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So my $75 upgrade (used to be 150, which is bs) just opened up. I need some clarity on how the pricing works. Is this $75 off a new 2-year contract price? Or $75 off a full retail price and I still have to sign a 2-year contract? If the last one is the case, do I even get a 2-year contract price when my current contract expires?
I believe its $75 off retail price and to sign a 2 year contract as well.
75 off retail.
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You may be able to get them to make a one time exception and qualify you for a full $150 upgrade if you are the main/primary line. That's what retention is doing for me but I'm waiting for the gs2.
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Wow. That sucks then, I have to sign another contract to pay $500? No thanks... Might as well wait until my contract expires to get a new contract price...or will they even do that?
ncfastls1 said:
Wow. That sucks then, I have to sign another contract to pay $500? No thanks... Might as well wait until my contract expires to get a new contract price...or will they even do that?
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Yes if your contract expires you can get the new contract price.
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Your contract and your upgrade eligibility don't necessarily match. You can be out of contract and still not be eligible for an upgrade. However, there will probably be more flexibility if you're out of contract as Sprint would want to find a way to keep you as a customer.
The $75 upgrade isn't much of a deal, in my opinion. If you use it, you're signing a new 2 year contract, and you're pushing your $150+rebate upgrade out another year.
If you're not Premier Gold and you want to upgrade more often than every two years, I think it makes more sense to pay full price for the phone (or find a deal from ebay/craig) every other year.
Sprint is not flexible at all on upgrades right now. Don't waste your time it will only make you mad.
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Sprint is very flexible actually .. Just call 877 775 4886 that's the retention direct line and tell them how your upgrade was suppose to be full and now its not since they changed the premier things... I got mine moved up 10 months if the first person you talk to doesn't help out ask to speak to their supervisor or call back QUOTE=DirtyShroomz;16441394]Sprint is not flexible at all on upgrades right now. Don't waste your time it will only make you mad.
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I called and tried the to get the full $150 and they basically blew me off..Something about my phone is not THE main line. The contract is in my name and I added my mother and daughter but for some reason apparently my mosm phone is the main line..How the hell does this happen?
A supervisor told me that there isn't anything that can be done and some other stupid crap and if I wanted to upgrade now it would have to be on my mothers line..Well I don't want to start a 2yr contract over on her line cause she will be going to prepaid next year when the contract is up.
So my only choice is to cancel my contract and pay $100 then sell my EVO and move to another carrier..
Screw Sprint..
I was able to get a supervisor to approve an upgrade overide. My $150 was supposed to be 8/01/11 before they changed they downgraded me to silver. I haven't used the upgrade yet because I haven't decided on a phone but I did get it approved. The thing that sucks is that it can only be with Sprint directly. Can't use your supervisor approved upgrade at another store such as Best Buy or Walmart where the prices are better.
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Sprint is very flexible actually .. Just call 877 775 4886 that's the retention direct line and tell them how your upgrade was suppose to be full and now its not since they changed the premier things... I got mine moved up 10 months if the first person you talk to doesn't help out ask to speak to their supervisor or call back QUOTE=DirtyShroomz;16441394]Sprint is not flexible at all on upgrades right now. Don't waste your time it will only make you mad.
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I work sprint retention, resets are no longer being done under any circumstances except sprint error.
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Fcuk that, i haven't been out contract for 3 years.... Yes i can't get insurance ever again just the manufacturing warranty... But i no longer thirst for devices i can get cheaper off the net.... If a person wants a new device.... Just keep allowing them to extended the contract out.... Stop trying to appeal to new customer and become appealing to the old obes
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So what qualifies as an error? I was told a few days ago that I could do it and now when I call back they are saying that promotion has ended.
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Fcuk that, i haven't been out contract for 3 years.... Yes i can't get insurance ever again just the manufacturing warranty... But i no longer thirst for devices i can get cheaper off the net.... If a person wants a new device.... Just keep allowing them to extended the contract out.... Stop trying to appeal to new customer and become appealing to the old obes
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Do you know how much money is lost on every subsidized phone? Early upgrades kill profit and sometimes programs are stopped. What good is a provider if it's not making any profit and can't buy new phones or expand its network?
