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Because I'm under a family's plan who work for sprint they said in my case I can not get any new phone on release date and I have to wait for a month ( really? ) .......so I was like "WTF, why did you guys sell my this $50 gift to use for the Epic 4g Touch?"....they was like...well, the sprint rep who sold you that card should of known when she pull up your account.....I said, yes. She should have..........now i'm stuck with a gift card and no PHONE..........F**K!
I'm on a sprint eprp plan (pretty much the same thing as sero) and I just picked mine up today, not sure why they told you that...
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I just now spoke to the head of employee admin's boss's boss. She said every new release is like a beta test. If a week from now they hear no complain then it will be available for employee and it's people under ( me ). They doing this to protect us from buying a bad quality phone.
Sounds like you're not on a SERO plan but under a SWAC plan, employees and accounts under them usually have to wait a few days after a new release before they can order, in case stock levels become low after launch. Customers come first, employees second in high demand phones.
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I just now spoke to the head of employee admin's boss's boss. She said every new release is like a beta test. If a week from now they hear no complain then it will be available for employee and it's people under ( me ). They doing this to protect us from buying a bad quality phone.
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That's not true at all. Its based on the number of phones available and the demand by acutal paying customers.
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I have sero and got the phone This morning.
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That sucks lol... I dont think i could wait... Just picked mine up 30 minutes ago... Its pretty great..
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hdnet1 said:
Sounds like you're not on a SERO plan but under a SWAC plan, employees and accounts under them usually have to wait a few days after a new release before they can order, in case stock levels become low after launch. Customers come first, employees second in high demand phones.
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yep sounds like you are on swac to me too OP! thats the only people that have to wait. i was on swac, sero, and now sero premium. if the person who got you your phone is still employed you are on a swac... i was on swac until the chick that got me my phone quit... then we called sprint on 3 way and they transferred liabilty to me and placed me on a sero plan.
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I have sero and got the phone This morning.
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same here. i also got ythe evo 3d on day one... took that back obviously. i doubt I'll be taking this one back!
madsquabbles said:
same here. i also got ythe evo 3d on day one... took that back obviously. i doubt I'll be taking this one back!
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Sprint rep tried getting me to change to another plan lol
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No offense to any employees here on xda, but wow. Some (97.996%) of the people that work there are clueless.
Walked in asked for the samsung epic touch dock, they talked back in the office about it. Came out and said this for the epic touch.
turns out no. not even close
Moral of the story, sprint, hire xda members.
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Best buy too
Samsung Galaxy S Dos indeed
A lot of coworkers at radioshack have no clue about anything that has to do with phones... Its sad..
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Jusy dont get it . They literarily dont know anything they need too and they hang up when they know there wrong.
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I tried to apply for a sprint job, but **** I never get pass the stupid personality test or whatever it is. I know way more then most sprint employees, but don't get the chance because of that stupid test.
Honestly, customer service related to anything (not just technology) is just flat out pathetic anymore.
I've gone to an autoparts store where the guy knew less about cars than my grandma.
There's no money in customer service so there's no desire to be good at it.
Dont agree with that people should be working extra hard considering the state of the economy.
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Kurupt1 said:
Dont agree with that people should be working extra hard considering the state of the economy.
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I'm sorry?
I personally wouldn't be too interested in doing a job well that can't even pay a liveable wage.
You'll find that to be true moreso with customer service jobs than other fields.
ok sure your right all customer service sucks
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Hmm?
I didn't say that, just that it has gone down hill significantly.
Sprint's representatives can be pretty ridiculous.
I once heard A female manager at a local Sprint store related processing power to data speeds for the Evo.
Something of the nature of "The data is faster on this phone over others because it has a 1 ghz processor"
You could clearly tell she had no clue what a processor was. Much less any relation to data speeds.
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I'm sorry?
I personally wouldn't be too interested in doing a job well that can't even pay a liveable wage.
You'll find that to be true moreso with customer service jobs than other fields.
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meh I made 14 a hour at charlton inc (comcast/timewarner/charter 3rd party calling center)
But that was because of commision and I busted my ass for a whole year then the company got bought out and laid off all sales/customer service reps making over 10 a hour and went through a temp agency to get mindless morons with no work history/education or had a major criminal charge...
Without a proper education (college/internship) you wont make much more than 25k a year
Unless you know someone ;p
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meh I made 14 a hour at charlton inc (comcast/timewarner/charter 3rd party calling center)
But that was because of commision and I busted my ass for a whole year then the company got bought out and laid off all sales/customer service reps making over 10 a hour and went through a temp agency to get mindless morons with no work history/education or had a major criminal charge...
