I just accidentally bought a note 2 for t-mobile on CL, is there any way that I can unlock it or flash to make it work again on t-mobile?
ngckevin said:
I just accidentally bought a note 2 for t-mobile on CL, is there any way that I can unlock it or flash to make it work again on t-mobile?
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Nope sorry. Try to get your money back
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Nope . People still falling for the Craigslist scam. It's been months this has been going on. It's all over the forum. Should have searched. Rant really should have
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I kind of found a way around if its brand new with the box and all but I will say is this if they called and reported it lost or stolen with Asurion they don't take fraud to likely I was lucky and the dummy used his real number to do business and also contacted from his girlfriends phone so I had a lot of info that helped me with tmobile and Asurion to look at my case buy it would include turning the phone over to my local police department for 30 days and getting ownership of the phone and then going back to T-Mobile corporate and see if they will do but I ended up coming up with a back up plan that I will pm you about when I get off work I don't want to burn myself before the method work
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But I did shut down the v p on a phone conversation when I said there system is set up for people to only buy from T-Mobile but there is nothing in play of a T-Mobile customer does the scamming unlike Verizon where they have to release a phone to be sold ..... and last T-Mobile didn't care that I wanted to return the phone they told me I might as well just keep it
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I kind of found a way around if its brand new with the box and all but I will say is this if they called and reported it lost or stolen with Asurion they don't take fraud to likely I was lucky and the dummy used his real number to do business and also contacted from his girlfriends phone so I had a lot of info that helped me with tmobile and Asurion to look at my case buy it would include turning the phone over to my local police department for 30 days and getting ownership of the phone and then going back to T-Mobile corporate and see if they will do but I ended up coming up with a back up plan that I will pm you about when I get off work I don't want to burn myself before the method work
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But I did shut down the v p on a phone conversation when I said there system is set up for people to only buy from T-Mobile but there is nothing in play of a T-Mobile customer does the scamming unlike Verizon where they have to release a phone to be sold ..... and last T-Mobile didn't care that I wanted to return the phone they told me I might as well just keep it
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Sell it on ebay... List is as a bad imei note 2 and discount it. Mine was like new and I sold it for 475...people will buy it for use outside this country.
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Im stuck on the "accidentally" part of the transaction. How do you accidentally buy a note 2, good or bad?
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Im stuck on the "accidentally" part of the transaction. How do you accidentally buy a note 2, good or bad?
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I think op meant that he did not see the disclaimer that the imei is bad.
Some sellers try to hide this fact with in small print. And list AS IS. So buyer can not return or claim it as bad product.
I can guess the OP didnt mean accidentally.
The company i work for sells smart phones on Amazon and i have had 2 people in the past 4 months write to me to tel me they accidentally purchased the product and didnt mean to. Either the term accidentally means something else or a very strange set of circumstances happened.
Last week i dealt with a guy who wanted an immediate refund because the purchase was fraudulent. I told him as soon as we get the item back we will refund it. 3 days later he picks it up at the post office and he now is asking me questions about different GSM carriers. LOL yeah fraudulent my ass. Im getting off track. sorry guys and gals..
Im actually not typing this either. It accidentally typed its self. LOL
On the bright side, the device can still be used as a PDA utilizing WiFi, and if all else fails, it can be sold for parts. Note 2 screens are very expensive.
Before you can buy the phone called up tmobile ask tmobile agent to have the orginal owner give up full responsibilty to the new owner and that why he or she cannot filed a claim.
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culua said:
Before you can buy the phone called up tmobile ask tmobile agent to have the orginal owner give up full responsibilty to the new owner and that why he or she cannot filed a claim.
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The best thing is to not Buy a phone from Craig s list. Unless its local and you can go to the T Mobile corp store . Have the seller while you are there to get them to look up his account and be sure he has full filled his contract on the phone. And then as you say above get him to have them to Note his account that he sold Said phone to you...
This i think is the only way to protect you in the future. I bought mine off ebay and I got account information from the seller about there account.. Called T-mobile and i was told the phone was purchased outright and was not under and has not ever been under a contract..
