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Any Ideas on How to Get an EVO for less than $450?

I'm just looking to join the dev community and do some documentation for DC. I don't need to do anything underhanded like complain to Sprint and whine for a free upgrade or whatever. Just curious to see if anyone knows how or if there are any deals that'll knock a few bucks off the non-upgrade price for me.
PS: I can also wait, I don't need the phone immediately. Looking for July sometime when they're back in stock.

There's a guy who posted earlier with thread title (evo 4g sucks), maybe he'll be inclined to sell it?

Geosama said:
There's a guy who posted earlier with thread title (evo 4g sucks), maybe he'll be inclined to sell it?
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Oh yeah. I saw that thread. Maybe.
EDIT: In the words of the governator..., "NO DEAL!" He said no.

Can't imagine why he would want to keep it since it suks so bad..?

Search Bing for Wirefly. They're selling it for $480, but Bing Cashback will net you fifty dollars. In total, it will come out to $430. That isn't much of a difference, but it IS cheaper.
Or, if you're really lazy, you can follow this link: http://www.wirefly.com/eCommerce/SpecialOffer.aspx?cid=35808_4da6dc3a520b46b9832a393cf5eaa11d.

zone23 said:
Can't imagine why he would want to keep it since it suks so bad..?
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probably just wanted to whine

I am not sure if you have a current phone with sprint. I got the Hero in November '09 and was not quite at my upgrade. I was able to go to the sprint store and trade in my Hero for $80. So the Evo was $449 - $80 which I paid $369 for it. The good thing is November if they come out with a faster phone I will be able to sell my Evo because it is unlocked and get a new phone with the upgrade discount and it will make up the difference.

dwertz said:
I am not sure if you have a current phone with sprint. I got the Hero in November '09 and was not quite at my upgrade. I was able to go to the sprint store and trade in my Hero for $80. So the Evo was $449 - $80 which I paid $369 for it. The good thing is November if they come out with a faster phone I will be able to sell my Evo because it is unlocked and get a new phone with the upgrade discount and it will make up the difference.
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I think this is my best choice in all honesty. I have the same situation.
I COULD sell my launch HERO on eBay or Craigslist but I'm not confident that anyone would buy it for more than $100 anyway. A piece of the volume rocker cracked and some of the metallic paint is wearing on the back button.
I believe I'm also a premiere customer or whatever they call that, so yeah in October/November of this year if they release a new phone, I'd be eligible for $150 off or something.
EDIT: Another idea is to grab the EVO on Wirefly and get the $50 cash back, that's $430. Then try to give back my HERO for $80, that's roughly $350 for an EVO at that point. $350 isn't bad. It's kind of like a moron not mailing in his rebate and then ordering overnight shipping and having it delayed for 4 weeks. I could be comfortable being that moron.

sidepart said:
I think this is my best choice in all honesty. I have the same situation.
I COULD sell my launch HERO on eBay or Craigslist but I'm not confident that anyone would buy it for more than $100 anyway. A piece of the volume rocker cracked and some of the metallic paint is wearing on the back button.
I believe I'm also a premiere customer or whatever they call that, so yeah in October/November of this year if they release a new phone, I'd be eligible for $150 off or something.
EDIT: Another idea is to grab the EVO on Wirefly and get the $50 cash back, that's $430. Then try to give back my HERO for $80, that's roughly $350 for an EVO at that point. $350 isn't bad. It's kind of like a moron not mailing in his rebate and then ordering overnight shipping and having it delayed for 4 weeks. I could be comfortable being that moron.
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I am not sure Sprint will do a trade in unless you buy the phone from them. If you decide to do this, ask to keep the battery for the hero. It is the same battery the Evo uses.

Get one for $450 and sell your previous phone to subsidize it. I got $225 for my Hero.
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I bought mine for 439 on ebay without tax

sidepart said:
I'm just looking to join the dev community and do some documentation for DC. I don't need to do anything underhanded like complain to Sprint and whine for a free upgrade or whatever. Just curious to see if anyone knows how or if there are any deals that'll knock a few bucks off the non-upgrade price for me.
PS: I can also wait, I don't need the phone immediately. Looking for July sometime when they're back in stock.
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try this. have someone else put the phone under their name so you will get it for $199, then do a change of liability and put the phone in your name. not sure if they pay an etf cause they are transferring the contract to you. if not your all good. what i did was open up a business account and only paid 199 then i ported my old number to tmobile. 3 days later i ported it to my business account. paid an etf but only paid 199 for the phone and can sell my old phone to balance out the etf.