Without a proper education (college/internship) you wont make much more than 25k a year
Unless you know someone ;p
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My point exactly.
You get what you pay for when it comes to workforce.
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My point exactly.
You get what you pay for when it comes to workforce.
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True true I have a really good store by me but tge manager is a moron... Everyone else seems to at least research a bit before and after a phone is released
I asked the manager if they knew when the evo 3d was coming out (back in may when I switched to sprint from tmo) and she said "yeah we have them in stock"
I about **** my pants when she said that.....
Then she walks me over to the evo 4g...... I never asked that box of rocks for h elp after than.... Bet she makes atleast 30-35k a year tho... Or has a rich husband cuz shs has a 2011 cadillac cts-v :/
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True true I have a really good store by me but tge manager is a moron... Everyone else seems to at least research a bit before and after a phone is released
I asked the manager if they knew when the evo 3d was coming out (back in may when I switched to sprint from tmo) and she said "yeah we have them in stock"
I about **** my pants when she said that.....
Then she walks me over to the evo 4g...... I never asked that box of rocks for h elp after than.... Bet she makes atleast 30-35k a year tho... Or has a rich husband cuz shs has a 2011 cadillac cts-v :/
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Or has a $5000 house and $50000 car.
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Or has a $5000 house and $50000 car.
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Lololol
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fetalp said:
I tried to apply for a sprint job, but **** I never get pass the stupid personality test or whatever it is. I know way more then most sprint employees, but don't get the chance because of that stupid test.
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This. Same thing here.
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I'm sorry?
I personally wouldn't be too interested in doing a job well that can't even pay a liveable wage.
You'll find that to be true moreso with customer service jobs than other fields.
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I emphatically disagree. I was raised with a solid work ethic of doing your best no matter what job you have. I have a bachelors in Finance but work in crappy C.S making pay I'm ashamed to even say, but do I do it half-arsed, no.
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Those personality tests are not that hard... The hardest ones are for at&t and best buy.. All you do is answer as honest as possible.. Most people say answer with "strongly agree" or "strongly disagree" but some of the questions are borderline and answering like a machine from irobot *(the ones that are 3 law "safe") will send a flag to the employer... And they will know if your being honest or not
But yes I agree, I commit my self to my job and try to learn something new every day (I suffer from sever ADD) so anything to keep me active weather its improving or learning helps... Rather than doing a half ass job and slacking off for 8 hours
*disregard the analogy if you never seen irobot
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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.
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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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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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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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http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/04/15/dish-sprint-nextel-bid/2083523/
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/04/15/dish-sprint-nextel-bid/2083523/
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Interesting. But not sure how Hesse and the gang will go for it as they've already spent quite a bit of the capital infusion. More likely they're just trying to get the government to not give a stamp of approval on the Softbank deal.
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Interesting. But not sure how Hesse and the gang will go for it as they've already spent quite a bit of the capital infusion. More likely they're just trying to get the government to not give a stamp of approval on the Softbank deal.
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I think the Softbank deal is a sensible plan that will get them to growth and profitability. Being a pawn in the Dish universe doesn't seem like it will be fun for customers.
Really, it's up to Hesse and the board to decide what is best for shareholders. The devil will be in the details, and this particular devil, a 10% price premium, does not seem adequate. Here's hoping the board strikes it down.
Dish network and Google are making a mobile carrier company and a cable company. So I hope it goes through.
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Dish will destroy Sprint. They're already is considered the worst and meanest company. Dish has no clue what they're getting themselves into. Sprint should just take Softbanks offer. At least they have experience in the carrier business and know what to do with Sprint.
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Dish network and Google are making a mobile carrier company and a cable company. So I hope it goes through.
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Really?
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Really?
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Last I heard
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Sprint won't merge with Dish. They are too invested in the SoftBank deal.
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Really?
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Sprint won't merge with Dish. They are too invested in the SoftBank deal.
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I don't know. Five billion is a lot of money.
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I don't know. Five billion is a lot of money.
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That's >$45 Billion dollars in debt and no direction for Sprints network other than using it to stream videos / movies for Dish customers. Do you seriously want to share a network with thousands of people using it to stream movies and videos to their TV?