These things are expensive Take a few extra steps and protect your investment before you buy
When I sell/buy phones on craigslist I always do it at the carrier. People trying to burn you wont go cause they know you want to chsnge ownership right then. Ive never had a problem doing it this way and most tmobile reps at least around here dont care at all
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Before you can buy the phone called up tmobile ask tmobile agent to have the orginal owner give up full responsibilty to the new owner and that why he or she cannot filed a claim.
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that doesn't work. last time i talked to a T-mo rep i asked her if i could report my old G2 stolen that has been paid off and on another person's account for over a year and she said yes.
Until T-mo has an official way to transfer complete ownership of the phone, not just notes on my account I won't be buying any additional used phones. too much risk.
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I work at sprint as a service and repair technician, so I know how sprints advance exchanging works ;p if it comes down to needing an exchange, how does the process work for at&t? I pay for the 10$ insurance, does this cover exchanges through at&t past the 1 year warranty, or does this cover strictly physical damage/lost or stolen Situations?
I've been with att since 2006 and every time i have a defective issue I get it replaced through a device support center at no charge that first year unless its physically damaged,tampered,and or water damaged.
If past the warranty period the insurance covers it all really
Hope this helps
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I've been with att since 2006 and every time i have a defective issue I get it replaced through a device support center at no charge that first year unless its physically damaged,tampered,and or water damaged.
If past the warranty period the insurance covers it all really
Hope this helps
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Thanks so much for a reply. Is it possible to get it switched out over the phone with care?
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Thanks so much for a reply. Is it possible to get it switched out over the phone with care?
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Yes thats how it always worked in my experience. The only way they will exchange it in store is if you bring it back to the same store you bought it from within 30 days.
Device support centers are not stores, they exist to do warranty replacements.
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If I purchased my phone from Best Buy, can I go to the AT&T DSC to get an exchange (after the 30 days) or do I have to deal directly with Samsung?
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If I purchased my phone from Best Buy, can I go to the AT&T DSC to get an exchange (after the 30 days) or do I have to deal directly with Samsung?
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You go to at&t DSC if you want to exchange it because any defects.
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One item to note, in most cases, the replacement phone WILL be a refurbished replacement.
You can also do it over the phone as well and I know there are some city's where they do not have dsc and they do the replacements in the store as well
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One item to note, in most cases, the replacement phone WILL be a refurbished replacement.
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Depends on availability, I've received a refurb,new,annnnd had it switched toba new model all together because the phone wasn't available any longer
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when i go to the e-support link on att's site, it doesn't show GS3 as an eligible device.
has anyone successfully exchanged one?
I bought my phone on Craight list and it turn out it was not paid in full so t-mobile block my IMEI number, paid 500$ for it too. My question is if I unlock my phone using code can I by pass the block from T-mobile ? if I can't , can I at least use it for ATT ?
You can unlock it and use on at&t but unlocking won't let you use it on tmobile tho. Sorry to hear that man I hate when our customers get ripped off like that unfortunately there is no way to unblock it unless you has legitimate proof of full purchase.
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You can unlock it and use on at&t but unlocking won't let you use it on tmobile tho. Sorry to hear that man I hate when our customers get ripped off like that unfortunately there is no way to unblock it unless you has legitimate proof of full purchase.
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sell it to someone for parts.. that you be best to recover some money...
companies dont support unlocking these blocked phones to be used on another network.. infact it's not much legal too..
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sell it to someone for parts.. that you be best to recover some money...
companies dont support unlocking these blocked phones to be used on another network.. infact it's not much legal too..
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You are wrong.
they wont give you an unlock code for it ... so whatever you do to unlock it would be against their will ??
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they wont give you an unlock code for it ... so whatever you do to unlock it would be against their will ??
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Tmobile won't but he can use a third party to get the unlock code careful with info you give to others no need for op to waste his phone he can still get use out of it if he switches.
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sell it to someone for parts.. that you be best to recover some money...
companies dont support unlocking these blocked phones to be used on another network.. infact it's not much legal too..
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So are so wrong. Unlocking a phone is perfectly legal.
OP. Check ebay.
