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I bought the phone the day after it came out but the total out the door was just short of $400. Then I would have gotten the $50 rebate.
I have a tmobile my touch 4g slide and it is a pretty good phone. I just couldn't justify $350 net so I returned it and paid the $50 restocking fee.
I got really ticked off when a co worker told me he got his from Sprint for $200. Then, a couple of days later, he told me that the cost was $100.
Why does Tmobile charge so much?
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I bought the phone the day after it came out but the total out the door was just short of $400. Then I would have gotten the $50 rebate.
I have a tmobile my touch 4g slide and it is a pretty good phone. I just couldn't justify $350 net so I returned it and paid the $50 restocking fee.
I got really ticked off when a co worker told me he got his from Sprint for $200. Then, a couple of days later, he told me that the cost was $100.
Why does Tmobile charge so much?
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Probably the chip to support hspa+ 72 made it cost more than the lte models.
I think it's just T-Mobile's pricing structure. With my now-gone New Every Two discount on Verizon, I paid $130 with a new two-year contract for my white 16GB Galaxy S3.
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I believe it's a mix of T-Mobile having cheaper plans for voice/text/data and also it could be the fact that the phone uses HSPA+.
I got mine on June 21st so I can't complain. Plus I have nothing but excellent contact with T-Mobile and excellent cell/data service.
sandiegoan said:
I bought the phone the day after it came out but the total out the door was just short of $400. Then I would have gotten the $50 rebate.
I have a tmobile my touch 4g slide and it is a pretty good phone. I just couldn't justify $350 net so I returned it and paid the $50 restocking fee.
I got really ticked off when a co worker told me he got his from Sprint for $200. Then, a couple of days later, he told me that the cost was $100.
Why does Tmobile charge so much?
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I paid a full $640 for mine!!! But since I save $360 a year over AT&T and Verizon using Tmobile's Monthly4G Prepaid plan so I don't mind.:laugh:
This tmobile price is bs but I just called today to see if I can get an early upgrade and the guy said he'll give me an instant $50 rebate with another $50 mail in rebate so final price will be $229 not bad I guess
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Walmart- $215 out the door.
Problem solved.
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Walmart- $215 out the door.
Problem solved.
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Please go into detail as I am very interested. Is it just $215 asking for the phone itself? No contract, no BS?
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How the hell are they gonna sell the s3 for $200 off contract? Ask yourself before answering
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Subsidized vs unsubsidized phones. Basically price comes out the same. Just pay more first day and pay less on plan vs pay less on first day but pay more on monthly plan
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It's more because the monthly bill is so cheap Offset the cheap monthly cost.
Family plan, 2 lines, 600 mins, myfaves, 5GB internet + unlimited texting on my line, all for $70 before taxes.
Booyah. I'll take the premium anyday.
(although I paid less than 200 for my upgrade due to loyalty status).
I know right. Some carriers are selling it as low as 99$.. and I upgraded through t-mobile for what.. 380$? such bs
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Tmobile actually lowered the price for the galaxy s3 on the tenth... If you guys still have your receipts to into the store you bought it from and they have to give you the money back for the price difference... (If you bought it within 30 days) .. I got like 33 bucks back.. Give it a try they have to do it.. I hear a lot of people getting the difference back
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Tmobile actually lowered the price for the galaxy s3 on the tenth... If you guys still have your receipts to into the store you bought it from and they have to give you the money back for the price difference... (If you bought it within 30 days) .. I got like 33 bucks back.. Give it a try they have to do it.. I hear a lot of people getting the difference back
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Wait. They lowered the price of the 16gb? And is this only for the full price or they lowered the 279$?
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Wait. They lowered the price of the 16gb?
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That's what I'm saying. Well I will fasho give those ****ers a call. Because I paid 389 on June 21st first for mine. Luv the phone doe.
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I got the money back for my friend she payed full price.. They lowered the price to 600$ and we got like 33 bucks back.. I got mine on upgrade and couldn't find my receipt then.. but I have it now and I am going into the store today to see what's up..I asked the rep in store if I could do it too because I payed upgrade price.. He said yes but who knows(they're never right)... I'll let you know what happens today when I go in there..
(yes this was the 16gb)
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I got the money back for my friend she payed full price.. They lowered the price to 600$ and we got like 33 bucks back.. I got mine on upgrade and couldn't find my receipt then.. but I have it now and I am going into the store today to see what's up..I asked the rep in store if I could do it too because I payed upgrade price.. He said yes but who knows(they're never right)... I'll let you know what happens today when I go in there..