Hello, I was wondering if it's possible to flash to a different carrier such as virgin mobile, straight talk, boost mobile, cricket, etc. Prepaid, something cheaper than $80-90 a month for unlimited everything. Also, will they blacklist or give my phone a bad ESN if I don't pay my bill? I just started my contract. Thank you.
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fox2mccloud said:
Hello, I was wondering if it's possible to flash to a different carrier such as virgin mobile, straight talk, boost mobile, cricket, etc. Prepaid, something cheaper than $80-90 a month for unlimited everything. Also, will they blacklist or give my phone a bad ESN if I don't pay my bill? I just started my contract. Thank you.
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If they did not get their end of the bargain, you won't get yours too, so pay your bills or just pay the ETF and sell off your phone.
You can flash it to other CDMA carriers, search for it around here.
So they WILL blacklist/bad ESN?
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So they WILL blacklist/bad ESN?
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Of course they will.
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So they WILL blacklist/bad ESN?
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Blacklist only works per carrier. Verizon blocks Verizon, sprint blocks sprint etc. Cricket wont block a Verizon phone.
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danrodz said:
Blacklist only works per carrier. Verizon blocks Verizon, sprint blocks sprint etc. Cricket wont block a Verizon phone.
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For the time being, this is half true. Nationally, a carrier independent database is currently in works. Per CTIA's last report to the FCC on the subject, the GSM database was complete Oct 2012 and the LTE database will be up and running this November. Additionally, both VZW and Sprint are currently participating in multi-carrier databases that are a bit more limited than the one that will roll out later this year. Coupled with this, the FCC is championing legislation that will criminalize modifying a device's IMEI to circumvent blacklisting.
So, my bill is due today. I want to flash it to cricket and Really want to keep my number. Will it work?
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No. Don't sign a contract you don't intend to fulfill.
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So, my bill is due today. I want to flash it to cricket and Really want to keep my number. Will it work?
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More than likely Verizon wont release your number if you owe money. Cricket will gladly give you a new number if your old one cant be ported.
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So, my bill is due today. I want to flash it to cricket and Really want to keep my number. Will it work?
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No. They will not release a number when you still owe them a considerable amount of money. Furthermore, this isn't something that will just go away. You will get hounded for the money you owe. First by Verizon, and then by a third party debt collector. It will negatively affect your credit and there exists a possibility that a court judgment could be sought against you. On the off chance it comes to that, you'd be looking at owing more than the past due amount and ETF.
Have you tried calling Verizon and working with them to adjust your level of service to something you can afford at this time? Another option would be to sell the phone on Craigslist and use that to pay down the ETF. You could then get a prepaid phone which will assist in keeping your usage manageable until you're in a better situation financially.
Just a small example of how and why our economy is so f'd up.
good day.
Unless you don't care for the carrier, call them and see if you can work something out, like splitting your bill over two months and changing the plan.
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Just a small example of how and why our economy is so f'd up.
good day.
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You don't know me. I am ex army combat medic. I have a baby and just started a new job. Shove it.. And to update, I paid half my bill and will pay the other next week.
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You don't know me. I am ex army combat medic. I have a baby and just started a new job. Shove it.. And to update, I paid half my bill and will pay the other next week.
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his point still stands.
you bit off more than you can chew because you dont know how to balance expenses vs income, like most of america.
Zepius said:
his point still stands.
you bit off more than you can chew because you dont know how to balance expenses vs income, like most of america.
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Why would you assume that without knowing what I'm going through? Okay , am I supposed to explain to you my whole situation, an emergency happened but NAH keep talking like you know everything. Bye
EDIT: you know, I hate being negative in anyway to people. I just want to spread positive energy as much as I can. Hope you all a good life.
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You don't know me. I am ex army combat medic. I have a baby and just started a new job. Shove it.. And to update, I paid half my bill and will pay the other next week.
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I'm pretty sure that when I was in the military, I learned how to manage my damn finances.
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I think there are 2 points here:
1. Berating strangers on the internet is just as unwise and unjust as doing so in person. We can't judge someone else's hardships and we have no right to try. Savings and planning can only go so far in the face of emergencies.
2. Solving financial problems by planning to violate your phone contract is also unwise and unjust. Contracts are binding (and if one person breaks them the cost gets passed on to everyone else), and emergencies are what savings and planning are for.
I, personally at least, think this thread is best resolved by saying: OP, I'm glad you worked it out with your provider without breaking your contract. Congratulations on your baby. Without knowing what emergency you are facing, I hope your next few months go better for you. Thank you for your service.