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Walmart deal coming up.

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.

gibi310 said:
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.

gibi310 said:
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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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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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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ky0nkyon said:
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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Five0nIt said:
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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ky0nkyon said:
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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Five0nIt said:
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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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).

Troll bait removed.

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.

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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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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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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...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.

oespinoza83 said:
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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AT&T retention offers

I have a retention offer on my account to get an early upgrade $249 price on a Note II. Anybody know if a corporate store will honor this offer?

Yes corporate stores will honor online prices
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Yep they will.
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P1 Wookie said:
Yes corporate stores will honor online prices
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A retentions rep on the phone offered it to me. I called a couple days ago and the regular CS rep said they wouldn't.

raduque said:
A retentions rep on the phone offered it to me. I called a couple days ago and the regular CS rep said they wouldn't.
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Why are you asking us then if you were already given your answer by them? lol...I thought maybe it was an online thing, but if it was over the phone then yes you'll have to do it over the phone. That's why I got my upgrade 2 months early, but I had to do it over the phone.

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Why are you asking us then if you were already given your answer by them? lol...I thought maybe it was an online thing, but if it was over the phone then yes you'll have to do it over the phone. That's why I got my upgrade 2 months early, but I had to do it over the phone.
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Well,I thought maybe the rep was just being pissy with me because I refused her 15 minute long attempt to sell me on UVerse.

Everything is negotiable. It depends who you talk to sometimes. Always ask to speak to a supervisor and be nice; never rude or demanding.
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P1 Wookie said:
Why are you asking us then if you were already given your answer by them? lol...I thought maybe it was an online thing, but if it was over the phone then yes you'll have to do it over the phone. That's why I got my upgrade 2 months early, but I had to do it over the phone.
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Actually your wrong, I got 2 lines upgraded early, went to my store in town and got both new phones, they were hesitant because it was 5 months early, but they gave them to me, the I upgraded my sisters account one of her lines like 2 months early(how I got my note 2) im well known at my store, I honestly think it depends on the store, and no its not a corporate store.
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Update. Defective phone

Soo after all the hate I decided to call sprint and tell them best buy replaced the device in the end and that they should take back the 150 account credit. The first person I spoke to was shocked and instantly transferred me to his supervisor.
The supervisor (Margaret) thanked me for keeping this honest and said she would remove the credit, but since I was honest and called in to inform them she was going to renew my upgrade status... so now I am fully eligible for a upgrade for when the next big thing his
Figured I would let all the nay sayers know I did the "right thing" and how it turned out for me. Thanks for all.the advice
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You may want to verify that. Supervisors are not capable of flagging the upgrade eligibility.
Working with Dan Hesse's staff on an issue for 2 months took 2 weeks to get my upgrade approved and added back to my account.

Bielinsk said:
You may want to verify that. Supervisors are not capable of flagging the upgrade eligibility.
Working with Dan Hesse's staff on an issue for 2 months took 2 weeks to get my upgrade approved and added back to my account.
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This
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Yep im eligible already checked.
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Bielinsk said:
You may want to verify that. Supervisors are not capable of flagging the upgrade eligibility.
Working with Dan Hesse's staff on an issue for 2 months took 2 weeks to get my upgrade approved and added back to my account.
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They may not be able to do it themselves but it doesn't mean they don't know someone who can. I can get an upgrade reset within 3 minutes if conditions call for it.
Good job on doing the right thing. Good things come to good people.
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Doesn't it feel good to do the right thing?
Kudos to you.

