I currently have the sgs3 and I need to get my wife a new phone. I don't have any upgrades available on my tmob account right now, so I would be paying full price if I wanted to get her a new phone. I have a friend who works at tmobile who said he/she could get me a NIB Galaxy Note II for $450. I want to know your thoughts on if this is a good deal or not. Obviously I know it's a better deal than paying full price. But I want to know if you think it's good enough to upgrade from my sgs3 or not? My wife could care less, as long as she can text and surf Facebook, she's contempt. Btw, she has the HTC MyTouch 4g.
If I could get another for $450, i'd jump on it!
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I currently have the sgs3 and I need to get my wife a new phone. I don't have any upgrades available on my tmob account right now, so I would be paying full price if I wanted to get her a new phone. I have a friend who works at tmobile who said he/she could get me a NIB Galaxy Note II for $450. I want to know your thoughts on if this is a good deal or not. Obviously I know it's a better deal than paying full price. But I want to know if you think it's good enough to upgrade from my sgs3 or not? My wife could care less, as long as she can text and surf Facebook, she's contempt. Btw, she has the HTC MyTouch 4g.
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That's a ridiculously good deal and I would pick it up ASAP if I were you.
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That's a ridiculously good deal and I would pick it up ASAP if I were you.
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If I could get another for $450, i'd jump on it!
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If you don't mind me asking, what has everyone else paid for the GN2?
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If you don't mind me asking, what has everyone else paid for the GN2?
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Mine was $649 + tax. Almost $700. (Bought mine outright) So, ya, that's an awesome deal!
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I came from the gs3, paid full price, and $700+. Worth every penny. I love this phone is everything the gs3 was and more.$450? Great deal.
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If you don't mind me asking, what has everyone else paid for the GN2?
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$758 after tax
With the upgrade 450
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I paid $748 after taxes, but T-mobile credited my account $548. So $200 with no contract extension.
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I paid $748 after taxes, but T-mobile credited my account $548. So $200 with no contract extension.
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Nice! Lucky b*****d! Lol
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Paid around 500 for mine through work. I would pick it up and sell the mytouch to help get some money back.
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rizoh66 said:
I currently have the sgs3 and I need to get my wife a new phone. I don't have any upgrades available on my tmob account right now, so I would be paying full price if I wanted to get her a new phone. I have a friend who works at tmobile who said he/she could get me a NIB Galaxy Note II for $450. I want to know your thoughts on if this is a good deal or not. Obviously I know it's a better deal than paying full price. But I want to know if you think it's good enough to upgrade from my sgs3 or not? My wife could care less, as long as she can text and surf Facebook, she's contempt. Btw, she has the HTC MyTouch 4g.
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Off contract for $450? Either stolen or... I dunno. Some crazy bending of a rule. If it's too good to be true (this is most likely) than it prolly is.
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I paid $748 after taxes, but T-mobile credited my account $548. So $200 with no contract extension.
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Nice! Btw, sending this post from my new Galaxy Note 2. Thanks for helping me make the decision. Now... time to root this bad boy!
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If I could score one at that price I would keep it in case god for bid anything happend to my note or sell it and profit. That is an extremely good deal.
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Walmart don't have it and I ain't doing any online retailer. Anybody that's paid the up front $289 think it's worth it?
Yes.
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I paid $529 up front cuz I didnt want contract. This BEAST is worth every penny! Just need to root this baby to unlock its full potential.
I personally didn't see an omfg difference from my hd2 really. If anything, the most noticeable difference will stem from browsing and that is likely due to the increased sinternet speeds than CPU speeds. If you have a 1ghz device already, I say hold on till the summer. 2ghz phones and ICS are on their way already. I consider these phones to be stepping stones that is IF you can wait
yes
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So far it is worth it.. I came from a g2x and sensation
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Yes I paid the 289.worth it.coming from a vibrant.
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yes.. well worth it...
Are you guys ordering some how and avoiding tax? Freakin taxes here are 10% and cost me almost $50.
No, my total was $341 but I will get $50 back in the mail, so total was $291
I'm in Cali..
I went in expecting full price. I changed my plan to a new one and walked out paying 326 after tax. I just downgraded to a nexus s 6 months ago.
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j0hnZ said:
I went in expecting full price. I changed my plan to a new one and walked out paying 326 after tax. I just downgraded to a nexus s 6 months ago.
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same exact thing i did. but im pretty sure i paid 331.99 after tax.
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same exact thing i did. but im pretty sure i paid 331.99 after tax.
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What do you mean changed your plan to a new one?
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What do you mean changed your plan to a new one? How'd you get a discount on the phone by doing that,
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What do you mean changed your plan to a new one?
