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I've tried CS, primere CS numerous times but "due to your account" so they say I can't get the phone for cheaper than 350. Is there any other way to get it for cheap? I notice Tilt 2 is on letstalk.com for $200 but I've heard horror stories about them. any other suggestions?
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I've been searching for the best deal to get a Tilt2. So far buying from the internet gets you the best deal because AT&T retail store and their customer service do not have a price match policy so you're stuck at paying $349.99 with $50 MIR. Few are able to buy at lower prices but had to talk to numerous CSA so YMMV. There are many websites you can buy from but only from 2 original companies, 3 if you count Amazon. All the online stores seem to point to either wirefly or letstalk.
Wirefly Advertise the Tilt 2 as "Tilt 2 Mocha" and charges $199.99 regardless plan or add a line so I'm not going to waste any time on explaining how to get the Tilt 2 Mocha for cheap. Other online stores that use wirefly that I can find are mobiledia, cellstores, Newegg, Best Buy, and Searswireless. There may be others so if you find them post it in this thread. I will occasionally update this thread.
Amazon advertise the Tilt 2 for $149.99 for new account and 224.99 for renewal in case anyone wants to know.
I will concentrate this thread on letstalk and its Subsidiaries such as intomobile, crutchfieldwireless and especially walmart. Again, there may be others so if you find them post it in this thread. I will occasionally update this thread.
Alright down to the goods.
letstalk has many prices for the Tilt2 depending on your account.
$549.99
To buy the phone out right.
$199.99
new family line 2-5
Renew family line 2-5
$99.99
New 900 minute individual plan
renew 900 minute individual plan
New 700 minute family plan line 1
renewing your family line 1 700 minutes.
Was FREE!!! but now $99.99
New 1400 minute family plan line 1
New 2100 minute family plan line 1
New 3000 minute family plan line 1
New 4000 minute family plan line 1
New unlimited minute family plan line 1
New 6000 minute family plan line 1
renew 1400 minute family plan line 1
renew 2100 minute family plan line 1
renew 3000 minute family plan line 1
renew 4000 minute family plan line 1
renew unlimited minute family plan line 1
renew 6000 minute family plan line 1
Free!!!
New 1350 minute individual plan
New unlimited individual plan
renew 1350 minute individual plan
renew unlimited individual plan
Taxes
For new accounts, letstalk pays for your sales tax. For renewal, you have to pay for the sales tax. If you live in CA or TX you pay for the sales tax of the phones full price before discount.
Additional $25 off!!! (doesn't work if you're getting the Tilt 2 for free or no equipment charge)
When you're renewing your family plan you have to upgrade 2 phones. The second phone is priced much higher than advertised price. If you have pay for the phone (not sales tax) you can try "25RAFPCVER1
" to get $25 off.
>>> 25RAFPCVER1 <<< coupon code
Additional 2-5% off your total bill!!!!!! (I dont know how many percent but most likely 2%)
set up a bing.com account
log into your bing.com account and goto shopping then cashback stores
click on W then goto walmart store.
A popup will appear that tells you "Your purchase during this visit to Walmart will earn you 2-5% cashback. Make sure you see this popup before it takes you to the walmart store.
Once you're at the walmart store goto eletronics > Cell pHones
Additional info
Don't forget to enter the $25 off coupon code.
Double check your order and make sure it is exactly what you want before you pay for it.
Do not stop at any point and finish the order by phone. If you do you will lose the bing cashback.
Instead, pay for the order online then call walmart/letstalk. It may be helpful to check on the "Order by Phone" and get the session number when you call.
bing cashback takes 60 days to clear so think of it as a rebate.
This info is good as of 11-07-09
what do they mean by due to your account? is something wrong with ur account?
I wasnt even eligible for upgrade and i got it for 249 and a 50 MIR
xdeslitx said:
what do they mean by due to your account? is something wrong with ur account?
I wasnt even eligible for upgrade and i got it for 249 and a 50 MIR
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How did you manage to get that price. Even I am not eligible to for an upgrade. I contract is till next year Nov. I called the CS several times, and managed to get the price for 350 + 18 (upgrade fee) + tax + new 2 year contract from the day I buy the phone. Yesterday I was not able to order it as all the systems where under maintenance.
When is your contract going to end?
Maybe they changed the price since its available for everybody now and its listed in the website.
I got it before it officially came out. Just kept calling premier even though im not premier.
I guess YMMV...depends on how nice ur CSR that you talk to is.
I had to talk to many people before I even got someone who knew about the phone.
There's nothing wrong with my account. I have a primere account with pretty good monthly discount. I guess since I get monthly discount, they wont discount the phone.