I ended up having to grab it off the Sprint website because Wirefly, Newegg and all the others stopped offering the phone. Unfortunately this means that I have to pay a hefty tax for the device bringing the total up to about $495 for the phone. To subsidize this though, I'm going to attempt to sell my HERO for about $100. I might even try to participate in the recycling program instead so that I can get $80 back and keep my battery/sd-card.
Either way, if I find that the phone sucks hard, I can just turn around and sell it. Also, if something more awesome comes out by October (my 1-year contract mark), I can upgrade to it and sell the EVO for a decent price.

consider this idea.. only an idea...
try Best Buy.. so they can give you instant rebate.
tell them you want to cancel your contract..pay the fee. i am guess it is $150.
get new contract.. have them port the number to new contract. get the EVO for $199.
Trade the Hero into BB for $80-100 (i have heard some have gotten $110)
if it works. 199 +150 - $100 = 250
maybe.. a shot

Dan330 said:
consider this idea.. only an idea...
try Best Buy.. so they can give you instant rebate.
tell them you want to cancel your contract..pay the fee. i am guess it is $150.
get new contract.. have them port the number to new contract. get the EVO for $199.
Trade the Hero into BB for $80-100 (i have heard some have gotten $110)
if it works. 199 +150 - $100 = 250
maybe.. a shot
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Wont work.
a. Unless you have another line available to add, you can't turn one off and then add a new one right away.
b. You can't port a number from a deactivated line (and usually not within the same carrier.)

I suppose one could try to pay the ETF to have Sprint at least change the contract from 2-yr to month to month. Although they'd probably be confused by this, and probably wouldn't let you do it to begin with. Then just sign up for a new plan, and start a new 2-yr contract. I really doubt that could work.
Alternatively, I suppose if one didn't want to keep their phone number...they could just ETF, and purchase the new phone and contract.
Really I'm not willing to **** around with any of that though. I was more interested to see if someone like...knew a guy who had a trick or coupon code, or had access to some kind of super secret "knock-a-few-bucks-off-for-a-friend" deal.

sidepart said:
I don't need to do anything underhanded like complain to Sprint and whine for a free upgrade or whatever.
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Damn! No underhanded stuff?! C'mon man...
I was gonna say you could just rob somebody coming out of the Sprint store with an EVO

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How to Swap out your EVO to EPIC at Radio Shack and NOT PAY FULL PRICE!!!

After getting locked out of rooting when EVO went to FROYO 2.2 and after 21 days of waiting for with no workaround in sight, I decided to go ahead and explore my options on how to move on and aquire another awesome Android device without coming too much out of pocket. So for those who are in a similar boat and have a "Mint" condition EVO hear is the deal I found:
Go to your Local Radio Shack and ask for the Manager
Tell them you want to swap out your EVO for the EPIC and ask about the buy back program
[*]--- Radio Shack has a "Buy Back" program and if your EVO is in "Mint" Condition you can score anywhere between $250 - $285. You mush bring in your EVO for them to evaluate it. Once they confirm that it looks good, then they will give you an offer.​
That amount is in a form of a "Store Credit" which CAN be used against the purchase of the Epic.
Then put down your $50 pre-order for the EPIC and hold on to your gift card and receipt. Done...
On launch day bring your EVO, Box, and cable and about $250 + some tax. Walk out with an EPIC ready for root.
So in total you ended up paying about $300 plus tax (which was $50 over what the phone would of been sold with a new 2 year) but at least you didn't have to pay $549.99 + tax and you managed to get a phone that is about as good as the EVO is and more importantly "ROOT" access back.
Hope this helps someone.
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Yeah, I know it can be sold for MORE on Ebay or Craigslist, but then what do you do during the time that you don't have a phone waiting for the Epic? And how do you get it deactivated? Waiting for the bidding, then shipping it, then waiting for the 14 day hold Ebay puts on Electronic Devices, all of this when the launch of the Epic is 12 days away?Too many variables to mess with.
I also spoke with Radio Shack to verify final pricing so:
FINAL PRICE = $300 + tax for the device after the swap exchange, NOT $449 + tax.
Now if you want to wait ti'll after the launch and then ebay the EVO off and get in on a second shipment, then go for it. I was just trying to offer up some advice here on how to get out of the EVO FROYO and not spend full price on the EPIC on launch day.