Supervisors absolutely can change your upgrade eligibility. However, they are required to justify it. You did the right thing and I am sure that justified it just fine
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that's awesome good for you. risk your feet, and god will give you new shoes? or something like that.. i haven't been to church in a long time

humanbean said:
Supervisors absolutely can change your upgrade eligibility. However, they are required to justify it. You did the right thing and I am sure that justified it just fine
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No they can't.
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DirtyShroomz said:
No they can't.
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Hahaha
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Upgrade Eligibility.
There is a specific department or person that can do it.
The Rep will confirm with the Supervisor. Once the Supervisor gives the ok, they fill out a form and forward it to a different department. Then the upgrade eligibility if reset. A supervisor doesn't always have to be involved. As long as they can figure it out, they can fill out the form.

chrischoi said:
Upgrade Eligibility.
There is a specific department or person that can do it.
The Rep will confirm with the Supervisor. Once the Supervisor gives the ok, they fill out a form and forward it to a different department. Then the upgrade eligibility if reset. A supervisor doesn't always have to be involved. As long as they can figure it out, they can fill out the form.
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That's not how it works either. Smh. Can we stop giving out false information.
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DirtyShroomz said:
That's not how it works either. Smh. Can we stop giving out false information.
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I've worked in the industry since 2005. It's changed a couple times how it's done. I've been through this personally and assist customers with calling into Customer Service on a daily basis. We just had to have one reset so my girlfriend could catch a Black Friday deal. Even with the UpgradeNow program and paying off the rest of your contract. It's never within 3 minutes. People usually come in the day after to finalize their upgrade. We can all call into Account Services to confirm how it works if you'd like.
I missed the whole original thread and whatever fiasco was going on. I just jumped in when I saw it say reset upgrade eligibility.

chrischoi said:
I've worked in the industry since 2005. It's changed a couple times how it's done. I've been through this personally and assist customers with calling into Customer Service on a daily basis. We just had to have one reset so my girlfriend could catch a Black Friday deal. Even with the UpgradeNow program and paying off the rest of your contract. It's never within 3 minutes. People usually come in the day after to finalize their upgrade. We can all call into Account Services to confirm how it works if you'd like.
I missed the whole original thread and whatever fiasco was going on. I just jumped in when I saw it say reset upgrade eligibility.
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I work account services, as both an account manager and escalation manager, your information is wrong. Also, early upgrades are supposed to be done in store only, with the trade in of your current device and yes it's done within a couple of minutes at the store, if your store is having issues I recommend bringing that up to whoever is in charge so customers don't have to wait. The only reason we have it is for customers looking to cancel that we may be able to save with the program or for individuals that don't have acorporate store in their area. Many communications have been sent out to not refer customers to account services for early upgrades. While what you said is somewhat close, unfortunately it's incorrect.
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DirtyShroomz said:
I work account services, as both an account manager and escalation manager, your information is wrong. Also, early upgrades are supposed to be done in store only, with the trade in of your current device and yes it's done within a couple of minutes at the store, if your store is having issues I recommend bringing that up to whoever is in charge so customers don't have to wait. The only reason we have it is for customers looking to cancel that we may be able to save with the program or for individuals that don't have acorporate store in their area. Many communications have been sent out to not refer customers to account services for early upgrades. While what you said is somewhat close, unfortunately it's incorrect.
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Crazy. We don't take phones. It's basically just a contract buy out to reset eligibility.
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We get a violation if we don't do a buy back with every updage now and the program is to stop people from cancelling and also to curb false churn
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chrischoi said:
Crazy. We don't take phones. It's basically just a contract buy out to reset eligibility.
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Yall bout to get in trouble, wow
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Crazy. We don't take phones. It's basically just a contract buy out to reset eligibility.
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Hmm. Interesting. Don't know what's going on at your store and why the buy back isn't being done or why it takes two days to process a reset.
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DirtyShroomz said:
Hmm. Interesting. Don't know what's going on at your store and why the buy back isn't being done or why it takes two days to process a reset.
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Sounds like the manager doing since under the table ****
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Wow
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New TMo Zero Down Promo

Not bad...Starts tomorrow for a limited time
http://www.dailytech.com/TMobiles+Z...Smartphones+Starting+July+27/article33052.htm

I love you t-mobile
YOU KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.
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No zero down mean you don't need to pay for it now. So instead of making you have down payment right now they put that payment toward the monthly payment plan.
Say you want S4, instead of 150 down and 20x24 totaling 630, you pay 0 down and 25x24 total of 600. $30 saving. Not bad. .
But phone like HTC one, you'll be paying 0 down and 25x24 total 600 instead of 80 down (Web)and 20x24 total of 560 normally. Cost you $40 more.
Over all tmobile is being aggressive lately. .
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is aggressive bad?
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macsalot916 said:
is aggressive bad?
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If it saves me money, aggressive is very good lol
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The only part I like is that it saves money on the S4 and that if you do Jump it can save you money there to if you like to buy a new phone every 6 month's.