Sell it to a Canadian!
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icheroz said:
I bought my phone on Craight list and it turn out it was not paid in full so t-mobile block my IMEI number, paid 500$ for it too. My question is if I unlock my phone using code can I by pass the block from T-mobile ? if I can't , can I at least use it for ATT ?
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FYI for all buying phones from a classified ad.
About 6 months ago before I got my SGS3 I went to buy a SGS2 form KSL.com a classified site here in Utah. When I met the seller in a 7-11 parking lot I told him I was going to call customer care to check and see if the phone was stolen. When I called customer care they looked up the IMEI number, it turned out that the phone was blocked and reported stolen, customer care tried to get me to hold onto the phone and give some detail about the seller that's when the he guy grabbed it off the hood of my car and ran. I found a second phone from the classified ad site and called on it before I purchased and the phone was clear and free to use.
Its just more or less you always have to be weary of dishonest people. It really makes me sick. I just sold my sgs2 on craiglists, and I always try to do good business. I contacted everyone from the phone I was selling so they could see, this was actually MY phone before upgrading. Let him put his sim in, hell, he even could have called customer care if he wanted. Its never good business to try and get over on someone. Karma is a B****!
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I thought networks use a "shared hosting service", so when an IMEI is blocked on one network, that info is shared thus blocking it on others.
I don't think it works even with att. The blocked imei database is stored by all the networks providrtd
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I don't think it works even with att. The blocked imei database is stored by all the networks providrtd
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It is not currently shared. They hope to get that going late 2012 to 2013. They plan on it thought.
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Oh, the old Craigslist scam. Bummer man.
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It used to be the cdma scams. Now I see that gsm is worse. It is much harder ion gsm phone to find out if the phone is or potentially can be blacklisted.
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The problem is... the can report it stolen/lost AFTER selling it to you... so checkiny with customer care doesn't matter. they have something crazy like 60 days after someone else starts using it to report it stolen or lost. So you csn buy a free and clear phone and then 2 months later it will be blocked. The ONLY way to protect yourself is a bill of sale... typed up with the imei number of the phone and everything on the paper.. and signed by the previous owner.. this will prove purchase and save you
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The problem is... the can report it stolen/lost AFTER selling it to you... so checkiny with customer care doesn't matter. they have something crazy like 60 days after someone else starts using it to report it stolen or lost. So you csn buy a free and clear phone and then 2 months later it will be blocked. The ONLY way to protect yourself is a bill of sale... typed up with the imei number of the phone and everything on the paper.. and signed by the previous owner.. this will prove purchase and save you
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Yea that's what most scammers do on craigslist they sell you the phone then report it lost or stolen and only have to pay around $100 to get a new one
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I saw a thread or two someone buying S3 from someone the imei being blocked by t-mobile or just turn out to be stolen phone or something.
If I do buy the phone from someone can what are something I should check to avoid being scam?
Do the exchange at a T-Mobile store, and have the phone ownership be changed to you on the spot.
Failing that. Get the receipt.
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Do the exchange at a T-Mobile store, and have the phone ownership be changed to you on the spot.
Failing that. Get the receipt.
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But I am planning to get the phone and use it on Simple Mobile. Can I still do it?
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Do the exchange at a T-Mobile store, and have the phone ownership be changed to you on the spot.
Failing that. Get the receipt.
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Doing it at a T-Mobile store won't stop the phone from being reported stolen. All the person has to do is call customer support after they leave the store and claim stolen.
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Doing it at a T-Mobile store won't stop the phone from being reported stolen. All the person has to do is call customer support after they leave the store and claim stolen.
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No. I think you missed the second part. I might be wrong but I don't think so.
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No. I think you missed the second part. I might be wrong but I don't think so.
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The receipt doesn't matter either. If you buy it from someone and they don't pay their bill or report it stolen it doesn't matter if you have the receipt or not or did it at the store or not.
If the person you bought it from can't pay their bill for the phone or service why would T-Mobile let someone else use the phone?
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The receipt doesn't matter either. If you buy it from someone and they don't pay their bill or report it stolen it doesn't matter if you have the receipt or not or did it at the store or not.
