So I habe a T-Mo GSII and I want to order a Galaxy Nexus, this'll be my first Nexus phone. I've been looking around the forums and there's different sites people have usied to order one. Any personal opinions on which is the best place to order from? Thank you in advance.
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If you want top service, order from Expansys. Aside from having a rep on this board who is VERY responsive & helpful (COREY L) they also have a $40 discount coupon 40OFFGNX (that's four-zero-oh) which worked for me as of late last (Thurs) night.
Ordered last night 11PM (PayPal) and it was already picked up by Fedex and scheduled for delivery tomorrow by noon(I paid for SAT delivery).
My guess is if you wait another 2-3 weeks you will see a pretty decent price drop but if you're in a rush I'd say EXPANSYS.
I just sold my T-Mo GSII as well.
Seconded, Expansys
I pre-ordered mine from Expansys and it arrived at my house about 5 days after the release overseas (including Thanksgiving). The transaction was professional and painless.
Yes, it's pricey at the moment, but the price should come down after the festive season.
Failing the announcement of a domestic US GSM version, go with Expansys.
Handtec UK has consistently been $50 cheaper since release. I've picked 2 from them so far. They also have free shipping to USA. Since it is your first Nexus I should point out that any grey market device will have marginal or no warranty service, including expansys us, read the fine print not the ads. Good luck.
Thanks for all the input guys. Yea and I was really wondering too about he whole warranty thing, would there be none since I'm ordering overseas?
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I think Negrielectronics.com still has a $40 off "HOLIDAYS" coupon. That makes it about $685, with free shipping.
+1 on expansys.
corey L is the sh!t!
Purchased mine from negrielectronics.com. Great experience.
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+1 for Negrielectronics.com . They had the cheapest price when I got mine, free shipping and I literally had it delivered to my house the next day. (Sadly it was a friday and I wasn't home so I had to wait until Monday for it to come around again but that was my bad.)
If you do use Negri, use amazon or google check out to speed things up, people processing credit cards with them have reported delays in the process.
Negri also - best price (after coupon), and shipped quickly. Also, no tax for me!
$685 is pretty good for this level of phone off contract.
-bZj
MisterEdF said:
If you want top service, order from Expansys. Aside from having a rep on this board who is VERY responsive & helpful (COREY L) they also have a $40 discount coupon 40OFFGNX (that's four-zero-oh) which worked for me as of late last (Thurs) night.
Ordered last night 11PM (PayPal) and it was already picked up by Fedex and scheduled for delivery tomorrow by noon(I paid for SAT delivery).
My guess is if you wait another 2-3 weeks you will see a pretty decent price drop but if you're in a rush I'd say EXPANSYS.
I just sold my T-Mo GSII as well.
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I don't think I'll ever use expansys UK again. Mine was faulty on arrival and it took two weeks between reporting it faulty and getting the replacement through. Seemed like forever!!!
I don't know if that's typical for Internet retailers, quick to send but slow to resolve problems. It's all sorted in the end so can't complain but waiting two weeks was torture.
+1 for Expansys, Got mine delivered 2 days after ordering, no problems at all.
NewEgg is selling it for 719.00 right now, NewEgg is always on point, great service and prompt shipping.
Coupon codes available for both...
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Negri also - best price (after coupon), and shipped quickly. Also, no tax for me!
$685 is pretty good for this level of phone off contract.
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Ordered from Negri on the 22nd, the coupon was good for $50. My total was $680.50, and they were offering free shipping via FedEx Saver. Its due on the 29th.
I've always used Handtec, but with that coupon, Negri was cheaper.
Just order from Negri, they lower their price+ coupon. Paid $639.50
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Just order from Negri, they lower their price+ coupon. Paid $639.50
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I think I'm going with negri, I'm looking at 689 with no coupon. That's still not bad. Thanks for all the input guys, really appreciate it.
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I sold my T-MO GS2 and bought a galaxy nexus as well. Great decision imo.
I ordered from Negri and it was there in three days. Ordered on Sunday night, got it on Wednesday morning. Got it for 685.
Ohhhh of course a couple days after I order, they lower the price.