(yes this was the 16gb)
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Alright sweet
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Please go into detail as I am very interested. Is it just $215 asking for the phone itself? No contract, no BS?
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With contract of course. But still way cheaper than Tmobile.
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Alright sweet
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I guess they didn't lower the price on upgrades.. Smh they want me to come back on Monday and speak to the manager? I'll keep you posted.. But anyone that payed full price go get your money back!
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I might just return the phone and pay the restock fee since target is selling it for 199 with no tax + free shipping. imma be saving around 130$.
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I have been with tmobile since its inception and my contract just ran up, I want to upgrade to the galaxy s3. The cheapest I found it so far was at best buy for $229 but Im hoping to find one for as close to $199 as possible... any suggestions?
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I have been with tmobile since its inception and my contract just ran up, I want to upgrade to the galaxy s3. The cheapest I found it so far was at best buy for $229 but Im hoping to find one for as close to $199 as possible... any suggestions?
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Target.com has it for $199.
http://www.targetmobilestore.com/eCommerce/SpecialOffer.aspx?cid=36415_ca22c64577b5491b87392af918c41a5c
edit: I actually just found this thread. Should help get a cheaper price.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1805621
casrocks said:
I have been with tmobile since its inception and my contract just ran up, I want to upgrade to the galaxy s3. The cheapest I found it so far was at best buy for $229 but Im hoping to find one for as close to $199 as possible... any suggestions?
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If your contract is up, call 611 & when prompted for input say "cancel". This should get you to the loyalty department, 'inform' them you are thinking of switching to AT&T because they offered you free Galaxy S3s if you did. They will definitely give you a better price than you can find anywhere as far as retailers are concerned. Please report your success story with us
My dad simply just called customer loyalty and said we were thinking of switching and what's the best they could do for us. So I ended up getting the 32gig white s3 for 240 and that includes shipping and all fees
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My dad simply just called customer loyalty and said we were thinking of switching and what's the best they could do for us. So I ended up getting the 32gig white s3 for 240 and that includes shipping and all fees
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Take it from a man that makes his OWN deals. If you tell them you aren't too satisfied and another carrier is already "courting" you they will make you a better offer than what this kid above listed. Trust me.
No offense kid.
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Take it from a man that makes his OWN deals. If you tell them you aren't too satisfied and another carrier is already "courting" you they will make you a better offer than what this kid above listed. Trust me.
No offense kid.
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Agreed! T-mobile has been losing contract customers in significant numbers to either pre-paid or other carriers. This above strategy used to work for me... until I found a family member that works there... That's what you really need!
Just to add to the info on what you should be able to easily get: my contract expired and I called to "verify" that it was. I also mentioned that I could get the same phone for $150 less with another carrier at the time. She immediately offered the phone for $229 (16gb) with a $150 bill credit to bring it down to $79. PLUS she gave me the $20 5gb data plan and a $10 monthly credit for 24 months! Also got free overnight shipping. Oh and I still get to send in for the $50 rebate!
Hope that helps give you an idea what to shoot for.
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Just to add to the info on what you should be able to easily get: my contract expired and I called to "verify" that it was. I also mentioned that I could get the same phone for $150 less with another carrier at the time. She immediately offered the phone for $229 (16gb) with a $150 bill credit to bring it down to $79. PLUS she gave me the $20 5gb data plan and a $10 monthly credit for 24 months! Also got free overnight shipping. Oh and I still get to send in for the $50 rebate!
Hope that helps give you an idea what to shoot for.
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Dang bro that's a crazy deal.
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Dang bro that's a crazy deal.
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If you're off contract tmobile will do close to anything to keep you if you have been loyal (5+ years, no late payments)
For me I always jump on the latest and greatest so i'm constantly under contract, tmo still honors my loyalty and gives me great pricing along with monthly discounts.
I just got off the phone with T-Mobile and the rep told me Walmart is cooking up a big promotion for the S3. I called to upgrade one of my lines and asked him if they can match or beat the WireflyFriends price and he said unfortunately no but Walmart is getting ready for a big S3 promotion. Fingers crossed that it beats the WireFly sale price.
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I just got off the phone with T-Mobile and the rep told me Walmart is cooking up a big promotion for the S3. I called to upgrade one of my lines and asked him if they can match or beat the WireflyFriends price and he said unfortunately no but Walmart is getting ready for a big S3 promotion. Fingers crossed that it beats the WireFly sale price.
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I already got $50 back from CarToys because of Walmart's S3 price. I'm hoping they drop it farther so I can get more, but I'm not sure how much time I have left from CarToys to do that.