If the person you bought it from can't pay their bill for the phone or service why would T-Mobile let someone else use the phone?
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So should avoid purchase phone from someone?
SGT2012 said:
So should avoid purchase phone from someone?
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Unless you know the person, yes. Ebay wouldn't be a bad idea because of buyer protection but I wouldn't buy one off of CL unless you can prove the phone has been paid for, but even then the person can just call in and report it stolen.
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The receipt doesn't matter either. If you buy it from someone and they don't pay their bill or report it stolen it doesn't matter if you have the receipt or not or did it at the store or not.
If the person you bought it from can't pay their bill for the phone or service why would T-Mobile let someone else use the phone?
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the second part was changing phone ownership at the T-Mobile store
If they don't really own the phone. Good way to find out.
If they do T-Mobile will switch the phone into your name.
I have a cell phone repair store
You could go to simple mobile that way too. Just go with month to month and only do a month
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the second part was changing phone ownership at the T-Mobile store
If they don't really own the phone. Good way to find out.
If they do T-Mobile will switch the phone into your name.
I have a cell phone repair store
You could go to simple mobile that way too. Just go with month to month and only do a month
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I always found a few on craigslist around $500. I thought save $100, can spend it on better protective case, screen protector and MicroSD.
I guess may be it is too risky.
hey guys i bought a galaxy s3 on craigslist and i got it for 350 with the box and all accessories. It worked awsome for 1 month but now the owner stopped paying his bill so i cant use it..... i was wondering if maybe i can brick my gs3 do the point where i send it to samsung repair and they cant fix it so i get sent a new phone that has difference imei. Would this work?
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I r fraud promoterz
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Yes let's promote fraud. Great idea.
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Yes let's promote fraud. Great idea.
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Aw man.
ross1998 said:
hey guys i bought a galaxy s3 on craigslist and i got it for 350 with the box and all accessories. It worked awsome for 1 month but now the owner stopped paying his bill so i cant use it..... i was wondering if maybe i can brick my gs3 do the point where i send it to samsung repair and they cant fix it so i get sent a new phone that has difference imei. Would this work?
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Have you tried calling T-Mobile and explaining the situation, or would that not make a difference?
Would they be atleast willing to continue letting you pay what's left of the phone?
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Have you tried calling T-Mobile and explaining the situation, or would that not make a difference?
Would they be atleast willing to continue letting you pay what's left of the phone?
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They won't unblacklist an IMEI. Once it's blacklisted you're screwed unfortunately.
That's unfortunate.
As I hope I don't get on the same boat you're in, I too purchased a Galaxy S3 off Craigslist, so far everything's fine.
I've spoke to a T-Mobile rep and the IMEI seems clean, they've added a note on the date I purchased it and was transferred to my account.
I'm still scared what happened to you can still happen to me.
OP, to be honest, your idea sounds like it'd work, although it's on you and you have to know it's not the "right" thing to do.
Just unlock it someone using att or straight talk with att sim, save difference.and buy a new one u dont have to worry about being blacklisted,
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What don't I understand about this?
The owner stopped paying his bill?
He was paying your cell bill while you use the phone?
I don't get it.
How many times is this gonna happen. first of all 350 is pretty cheap to sell a phone like this so u should beware of potential fraud. This is why I never buy anything on craigslist there is no protection whatsoever and tmobile needs to take more responsibility and drop customers who do stuff like this
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You can always change your imei.
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Sell it for 350 on ebay as blacklisted. It could probably go for more. You're lucky you didn't pay 500
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What don't I understand about this?
The owner stopped paying his bill?
He was paying your cell bill while you use the phone?
I don't get it.
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The original owner bought the phone on contract and stretched the payment for 20 months, he sold the phone to OP, the original owner stopped paying his phone bill, T-Mobile blacklisted the phone.
So the original owner probably bought the phone from Wallmart for $200 without needing to go the rebate route, just extending their contract and then turned around and sold the phone for $350 making a quick $150 profit on a legitimately $650 phone. Lame ass fraud there to begin with if you ask me.