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i was on an old plan that they no longer offered. i jumped up to 1000 minute, uliimited text, and 2gb data. ====phone for cheaper i guess
It is worth it. I went to the corperate store and paid $327 with a pack of screen protectors. Tbh, i feel this kills the sensation and am glad it returned that dust ridin thing. I dont even miss the qhd.
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I paid $529 up front cuz I didnt want contract. This BEAST is worth every penny! Just need to root this baby to unlock its full potential.
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You sure they didn't renew your contract ?? I was going over my receipt and they renewed mine without asking me. I paid $529 aswell because i didn't want to renew my contract. Can you confirm plz? thanx.
Look on Craig's list just got a new one for 450 no tax... some people are getting multiple and trying to flip them quick
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Wow, this thread is nuts. You guys would pay more than 200 for a phone??!!!! That's crazy ****. I bought my evo on launch day 2010 and it runs every ROM I throw at it smooth as butter. Even new sense 3.0 and 3.5 roms. HTC ftw
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I have been with tmobile since its inception and my contract just ran up, I want to upgrade to the galaxy s3. The cheapest I found it so far was at best buy for $229 but Im hoping to find one for as close to $199 as possible... any suggestions?
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I have been with tmobile since its inception and my contract just ran up, I want to upgrade to the galaxy s3. The cheapest I found it so far was at best buy for $229 but Im hoping to find one for as close to $199 as possible... any suggestions?
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Target.com has it for $199.
http://www.targetmobilestore.com/eCommerce/SpecialOffer.aspx?cid=36415_ca22c64577b5491b87392af918c41a5c
edit: I actually just found this thread. Should help get a cheaper price.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1805621
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I have been with tmobile since its inception and my contract just ran up, I want to upgrade to the galaxy s3. The cheapest I found it so far was at best buy for $229 but Im hoping to find one for as close to $199 as possible... any suggestions?
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If your contract is up, call 611 & when prompted for input say "cancel". This should get you to the loyalty department, 'inform' them you are thinking of switching to AT&T because they offered you free Galaxy S3s if you did. They will definitely give you a better price than you can find anywhere as far as retailers are concerned. Please report your success story with us
My dad simply just called customer loyalty and said we were thinking of switching and what's the best they could do for us. So I ended up getting the 32gig white s3 for 240 and that includes shipping and all fees
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My dad simply just called customer loyalty and said we were thinking of switching and what's the best they could do for us. So I ended up getting the 32gig white s3 for 240 and that includes shipping and all fees
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Take it from a man that makes his OWN deals. If you tell them you aren't too satisfied and another carrier is already "courting" you they will make you a better offer than what this kid above listed. Trust me.
No offense kid.
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Take it from a man that makes his OWN deals. If you tell them you aren't too satisfied and another carrier is already "courting" you they will make you a better offer than what this kid above listed. Trust me.
No offense kid.
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Agreed! T-mobile has been losing contract customers in significant numbers to either pre-paid or other carriers. This above strategy used to work for me... until I found a family member that works there... That's what you really need!
Just to add to the info on what you should be able to easily get: my contract expired and I called to "verify" that it was. I also mentioned that I could get the same phone for $150 less with another carrier at the time. She immediately offered the phone for $229 (16gb) with a $150 bill credit to bring it down to $79. PLUS she gave me the $20 5gb data plan and a $10 monthly credit for 24 months! Also got free overnight shipping. Oh and I still get to send in for the $50 rebate!
Hope that helps give you an idea what to shoot for.
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Just to add to the info on what you should be able to easily get: my contract expired and I called to "verify" that it was. I also mentioned that I could get the same phone for $150 less with another carrier at the time. She immediately offered the phone for $229 (16gb) with a $150 bill credit to bring it down to $79. PLUS she gave me the $20 5gb data plan and a $10 monthly credit for 24 months! Also got free overnight shipping. Oh and I still get to send in for the $50 rebate!
Hope that helps give you an idea what to shoot for.
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Dang bro that's a crazy deal.
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Dang bro that's a crazy deal.
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If you're off contract tmobile will do close to anything to keep you if you have been loyal (5+ years, no late payments)
For me I always jump on the latest and greatest so i'm constantly under contract, tmo still honors my loyalty and gives me great pricing along with monthly discounts.
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 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 $50 back from CarToys because of Walmart's S3 price. I'm hoping they drop it farther so I can get more, but I'm not sure how much time I have left from CarToys to do that.
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I just got off the phone with T-Mobile and the rep told me Walmart is cooking up a big promotion for the S3. I called to upgrade one of my lines and asked him if they can match or beat the WireflyFriends price and he said unfortunately no but Walmart is getting ready for a big S3 promotion. Fingers crossed that it beats the WireFly sale price.