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I just got off the phone with T-Mobile and the rep told me Walmart is cooking up a big promotion for the S3. I called to upgrade one of my lines and asked him if they can match or beat the WireflyFriends price and he said unfortunately no but Walmart is getting ready for a big S3 promotion. Fingers crossed that it beats the WireFly sale price.
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dont know about wirefly but I bought mine from Costco for 179.99$
I don't know what the other sales are. But tmobile can beat em. Especially if your contract is about up.
Got mine for $79.99!
Ask for retentions, or at least customer loyalty. But retentions can do even better. Google tmobile retentions deals galaxy s3 for more info.
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Did you just tell the automated machine retention? I didn't know that I'll give it a try.
I did try that but still got customer loyalty. I loyaly offered me $279 for phone, $150 credit bringing it to $129. Also got. $20 5gb data plan and a $10 per month bill credit every month for 24 months. I told her I wasn't ready to pull the trigger yet and would call back. Asked her if she made notes on my acct for all she offered which she did.
Called back next day and this time made sure I got on with a retention specialist. They saw notes on my account so honored all the offers. I said I didn't think I could accept because it still meant I had to initially pay $279 which I couldn't afford to do. He did some looking at something and said he could bring it down to $229. I asked if I would still get the $150 credit which I did. I told him I still didn't have that much to spend initially and he said he could apply the cost to my next bill, so after credit I would only have to pay the $79 on my next bill!
Oh and I also got free overnight shipping!!!
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Wow, that's amazing. Been with them for almost ten years with multiple lines, hopefuy that helps me out. Thanx for the info, I will be glad paying 150. Guess I will give this tomorrow a try.
Good luck! Its definately worth trying.
I've been with them since the Voicestream days, over 10 or 11 years ago. That definately helps, especially if they think you are gona cancel.
The other thing is my contract had already expired which gives max leverage.
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Again with the "cooking". Nobody's cooking anything. Going to have to start monitoring threads and getting on folks for that one. Nope nothing better to do and yes it sounds that ridiculous.
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Again with the "cooking". Nobody's cooking anything. Going to have to start monitoring threads and getting on folks for that one. Nope nothing better to do and yes it sounds that ridiculous.
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????????
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volcomguyaz said:
Again with the "cooking". Nobody's cooking anything. Going to have to start monitoring threads and getting on folks for that one. Nope nothing better to do and yes it sounds that ridiculous.
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Simple as not reading. If you have better things to do why are you here? Just giving people a heads up.
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He refers to the op stating walmart is "cooking" up a big sale
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anyone know when this awesome deal is coming? because they are currently the most expensive from what I've checked online.
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they are currently the most expensive from what I've checked online.
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Walmart? There selling it for $198 I think costco is cheapest @ $179
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Walmart? There selling it for $198 I think costco is cheapest @ $179
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i just checked wireless Walmart and it's $300 for a new account. maybe location has an effect?
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i just checked wireless Walmart and it's $300 for a new account. maybe location has an effect?
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Gotta go in the store man. Online I think it says its $249.99 with upgrade. But when you walk in its listed for $198
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Gotta go in the store man. Online I think it says its $249.99 with upgrade. But when you walk in its listed for $198
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My wife and I got them for198...
Loving the phone.
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I'm still in my return period at best buy and office Max has a 20% off any tablet.
Would you bother returning and rebuying the product? It seems I don't qualify for a price match unless I return it first which I thought was unnecessarily complicated.
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Yes. At the very least, make them (best buy) jump through their own hoops, to give you the price match. You could always make a backup (with titanium, if you're rooted) and restore it on your new device. Using wugs toolkit, you can unroot and relock the bootloader for the return
That's what I did. I had to return and rebut, but she let me buy my own tablet back so no need to set up anything all over again. Did it all in one visit. Just have to make sure they price match before you return it.
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That's what I did. I had to return and rebut, but she let me buy my own tablet back so no need to set up anything all over again. Did it all in one visit. Just have to make sure they price match before you return it.
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Any restocking fees?
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Any restocking fees?
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I would hope that they didn't charge him, considering he bought the same tablet again.. But you never know!
I was thinking of just buying one at Office Max and then returning that one to Best Buy. Would that work?
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I was thinking of just buying one at Office Max and then returning that one to Best Buy. Would that work?
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Most office Max are out of stock
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Any restocking fees?
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No restocking fee.
That works unless they keep serial numbers on the receipt
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That works unless they keep serial numbers on the receipt
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Usually they just check unit functionality, but it's not that much harder to just return to the vendor and risk less headaches.