Basically you can change the IMEI but the legality of that is unsound or you can just go with another carrier like ATT or whoever else uses sim cards in their phones.
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So the original owner probably bought the phone from Wallmart for $200 without needing to go the rebate route, just extending their contract and then turned around and sold the phone for $350 making a quick $150 profit on a legitimately $650 phone. Lame ass fraud there to begin with if you ask me.
Basically you can change the IMEI but the legality of that is unsound or you can just go with another carrier like ATT or whoever else uses sim cards in their phones.
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I remember reading that changing imei for this exact reason isn't truly illegal. I know xda doesn't like it being posted or links on how to do it but I totally feel for the OP in this situation. Poor guy just wants to use his phone again on tmobu
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You can always change your imei.
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Yes and then go to prison enjoy your changed imei phone
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Yes and then go to prison enjoy your changed imei phone
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Coming from the guy promoting eBay fraud LOL
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Coming from the guy promoting eBay fraud LOL
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Ebay is not the government lol
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Imei z3x go to a place that has a z3x....
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Did anyone buy the device without changing their contract and if so how much did you pay?
I know at&t quotes $650 but I'm sure there are ways to buy buy for less (aside from getting axxount credits)
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$650. Only way to lower that is the early upgrade thing for $550, but it extends your contract.
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Yes it's $649 unless you're able to get the store manager to cut you a deal like I've had done once or twice in the past. I'll be returning my IP5 tomorrow in exchange for the Note 2. I hope they aren't too mad at me. Battery life on the IP5 leaves a lot to be desired.
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What about price matching? Anyone sell it for less?
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What about price matching? Anyone sell it for less?
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Outright price has always been cheaper from AT&T. Everywhere else I've seen is $699.99 or more.
What kind of deal u had with the manager to get it cheaper than $650?
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What kind of deal u had with the manager to get it cheaper than $650?
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When I purchased my last S3, the manager went in the system and marked it down to $399 since I'd purchased so many phones. Just have to be nice to people sometimes.
Im hoping bestbuy will price match it for me in a coupla hours here.
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Im hoping bestbuy will price match it for me in a coupla hours here.
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I never had any luck getting them to price match. I forget the reason/lie they always gave.
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Total comes out to $703 after taxes. Picked mine up this morning at 9, the white version
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I never had any luck getting them to price match. I forget the reason/lie they always gave.
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I ended going to att because bestbuy didnt even have it. $697 out the door titanium gray. I got there 5 min before they opened to discover a line, I thought my chances were gone only to find out the line was for the lumina 920. Thank goodness!
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I ended going to att because bestbuy didnt even have it. $697 out the door titanium gray. I got there 5 min before they opened to discover a line, I thought my chances were gone only to find out the line was for the lumina 920. Thank goodness!
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Total comes out to $703 after taxes. Picked mine up this morning at 9, the white version
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How did you guys manage to get one off contract? I showed up early this morning and was the first into one store and they would no sell me one without signing a new contract. I even called customer service who called the store to clarify and told me it was up to the manager to decide whether or not they would sell it to me without contract because they are in limited supply. I called another store thinking maybe it was just that one at&t store and I was told the exact same thing by the other store. It's driving me crazy because I was ready to fork over $650 + for this phone. Customer support wouldnt even let me order over the phone because they claim that the phone isn't even in their system yet. Very disappointing day so far...
Picked mine up from AT&T for $550 plus tax = $593
They extended my contract for 2 yrs from today.
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How did you guys manage to get one off contract? I showed up early this morning and was the first into one store and they would no sell me one without signing a new contract. I even called customer service who called the store to clarify and told me it was up to the manager to decide whether or not they would sell it to me without contract because they are in limited supply. I called another store thinking maybe it was just that one at&t store and I was told the exact same thing by the other store. It's driving me crazy because I was ready to fork over $650 + for this phone. Customer support wouldnt even let me order over the phone because they claim that the phone isn't even in their system yet. Very disappointing day so far...
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I had an account already but I just told the guy I was paying the no commitment price and he didnt question it. Rang me up in about 3 or 4 minutes and I was done. I have no idea why they wouldnt sell it to you off contract. My best friend has simple mobile and he went in t mobile to buy his and they let him get his too with no problem.