Wait...
You paid $200 for the EVO, and they'll buy it back for say $300, just for easy math. You still need to pay the full price on the Epic, which is $549. So you're essentially paying $449 for the epic when all is said & done.
Why not sell the EVO on Craigslist for $400, then buy the Epic for full price?

Evo's on Ebay sell for $400+...

Ill buy anyone's evo for 300 if its mint
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I'll have to put my EVO up for sale real soon...

My Evo went for $455 on ebay.

Mine has a slight scuff in one of the corners. It's hard to notice. Everything else, including the screen, is perfect. I'll probably sell it for a little under $300.

Vibrant is available for 1cent now on Amazon and $49 for Captivate. I don't know why Sprint decided to price EPIC at $250!

coolkams03 said:
Vibrant is available for 1cent now on Amazon and $49 for Captivate. I don't know why Sprint decided to price EPIC at $250!
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When companies look at ways to price their phone they don't look on amazon. They have a team of marketers make the price.

coolkams03 said:
Vibrant is available for 1cent now on Amazon and $49 for Captivate. I don't know why Sprint decided to price EPIC at $250!
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And the Vibrant/Captivate are $199 on T-mobile/AT&T's sites. Let's not look to third party dealers and the kickbacks they receive to set pricing standards.

agonzalez1010 said:
After getting locked out of rooting when EVO went to FROYO 2.2 and after 21 days of waiting for with no workaround in sight, I decided to go ahead and explore my options on how to move on and aquire another awesome Android device without coming too much out of pocket. So for those who are in a similar boat and have a "Mint" condition EVO hear is the deal I found:
Go to your Local Radio Shack and ask for the Manager
Tell them you want to swap out your EVO for the EPIC and ask about the buy back program
[*]--- Radio Shack has a "Buy Back" program and if your EVO is in "Mint" Condition you can score anywhere between $250 - $285. You mush bring in your EVO for them to evaluate it. Once they confirm that it looks good, then they will give you an offer.​
That amount is in a form of a "Store Credit" which CAN be used against the purchase of the Epic.
Then put down your $50 pre-order for the EPIC and hold on to your gift card and receipt. Done...
On launch day bring your EVO, Box, and cable and about $250 + some tax. Walk out with an EPIC ready for root.
So in total you ended up paying about $300 plus tax (which was $50 over what the phone would of been sold with a new 2 year) but at least you didn't have to pay $549.99 + tax and you managed to get a phone that is about as good as the EVO is and more importantly "ROOT" access back.
Hope this helps someone.
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Yeah, I know it can be sold for MORE on Ebay or Craigslist, but then what do you do during the time that you don't have a phone waiting for the Epic? And how do you get it deactivated? Waiting for the bidding, then shipping it, then waiting for the 14 day hold Ebay puts on Electronic Devices, all of this when the launch of the Epic is 12 days away?Too many variables to mess with.
I also spoke with Radio Shack to verify final pricing so:
FINAL PRICE = $300 + tax for the device after the swap exchange, NOT $449 + tax.
Now if you want to wait ti'll after the launch and then ebay the EVO off and get in on a second shipment, then go for it. I was just trying to offer up some advice here on how to get out of the EVO FROYO and not spend full price on the EPIC on launch day.
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Why not just hawk your Evo on craigslist or eBay for double and still come out on top even after getting the Epic for $250? Evo's are going for $400 and more on the grey market.
Sorry, but i have the patience to WAIT for my Evo to sell on CL and make a healthy profit still. If you don't have $250 + tax lying around to get the Epic, then i can understand not wanting to wait for Evo to sell, at least the RS credit makes it an almost straight swap anyway dollar-wise..
Here in NYC, an Evo on CL for $400 sells in a day (once you wade through the usual b.s folks), sold 3 myself. Literally posted in the AM and by evening time sold it clean and square.