Just got off the phone with Premier CS... told them to price match walmart.com's $199 upgrade price (which they did)...they also waived my upgrade fee and gave me free overnight shipping ...I still plan on sending in the $50 MIR...and I managed to keep my 2 year old cheaper rate plan all in the process.
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Just got off the phone with Premier CS... told them to price match walmart.com's $199 upgrade price (which they did)...they also waived my upgrade fee and gave me free overnight shipping ...I still plan on sending in the $50 MIR...and I managed to keep my 2 year old cheaper rate plan all in the process.
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Another example of YMMV...it just depends who you talk to and how now they want to be when you talk to them
cproaudio...dont be fooled!!! I got the deal in my above post and I have a 24% monthly discount
Just keep trying you'll find someone who will match the price for you eventually
im sorry, but what is this company you are trying to order from? do you have a link?
husker91 said:
im sorry, but what is this company you are trying to order from? do you have a link?
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AT&T Premier... but if you dont have a business acct with them, you can always go to www.walmart.com
UTZorro said:
AT&T Premier... but if you dont have a business acct with them, you can always go to www.walmart.com
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Even if you dont have a business acct you can still order from premier...thats how i got mine last week and i dont have premier
Forget AT&T and just get it from Walmart. Right now the phone is around $100 with a plan.
http://www2-walmart.letstalk.com/product/product.htm?prId=35844
cproaudio said:
I've tried CS, primere CS numerous times but "due to your account" so they say I can't get the phone for cheaper than 350. Is there any other way to get it for cheap? I notice Tilt 2 is on letstalk.com for $200 but I've heard horror stories about them. any other suggestions?
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I just did this through walmart which redirects to letstalk.com, what are the horror stories?
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I just did this through walmart which redirects to letstalk.com, what are the horror stories?
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Dont worry go ahead and order because i have ordered phones from them as well as my buddies but make sure stay on the same plan for 181 days else they will do the charge back since they will not get their commission from ATT. As long as you dont play around with the rules you will be just fine
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Forget AT&T and just get it from Walmart. Right now the phone is around $100 with a plan.
http://www2-walmart.letstalk.com/product/product.htm?prId=35844
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Is there a way to do this while staying on the current plan you have? The current plan I have is a 1100 minute family plan for $70 that is no longer available. The site has "2-yr service contract renewal" as an option, but when I select it I still get brought to the plan selection screen.
vikramdhani said:
Dont worry go ahead and order because i have ordered phones from them as well as my buddies but make sure stay on the same plan for 181 days else they will do the charge back since they will not get their commission from ATT. As long as you dont play around with the rules you will be just fine
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Yeah, I don't plan on moving around. I've been with this plan for nearly 10 years when it used to be Pac Bell Wireless. However, in the order confirmation email I just got, they do show that I will be charged $80 for my contract extension. I don't understand why I'm being charged for the same plan I already have. Looks like I'll have to call AT&T and walmart/letstalk about this and get it sorted.
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Is there a way to do this while staying on the current plan you have? The current plan I have is a 1100 minute family plan for $70 that is no longer available. The site has "2-yr service contract renewal" as an option, but when I select it I still get brought to the plan selection screen.
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That I don't know. However, I was on the 700 minute family plan and then I put my kid on it and bumped it to the 1400 plan, but I've been on that plan for a couple of years. The difference in cost between 1100 and 1400 is $10, but you should call them and see if you can just get the phone. That's what I did, but you have to be clear that you just want to extend your current contract, not get charged for the extension, and just get the phone only. Pay attention to the invoicing you get through email and make sure there are no extra charges.
Most problems are people trying to 'cheat' the system for the lower price.. others are just bad luck (product damaged in transit, for instance.. or defective unit)
Orrr someone doesn't remember exactly when they got the phone and then they switch to a family plan, or lower their minutes, and get a $300 charge on their credit card a few days later... which is nearly impossible to 'fix' since you can't force at&t to repay the 'store' the commission...
That said, if you're smart (and a bit lucky) you can make out like a bandit.
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I just did this through walmart which redirects to letstalk.com, what are the horror stories?
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Here's one. I bit the bullet and ordered the phone yesterday. The website shows $199.99 but backordered til 10/23. I got a text today saying that my smartphone is activated and if smartphone data plan is omitted, an appropriate data plan will automatically added to my plan. I dont care about the data plan because I already have it for my tilt. Today I check this thread and someone posted a new price of $99.99. I checked the walmart letstalk site, sure enough the price is 99.99. I called the lady that took my order. She basically told me to phuq off since the phone has already shipped. She said I can try customer service and I did. Again she said once the phone is shipped theres nothing she can do. I told her that I want to cancel the order. She said go ahead. She kept trying to hang up the phone by saying is there anything else I can help you with. I said yeah you can refund me $100. SHe said no but anything else?
