Sprint buy out program - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

Does any one know if i can still buy out my upgrade?
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I did it in August. Has anyone else done it more recently?
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My parents did it a couple weeks ago. They came to visit me, saw my phone, and decided to get their first smartphones. I created texting/google talk/email monsters.

Depending on how months/days you have left til your upgrade.. i had about a month left and it would have costed me $50.. i waited..
im sure the longer you have left the more it'll cost..
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go into a sprint store and have them get you on the phone with retentions.
I've seen them allowing buyups on stuff as far out as june...

What are the details of this buyout program?
Did a Google search, and it seems as though they are always changing the rules of the program..

I just did this last week its a 50$ buy out plus your phone trade in you get credit for you phone I got around 80$ for the gs2 so it wiped out the 50$ plus took about 30$ off the 199$ price to upgrade to the gs3
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Monthly 4g cracked screen

Im getting a s2 tomorrow with a cracked screen. Im ordering a screen off ebay and repairing it myself. I ordered a sim card from t mobile today and they said i can get a insurance protection plan on the phone even though i got it off craigslist. I wanted to know if anyone heard of this? They said its 7.99 a month. Im asking because 3 months from now if it crackes again because i keep hearing stories about it how much to replace it under that plan?
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Read the fine print. There is likely a deductible. I've seen deductibles as high as $150
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Deductible for a s2 is 130, and yes its possible to put insurance on a phone purchased outside of T-Mobile at time of activation but as of right now it's only for contracted rate plans. I have heard prepaid will soon have the availability for ins. but nothing currently and no telling when
logged into my 30 dollars a month account and I noticed it it was the option on the bottom..
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logged into my 30 dollars a month account and I noticed it it was the option on the bottom..
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yeah when i talked to the lady on the phone yesterday she said it was a option. but i don't know because my sim hasn't came in the mail yet to activate it.

Do you think Sprint will be getting the Black color GSIII?

Well, do ya?
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I don't think so. Get a black case. I almost looks black then.
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I guess I'm going to have to get one...they have some pretty good deals at cruzerlite, perhaps I'll get one of those
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They can't afford more colors
They didn't all their money bringing iPhones to their network
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They can't afford more colors
They didn't all their money bringing iPhones to their network
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Sad, but probably true. Can't help you on the front housing, but you can buy back covers on eBay for cheap...in just about any color you want. Lol
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What about the 64gb one? I was waiting but not sure I want to wait much longer
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Would be nice if they offered some other colors. I got to play with a co-worker's white SGS III yesterday and I actually liked it. Still trying to decide if I want the SGS III or the EVO LTE
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Well if they come out with one...I hope its within 30 days of my purchase, so I can take advantage of that return/exchange policy
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Well if they come out with one...I hope its within 30 days of my purchase, so I can take advantage of that return/exchange policy
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14 days, not 30
stock unrooted gs3
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14 days, not 30
stock unrooted gs3
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I'm in California, its law to have a 30 day return policy. Unless they post (in writing) at each entrance and cash register, while clearly explaining such after each purchase. Last time I went to Sprint....I didn't see any signs.
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Sprint has signs at the front of all corporate retail locations that state the return policy. Also the contract clearly states the return period and it is given verbally by the sales personnel at the time of purchase. Sprint is well aware of California laws but remember that authorized retailers such as best buy have a 30 day return policy that is only for the device itself. The contract expiration is 14 days no matter where you buy the device from and regardless of what you decide to do with the device itself. (keep it, sell it, return it for refund, throw it in the river, etc) So technically you can return the device after the 14 day contract period for a full refund but you will still be held in contract without the new device active on your line of service. So do all of your evaluations within the first 14 days no matter where you decide to buy your new phone. Just making this clear to some who find this a bit confusing.
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Well, do ya?
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I don't think so .. but I seen a friend with a green gs3 from sprint no case
I haven't even seen green advertised anywhere
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Depends, I guess. Has anyone heard of plans for any hardware revisions? Maybe later on there will be different colors for different editions. To me, this "pubic blew" looks close enough to charcoalish-black that I'm satisfied. I'm putting an ugly otterbox on it anyway.

