
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cowboys2000 said:
OP,
If you are getting the phone in your name, why not do a change of financial responsibility?
If you are wanting another phone, you need to either fulfill the contract, pay full price for the new phone, or call Sprint and ask what the ETF is.
See, I am in a situation where I "want" another phone to replace my EVO. I am simply tired of replacing the EVO. My upgrade isn't until March or April 2012 (different departments tell me different things). Anyway, my ETF is only $60 at the moment. "If" there was a must have replacement, I could call Sprint to cancel this line and pay the ETF. This will allow me to sell my EVO with a clear ESN. I could then add a line to my account, get new user pricing, but loose my current phone number (a Sprint Retention Employee suggested this option).
Or, I could pay the ETF and get a phone like the Droid Razr or Galaxy Nexus when it launches (soon?)
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Im kind of in the same situation as you. Just trying to figure it out where i dont "waste" money or f the credit up
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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)
-Ice

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)
-Ice
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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 .
-Ice

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)
-Ice
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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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AOD_Corwin said:
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!