Some people might say you ordered it at 199.99 why are you *****ing about the price now. I'm *****ing because the order was placed less than 24 hours ago. The phone was backordered til the 23. sales lady told me that they would ship both phones at once. I was under the impression that I have til 23rd to change my order because the site listed it as backordered til 23.
Now I have to cancel my order, ship the phone back, wait til my account is reverted back to upgradable status and reorder the phone again which will probably take 2-3 weeks.
So who has done the $50 rebate already??? Some people dnt even know about this.
Tmo Galaxy S2
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So who has done the $50 rebate already??? Some people dnt even know about this.
Tmo Galaxy S2
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i don't know about that... what rebate ?!?!
heck this could be a tipping point, i might get the Tmo version instead if there's $50 rebate
AllGamer said:
i don't know about that... what rebate ?!?!
heck this could be a tipping point, i might get the Tmo version instead if there's $50 rebate
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There is a $50 rebate if you upgrade to this phone and I think be on the 2GB or 5GB unlimited data plan. Not sure......
You need to sign 2 year contract for rebate
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You need to sign 2 year contract for rebate
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When i bought the phone the T-Mobile rep told me that the phone will cost $229.99 + $50 (mail-in rebate0 + $ 18 Upgrade Fee + Taxes. So i got the phone for a total of $312.**. The T-Mobile rep filled in the rebate form for me and told me to just mail it to the address mentioned on the form. I mailed the form last week and yesterday i got a message that they have received the rebate request and is under process. I was told that it takes upto 6-8 weeks for the rebate card to arrive. So i'm waiting.
You can check the status or eligibility for rebate from the following link:
http://www.tmobilerebates.com/splash.asp
bleh... that rebate will definitely not apply to me for many reasons
Yeh... I got the message yesterday too. It takes 6-8 weeks from now.
I mailed it out on 10/17.
Like other people said above, 2 year contract and $20 or higher data plan are needed for $50 mir.
Thank god for this post! Totally forgot about the rebate lool hopefully it didnt expire yet.
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xianzai2000 said:
Yeh... I got the message yesterday too. It takes 6-8 weeks from now.
I mailed it out on 10/17.
Like other people said above, 2 year contract and $20 or higher data plan are needed for $50 mir.
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Well i'm not sure about the Data plan requirement during upgrade....it is there for new contract....this is because when i upgraded my line it did not had any data plan on it and nobody checked for it....The T-Mobile rep only check on their system if the line is eligible for upgrade or not. I got the data plan added after i bought the phone and after reaching home i checked and internet was not working so i call 611 and the rep told me that there is no data plan on this line. So they definitely do not check for data plan during upgrade.
You lucked out without a data plan lol.. when upgrading to a smartphone data is required.. and can't be taken off. You do need a minimum of $20 web in order to receive the rebate as well
Only under the value plans is data not required on any phone.. def a bonus feauture of the value plan along with cheaper monthly plans
sent from my real Gs move in silence like lasagna
CozzaFrenzyy said:
Thank god for this post! Totally forgot about the rebate lool hopefully it didnt expire yet.
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U got a month after purchase.
Tmo Galaxy S2
I did it online.....just search for rebate and fill out the online part...then u just gotta print and send the form at the end.
Also there is a rumor that samsung may do a rebate too...they might announce it next week...for $50
Thats $100 total.... Im not sure thought, lets wait how that works if its true.
Tmo Galaxy S2
Think this would work for a phone bought at target?
Deebo took your bike too?
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Think this would work for a phone bought at target?
Deebo took your bike too?
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Maybe.....receipt is supposed to be attached. And I don't think the rebate specifies that it needs to be a T-Mobile receipt.
Thanks for the heads up on this - the drones in the store didn't mention the rebate
Using tapatalk on my Galaxy 2 to post this!
Rebate only applies to phones purchased at a corporate store under a classic/grandfathered plan. If you have a value plan you pay $229.99 + the whole tax of the equipment which is $529.99 and the rests gets put in 20 payments of$15.00 for 20 months.
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If the rebate is filled out online the turnaround time is usually around 4 Weeks. You still need to send it in to complete processing
I bought my S2 at Wally world for a total of $215.00. Do you guys think the rebate applies to me? I have a family plan that's $69.99 which I have been on for about 3 years now... and yes, I have a data plan that i pay $34.99 for 5GB and unlimited text(its a grandfather package that was used for the Mytouch).