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The only part I like is that it saves money on the S4 and that if you do Jump it can save you money there to if you like to buy a new phone every 6 month's.
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Yeah I'm currently on Verizon and I'm highly considering switching my lines over soon with the 0$ down thing. Need to get off this Capitalist carrier lol
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That's annoying as hell.
I just talked to a Loyalty rep this afternoon to change plans and waive fees, who told me about this promotion. I asked him three separate times if the lack of down payment came back on the back end, by either increasing monthly payments or adding months, and every time he told me, No, it's $20 for 24 months.
I'm getting my Note II tomorrow, and I guess I'll see what happens with my next bill.

adrenalinemedic said:
That's annoying as hell.
I just talked to a Loyalty rep this afternoon to change plans and waive fees, who told me about this promotion. I asked him three separate times if the lack of down payment came back on the back end, by either increasing monthly payments or adding months, and every time he told me, No, it's $20 for 24 months.
I'm getting my Note II tomorrow, and I guess I'll see what happens with my next bill.
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He's an idiot and you'll be charged for sure
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Wondering if maybe that $20 x 24 reflects for that particular device (note 2). I just got this s4 Wednesday and paid the $150. I wonder if I can get that back? Wont hurt anything if I go try...
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Each device is different I just got another s4 and its 25x24 months, iphone is 27x24months
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paulrodgers34 said:
Each device is different I just got another s4 and its 25x24 months, iphone is 27x24months
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Do you tax on the device?
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Do keep in mind that the only way to get the phone for zero down is to be "well qualified" if you had a deposit at start of service then you should have a discounted down payment
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ichefae85 said:
Do keep in mind that the only way to get the phone for zero down is to be "well qualified" if you had a deposit at start of service then you should have a discounted down payment
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Do you have to pay tax on the device?
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nexusmanftw said:
Do you have to pay tax on the device?
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Yeah still had to pay the tax
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Do you have to pay tax on the device?
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Also depends on which state you're in. I'm in California so I pay tax on the full retail price of the phone. Oregon I believe pays no tax. Just really all depends on the state
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I switched from sprint a wk ago and went in this morning and was refunded $150 for one s4 and $150 bill credit for another. Also u have to b in the "A or B" credit bracket in order to qualify for the zero down. And for each line u open there is still a $50 charge for taxes. So 4 lines is $200 plus $10 per sim kit (new costomers).
I think thats about right.
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cybervyrus8587 said:
I switched from sprint a wk ago and went in this morning and was refunded $150 for one s4 and $150 bill credit for another. Also u have to b in the "A or B" credit bracket in order to qualify for the zero down. And for each line u open there is still a $50 charge for taxes. So 4 lines is $200 plus $10 per sim kit (new costomers).
I think thats about right.
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I came from Sprint a week ago as well. Wife got a HTC One and I got the S4. I'm on the jump program and wondering if I should do you what you did. Was it hassle?

sweets55 said:
I came from Sprint a week ago as well. Wife got a HTC One and I got the S4. I'm on the jump program and wondering if I should do you what you did. Was it hassle?
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Not at all except for the wait. They r very slow at my store. BUT... When they refund the money u will get the$50 tax per phone back as well. BUT.. u will have to pay that back up front. Ull receive the refund 48-72 business days later.
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Yes you do pay extra on the back end for it being no money down, but a lot of people do not want to pay a dime upfront so for them, this is good.