Anyway, did you guys get FedEx shipping? Mine was shipped on the 22nd, and still says estimated delivery is the 29th. I was really hoping for like Monday, or Tuesday at the latest...
stacio88 said:
So I habe a T-Mo GSII and I want to order a Galaxy Nexus, this'll be my first Nexus phone. I've been looking around the forums and there's different sites people have usied to order one. Any personal opinions on which is the best place to order from? Thank you in advance.
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If you're still looking and depending on how close to the USA/CND border you are you could pick one up from Bell or Virgin off contract. Especially while the US DOllar is stronger. Just my 2cents...
I went to a Verizon store and bought mine for $650 and didn't have to worry about shipping.
Sometimes buying off contract doesn't make sense, can someone explain?
I have a question about buying unsubsidized phones off contract. It makes sense on certain plans, like T-mobile value plans that end up saving you money. However, for the rest of the folks who are on regular plans with Verizon, doesn't it make sense to get the phone subsidized from somewhere cheap like Amazon. I mean you're going to have the phone at least for 6 months, then you can pay the prorated Verizon ETF whenever you want to cancel your contract. Doesn't it come out cheaper? Am I missing something? Are you guys on different Verizon plans?
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comes to $711.34 after international Visa charge and all that. Please make me feel like my purchase is justified I'm happy yet sad. My brain is confused!
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comes to $711.34 after international Visa charge and all that. Please make me feel like my purchase is justified I'm happy yet sad. My brain is confused!
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I wish I were you... Justified enough?
I'm okay with dropping that much on a phone. If I had the cash I would do it now.
In these tough economic times its a small price to pay to see a smile on ones face
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Trust me, you did the right thing I ordered mine from Clove technologies and it came out to be about $730 all together. I should have it by the end of the week extremely excited. You'll be happy
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You should have waited for the 32GB version. That being said, I'm still ordering the 16GB next week
Does anyone know when Handtec is supposed to ship their items? I bought it around 1am Pacific on wednesday morning and they still have not shipped it yet. They said I was supposed to get a confirmation when it gets shipped but it shouldnt possibly be this long
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Does anyone know when Handtec is supposed to ship their items? I bought it around 1am Pacific on wednesday morning and they still have not shipped it yet. They said I was supposed to get a confirmation when it gets shipped but it shouldnt possibly be this long
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The information your getting sounds normal. I ordered mine Tuesday and, the estimated shipping from FedEx said should receive it tomorrow. If you read the last few pages of Hantec shipment thread, you will see the same pattern.
If they have stock it seems to be taking only a day and a half from the time you order it.
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Does anyone know when Handtec is supposed to ship their items? I bought it around 1am Pacific on wednesday morning and they still have not shipped it yet. They said I was supposed to get a confirmation when it gets shipped but it shouldnt possibly be this long
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1am Pacific on wednesday was about 5pm on Tuesday here. According to their blog post they should have shipped it yesterday. Having said that it must have been crazy busy there! I imagine it'll go out today if it hasn't already (fyi its 4am Thursday in the UK now)
But there's no way for me to track it. They gave me a confirmation number and that's it. No info on if it's been shipped yet.
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But there's no way for me to track it. They gave me a confirmation number and that's it. No info on if it's been shipped yet.
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If you haven't gotten a tracking number yet, I'm sure it hasnt shipped yet. Maybe you should email handtec and ask them if/when it will ship. I ordered mine last Friday, and it just shipped yesterday because they didn't have stock in, so maybe that's what happened?
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I just ordered my nexus from handtec... hopefully they still have stock. 696.31 is a large price to pay to not have to deal with Verizon's crap.
If you feel bad about paying $700 for a phone you probably should have waited. I didn't drop the money until I was 100% sure I wanted the phone
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I just ordered my nexus from handtec... hopefully they still have stock. 696.31 is a large price to pay to not have to deal with Verizon's crap.
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Think of how much you'll save on your monthly bill if you go with a month to month plan
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Mine's has been shipped today arriving tomorrow
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comes to $711.34 after international Visa charge and all that. Please make me feel like my purchase is justified I'm happy yet sad. My brain is confused!
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(assuming you are in the usa and were considering waiting for the phone on verizon)
1. you paid $5 more than the unlocked gsm version of the phone will likely retail for in san francisco california ($650 * 1.085 = $705)
2. you are free to go to t-mobile, at&t, or any number of other gsm mvnos.
3. on t-mobile you can get a cheaper month-to-month plan than contract plan.