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dont know about wirefly but I bought mine from Costco for 179.99$
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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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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????????
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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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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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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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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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http://m.androidcentral.com/all-samsung-phones-going-sale-t-mobile-two-days
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Looks like thats the s3, not the note
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Of you remember when the s3 came out they had a bogo. you could buy the s3 but the free phone had to be something else
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j_shelton1988 said:
Looks like thats the s3, not the note
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Isn't that a note in the picture? Hard to tell, even staring at my own Note 2, lol.
free = still requires a contract = not really free
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free = still requires a contract = not really free
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True, mathematically it's still cheaper if you buy it for $650 and go with the $30 plan. BUT, I will need a family plan (3 phones) and I think the math will work out better if I go with free phones and a contract.
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Isn't that a note in the picture? Hard to tell, even staring at my own Note 2, lol.
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The placement of the sensors next to the front camera looks different than the notes, but I could be wrong
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The placement of the sensors next to the front camera looks different than the notes, but I could be wrong
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You're on to it, just looked note 2's sensors above ear price that picture they're below which means its just a white s3.
Damn it sorry guys
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Regardless if you pay $250 or got it for "free" on contract, you'll still have to pay for it in monthly increments.
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The placement of the sensors next to the front camera looks different than the notes, but I could be wrong
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yYu can also tell by how close the home button is to the bottom of the screen. The Note 2 home button is very close where the Gs3 has a larger space between the two.
Great find tho
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yYu can also tell by how close the home button is to the bottom of the screen. The Note 2 home button is very close where the Gs3 has a larger space between the two.
Great find tho
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Thanks but I got way to excited damn it
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This may be a retarded question.
Can't you just get it for free than pay the 200$ etf fee lol?
Because I get activation for free from my school, so I would just need to pay the ETF & discounted monthly bill right?
Thanks.
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This may be a retarded question.
Can't you just get it for free than pay the 200$ etf fee lol?
Because I get activation for free from my school, so I would just need to pay the ETF & discounted monthly bill right?
Thanks.
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That's what I'm doing with the BestBuy Ebay deal. It's not free, but $250+tax+ETF is still way cheaper than $650+tax. I also doubt that they'd give the Note 2 away for free during that promo. If you read the fine print, I believe it says on "some" phones.
I also saw another site that had screenshots of some internal T-mobile memo (from his "friend") which showed T-Mobile cutting prices on several phones nearly in half. Not sure how realistic that is, but if they do come out with something like that, I'd bet the next step would be to increase the ETF to prevent bastards like me from taking advantage of the situation.
EDIT: Found the article for the rumored price drops, but the site hits our corporate firewall. It's at briefmobile.com.
my wife wants an S3 so this could work for her, i'm still concerned about the rebate part. I would activate it and immediately switch it to the value plan and eat the 200 buck migration fee, but would they still pay out on the rebate? I talked to customer support today, business support actually as I am going to use a corporate discount and they said yes it they would still pay the rebate but still iffy.
walmart doing 100 dollars rebate card for phones on blackfriday and cheap prices to boot, i'd rather gamble with that but who knows what will actually be available.
im also planning to get the s3 for free for my gf, then paying the $200 ETF and using it with straight talk.
seems like the cheapest way to go to get this phone.
Sams Club Black Friday is selling the SIII for 96 CENTS!
Here is the link:
http://www.theblackfriday.com/samsclub-blackfriday.shtml
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Sams Club Black Friday is selling the SIII for 96 CENTS!
Here is the link:
http://www.theblackfriday.com/samsclub-blackfriday.shtml
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pretty good bet that won't be tmobile.
Weird how they have 2 Galaxy S3 on that poster... Pretty sure that big phone isnt a Note II... >.<
It doesn't matter guys. They'll make you get the classic plan, not the value. Therefore you'll end up buying the phone anyways. Not free at all.
Select phones free after rebate on Classic plans. If you are planning to get the phone then pay ETF then the rebate won't go through since it takes 10-12 weeks until you get rebate back and they make sure you still have the plan...
Hey all,
Im looking to buy a Note 2 off contract.
Is it just a matter of going to the AT&T store or does anyone know of a better deal somewhere?
Thanks!
Craigslist
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hanbalfrek said:
Hey all,
Im looking to buy a Note 2 off contract.
Is it just a matter of going to the AT&T store or does anyone know of a better deal somewhere?
Thanks!
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Yeah man go to Craigslist because you don't want to pay over $800 for a phone, even though this phone is super awesome.
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Yep, Craigslist is the way to go. You can find one in the $500 dollar range if you're in a decent area instead of paying $703 in the ATT store or over $800 at best buy.