Activation fee??? - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I'm up for upgrade and I was talking to rep and she says I gotta pay 36 dollars to upgrade?
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Yeah when i got my upgrade i had to pay the fee also does suck i will say.

If any of you have AAA discount, the fee is waived. They will still add it to your bill, but you caan call back and have it waived.
Not just triple a, a lot of corp discounts offer this.
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Didnt know that and me and the lady are under a family AAA plan cause her mom pays for it.

Great info!!
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Also your bill has to be completely caught up.
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No prob. I got my info from here if any of y'all ever need to use it.
aaa.com/sprint
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Yeah, I just found out about the fee too. Went to upgrade one of my lines, and was told about the fee. Rep said they used to be able to waive it, but not anymore. Pretty sh1tty, I think, given that I ALREADY have activated (3 lines) with sprint.
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austin420 said:
No prob. I got my info from here if any of y'all ever need to use it.
aaa.com/sprint
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Thank you! I have AAA, so I will be using this.
What does that Site mean when it says you get a $50 rebate on online purchases? Can I pre order the new EVO 4G LTE online and get $50 off? That would be awesome.

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Fixing to get kicked off sprint

My bill is due in two days and right now i can't afford it but I'm wondering when they cancel or whatever they do. I know it's possible but in this situation would I still Be able to put this phone on boost or metro
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Is that a question?
LeKtRiCzzz said:
My bill is due in two days and right now i can't afford it but I'm wondering when they cancel or whatever they do. I know it's possible but in this situation would I still Be able to put this phone on boost or metro
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Please rephrase the question.
Someone correct me on this one but from what I understand, you can flash a locked Sprint phone to Boost or Metro.
LeKtRiCzzz said:
My bill is due in two days and right now i can't afford it but I'm wondering when they cancel or whatever they do. I know it's possible but in this situation would I still Be able to put this phone on boost or metro
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Your ESN will be flagged until you pay it off. There are ways to get the device on Boost or MetroPCS but they cannot be discussed on XDA.
He's looking for sprint to terminate his contract before his bill date.
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My bad guys let me rephrase my question.
My phone bill will be due in two days, I'm not going to pay for it which will give my phone a bad ESN, with a bad esn could i still switch it over to metro or boost
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Flashing a phone to another carrier is NOT against forum regulations.
However, doing so for the purpose of defrauding a privider, IS.
And I think you are planning to defraud. .
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LeKtRiCzzz said:
My bad guys let me rephrase my question.
My phone bill will be due in two days, I'm not going to pay for it which will give my phone a bad ESN, with a bad esn could i still switch it over to metro or boost
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In short, yes. The resources are there already to do so.
How am i planning to defraud, all I'm trying to do is see if i can switch my phone which will have a bad esn in two days to boost
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I'm assuming you didn't pay full price for your phone, and are in 2 yr. contract.
That means it's Sprints phone, and I'm sure they want it back.
I could be wrong.
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I payed 200$ for that's enough money for it to be mine
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$200 is the carrier subsidized amount you pay. Sprint pays $300 for the phone upfront and make it back from you via you PAYING your bills. (they don't profit till the 2nd year of contract).
There is a reason OFF CONTRACT phones cost $500+.
pm if u wanna put it on boost its good service doesnt matter if ur phone have a bad isn
If you do get to keep the phone defintely put it on boost, virgin mobile, or page plus. I am currently on virgin mobile and only pay $25 bucks a month for 300 mins unlimited everything else. Can't beat $25 for service
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brooksyx said:
If you do get to keep the phone defintely put it on boost, virgin mobile, or page plus. I am currently on virgin mobile and only pay $25 bucks a month for 300 mins unlimited everything else. Can't beat $25 for service
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Nobody will take the phone away. His credit will get ruined and it going hit the sprints P&L as bad debt like I'm sure it does thousands of times.
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LeKtRiCzzz said:
I payed 200$ for that's enough money for it to be mine
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no, no it isnt
im assuming your account wont be cancelled right away.. it will first be suspended for non payment then after so much time will be cancelled for non payment at which you would have so much time to pay it before it goes to collections.. once the account is cancelled the esn is good.. sprint still makes there money which is why they have etf's.. if you dont pay it they sell it to the collectors who harass you until its paid..
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elliwigy said:
im assuming your account wont be cancelled right away.. it will first be suspended for non payment then after so much time will be cancelled for non payment at which you would have so much time to pay it before it goes to collections.. once the account is cancelled the esn is good.. sprint still makes there money which is why they have etf's.. if you dont pay it they sell it to the collectors who harass you until its paid..
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Yeah...I don't know what makes him think that if he's exactly 1 day late, they will cancel the phone. Sorry dude, doesn't work that way. I don't think they suspend service till you are 30 days late. Even then the account isn't "cancelled". Eventually it will be. The etf will be tacked on to the bill you already owe. After an amount of time, it'll then go to collections, in which case, the amount owed will "grow". At the end of the day, collections, late fees, etf fees. It will be big bucks and screwed credit.