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So what qualifies as an error? I was told a few days ago that I could do it and now when I call back they are saying that promotion has ended.
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30 day return or upgrade being used when it was only a replacement.
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I called sprint and the rep told me it was 75 off the 2 year contract price. I made sure to ask her a second time if it was the contract price or retail price and she said it was the contract price because I would be signing a new 2 year contract.
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I called sprint and the rep told me it was 75 off the 2 year contract price. I made sure to ask her a second time if it was the contract price or retail price and she said it was the contract price because I would be signing a new 2 year contract.
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Interesting...I'll have to ask in person next time I stop by the sprint store. Cause I was really looking forward to the galaxy s 2
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MedicStuder said:
I called sprint and the rep told me it was 75 off the 2 year contract price. I made sure to ask her a second time if it was the contract price or retail price and she said it was the contract price because I would be signing a new 2 year contract.
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There's no way. She's basically saying that the 1 year price is less than the 2 year price. I think we all know that's not true.
When do you guys think the AT&T S III will go down to $99?
When its not current like Christmas time
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When its not current like Christmas time
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I want that Task AOKP goodness :crying:
Amazon had it for $99, but it's apparently gone up since I checked last.
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I want that Task AOKP goodness :crying:
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Tasks AOKP ROM is nice. I use it as my daily driver, but it has a few little bugs.
Most of which I can live with. My only real complaint with it is that the Voice Dialer doesn't work through bluetooth.
Other than that its superb.
I bought mine for $199 from the att store, nice red one btw then called two days later and said my cousin bought one at best buy for $99 (complete lie) and they credited my account $114
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I bought mine for $199 from the att store, nice red one btw then called two days later and said my cousin bought one at best buy for $99 (complete lie) and they credited my account $114
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Scammer.
I have confimed on Black Friday it will be on $50 on Radioshack...
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I saw it at radio Shack for $99 after I paid $199 at at&t, called them up and told them about it. They informed me that they don't offer price matching.
I informed them I would just return the phone and go buy it from the shack.
They promptly credited my account $100.
So apparently anyone can get it for $99 if they are willing to work with a customer service representative.
Hope this helps people get credited
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I saw it at radio Shack for $99 after I paid $199 at at&t, called them up and told them about it. They informed me that they don't offer price matching.
I informed them I would just return the phone and go buy it from the shack.
They promptly credited my account $100.
So apparently anyone can get it for $99 if they are willing to work with a customer service representative.
Hope this helps people get credited
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Thanks! I think I might try this. When was it $99 at RadioShack, or did you make that up ?
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I bought mine for $199 from the att store, nice red one btw then called two days later and said my cousin bought one at best buy for $99 (complete lie) and they credited my account $114
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Shamefully I'm not above this idea
I saw it for that price last week
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I might try this also. I just bought my wife an S3 from AT&T last week.
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I might try this also. I just bought my wife an S3 from AT&T last week.
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Tell me how it goes, because I really want this phone but I need it to be $99.
There was a thread about someone getting a gs3 for $99 from actually calling att and talking to a rep. I read this and called att myself. I bought mine for 199 at the store. So I called 611 and talked to someone. Told them I have been with att for a long time and felt I deserve the same price treatment as the person who got it for 99. Lady said how about 100 credit on bill. I said cool. Next thing I know it was only a 25 dollar credit. Week later I called again cause had issues with activating wife's new iPhone. After getting that resolved I told them about when I called last time and thought I was getting 100 dollar credit but only got 25. Somehow the guy this time hooked me up and gave me 2 different credits. An 80 and 28.50. And my other 25 he didn't take off. Said he wasn't going to. So all three credits took effect and I got 133.50 credit on my bill. So its like I got my gs3 for 66.50. Can't complain about that.