4. the verizon version is thicker and contains bloatware, not to mention is locked down to verizon. the monthly bill will be at least $80/mo for a new line and with a 4GB cap currently. you will probably pay $300 + tax at verizon, and locked into a $350 early termination fee. therefore you will pay the same amount as you just paid if for some reason you wanted to leave verizon.
5. more people on the planet will have the same version of the phone as you do. therefore you will reap the benefits of international android hackers more quickly.
6. gsm/hspa+ uses less battery than cdma/lte
7. you get it first
i could go on, but i hope that's enough to make you feel better
With the (probably) huge developer base, ice cream sandwich, easy root, no bloatware (I hate forced themes by manufacturers -.-), fastest updates by google + the modding community, how could it be a bad purchase?
$800 here
I just received mine from Handtec today. One thing you have to keep in mind is that FEDEX charges you the taxes and custom fees once it gets into your country. Mine was $700 but when it got to the local depot they called and said the extra charges come to just under $100. I live in Canada though and we have a fairly high sales tax as well as a provincial tax (%12 in total).
Nice thing was I ordered Tuesday morning and it got here 48 hours later.
Awesome phone!
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I just received mine from Handtec today. One thing you have to keep in mind is that FEDEX charges you the taxes and custom fees once it gets into your country. Mine was $700 but when it got to the local depot they called and said the extra charges come to just under $100. I live in Canada though and we have a fairly high sales tax as well as a provincial tax (%12 in total).
Nice thing was I ordered Tuesday morning and it got here 48 hours later.
Awesome phone!
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Wow, I'm proud to be an American.
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Wow, I'm proud to be an American.
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Still pay taxes there bro, just not as much.
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Still pay taxes there bro, just not as much.
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I wasnt being serious, the richest people here pay the least taxes
Where would you tell me to buy it, and why? I'm really looking for the cheapest price, but if there are other details I should know about I'm interested to hear. I live in the U.S. and I'm on AT&T, btw.
The cheapest place i seen is clove or handtec. It comes out to be $715ish after all the shipping and currency exchange fees.
I got mine from Expansys USA for about $750.
I went with Popular Electronics. Service was awesome and they overnighted it to me. But it was a bit more expensive than some other places.
Also go it from expensys. Used promo code and total came to 729. Good service and got it on time.
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Went with Negri. Ordered on a Saturday night, shipped monday, arrived Wednsday with FedEx Ground. Awesome. Came with an Andy Android figure. Customer support was really on the ball.
I also went with Negri. Ordered it this morning and it has already shipped. To top it all, it cost $720.50 after the coupon.
I went with Clove.Co.UK.
Ordered Tuesday night, delivery slated for Friday. Process has been extremely smooth and the phone cost $696.00 shipped. (No import taxes either)
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I saw it on a site for $608 and a $25 off but it went to out of stock within 6 hours before I could order but I emailed them asking if it would be back up or in stock at all.
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Also go it from expensys. Used promo code and total came to 729. Good service and got it on time.
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What's the promo code?
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Right now handtec.co.uk and clove.co.uk have the phone for $690. The phone was released yesterday on Bell Canada and is $650 off contract. But im not sure those of us in the states have access to that without a Bell Canada account. Has anyone else found it cheaper?
Newegg 12/13: $699
handtec.co.uk and clove.co.uk have the phone for $690
You're going to pay about the same price no matter who you order from. Even from Canada. Your other priority is who and how your warranty will be handled depending on who you buy from. You found the cheapest already so scratch.if you're itching that bad. I paid a premium to order from expansys in the states. I ended up paying $741 USD.
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I got it for 549 euro today, which is around 734 USD.
unfortunately my eagerness to play with new tech doesn't mesh well with premium drop prices. this thing will be $600 new in a months time, not sure i can hold out that long
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unfortunately my eagerness to play with new tech doesn't mesh well with premium drop prices. this thing will be $600 new in a months time, not sure i can hold out that long
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If it is $650 new in Canada chances are it will be that in USA also. Gotta pay if you wanna play now. Waiting though will probably save close to $100 USD.
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Mobilecityonline.com was 749.99. Good service and fast shipping so I can't complain
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bump neweggs got it for 700
Negri Electronics
$685.00 before tax (only Nevada resid's get taxed), free shipping with "VZSucks" coupon, extended, good through 12/13. lol -51 min left Mountain Time.