AT&T Galaxy S3 Deals for the Holidays

If you want to buy the GS3 this season there are some deals for AT&T at RadioShack and BestBuy starting this Sunday, more details here: http://gs3central.com/content.php?r=161-Galaxy-S3-Holiday-Deals-Starts-this-Sunday-Dec-16
O wow this is great lol
Slickest-Nexus!
Well ill tell you right now att has the best deal giving away the skyrocket with the s3.. talk about a powerhouse bundle.
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Anyone know if the skyrocket is out right free or do you have to put it on another line?
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Is this legit? I was seriously minutes away from heading to att and getting my upgrade. Lol
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I was just at radio shack you have to add it to another line
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I was just at radio shack you have to add it to another line
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You have to add the skyrocket to a new line in order for it to be free?
What if you just want the s3 its self?
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You have to add the skyrocket to a new line in order for it to be free?
What if you just want the s3 its self?
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Your better off just getting it from best buy then.
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Your better off just getting it from best buy then.
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Yeah im gonna head there first thing tomorow
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Well ill tell you right now att has the best deal giving away the skyrocket with the s3.. talk about a powerhouse bundle.
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For the same price you can get 2 S3s from Best Buy.
sent from my S3 Sammy Bean.
So at radio shack you need to add the s2 to another line?
I just ordered an S3 online refurb for $30 but will go buy this tomorrow and send the refurb back.
Should I get it from radio shack or best buy? Only looking to add the S3 to a 2yr upgrade
Waiting in line now, busy at this location and they only have a 16gb version left in blue or white for at&t
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I thought att only had the 16gb version
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If your in California they tax you on the full value of the phone, not the sales price. Ridiculous.
It took 4 hours to get mine. Paid 53.49$
I'll post what happened in a bit...
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2.5 hours to get the wifes at best buy. The worker did everything rite but only could make calls. He seen problems and called att. Got the run around from 4 people and tried 3 sims cards. Finally what went down was a better att rep on phone realized that att itself changed my wife's plan from grandfather unlimited to 3gig limited and tried saying it was always that plan. Well its fixed and still grandfathered in. Best buys paper work had everything rite on it. Att just was trying to kick my wife's plan out and force a diff plan.
But $63 got her the phone.
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Their "beast" system crashed , globally, while I was in there and was shut down for about 3 hours until the guy called att on his personal phone and did it that way, had to hand write my contract.
The beast system is their in-store upgrader which communicates with all major carriers but now I'm home playing with the phone it's a downgrade from the one I previously owned, the screen has a blue/ purpleish haze at the bottom of the screen.
I'm not happy at all with this one. I do plan on writing an email to best buy about their terrible service and considering the iPhone 5.
So much for saving $150..
Also after initially waiting in line for 40 minutes they told me I had no upgrade amid made me go to a att store close by and verified that I did then came back and waited another 3 hours till they figured this mess out
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Their "beast" system crashed , globally, while I was in there and was shut down for about 3 hours until the guy called att on his personal phone and did it that way, had to hand write my contract.
The beast system is their in-store upgrader which communicates with all major carriers but now I'm home playing with the phone it's a downgrade from the one I previously owned, the screen has a blue/ purpleish haze at the bottom of the screen.
I'm not happy at all with this one. I do plan on writing an email to best buy about their terrible service and considering the iPhone 5.
So much for saving $150..
Also after initially waiting in line for 40 minutes they told me I had no upgrade amid made me go to a att store close by and verified that I did then came back and waited another 3 hours till they figured this mess out
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Agh, that sounds ROUGH!
I've herd BB called worst buy a bunch of times already. And your experience puts it into perspective.
I ordered a blue ATT 16GB from their website for a line on my family account that wasn't on a 2 year.
You woud have got the upper hand on price cause I payed $58.53. But you had a long wait in line.. And they gave you problems.
What you experienced is why I avoid Black friday, and only go to the store if Absolutely necessary.
I must say, calling ATT or Best buy on a Sunday is the worst way to spend your day.
I wanted to verify with ATT that they knew what was going on, and to make the note on my account
And Just wanted to make sure that Best buy wasn't going to pre-activate the line, or send a text to the phone number. (its a gift)
So i was reading about the kies 4.1.1 jb update and I noticed all the diferentes in the camera filters.
No this current phone does not have those extra options where as the old s3 I had bought and returned a few months ago, and did have the extra options.
What gives??
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Wife's new one didn't have the jb update installed. Had to hook it to kies. Did u check that..?
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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...
Merry Christmas
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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?
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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?
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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.

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