Usually Walmart devices for Tmobile do not come with a rebate available
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Rebate only applies to phones purchased at a corporate store under a classic/grandfathered plan.
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Its also good for phones purchased from T-mobile.com
Other places i know you can get rebate from is Staples. They give it to you in form of a Visa Debit Prepaid Card
posted from my Eagleblood SGS2
Wirefly’s Friends and Family site is now showing that new and existing Sprint subscribers can order the Galaxy S III for just $149.99, the lowest price seen to date, through the company’s Friends and Family site.
http://www.wireflyfriends.com/
The way this reads, it sounds like you copied it directly off of a website.
banzaiwolfe said:
The way this reads, it sounds like you copied it directly off of a website.
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Better?
Just figured somebody like me may have been waiting for the price to drop a bit.
That's what I'm gonna pay for it at bb
remember Wirefly adds a second agreement... if you ok with that, $150 sounds great! Myself, I went with Costco online $175 after $25 mail-rebate, no extra agreements and90 day return policy.
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That's what I'm gonna pay for it at bb
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Not really because those 50 dollars you got of the GC its actually yours, you paid that for a reservation.
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lepapirriky said:
Not really because those 50 dollars you got of the GC its actually yours, you paid that for a reservation.
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Unless you also signed up for the Phone Freedom promotion in which you get an aditional $50 gift card after you get your phone.
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Unless you also signed up for the Phone Freedom promotion in which you get an aditional $50 gift card after you get your phone.
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Wells that's a different story then that will be 100!
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So when we purchase the phone at Bestbuy they give us a $50 gift card on top of the phone freedom gift card? I can't find anything on Bestbuy's website that says that. Already signed up for the phone freedom promotion. Would love 50 more dollars.
Think I'm going to jump on this deal.
I was trying to hold out for a 32gb phone over the 16 but I just got a 64 gb SD card as well. Considering at this point it would cost another $100 to get the extra 16 gb, it just doesn't make much sense to wait, IMO.
Also, I can find nothing strange about the Wirefly agreement other than you have 14 days to return it to them if you don't like it as opposed to taking it back to a Sprint store.
What says yous?
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So when we purchase the phone at Bestbuy they give us a $50 gift card on top of the phone freedom gift card? I can't find anything on Bestbuy's website that says that. Already signed up for the phone freedom promotion. Would love 50 more dollars.
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I don't see it on the website either, but it is the same promotion they've been offering on the Evo LTE. This is what they offered me in-store. Not sure about online sales.
When ahead and got this deal. I should get $50 cash back from my bank as well.
That puts me at $100 for the device. It's a blue 16GB version. But for $150 less than a white 32GB version, I can live with it.
Even at $50 difference between the 16 and 32 it's just not worth it when you consider I just got a brand new SanDisk 64GB card for $50.
Their web site says they are shipping tomorrow, but I highly doubt that.
safe?
is wireflyfriends.com safe? I know of wirefly.com/autocontent.aspx?pageid=3586&referringdomain=wiredneirf, but the first one seems fishy. When you go to the checkout page, the site isn't secured, while the second one is. Sorry if I seem a bit paranoid.
I'm more concerned about this 'second agreement'.
can someone shed some light on that? Does it tack another agreement after this one or something?
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I'm more concerned about this 'second agreement'.
can someone shed some light on that? Does it tack another agreement after this one or something?
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I think you are talking about the fact that the phone needs to be connected on the same line for at least 6 months:
"By accepting the ISD, you agree to keep your account in good standing and keep your wireless plan and features as activated for at least 180 days.
You agree to repay $200 of this discount ($400 for smartphones, tablets, and netbooks) and authorize us to charge your credit card in repayment of this amount if, you signed up for a 2 year agreement and during the 181 days after your new equipment is activated, your carrier notifies us that the services you purchased have been suspended, disconnected, or deactivated, or if you return your purchase outside of the return and exchange provisions of our 14-day Satisfaction Guarantee.
Please note some of the reasons your carrier may notify us of a deactivation include if:
You transfer this equipment to another line of service after it is activated
You change your rate plan to a lower monthly service rate than was specifically required at the point of purchase
You deactivate texting/data features that were specifically required at the point of purchase
The new line of service activated with your order is used to replace a pre-existing account"
if only i had an upgrade :/
i've heard of a few people getting Bestbuy to price match Wirefly. I will be attempting this.
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i've heard of a few people getting Bestbuy to price match Wirefly. I will be attempting this.