Would sprint buy the epic 4g?

I just realized I qualified for an upgrade since april. I was thinking it was in augest.
Anyway, I wanna buy a new phone. I really don't want to sell my epic because I love it and I just want a new phone to keep on the side and not to actually use. So my number would stay on the epic and I would get a newer phone for my music and games and stuff. I don't think anyone would do this but I am lol I need my keyboard.
So I was thinking gs3 or epic touch.
But just incase I have to pay an amount of money that I don't have and I would have to give up my epic to get a newer phone would sprint buy this phone from me for a reasonable price? Like let's say $100?
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I think Sprint will give your around $30-35 dollars.
You will get much more if you sell it online or some such.
You can use your upgrade to get a new Phone, probably around $200, and just not activate it, and then you can keep using your Epic.
Thanks said, if your Epic is in working order, and has a clean ESN, I would give you $100 for it.
DCRocks said:
I think Sprint will give your around $30-35 dollars.
You will get much more if you sell it online or some such.
You can use your upgrade to get a new Phone, probably around $200, and just not activate it, and then you can keep using your Epic.
Thanks said, if your Epic is in working order, and has a clean ESN, I would give you $100 for it.
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Ya I was thinking I may sell it online. And I also have an extra battery for it. Its the same as its stock one.
I'm going to go to the sprint store sometime soon and see what phones they have there and what they offer.
if I have to sell my phone to get a new one I may sell it for about $100. Ill let you know if you want it. And yes its in perfect condition I don't remember dropping it not even once and everything works.
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You can't use an upgrade and not activate the phone.
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They give you $50 (at least they did for my mom's) and recycle it.... bad ESN or not, it is all the same...
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MДЯCЦSДИT said:
They give you $50 (at least they did for my mom's) and recycle it.... bad ESN or not, it is all the same...
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Depends on condition as well I know I can get 45$ for mine that's with the small dent on the bottom and surface scratch marks.
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You can't use an upgrade and not activate the phone.
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seriously? They won't just give me it in a box and let me "activate" it later?
MДЯCЦSДИT said:
They give you $50 (at least they did for my mom's) and recycle it.... bad ESN or not, it is all the same...
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And that's not worth selling it. Ill try and sell it online if I have to.
The GSIII is looking really nice in blue lol.
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lilajrestnom said:
seriously? They won't just give me it in a box and let me "activate" it later?
And that's not worth selling it. Ill try and sell it online if I have to.
The GSIII is looking really nice in blue lol.
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The upgrade discount is only valid if it's activated on a renewed contract. No activation means no discount.
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Zeinzu said:
The upgrade discount is only valid if it's activated on a renewed contract. No activation means no discount.
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So I would have to activate then switch phones? That should work, right?
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After you activate a new/upgrade account, that phone must remain active on that line for 6 months. (might be 3) This is why I use GVoice. I have 4 lines and me and wifey trade up renewals with 2 of the lines.
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MДЯCЦSДИT said:
They give you $50 (at least they did for my mom's) and recycle it.... bad ESN or not, it is all the same...
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Sprint doesn't allow buy backs of any of their devices which have dirty ESNS. Corporate retail employees who do this sort of thing can and will be subjected to disciplinary action of up to and including termination of employment. I know this personally from seeing about half a dozen of employees in our DM's market promoted to customer. You have to remember people that Sprint has a report on just about anything you do in RMS and are able to drill down to employee ID level.
They wanted to give me $60 for mine when I upgraded, but I decided to keep it and try selling it for a little more private.
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BubZX said:
They wanted to give me $60 for mine when I upgraded, but I decided to keep it and try selling it for a little more private.
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dude on craigslist i've seen them go for 150+
XxLostSoulxX said:
dude on craigslist i've seen them go for 150+
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Me too....in 2010
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Just got a text from Sprint stating they will give me $56 for my Epic..
I laughed!
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xjayman said:
Me too....in 2010
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My brother just got 120 for his... without any accessories or a charger...
flastnoles11 said:
My brother just got 120 for his... without any accessories or a charger...
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That's fair...100 to 125 I think is fair for both parties
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xjayman said:
Me too....in 2010
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haha no over here in Dallas their selling them for around 300$ and actually selling them for those prices so i'd day they can go around for those prices.
XxLostSoulxX said:
haha no over here in Dallas their selling them for around 300$ and actually selling them for those prices so i'd day they can go around for those prices.
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Maybe I'll ship you mine to sell ....I've been upgrade eligible since may but I like my phone. When I do upgrade I'm keeping my epic as backup instead of tep. if anything happens to new phone after first year I'll break this bad boy back out.
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xjayman said:
Maybe I'll ship you mine to sell ....I've been upgrade eligible since may but I like my phone. When I do upgrade I'm keeping my epic as backup instead of tep. if anything happens to new phone after first year I'll break this bad boy back out.
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That's exactly why I don't wanna have to sell this phone I just love it lol.
But seriously if I get an upgrade I have to use that phone for the first 6 months??? I can't believe that cuz they can't just tie me to one phone. What if I bought another phone I'm not allowed to use that?
I was really wanting to buy the g23. But I think the epic touch wouldn't be bad either. And its 100 dollars cheaper. But its a shame that both the epic and the epic touch cost 100 with a new contract lol.
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(SPRINT) Activation Charge for GSIII

