Just out of curiosity, does anyone have a 'story' of how they got their Epic (or EVO) discounted more than the basic mail-in rebate?
I have been a Sprint customer for years and have never really done any haggling to get freebies or discounts. I am not in contract with Sprint and have not been for years. I called and asked about other incentives that Sprint could offer to get me back into contract with them. I felt that giving me (a 10 year loyal customer) the same discounts as a new customer was not really showing me any appreciation as a customer. They offered me an additional $70 contract renewal credit and to purchase back my old phone ($35 for a Touch Pro - not going to do that, though, it is worth more on eBay). While the additional $105 discount is great, I wonder if anyone else has had any other discounts added.
My brother swears to me that he was able to get Sprint to give him 2 EVOs for $75. I asked him how he did it and he just told them that he was going to go to another carrier. I tried that and they sent me right to the account cancellation department!
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I live in NY, and $500 for uncontract phone at T-Mobile Store before tax. Is there big sale on thanksgiving? Is Delaware cheaper?
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I live in NY, and $500 for uncontract phone at T-Mobile Store before tax. Is there big sale on thanksgiving? Is Delaware cheaper?
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Craigslist
Either craigslist where new G2's are going for $400-450 or Costco where you can get a G2 for $450 without contract.
i stopped by a Costco in Anne Arundel, MD and they said they are not allowed to sell phones w/o contract.
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i stopped by a Costco in Anne Arundel, MD and they said they are not allowed to sell phones w/o contract.
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That always depends on the individual dealer as some love their commision so much they don't sell without contract. The one at Arundel Mills and Beltsville in MD won't sell without contract but the one at Pentagon City and Largo does. Go figure
anyway if u wanna buy from Costco, Just buy it for $99 $149 or whatever the two year price is and cancel after 15 days and pay your $200 ETF since Costco dealers doesn't charge additional ETF
http://membershipwireless.com/index.cfm/go/shop/do/PhoneDetails/productid/3812
On the one hand: Wow, that's probably the cheapest way to get the G2 unlocked and off contract. That's probably cheaper than my 21 month upgrade options right now.
On the other hand: Seriously? We're going to talk about scamming Costco, T-Mobile and HTC here in a public forum? How long until Costco would wise up to something like this or T-Mobile put an additional cancellation clause into their Terms and Conditions?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=810674
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That always depends on the individual dealer as some love their commision so much they don't sell without contract. The one at Arundel Mills and Beltsville in MD won't sell without contract but the one at Pentagon City and Largo does. Go figure
anyway if u wanna buy from Costco, Just buy it for $99 $149 or whatever the two year price is and cancel after 15 days and pay your $200 ETF since Costco dealers doesn't charge additional ETF
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The Costco dealers do make you sign an additional contract stating that you are liable to pay them an ETF in addition to Tmobiles ETF. This is basically stealing the phone. Tmobile will deny to pay the dealer the commission because the line isn't open. So the dealer just gave you a 99 dollar G2 that they bought for 450 or so. Some dealers will also charge the employee who activated the line back for the full price of the phone.
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The Costco dealers do make you sign an additional contract stating that you are liable to pay them an ETF in addition to Tmobiles ETF. This is basically stealing the phone. Tmobile will deny to pay the dealer the commission because the line isn't open. So the dealer just gave you a 99 dollar G2 that they bought for 450 or so. Some dealers will also charge the employee who activated the line back for the full price of the phone.
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What page does it say you have to pay Costco a additional ETF. I'm looking at my friend's Vibrant contact and all they're contract says is that if you cancel, you should return the phone within 90 days so they can offer low prices. There's no additional ETF here?
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The Costco dealers do make you sign an additional contract stating that you are liable to pay them an ETF in addition to Tmobiles ETF. This is basically stealing the phone. Tmobile will deny to pay the dealer the commission because the line isn't open. So the dealer just gave you a 99 dollar G2 that they bought for 450 or so. Some dealers will also charge the employee who activated the line back for the full price of the phone.
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I think you combined 2 comments and responded to a red herring. One comment was asking about Costcos that would sell the phone for full price without a contract (not stealing, just a different way to sell it) and another was asking about Costco ETFs. I don't think anyone was claiming that they could get it for $99 at Costco without a contract - that would get someone in some serious trouble...
I guess I should add that if you were stating that you doubt that Costco doesn't have their own ETF, I agree that would be odd as it is common industry practice for 3rd parties to sell a subsidized phone and have their own ETF in addition to the carrier's ETF, but I wouldn't put it past Costco - they aren't your average 3rd party retailer and often have unique arrangements with manufacturers due to their membership store nature and the way they manage their bulk purchases.
Thanks for all your replies.