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They don't price match with online only retailers, but good luck.
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They don't price match with online only retailers, but good luck.
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its worth a shot. my bb will pm amazon...
Tommo153 said:
So when we purchase the phone at Bestbuy they give us a $50 gift card on top of the phone freedom gift card? I can't find anything on Bestbuy's website that says that. Already signed up for the phone freedom promotion. Would love 50 more dollars.
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yes you can...you use the$50 you used to reserve it for, and it will print out the freedom card for $50, so you'll play about $118 after tax
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Wells that's a different story then that will be 100!
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how will it be $100? they have it for $200-$50 freedom card at best buy
Soupskin said:
When ahead and got this deal. I should get $50 cash back from my bank as well.
Their web site says they are shipping tomorrow, but I highly doubt that.
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BOA? Wirefly won't be shipping till june 28th at this point.....i cancelled that pre order and just ended up getting it at best buy through my preorder there
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i've heard of a few people getting Bestbuy to price match Wirefly. I will be attempting this.
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good luck...its very rare forthat to happen...
Went online to buy the Galaxy SIII as Baltimore is not one of the top 30 markets included in T-mobiles launch of the "new Jesus phone".
I was forced to switch to a classic plan , previously had an even more plan for about the same features and cost but them when I looked at the pricing I see that T-mobile sells the phone for $80 more than Sprint, ATT and Verizon are for both the subsidized price and the full retail price.
What gives? Did I just sign up for a 2 new year contract only to be scammed into dishing out more money to T-mobile?
BTW, the Pebble Blue 32GB version is still backordered online.
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Went online to buy the Galaxy SIII as Baltimore is not one of the top 30 markets included in T-mobiles launch of the "new Jesus phone".
I was forced to switch to a classic plan , previously had an even more plan for about the same features and cost but them when I looked at the pricing I see that T-mobile sells the phone for $80 more than Sprint, ATT and Verizon are for both the subsidized price and the full retail price.
What gives? Did I just sign up for a 2 new year contract only to be scammed into dishing out more money to T-mobile?
BTW, the Pebble Blue 32GB version is still backordered online.
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By the phone outright. Pay full price, and sign up for a $30 a month plan, bring your own device. This, although contrary to popular opinion, is EASILY the most cost effective route. If you can not pay $650 for a phone outright, then you have a tough choice to make if you want instant gratification.
I just bought mine, and it was $300 after mail in rebate. I am annoyed to, but there is nothing I could do about it.
I'm a little annoyed too and will be watching T-Mobile closely. If they they have some super-Sale of July 4th (which is within the 14 day return policy) I hope they don't put up a fight.
In general, all prices should be good for 30 days on any product, with no-hassle price adjustments.
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By the phone outright. Pay full price, and sign up for a $30 a month plan, bring your own device. This, although contrary to popular opinion, is EASILY the most cost effective route. If you can not pay $650 for a phone outright, then you have a tough choice to make if you want instant gratification.
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Well, if you need a data plan however and you're paying for it anyway I think it's better to get the device subsidized.
My last phone was the Galaxy S and I paid $500 with a $30 plan at the time. A year later, I realized I needed more talk time, mobile email I added a data plan as well. Now it doesn't make sense to pay full retail for the phone.
My biggest issue is even the full retail price from T-mobile is $80 more than other carriers. Is that the premium we have to pay for getting the phone from the carrier who had the device on the market before the other? (even though they were the last to make an announcements).
that part still doesn't make sense... 3 other carriers are selling the exact same phone for substantially cheaper. Why are TMo's prices hiked up?
free 50GB Dropbox isn't so free?
could it be they are trying to make us pay for the free 50GB dropbox by charging us $80 more?
The T-Mob version should be roughly the same as the ATT version. Unless the radio for the 42 MBps data is significantly more costly than whatever radio ATT uses, I don't see where the difference should be.
Even so, if I had $700, I'd be buying one outright today. My Vibrant would become a dev/backup device with no looking back.
Although I want one VERY badly, I am kinda glad that I am going to have to wait a bit more before I can afford it. This way I can monitor the S III topic here and see if there are any lurking issues before I buy.
I called customer care and they gave me a full months credit to get and use the savings to buy my phone
I would talk to rententions if you want to see if you can get a better deal. Depending on how long you've been with them, how long you've been out of contract, etc, they may be able to get you a better deal. The key is to be nice to them.
I already posted in the stickied thread, but I'll repost here:
Well, T-mobile continues to amaze me in a good way. Of course I was disappointed as everyone else with T-mobile's pricing, so I thought I'd give retention a call and see if they could do something.