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I got mine from at&t for 99.99 I called in and told them I saw people getting it for a 99.99 and asked if I could get the same deal, the csr had to get a manager/supervisor override but was very nice and helpful.
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I bought mine from Frys Electronics last week for $150. Then I called AT&T and complained about the trouble I had activating it (spent 2 hours in the store on the phone, eventually had to go to an actual AT&T store). Even though there were no notes on the account, they issued me a $25 loyalty credit and waived the $36 upgrade fee. I didn't ask for anything more than waiving the upgrade fee, but they were very understanding of what I went through. I would highly recommend calling customer service if you aren't afraid to complain.
Check this thread
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I suspect the earliest we could expect to see the price drop to $99 with a contract is Christmas. More likely scheduled around S4 release.
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I suspect the earliest we could expect to see the price drop to $99 with a contract is Christmas. More likely scheduled around S4 release.
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Seriously, people are getting it for $99 all the time now. With very little effort as well.
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SIII 16 GB for $99 and 32 GB for $149 with mail in rebate on T Mobile website
http://galaxy-s.t-mobile.com/samsung-galaxy-s3
Go grab it guys.
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SIII 16 GB for $99 and 32 GB for $149 with mail in rebate on T Mobile website
http://galaxy-s.t-mobile.com/samsung-galaxy-s3
Go grab it guys.
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Wth.. I just bought it 3 weeks ago for $330 (with included $50 mail in rebate) *sighs*
Upgrade not included, right?
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I think the $99 is for those on value plan and they get that money back via rebate but they still pay 20 a month for the phone for 2 yrs
Edit: never mind looks like the deal is also for classic plan if ur new customer, anyone know if it applies for upgrade as well?
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I think the $99 is for those on value plan and they get that money back via rebate but they still pay 20 a month for the phone for 2 yrs
Edit: never mind looks like the deal is also for classic plan if ur new customer, anyone know if it applies for upgrade as well?
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I spoke to two CSRs today. This is only available to those adding a new line of service. Bummer...
I tried on Fri. Its only for new customers or adding line but since I ve been with thtm for 4 years I got it for the 279+50 rebate plus they cancelled my next month bill so I got a free month of service:
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That's one thing that frustrates me about T-Mobile. They're ALWAYS doing amazing deals for new customers but never do much of anything for existing customers. I want to upgrade my wife's line and I can get a cheap standard flip phone for free or pay $100 for an old outdated MyTouch Q (which seems like an absolute waste of using an upgrade) or pay ~$300 for a SGS3 for her.
jbreeze228 said:
Wth.. I just bought it 3 weeks ago for $330 (with included $50 mail in rebate) *sighs*
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Same here. -.-
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That's one thing that frustrates me about T-Mobile. They're ALWAYS doing amazing deals for new customers but never do much of anything for existing customers. I want to upgrade my wife's line and I can get a cheap standard flip phone for free or pay $100 for an old outdated MyTouch Q (which seems like an absolute waste of using an upgrade) or pay ~$300 for a SGS3 for her.
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I've been with T-Mobile for 10 years and they have been fantastic. They offered me the 10gb data plan with mobile hotspot for $30 a month today. I'm still thinking about it, I have the new truly unlimited for $30 a month right now. I'm 10 days outside the 14 days you have to get the insurance and the customer service representative told me that today but still gave me the insurance for being a premium customer.
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I've been with T-Mobile for 10 years and they have been fantastic. They offered me the 10gb data plan with mobile hotspot for $30 a month today. I'm still thinking about it, I have the new truly unlimited for $30 a month right now. I'm 10 days outside the 14 days you have to get the insurance and the customer service representative told me that today but still gave me the insurance for being a premium customer.
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I've been with them since the beginning too and I have to say they take care of their long term customers. I took that same deal your talking about, worth it trust me. I never go over the 10gbs and I get what they promise.