From the OG epic to the Epic Touch I've never been hit with an upgrade fee. Sprint decides to hit me with one when I upgraded to the GSIII, then say they won't waive the charge because its legit.
Anyone know a way I can get this charge off my account?
I've gone from a rep to a supervisor to customer retention. All were willing to just let me cancel my account.
Thanks in advance xda!
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How much was the fee? Is it the $35 fee added to your bill?
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Yeah. I know its only $35 but its the fact I've never seen it before. I view it as a ****boy charge.
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Sooppex said:
Yeah. I know its only $35 but its the fact I've never seen it before. I view it as a ****boy charge.
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They waived my activation fee... I did the pre-order tho and I was switching from Verizon and adding a line to my parents account
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They waived my activation fee... I did the pre-order tho and I was switching from Verizon and adding a line to my parents account
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I've been with Sprint since the Centro. I would hope they waive the charge on all new lines, that'd be ridiculous if they didn't.
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They wont.... Gotta come up with ways to keep profit margin all while piggybacking lte networks.....
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I got them to waive mine when I purchased it from sprint. They billed me for but thank god they had notes to where the escalation team agreed to waive it.
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blazerboy567 said:
I got them to waive mine when I purchased it from sprint. They billed me for but thank god they had notes to where the escalation team agreed to waive it.
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I was told it be waived after the problems I had with my last phone and the refused to honor it.... My last Sprint phone...
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that is an activation fee, not an upgrade fee, and it is totally legit..
occasionally, they run sales on the online site to offer free activation.. and sometimes they dont... and yes you are welcome to cancel your account, pay the ETF and get a higher priced contract with another carrier...lol
just pay the bill..its legit.
Sooppex said:
From the OG epic to the Epic Touch I've never been hit with an upgrade fee. Sprint decides to hit me with one when I upgraded to the GSIII, then say they won't waive the charge because its legit.
Anyone know a way I can get this charge off my account?
I've gone from a rep to a supervisor to customer retention. All were willing to just let me cancel my account.
Thanks in advance xda!
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Mystic38 said:
that is an activation fee, not an upgrade fee, and it is totally legit..
occasionally, they run sales on the online site to offer free activation.. and sometimes they dont... and yes you are welcome to cancel your account, pay the ETF and get a higher priced contract with another carrier...lol
just pay the bill..its legit.
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They waived my upgrade fee of 36 bucks just saying plus I got so many ctm tickets open also once data cap and lte towers are up they are going to credit 30 a month since December for crappy data I'm getting. I should not have to use my WiFi when i pay sprint for unlimited data.
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10gb in a day