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Negri Electronics
$685.00 before tax (only Nevada resid's get taxed), free shipping with "VZSucks" coupon, extended, good through 12/13. lol -51 min left Mountain Time.
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730.50 now
i ended up finding one on ebay, went for that. might end up selling it, think thats just too much money to have sitting in the phone these things drop basically a $100 a month for the first couple months
523 Euro in Munich!
Anyone here have ordered this phone from Handtec? Have you received your ship date yet?
Thanks!
They're saying devices will ship on 3/4 on their website. I haven't ordered yet, plan to do so tomorrow. I actually live locally to them and hope to see if they'll let me come and pick the device up (instead of posting).
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Anyone here have ordered this phone from Handtec? Have you received your ship date yet?
Thanks!
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I pre-ordered from handtec - no ship date yet.
yea i have pre ordered grey.took my money last week.no ship date.wish they could send mine as it takes 5 days on average no matter what shipping i use.3rd phone purchased from them.they are good with emails if you want to hit them up
Hmm I guess no one has received ship dates yet then. I saw that they said they have already received their units a couple of days ago. I figured maybe they will send it out early, but guess not.
THanks
pre ordered from Handtec. No tracking yet.
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Thinking about ordering from them today. Want to know if their initial stock would be enough to fill my order.
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Thinking about ordering from them today. Want to know if their initial stock would be enough to fill my order.
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I've used them before, shipping from them is pretty quick. 2 days for USA. They haven't sent out any shipping info yet but their site do say back orders are going to be sent out the 3rd of April.
Also they have the cheapest deals! 403.99 GBP before VAT
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I've used them before, shipping from them is pretty quick. 2 days for USA. They haven't sent out any shipping info yet but their site do say back orders are going to be sent out the 3rd of April.
Also they have the cheapest deals! 403.99 GBP before VAT
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i would be too worried about UPS showing up with my phone and asking for $75 or something. that would cause me to force a reversal at my bank then pick up the phone at UPS for $75. that would be an awesome deal, but i would feel bad about it.
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i would be too worried about UPS showing up with my phone and asking for $75 or something. that would cause me to force a reversal at my bank then pick up the phone at UPS for $75. that would be an awesome deal, but i would feel bad about it.
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I'm assuming the $75 you're talking about is for any import fees. Well I ordered my SGS2 from them and I did not have to pay anything to UPS. I also looked up import taxes/fees for mobile phones from other countries and it seems we only have to pay at max $2 so I wouldn't be worried about that at all.
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I'm assuming the $75 you're talking about is for any import fees. Well I ordered my SGS2 from them and I did not have to pay anything to UPS. I also looked up import taxes/fees for mobile phones from other countries and it seems we only have to pay at max $2 so I wouldn't be worried about that at all.
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I'm in the united states, so if I order it from handtec I will only have top pay 2$ to ups?
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I'm in the united states, so if I order it from handtec I will only have top pay 2$ to ups?
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I should have mentioned earlier, the $2 is for the import fee. You still need to pay for shipping which is 16 GBP. The last time I ordered from handtec I didn't even have to pay the $2 import fee.
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I should have mentioned earlier, the $2 is for the import fee. You still need to pay for shipping which is 16 GBP. The last time I ordered from handtec I didn't even have to pay the $2 import fee.
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Awesome thanks a lot man. I just wanna make sure ups or whoever delivers the phone to my house doesn't hold the package cause I have to pay some kinda tax on it.
I've ordered mine from Handtec, had a chat with someone from the online support team, they said that most of the pre orders will be shipping out on the 3rd and (for people in Australia) transit time is around 1-4 days. Fingers crossed to receive it before the long weekend !
Just got my shipping notification and tracking number from UPS(Handtec)!!excited!
Got my fedex tracking number. Dispatch on the 3rd!
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Ordered mine from Handtec over the weekend. Shipping to Canada via Fedex. No notice yet. Did you guys get an email with tracking number?
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Ordered mine from Handtec over the weekend. Shipping to Canada via Fedex. No notice yet. Did you guys get an email with tracking number?
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yes i got email with tracking number..try mailing them remind them about your order status.
Yahoo!!
Got a tracking number!! Wooohoo!!!