I was really nice about it. I just said I'm looking to upgrade my phone from a Vibrant (I paid full price on the Vibrant, so I haven't been on contract for a long time). I've waited a long time to upgrade and I'm disappointed with the pricing. That's it. I wasn't rude or anything, just laid it out there.
The rep apologized for my disappointment and then she offered the following with no hesitation:
1. $200 credit to offset the cost of the phone. The credit has been applied to my account.
2. She said she could give me 500 more minutes on my plan AND reduce my monthly bill by $15.
3. She said I could pick it up in any store for $279.99 or call back on the 27th when they get them in their system at Customer Care.
4. I had overage on my bill for the first time. $100 worth. She took care of that too!
Bottom line, she gave me the phone for $79.99, saved me money on my monthly bill, AND wiped off overage.
Can't wait to get my S III once it's readily available. I won't mind the wait.
Maverick777 said:
I would talk to rententions if you want to see if you can get a better deal. Depending on how long you've been with them, how long you've been out of contract, etc, they may be able to get you a better deal. The key is to be nice to them.
I already posted in the stickied thread, but I'll repost here:
Well, T-mobile continues to amaze me in a good way. Of course I was disappointed as everyone else with T-mobile's pricing, so I thought I'd give retention a call and see if they could do something.
I was really nice about it. I just said I'm looking to upgrade my phone from a Vibrant (I paid full price on the Vibrant, so I haven't been on contract for a long time). I've waited a long time to upgrade and I'm disappointed with the pricing. That's it. I wasn't rude or anything, just laid it out there.
The rep apologized for my disappointment and then she offered the following with no hesitation:
1. $200 credit to offset the cost of the phone. The credit has been applied to my account.
2. She said she could give me 500 more minutes on my plan AND reduce my monthly bill by $15.
3. She said I could pick it up in any store for $279.99 or call back on the 27th when they get them in their system at Customer Care.
4. I had overage on my bill for the first time. $100 worth. She took care of that too!
Bottom line, she gave me the phone for $79.99, saved me money on my monthly bill, AND wiped off overage.
Can't wait to get my S III once it's readily available. I won't mind the wait.
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I'm certainly going to have to do this Thanks for the tip!
To be clear, which number did you call exactly though? haha
Xenoism said:
I'm certainly going to have to do this Thanks for the tip!
To be clear, which number did you call exactly though? haha
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611. Asked for retentions when I got someone on the line.
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611. Asked for retentions when I got someone on the line.
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Much appreciated my friend ^^
Maverick777 said:
I would talk to rententions if you want to see if you can get a better deal.
2. She said she could give me 500 more minutes on my plan AND reduce my monthly bill by $15.
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Hi!
I have a question to ask you, what type of plan are you on and is T-Mobile reducing your plan by $15.00 a month by giving you a $15.00 a month credit for two years, for example? Thanks!
What I think everyone fails to realize is T-Mobile has the best rates out of all carriers and you still end up saving even with the extra your spending on the device. T-Mobile takes that into account when pricing devices. So overall its not really all bad. Just seems like it when your dropping all that money up front.
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for those of you who did call retentions, did you do so before or after ordering the phone? I ordered the 32gb pebble blue online, and after taxes and fees and whatnot, it came out to a little under 450... that seems quite high to me fore some reason.
neoslink1 said:
for those of you who did call retentions, did you do so before or after ordering the phone? I ordered the 32gb pebble blue online, and after taxes and fees and whatnot, it came out to a little under 450... that seems quite high to me fore some reason.
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Doesn't sound high for 32gb they start at 379 before taxes, shipping and upgrade/activison fees.
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FRuiTBoOT said:
Doesn't sound high for 32gb they start at 379 before taxes, shipping and upgrade/activison fees.
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Think they could still waive my activation if I was an angel to them? I'm just a student, lol. 450 stings a bit, but its looking like it'll definitely be worth it.
That's the same amount you would pay at amazon and on the go solutions but you get a bonus when buying from on the go solutions it will come rooted if I was to spend $700 on a phone that would be the choice I would make the international version are way better
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for some reason, I was given a 6 months full upgrade without any notification. Would really love to get this but, the price on this is insane. Anyone walking into a target, bestbuy or any local chain will see 4 galaxy s3. who in their right mind would pick the tmobile at 90$ more? I was told by a support rep that their computer currently doesn't reflect the real value, so this is probably some release day insanity. they will probably automatically credit the difference, or at least i would hope so.