I been thathering 10gb a day and sprint hasn't canceled my contract yet.
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Thanks for letting us know
I believe their limit is 100gb a month. Read a few post ppl getting nice letter from sprint once they reach that limit
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try force roaming and tethering that much.
Why don't you pay what you owe?
Hopefully they do.
You know abusing the network to get out of your contract is not ethical, right? You're also making the network slower for others, aswel.
Lamest thread ever.
Pay your ETF or pay your bill. Quit being a shyster (which has become a common word in my lexicon after reading some posts on xda lately).
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derrickmd18 said:
I been thathering 10gb a day and sprint hasn't canceled my contract yet.
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Hopefully they will notice you have been tethering without purchasing the tethering plan and bill you at $.25/MB.
lynyrd65 said:
I've thathered more than 40 gigs in a day on AT&T and still could just for the lulz. Before my sister, (whose line has true unlimited unthrottled, and un-monitored data), leaves for T-Mobile I'm going to go for a new record and post it on this site.
I have a perfect system in place to royally screw AT&T every month out of spite. AT&T is a whore of a company and I do that stuff as a sort of protest.
Why would you do this to Sprint though? They did nothing to deserve this.
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Exactly. If you can get 10gb/day on Sprint, you should really consider sticking with them.
Smh.... why are you canceling?
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Because they lied to me about my discount. No service at home. And they won't let me out of my contract. And yes I pay my bill.
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derrickmd18 said:
Because they lied to me about my discount. No service at home. And they won't let me out of my contract. And yes I pay my bill.
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What do you mean discount? I think you can even grab an employee discount for your service. Also - try to get an Airave from retentions, it'll help the service at home.
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Because they lied to me about my discount. No service at home. And they won't let me out of my contract. And yes I pay my bill.
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Who lied? Have you gone back and disputed this? If it was done at the store Customer service can't do much as there's no proof to what you're claiming is true so the best option is to go back to store and vice versa. Airave does help if you qualify for one. Check www.sprint.com/airavecoverage. For your discount you have to apply through www.sprint.com/verify but nothing anyone can do in regards to the % the company you're claiming offers.
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I've thathered more than 40 gigs in a day on AT&T and still could just for the lulz. Before my sister, (whose line has true unlimited unthrottled, and un-monitored data), leaves for T-Mobile I'm going to go for a new record and post it on this site.
I have a perfect system in place to royally screw AT&T every month out of spite. AT&T is a whore of a company and I do that stuff as a sort of protest.
Why would you do this to Sprint though? They did nothing to deserve this.
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...And yet you expect people to help you "support autism awareness" ?
this......
Discount for ups. Store said I would get it then they said no because I'm on the second line. And wouldn't let me return the phones. It was at best buy. Supposed to get 22% off. Called sprint and they said it on best buy side. Went to best buy and they saying nothing they can do. So stuck.
I had a regular landline at home. And had boost. Got rid of it because i got sprint.
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I remember a time when people didn't have cell phones. There were a lot less idiots in the world...and better drivers.
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I remember a time when people didn't have cell phones. There were a lot less idiots in the world...and better drivers.
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Love this post, best I've read today. :beer:
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[Q) buying through best buy?