Instead of adding around $200 - $250 to money you get for selling your evo, why not just keep the evo, add a second line and buy the epic for $250. Then work on trying to get add many discounts for your account as you can.
This is the soundtrack to the rEVOlution.

FYI If you were thinking of getting the nexus S 4G

I ordered a pair of these yesterday over the phone with sprint, I asked them to match the bestbuy $149 price and they did, and they also waived the activation and gave me free shipping. And since I'm porting 2 numbers over from tmobile they are giving me $125 per line for that.
So if you hate best buy as much as I do, you don't have to deal with them if you can stand to wait a few days for a phone to ship out.
I'm going to spend that time backing up what I want off of my current phones and getting ready to ebay them or something.

I wonder if that only works for new customers, or if it works for those of us who upgraded.

EXACTLY what I did as well... Remember to fill out your paperwork for the port credit (you have 72 hrs).
https://www.spcconsumer.com/
The Nexus Rocks

Nice to know...I'm going to see if Sprint can credit my account the $50 difference I paid when I got my Nexus.

thanks for the heads up. wish i would of known sooner, i already bought mine from best buy. i paid the $199 bc i was adding a 5th line...i would take it back, but i already ported my at&t number over, so its a no go...oh well at least i'm still getting my $125 port-in credit.

i paid almost $600 for mine. got it on sunday at my local sprint store
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why so much? I don't know really how sprint plans work, I didn't have a contract on tmo, does sprint have non contract plans like month to month that you're on so you didn't have to renew a contract?

my line was an upgrade....paid 199.99 tired to get them to pm they told me to get bent. I could return it but then its 35.00 restock....thats lame! They also reset my upgrade status from 75 to 150....so maybe I sholdnt complain to much.

i wasn't eligible for upgrade or discount so i paid retail. but so far i love this phone. i came from a rooted evo with aosp gingerbread
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Good tip. I HATE going to best buy too.
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I had a Hero, but broke contract for $50 to get the Nexus S at $199..I also got $40 for my hero which had a cracked screen and serious body damage. Best decision I've ever made!
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I bought this phone for retail as well for $550 plus tax from sprint release morning. Came out to be $620 with tax and the gloss black tpu case. Worth every penny,love thus phone so much! I hate beat buy as well they are selling it retail for $699 little over 8 bills with tax and a case. Screw that. This phone is awesome and I love it's on sprint
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Anyone know if they'll price match in the Sprint store?

I just wanted to update, called UPS to tell them to hold the package at the warehouse, not able to do that only sprint can change it. I just called sprint they told me they can't change it either.
I specifically asked the rep I placed the order with if this was possible and I was LIED to.
Now I have to either try and work from home or take a day off of work to wait at my house for my phone to show up. What a ****ing joke, this isn't getting off to a good start at all.

http://www.wirefly.com/catalog/sprint/samsung/nexus-s-4g-from-google-black/
$99 starting tomorrow! damn that was quick :|

Nice price even off contract for evo 3d

http://phandroid.com/2011/05/23/evo-3d-499-off-contract-at-radio-shack-399-with-old-evo-trade-in/

Yea, I'm going to pass by my local Radio Shack after work today. Hopefully they still will take my pre-order.

I'm definitely getting the 3d but my upgrade not till August
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damn good deal...but as of now i'm running virus's b1.1.2 sense 3.0 with bursts theme and everything is working great, and silky smooth! i'll prolly wait until my contract is up in Nov. but hell-of-a-deal...i just wanta play with one!!! grrrr

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091757
Evo trade In via radio shack
from my phone duh

If it's in mint condition kind of a rip off at radio shack make some profit off eBay. Then buy the evo 3d and have some money in ur pockets.

reaper24 said:
If it's in mint condition kind of a rip off at radio shack make some profit off eBay.
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I would agree with you but if you check the listings there are already hundreds of listings in my area trying to sell the phone in prep for the 3D.

Zabalba said:
I would agree with you but if you check the listings there are already hundreds of listings in my area trying to sell the phone in prep for the 3D.
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LOL mine is brand new not a refurbished unit and still have 8 months on my contract.