On Thursday I got an Email from Ebay that they are selling Smartphone for 25%Off w/2yrs contract... went to their website saw that it is actually BestBuy who is selling the phones. NOTE2 Costs $329.99 minus 25%. that comes to $247.49 + Tax... so i order a white one and they already shipped it out and i am gonna receive it on Monday....
This deal is good till November 8th 2012.. so any of you guys that are interested you can get it for almost $250+Tax either upgrade or new Activation.
Last week i bought a Titanium Gray Note (wanted white but didn't have it) from T-Mobile store $250 + full manufacturer price TAX that came up almost $300 with Value Plan that I am not happy.. i need to add two more line and if i do that i am gonna end up paying more that classic plans so that's why i was looking for a classic plan deal that i found from EBAY.
DON'T forget to add the Promo Code during checkout to get 25% Off - PromoCode: EBSAVE25. LINK to EBAY
Looks like the classic plan is only good for talk though, no texting. Although, I'm sure it could be added on to the plan later
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I have unlimited text and talk, unlimited Internet true unlimited.
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mha1021 said:
On Thursday I got an Email from Ebay that they are selling Smartphone for 25%Off w/2yrs contract... went to their website saw that it is actually BestBuy who is selling the phones. NOTE2 Costs $329.99 minus 25%. that comes to $247.49 + Tax... so i order a white one and they already shipped it out and i am gonna receive it on Monday....
This deal is good till November 8th 2012.. so any of you guys that are interested you can get it for almost $250+Tax either upgrade or new Activation.
Last week i bought a Titanium Gray Note (wanted white but didn't have it) from T-Mobile store $250 + full manufacturer price TAX that came up almost $300 with Value Plan that I am not happy.. i need to add two more line and if i do that i am gonna end up paying more that classic plans so that's why i was looking for a classic plan deal that i found from EBAY.
DON'T forget to add the Promo Code during checkout to get 25% Off - PromoCode: EBSAVE25. LINK to EBAY
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if you are new to tmobile on the classic plan, switch to the value plan, pay your 200 bucks and you just got a phone for 450.
EDIT: I was thinking of doing this deal but I was just at Costco and they said they will get the note soon so I will probably just go that route and hope they have a price that is comparable, plus no activation fee.
Those two plans offered looked like garbage. I think you will be paying for it in the end.
I have a grandfathered 200MB plan. The order went through, but I'm keeping my fingers that I don't get an email back about there being a problem with my order.
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I have unlimited text and talk, unlimited Internet true unlimited.
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Same here
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Thanks to this deal I saved myself some money. I upgraded a primary number on a classic family plan..there were no changes made to the existing plan..Oh yeah!
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robl45 said:
if you are new to tmobile on the classic plan, switch to the value plan, pay your 200 bucks and you just got a phone for 450.
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Thanks for the tip, I just ordered it with classic and will call and change it to value plan as soon as I get the phone.
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mha1021 said:
On Thursday I got an Email from Ebay that they are selling Smartphone for 25%Off w/2yrs contract... went to their website saw that it is actually BestBuy who is selling the phones. NOTE2 Costs $329.99 minus 25%. that comes to $247.49 + Tax... so i order a white one and they already shipped it out and i am gonna receive it on Monday....
This deal is good till November 8th 2012.. so any of you guys that are interested you can get it for almost $250+Tax either upgrade or new Activation.
Last week i bought a Titanium Gray Note (wanted white but didn't have it) from T-Mobile store $250 + full manufacturer price TAX that came up almost $300 with Value Plan that I am not happy.. i need to add two more line and if i do that i am gonna end up paying more that classic plans so that's why i was looking for a classic plan deal that i found from EBAY.
DON'T forget to add the Promo Code during checkout to get 25% Off - PromoCode: EBSAVE25. LINK to EBAY
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$150 back in my pocket. Man, You are the best person I've come in contact with this week!!!!
robl45 said:
if you are new to tmobile on the classic plan, switch to the value plan, pay your 200 bucks and you just got a phone for 450.
EDIT: I was thinking of doing this deal but I was just at Costco and they said they will get the note soon so I will probably just go that route and hope they have a price that is comparable, plus no activation fee.
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If you do this wouldn't you need to pay Tmobile ETF fee, eBay ETF fee, activation fee, and one month of service with the classic plan?
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If you do this wouldn't you need to pay Tmobile ETF fee, eBay ETF fee, activation fee, and one month of service with the classic plan?
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Yeah, I've been looking at the details trying to figure out if I can save money by returning my phone ($650) and buying this. I don't think I'm going to do it. The only fine print I can't find is the eBay ETF. Is there an extra one?