Saw this phone on best buy for 150 and I'm eligible for a 2 year agreement just wanted to know if any of you guys have bought through best buy before?
If so Does your plan changed in any way whether it would be data?
Reason why I ask is because T-Mobile is always making it impossible for their customers. I see it as a smart investment worse comes to worse down the line I can always opt out and pay that 200 penalty to get out, I would still have my s3.
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I hate Best Buy but couldn't resist their low prices so last year I bought 3 phones online. It work out good for me. Not only I end up paying for the phone much less than any other place, but also somehow I didn't have to buy a data plan with those purchases. I have a family plan and that did not change also.
Last week I tried to add fifth line to my plan and I had to add minimum $20 data to new phone so I'm not sure how it is now...
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How long you were with T-Mobile before buying phone online?
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daxecutioner24 said:
How long you were with T-Mobile before buying phone online?
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Long time - since there were Voicestream - probably 10 years.
I bought this phone from bestbuy in october since I was eligible for an upgrade and bestbuy had it for way cheaper than tmobile ever did. Only part of my plan that was suppose to change was my data plan but it never did actually change. I still have the same plan I had before purchasing the phone. No complaints
Thanks guys. Yeah its way cheaper than what Tmobile has it right now about 340 with the upgrade. You guys did it through the phone or in person. One rep I was speaking with told me that I can't get the phone in store because T-Mobile doesn't allow it? Is this true or just BS. I was going to get the blaze through T-Mobile but it was going to come out around 184 basically around same price I'm getting the s3 for through best buy.. Not a big Fan of the 4'7 screen but oh well.
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Also any idea how much these guys will try to sell me their warranty for? Or do I get at least a 1 year warranty.
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Also any idea how much these guys will try to sell me their warranty for? Or do I get at least a 1 year warranty.
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I actually did mine online and I had no problems. Bestbuy also gives you the option to add a warranty I think but I'm not to sure since I didn't get one
the issue to consider is that BB will sell you the 2 year plan, which continues the "subsidy" (we all know it's baked into the monthly price, RIGHT?) even after you pay of the phone. Consider a tmobile store - and a value plan, where there is more of an up front cost (possibly), but the value plan is a purchase of the phone as a transparent process, and when it's paid for (20 months?) you keep the phone, and the monthly price drops.
If you can do a "small buisiness" plan - go for that! $40 per month to 1000min and unlimited (5GB at 4G speed). $50 for unlimited/unlimited. Add $20 for phone, and stll cheapest way to go...
Merry Christmas
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the issue to consider is that BB will sell you the 2 year plan, which continues the "subsidy" (we all know it's baked into the monthly price, RIGHT?) even after you pay of the phone. Consider a tmobile store - and a value plan, where there is more of an up front cost (possibly), but the value plan is a purchase of the phone as a transparent process, and when it's paid for (20 months?) you keep the phone, and the monthly price drops.
If you can do a "small buisiness" plan - go for that! $40 per month to 1000min and unlimited (5GB at 4G speed). $50 for unlimited/unlimited. Add $20 for phone, and stll cheapest way to go...
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Yea I went with the s3 with best buy pretty cheap..I did have to upgrade my data plan but only 10 more than I was paying for 200mb now I get about 5g.
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Thanks guys for all your help appreciated merry christmas
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I have bought all my phones from BB. I love it and service is great! (Not just saying it Because I work there)
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DroidModder said:
I have bought all my phones from BB. I love it and service is great! (Not just saying it Because I work there)
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Yeah I notice customer reps actually are not bots too.. I spoke to a few they seem to be well acknowledge and actually have a soul lol.
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Plus you get a free 1 year warranty for the stuff that's suppose to come for free, Like a defective unit .buying with T-Mobile you have to pay a monthly fee for that same coverage
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