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I've been with them since the beginning too and I have to say they take care of their long term customers. I took that same deal your talking about, worth it trust me. I never go over the 10gbs and I get what they promise.
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I'm soo thinking about calling them back about that deal. They said there only offering it for a short amount of time for premium customers. I hit 7gb last month. I just like knowing that I have unlimited data. Can we not tether like we could with the S II? I member all I did was delete tethering provision and it worked. But they did say with the truly unlimited plan tethering is not allowed.
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jbreeze228 said:
Wth.. I just bought it 3 weeks ago for $330 (with included $50 mail in rebate) *sighs*
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me too man... Oh well, I LOVE THIS PHONE :good:
I just added a second line to my account last Wed, and i got the S3. Friday i see the deal online and am pretty pissed that i just paid $348 for the phone and not 2 days later its $99. I call them and get tossed around all weekend and no help on being compensated for the difference. The only thing they said i could do was to send it back wait for the return process to go through, then buy a third line for that price. Complete Bull**** that they cant just credit me the difference(not including the rebate). The return process itself would take a week i was told, so i would be without a phone for 1-2 weeks. I am just shocked at their process for this. I love the S3 that i have, but come on.
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I'm soo thinking about calling them back about that deal. They said there only offering it for a short amount of time for premium customers. I hit 7gb last month. I just like knowing that I have unlimited data. Can we not tether like we could with the S II? I member all I did was delete tethering provision and it worked. But they did say with the truly unlimited plan tethering is not allowed.
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The main monitoring occurs on the network not the device level. Essentially they are monitoring the user agent of the outgoing traffic.
One easy way to circumvent their tethering blockage is to use a 3rd party tethering app and change your user agent on your internet browser to android or iPad/iPhone. Both Chrome and Firefox have extensions that easily let you change your user agent.
Confirmed working for me on the unlimited 4G plan using Chrome and WiFi tether.
179.99
It's worth noting for those who don't know that Bestbuy sells an upgrade to t-mobile customers for $179.99
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I tried on Fri. Its only for new customers or adding line but since I ve been with thtm for 4 years I got it for the 279+50 rebate plus they cancelled my next month bill so I got a free month of service:
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Friday? Doesn't T-mobile run the same sales nationwide? I went in Friday and got the 16GB for $149 and got a $149 mail in rebate. Have to pay $40 tax(they tac the full price of the phone) but that's still just $40 for it.
I am pretty sure its only an online deal only... cause when I found out I couldnt get the 99 deal on mytmobile.com i called them and that's when I got the loyalty deal
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Just ordered a white 32gb for my sister shieet 150$ you cannot beat that deal with a spiked bat.
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Sucks so much anus.....paid 371 with 50 mail in rebate. Not even 3 weeks ago....
Oh well, wish happens.
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Just got my s3 today. Original csr I spoke with tried to sell me it for 329 with 50 rebate I asked to speak to the loyalty department(I been with them 10+ years) the ended up giving it to me for 179.99 with the 50 rebate and a 200 account credit, took 15 off my monthly bill and included unlimited data plan!
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Today I returned my gs3 because I needed the money, and the guys there told me they couldn't refund my phone in cash which is what I paid for it with, they would have to send a check which would come in 3-7 days. Were the pulling a fast one on me or is that an actual policy?
Iknow that mobile carriers have their policy saying that refund can take up to 2 billing cycles.
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Iknow that mobile carriers have their policy saying that refund can take up to 2 billing cycles.
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I think that has to do with online/ over the phone orders that are added on your bill, etc.
IF you bought it in store, there is not reason they can't give money back. Haven't bought in store, other than Costco in a really long time, so cannot say if anything has changed.
This is how it is. This is how Verizon does it as well. Though it takes a lot longer than 3-7 days.
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That's normal, those stores don't keep much cash on hand.
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They don't want to get robbed.
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They don't want to get robbed.
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I was just gonna say, they prolly dont even have enough cash in the store to give back to you. As for the reason that psykhotic stated.