LucJoe said:
Yeah, I've been looking at the details trying to figure out if I can save money by returning my phone ($650) and buying this. I don't think I'm going to do it. The only fine print I can't find is the eBay ETF. Is there an extra one?
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I wasn't able to find an eBay/BB ETF either so maybe there isn't one? I know with some companies like Amazon or Wirefly they have their own ETF. Since I still have 3 months left of credit on my prepaid plan I guess I'll be waiting til there's no rebate to try this..
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If you do this wouldn't you need to pay Tmobile ETF fee, eBay ETF fee, activation fee, and one month of service with the classic plan?
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you would just pay the 200 dollar migration fee from classic to value, as far as I can tell, costco nor bestbuy charge any etf other than the carriers etf. you still need to pay activation but you pay that pretty much everywhere except costco. as for the one month on the classic plan, thats a possibility, but still thats a 20 dollar difference for one month so still a decent deal.
Dang my main line with data isn't due for an upgrade until the 10th, two days after this promotion ends. I wonder if I could use one of my non-data lines to get this without adding Data to that line.
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I have a grandfathered 200MB plan. The order went through, but I'm keeping my fingers that I don't get an email back about there being a problem with my order.
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My order shipped today! The upgrade went through and I'm getting this phone for a measly $270 with tax, shipping, and upgrade fee included while only paying $10 a month for 200MB of data (and $10 for my voice line and $5 for 400 text messages) as far as I understand. I logged in to my T-Mobile account and it doesn't look like any of my plans changed which is what I wanted. Thank you so much for the heads up on this deal!
Grrat deal
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My order shipped today! The upgrade went through and I'm getting this phone for a measly $270 with tax, shipping, and upgrade fee included while only paying $10 a month for 200MB of data (and $10 for my voice line and $5 for 400 text messages) as far as I understand. I logged in to my T-Mobile account and it doesn't look like any of my plans changed which is what I wanted. Thank you so much for the heads up on this deal!
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Same exact experience for me. I returned my Note 2 on Sunday after seeing this offer. I just got the email telling me it shipped. This is MUCH better than going the Value Plan route. With the value Plan you pay the $200 down and you pay $20 for the next 2 years. You will never see the savings in the value Plan because you will be paying for the phone each month, which will bring the bill to the same (or more) as a classic. I went over this option with THREE T-Mobile reps (the knowledgeable ones, not the ones from the Philippines) and they ALL said the same thing tome: It doesn't pay to switch to a Value Plan when the costs of the phone payments will put me at or above my current Classic Plan amount. #WINNING
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Same exact experience for me. I returned my Note 2 on Sunday after seeing this offer. I just got the email telling me it shipped. This is MUCH better than going the Value Plan route. With the value Plan you pay the $200 down and you pay $20 for the next 2 years. You will never see the savings in the value Plan because you will be paying for the phone each month, which will bring the bill to the same (or more) as a classic. I went over this option with THREE T-Mobile reps (the knowledgeable ones, not the ones from the Philippines) and they ALL said the same thing tome: It doesn't pay to switch to a Value Plan when the costs of the phone payments will put me at or above my current Classic Plan amount. #WINNING
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the reps are brain dead, you will pay less because 4 months of the contract you are not paying the extra amount, and with this price, you will pay much less by converting to value plan, taking the 200 dollar hit and being done with it.
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My order shipped today! The upgrade went through and I'm getting this phone for a measly $270 with tax, shipping, and upgrade fee included while only paying $10 a month for 200MB of data (and $10 for my voice line and $5 for 400 text messages) as far as I understand. I logged in to my T-Mobile account and it doesn't look like any of my plans changed which is what I wanted. Thank you so much for the heads up on this deal!
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Tweh said:
Same exact experience for me. I returned my Note 2 on Sunday after seeing this offer. I just got the email telling me it shipped. This is MUCH better than going the Value Plan route. With the value Plan you pay the $200 down and you pay $20 for the next 2 years. You will never see the savings in the value Plan because you will be paying for the phone each month, which will bring the bill to the same (or more) as a classic. I went over this option with THREE T-Mobile reps (the knowledgeable ones, not the ones from the Philippines) and they ALL said the same thing tome: It doesn't pay to switch to a Value Plan when the costs of the phone payments will put me at or above my current Classic Plan amount. #WINNING
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Damn! You guys are lucky... I ordered last night, and this morning I get an email saying the phone's been backordered 1-2 weeks!! :crying:
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Damn! You guys are lucky... I ordered last night, and this morning I get an email saying the phone's been backordered 1-2 weeks!! :crying:
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I implore you to be patient. The phone is worth the wait. I'm loving it so far and I've barely tapped into it's potential!