I contract one on craigslist, but no answer yet.
seems phone $49
http://membershipwireless.com/index.cfm/go/shop/do/PhoneDetails/productId/3812
activation fee $30?
Early termination fee $350
maybe you have to keep line more than 15 days. so +$30
dunno if you cancel line contract immediately after purchase. t-mo and costco are separate things. they share info and costco requires phone back?
T-Mo stores able to discount?
Does anyone know if T-Mo retail stores are allowed to negotiate or offer deals? I was going to purchase my G2 via T-Mo online, but also need to get my wife a MyTouch, and I want to see if they can offer a discount for two purchases.
I don't think that the actual retail stores can negotiate at all, other than the occasional waiving of the new line activation fee (Not the upgrade fee). If you want a better deal you would have to call, and it honestly depends on your situation as to how much they are willing to give you (Regular reps might not be able to help either, you may have to contact loyalty). They also may require you to order it rather than get it from a direct dealer, but I'm not sure.
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I don't think that the actual retail stores can negotiate at all, other than the occasional waiving of the new line activation fee (Not the upgrade fee). If you want a better deal you would have to call, and it honestly depends on your situation as to how much they are willing to give you (Regular reps might not be able to help either, you may have to contact loyalty). They also may require you to order it rather than get it from a direct dealer, but I'm not sure.
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Thanks. i have a Family Plan with 5 lines, and they've always been pretty good about waiving stuff (gave my wife the same grandfathered data plan I had from my original G1 purchase). I guess I'll call Customer Loyalty. Thanks!
since the galaxy tab wifi only isnt out yet
this is probably the best way to get a tablet for $350
US cellular has the tablet for $300 with a 2 year $55 per month contract
this week's price is $200 after getting a $100 rebate
then what you do is cancel the data contract and pay $150 termination fee
so in the end you pay $350 for the tablet off contract!
will this work?
anybody got a better plan?
I just talked with a US Cellular rep in Hendersonville, NC. She confirmed that you could pretty much do what you're talking about. You would have to do at least one month on the $55/month plan before doing an early termination of the contract. Essentially, that gets you the tab for $400.00.
Edit....just discovered that there is a $30 or $50 activation fee if you're not a current US Cellular customer. Hmmmm.....the deal is getting worse by the moment...
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cant you just do this to bypass activations?
http://thetechjournal.com/how-to/bypass-activation-on-samsung-galaxy-tabhow-to.xhtml
nope hes talking about activating the SERVICE on the device. Not actually activating the device.. 0_o....
in order to get it for the low contract price, your signing up for the service and to Activate/process NEW service you have to pay $$..
If your slick enough you can try to get it waived.
Tmobile the same. If uou are not current customer, there is activation fe plus monthly is $5 more expensive.
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I'm frustrated to say the least with vzw
Oh, if this the Wrong place for this sorry.
The lack of updates to the note 3 and the looking down on the note 3 that prevents me from taking it elsewhere without hassles.
I pay $150/mo for "America's best network" that drops to 3g if I go into any buildings in Las Vegas on the strip.
So is this tracking bull enough to cancel a contract early? Honestly I want to just go to. T-Mobile for their cheaper plans with no contract and just be done with this crazy bill and crap service.
My contract ends in August. I'm. Perpetually under employed and the contract I'm on for share everything started when I had my old. Job paying my bill every month.
Any ideas?
Just go ahead and switch to T-Mobile. They will pay your etf.
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Just go ahead and switch to T-Mobile. They will pay your etf.
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If I trade my note 3, for a whopping $175 yes indeed, they'll pay the etf.
At this point without wonderful credit, T-Mobile wants me to pay half of any device up front so the $175 goes towards a T-Mobile device, of which the top end require me to have $300 up front.
So yes. They will pay the $150 etf and $175 device credit but that is a total of $325 and I'd like to imagine my note 3 as worth more on eBay.
Maybe just wait till the note 4. I like the oneplus but like the s-pen more.
How much luck have you guys had buying a full price Note 4 from TMobile without a contract or Tmobile plan? I'm on AT&T and wanted to bring one over. I'm a bit leery of swappa, eBay and Craigslist as I see a lot of these scams going around where either it's reported stolen/lost for the insurance money, or they stop paying the payment plan on Next/Jump and the phone gets blacklisted.
Hmm BB has the tmobile prepaid one for $50 less than Tmobile, but you can't order it or get it in store. Anyone have any luck with BB? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/t-mobil...lack/1015007.p?id=1219459037265&skuId=1015007
I paid the tax on the N4 i got 75.00 worth of accessories which I was rebate for they paid my early termination fee..
So I walked out with the device paying 75.00 this was based on my credit score.. which is in the 700 range...