Zabalba said:
I would agree with you but if you check the listings there are already hundreds of listings in my area trying to sell the phone in prep for the 3D.
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Just looked on Ebay and you are correct, there are a lot of evo's for sale. Going rate is about $230 - $250 at the moment and that price will probably go down when the 3d comes out (hopes not).

Jfree3000 said:
Just looked on Ebay and you are correct, there are a lot of evo's for sale. Going rate is about $230 - $250 at the moment and that price will probably go down when the 3d comes out (hopes not).
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I doubt it still a kick ass phone people may not like the evo 3d as much as the evo. Along with not liking the shift or the echo lol echo was a joke.

mines sold soon as the E3D is released and i have it i will have my evo over to the person buying it

Pre-ordered mine.

I don't think its that good of a deal. How much does a 3D cost off contract? $499?
You can definitely sell your Evo on Craigslist or Ebay for AT LEAST $200, and if you put that money towards the new phone, it would make an off contract 3D $299
or cheaper...
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CheesyNutz said:
mines sold soon as the E3D is released and i have it i will have my evo over to the person buying it
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You and hundreds of others will be selling at the same time, good luck
sent from my evo, *****!

Yeah I sold my Evo last month because I knew once the Evo3d hit the shelves, that there was gonna be a mass flux of people selling on Ebay - Craigslist - Etc.. You will see Evo 4G's going for $150 before the end of the week it is released in Mint Condition with accessories. I can almost promise this. I luckily had an Epic also, so I wasn't without during my loss of my great Evo, but now I have a Pre order with Radio Shack and $450 in saving and a $50 gift card to buy my new one. Exciting stuff. Though I really doubt that I'm gonna get it for $499. It's going to probably be $50 to $100 more expensive that what that ad actually says. Though I hope not.

And now the trade in programs begin, right?

Like they did with the evo 3d I hope they do the same with the epic and epic touch. A trade in program worth 100 big ones off, who is with me?
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With the evo 3d if you had an evo 4g u got upto $150 off
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Blitzpwnage said:
Like they did with the evo 3d I hope they do the same with the epic and epic touch. A trade in program worth 100 big ones off, who is with me?
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I think you'd have no trouble getting $100 for an Epic on Craigslist or eBay. I have no plans to upgrade to the Epic touch, but if I did, I'd actually rather keep my Epic as a backup and as a wifi-only device than get $100 for it.

edonnelly said:
I think you'd have no trouble getting $100 for an Epic on Craigslist or eBay. I have no plans to upgrade to the Epic touch, but if I did, I'd actually rather keep my Epic as a backup and as a wifi-only device than get $100 for it.
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This
I had to trade in my palm centro for $50 off my epic...I still miss that phone.
sent from my uncyanogen modded epic 4g. with the key skips.

I was speaking with my Sprint rep downtown last weekend and they'll buy back the Epic for over $100 right now. I can't remember if it was $105 or $110 but you can guarantee that's the cheap end. He even told me I could probably do better selling it online.

so is that $100 off of retail if you sell it back to them or $100 off the "contract" price?

edonnelly said:
I think you'd have no trouble getting $100 for an Epic on Craigslist or eBay. I have no plans to upgrade to the Epic touch, but if I did, I'd actually rather keep my Epic as a backup and as a wifi-only device than get $100 for it.
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I agree.
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The epics are selling on ebay for $130 or so. After ebay and paypal fees you'd probably get about $100 for it. If I was going to get rid of my epic I'd rather give it to sprint for $100 than deal with selling it to a stranger.

they are going for about $200-250 on craigslist. go that route if you are in a major city with lots of CL activity.

bagelicious said:
I can't remember if it was $105 or $110 but you can guarantee that's the cheap end. He even told me I could probably do better selling it online.
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Incidentally I was told $105 yesterday. They go for $125-130ish on eBay.

the other guy is right about ebay and paypal fees, your likley to end up paying 25 dollars in ebay and paypal fees.

I rather hope that Radio shack goes $99 for it like the Photon 4G.

latinmaxima said:
I rather hope that Radio shack goes $99 for it like the Photon 4G.
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Yeah or atleast $150...

I'm keep Ing my epic
My dad drops his phone in water oh so very often
100 is not greater than the price of a phone's list price
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