Still didnt get my TRACKING number
Just ordered my Note 2 from LetsTalk.com for 206.99
They have a sale on it for 229.99 until 12/31
Plus I added a coupon code at checkout for 10% off which was another -23.00
For a total of 206.99
The coupon code is: TALK4TEN
Also my upgrade isn't available until 1/1/13, but I was able to have my order placed on hold until then for the same price, just had to chat with a rep.
Amazon Wireless $149.99 with a new 2 year contract. They did had it for $99 last week.
Currently it's on backorder 1-2 weeks with amazon. That price is only for new lines, not upgrades, upgrades is still 199.99. LetsTalk has it in stock. Either way, still a much better price than through sprint.
Also no tax for a lot of states, which is a savings of another $60~ish for most states, as new lines and upgrades tend to charge the tax on the retail price of the device.
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Currently it's on backorder 1-2 weeks with amazon. That price is only for new lines, not upgrades, upgrades is still 199.99. LetsTalk has it in stock. Either way, still a much better price than through sprint.
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It may say backorder but amazon usually ships within 3 to 4 days, on top of that bb will price match online retailers and to me getting it locally is always better. Also I've had good experience with geek squad warranty.
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best buy will price match amazon wireless. I got my phone from best buy last week. I had a $100 gift card i wanted to use. They priced matched the upgrade price of 199.99. after the gift card it was about 112 out the door. Cant beat that price for a new note 2.
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best buy will price match amazon wireless. I got my phone from best buy last week. I had a $100 gift card i wanted to use. They priced matched the upgrade price of 199.99. after the gift card it was about 112 out the door. Cant beat that price for a new note 2.
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I was lucky enough to have my bb price match it at 150 and then at 99 and mine was a renewal. I just got lucky they weren't strict about it.
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Currently it's on backorder 1-2 weeks with amazon. That price is only for new lines, not upgrades, upgrades is still 199.99. LetsTalk has it in stock. Either way, still a much better price than through sprint.
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i only paid $35 for mine.......haha
I ordered my note from amazon a few days ago... Had a expected delivery date of Feb 6th..... It will be here tomorrow.
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gregulator said:
Just ordered my Note 2 from LetsTalk.com for 206.99
They have a sale on it for 229.99 until 12/31
Plus I added a coupon code at checkout for 10% off which was another -23.00
For a total of 206.99
The coupon code is: TALK4TEN
Also my upgrade isn't available until 1/1/13, but I was able to have my order placed on hold until then for the same price, just had to chat with a rep.
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Nice sn!
Thanks for your post, I didn't get hit with any sales tax and its shipping tonight! To hell with amazon wireless and their February 9th expected delivery, I'll pay a lil bit extra to have it right away. Still a hell of a good deal.
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Nice sn!
Thanks for your post, I didn't get hit with any sales tax and its shipping tonight! To hell with amazon wireless and their February 9th expected delivery, I'll pay a lil bit extra to have it right away. Still a hell of a good deal.
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Like its been said before, even with their expected dates being couple weeks they usually ship within couple days. Plenty of people have reported this on several forums. Plus you can always check if your local bb will price match the new price on a renewal something that a lot of bb stores have been matching.
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You didn't have to pay any sales tax thru amazon wireless?
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You didn't have to pay any sales tax thru amazon wireless?
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Nope not on amazon. Ur supposed to report online purchases on ur taxes when u file.....fat chance like im gonna give them anymore money!
Here is a Frys deal that I came across 169.00 for new customers or 199.99 for add a line. I will be going to Bestbuy to get the price match tomorrow. I missed the 149.00 amazon and the even better 99.00 dollar price with amazon too. Thought it would be nice to share this with folks.
http://www.fryswireless.com/eCommer...493c164b1697e7646787b1d85d&showcustblock=true
Gibsonusa said:
Here is a Frys deal that I came across 169.00 for new customers or 199.99 for add a line. I will be going to Bestbuy to get the price match tomorrow. I missed the 149.00 amazon and the even better 99.00 dollar price with amazon too. Thought it would be nice to share this with folks.
http://www.fryswireless.com/eCommer...493c164b1697e7646787b1d85d&showcustblock=true
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It's always good you share any deals that are valid now. I'm sure people appreciate it. Thanks!
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I just got mine for wirefly.com for $150 on a 2yr contract