I work at best buy. Anything paid over 500$ in cash if refunded with a check when you return the product
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Signed up for another 2 years and bought the note 2, I sent in the rebate the very next day, how long does it take to get the check??
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Signed up for another 2 years and bought the note 2, I sent in the rebate the very next day, how long does it take to get the check??
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They received my rebate form on 12/13/2012. I just saw a note a few days ago that the rebate card was mailed -- "shipped" -- on 1/3/2013. I had not received it as of yesterday, so I just called the rebate center. I was told to "allow 15 days from the shipped date" for the card to arrive. They must be sending it from the Moon...
In other words, I'd allow at least five or six weeks to receive your rebate.
Wow, slow process, I was thinking of putting those $200 towards another phone for my wife, she thinks the note is to big. Hopefully everything goes right as I have never sent rebates before.
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We sent in our rebate 11/17 and just received the card today, 1/12. They sure love to take their time.
Usually takes about 6 weeks. I'm still waiting on mine. I just received a email last week saying that they had just got my request. I'll see how long it'll take to actually get to me.
I'm still waiting for the $300 from thanksgiving, but the $50 one we ordered in early December is already here. According to the t-mobile, it just depends on how many rebates they received for that time period.
since when is the rebate $200?
i got my note2 two weeks ago and the offer was a $175 rebate from T-Mobile.
when i got my Galaxy S2 i got a $50 rebate and it said it would take 6-8 weeks but got it in about 3. just sit tight... it'll arrive when u stop expecting it.
I saw the note 2 got a 100.00 rebate on the card I filled out that came with it in the box .
It was an after Christmas special Tmobile was having, it already ended .
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Wait there's a rebate card in the tmo note 2 box??
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The sales man gave me the rebate, don't know if any rebates come in the box. If you Google tmobile rebates and click on the link you can look to see if you qualify for any of them.
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Wait there's a rebate card in the tmo note 2 box??
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there was in mine. It said for note 2 you get 100.00 I filled it out but wasn't sure if I'd get it cause I got the note 2 for 240.00 financed 10/mo for 24 months and didnt know if I would be eligable but I got a text the other day from TMO and it said my rebate had been processed and I will be recieving the card in I think lik 7-8 weeks which can be applied to your bill making my note 2 140.00
I just got my rebate card yesterday and I got my phone around Nov 16.
Rebates almost always take 4-8 weeks.
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I bought two phones on November 17th and got my cards a couple days ago. Too bad it's going straight back to pay on the installment plan.
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It was an after Christmas special Tmobile was having, it already ended .
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Yup received my $200 dollar rebate last Friday happy (*^-^)
We got 2 Note 2s around Nov 17. Sent in the 2 $200 rebates about a week later. Rebates arrived about a week ago. I took them into the bank to trade them for cash before downgrading my plan, just in case T-Mo decided to get sneaky with me.
Sent my rebate in on 11/17/12, kept service for about 3 weeks and hope I still get the rebate but not going to hold my breath.
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We got 2 Note 2s around Nov 17. Sent in the 2 $200 rebates about a week later. Rebates arrived about a week ago. I took them into the bank to trade them for cash before downgrading my plan, just in case T-Mo decided to get sneaky with me.
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I didnt know banks would do this. If you dont mind me asking, where do you bank? I would like to do the same if possible.
Sent my $200 rebate in on the 4th.
I was wondering tho, if i choose to sell this phone within the 6-8 week rebate period, would it void my rebate?
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Just got my 300.00 dollar rebate from my 11/17/12 purchase When I bought it I was told to allow up to 10 weeks.
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Most banks, just take in card and talk to teller or customer service. Activate it and give it to them for cash or deposit into your acount. Hope that helps.
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I didnt know banks would do this. If you dont mind me asking, where do you bank? I would like to do the same if possible.
Sent my $200 rebate in on the 4th.
I was wondering tho, if i choose to sell this phone within the 6-8 week rebate period, would it void my rebate?
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