I did this yesterday... no problems.
Call your local BestBuy and explain to them what you are trying to do. The person I talked to just had to ask her manager. I just went to service desk, she scanned by receipt and the coupon, the manager came by to authorize it and the $54 dollars went back on the card I paid with. The whole thing took under 5 minutes. Definitely worth calling your local BestBuy and seeing if they will honor the coupon before it expires August 10th.
I would for 50 bucks
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I did this yesterday... no problems.
Call your local BestBuy and explain to them what you are trying to do. The person I talked to just had to ask her manager. I just went to service desk, she scanned by receipt and the coupon, the manager came by to authorize it and the $54 dollars went back on the card I paid with. The whole thing took under 5 minutes. Definitely worth calling your local BestBuy and seeing if they will honor the coupon before it expires August 10th.
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Where can I find the coupon? I'd like to try this out myself!!
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Just google OfficeMax 20 percent off printable coupon. Be sure to print it out so the manager can authenticate it. Good luck
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I'll have to try this tomorrow. Just googled and printed out the coupon.
Just went to best buy. They wouldn't honor it because they don't price match coupons apparently. They did search for a cheaper price and price matched tiger direct. 34 dollars off
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Just got back from best buy. I got the 32 gb tablet, and the cashier said it was quicker to just refund me the difference back than returning and rebuying,
Once I got out to the car, I looked at the receipt, and somehow the cashier figured 20% of $269 was $80!
So my 32 gb was $191, and I used $25 in reward zone coupons, bringing it down to $166! And THEN I earn back $10 in new reward zone coupons as well.
Glad I went in for this!
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I'm still in my return period at best buy and office Max has a 20% off any tablet.
Would you bother returning and rebuying the product? It seems I don't qualify for a price match unless I return it first which I thought was unnecessarily complicated.
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Just go to best buy for price match. I got a friend to buy it for me as it hasnot been released in the UK. So i asked for the same.
I called them from the UK and talked to the best buy. They told me they would match the price and I would need to bring original receipt and Office max coupon printed ( Its valid from 4th Aug to 10th Aug) and talk to the manager or Customer Service desk. If you bought it within that period , I guess you are good to go for a price match.
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Used to get 10% my current bill now only shows 8%. Anyone have a clue why?
Please don't ask me to call them
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Used to get 10% my current bill now only shows 8%. Anyone have a clue why?
Please don't ask me to call them
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Have you called them? Jk.. Wanted to be annoying. lol
Seriously though, how are you getting a discount anyways?
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Depending on the discount they are going away.
I lost my corporate discount because I didn't want to bother filling the application to reapply again, (actually I thought that discount was going away but it wasn't?) still less expensive than other carriers, I have a great service at home and work and almost half of my bill is for phones anyway.
So if it is corporate discount you're talking about, maybe they changed the rate, otherwise I have no idea.
Yes it was a corporate discount that has continued from a previous employer.
But for some reason it got lowered to 8%.
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Most likely the agreement with your corporation and t mobile changed. You are actually lucky as apparently most corporation discounts have expired or gone away totally. I know the one I could have had is now gone, which is part of the reason I am still with ATT, but I will switch soon likely to t mobile anyways as I use all their phones with unlocked bootloaders. I just hope that continues....
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We used to get 12% discount from Comcast. now it's 10
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Government Discount
T-Mobile does give a Government Discount. You must submit your DD From 214 to get the discount. 15%!!!!
Our company is partners with Home Depot so I still get my 15%
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.... Why wouldn't you call them directly to get an answer, everyone here can only speculate. ...................................
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Just got my discount approved all I did was provide my fire department id badge and it was approved for 15 %
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T-Mobile does give a Government Discount. You must submit your DD From 214 to get the discount. 15%!!!!
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So even after your out of the military if you submit your dd214 you still get it?
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So even after your out of the military if you submit your dd214 you still get it?
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Yes, even for retirees you get the discount. Just provide them your DD Form 214.
Awesome, I just jumped ship from Verizon and since I didn't have a .mil email anymore Verizon stopped my discount. Good to know. Thanks buddy
:Your welcome. That's what this forum is about. Pass it on forward.
I'll have to see which is better that discount or the discount I get because of the company I work for.....but I think this one is going to be better.
I'm lucky to still have my 15% got discount with t-mobile.
Yup, nearly swallowed my tongue when I heard they were thinking of dumping corporate discounts!
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So glad they decided to keep them.
Now lowered to zero percent. Yay.
They sent me a card to verify my employment status for my corp discount. Course I couldn't verify it. LOL.
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