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How did you guys manage to get one off contract? I showed up early this morning and was the first into one store and they would no sell me one without signing a new contract. I even called customer service who called the store to clarify and told me it was up to the manager to decide whether or not they would sell it to me without contract because they are in limited supply. I called another store thinking maybe it was just that one at&t store and I was told the exact same thing by the other store. It's driving me crazy because I was ready to fork over $650 + for this phone. Customer support wouldnt even let me order over the phone because they claim that the phone isn't even in their system yet. Very disappointing day so far...
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I literally walked in and said I was buying for the off contract price and that was it, guy rang me up and gave me my phone. My brother works for bestbuy mobile and he said that sometimes stores will do that to maximize sales because thats how they will make there money, off the contract instead of the phone. So if you were off contract i can see why they would be pricks about it.
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1meanrex said:
I literally walked in and said I was buying for the off contract price and that was it, guy rang me up and gave me my phone. My brother works for bestbuy mobile and he said that sometimes stores will do that to maximize sales because thats how they will make there money, off the contract instead of the phone. So if you were off contract i can see why they would be pricks about it.
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Man this sucks for me. I am still under contract but the guy didn't even ask. I have called about 10 stores and the story has been the same except for one guy who offered to sell me one for $750 cash only!! I laughed in his face before I hung up that phone. I have a business account and I finally got off the phone with someone who was willing to help me order it, but get this, they charge businesses $100 more for the no contract price...$650 vs $750. That is so close to Best Buy's price of $800 that I stop from ordering it. I will speak with my company's account rep next week but this is really shady business even from At&t. Without my grandfathered unlimited plan I would be walking out the door at this point.
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Total comes out to $703 after taxes. Picked mine up this morning at 9, the white version
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Kinda happy for Hawaii sales tax. Paid $680.60 out the door.
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Man this sucks for me. I am still under contract but the guy didn't even ask. I have called about 10 stores and the story has been the same except for one guy who offered to sell me one for $750 cash only!! I laughed in his face before I hung up that phone. I have a business account and I finally got off the phone with someone who was willing to help me order it, but get this, they charge businesses $100 more for the no contract price...$650 vs $750. That is so close to Best Buy's price of $800 that I stop from ordering it. I will speak with my company's account rep next week but this is really shady business even from At&t. Without my grandfathered unlimited plan I would be walking out the door at this point.
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Stores sound really hanky in your area.
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Kinda happy for Hawaii sales tax. Paid $680.60 out the door.
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Stores sound really hanky in your area.
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Yeah, you got that right. South Florida = Scumbag Land. This is the shady dealings I have had with a major company in a while. There shouldnt be this big of an issue buying off contract. It clearly lets you do it on the website, although when I tried that it makes me set up a new line of service or I have to act like a new customer. I even thought about buying it as a new customer and then canceling the line, etc. but that it just way to much work for a cell phone. Why they can't just shut up and take my money....I'll never know!
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Kinda happy for Hawaii sales tax. Paid $680.60 out the door.
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Stores sound really hanky in your area.
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Yeah, you got that right. South Florida = Scumbag Land. This is the shady dealings I have had with a major company in a while. There shouldnt be this big of an issue buying off contract. It clearly lets you do it on the website, although when I tried that it makes me set up a new line of service or I have to act like a new customer. I even thought about buying it as a new customer and then canceling the line, etc. but that it just way to much work for a cell phone. Why they can't just shut up and take my money....I'll never know!
Hey Note2 owners (and soon to be owners),
I tried all afternoon on launch day to pick up one at non-commitment price, but all the AT&T stores here in Los Angeles area wouldn't let me as they were in "limited stock" and reserved for new or upgrade accounts. I even called a friend who knew a manager but he said the same thing. The only way was to order it online as it ships from warehouse.
I do have an issue though and I was wondering if anyone else is in the same shoes as I am.
I placed an order online that same afternoon, but ever since and until now it still shows "Status: Attention" on my order status page. I did call AT&T Premier to make sure, and the rep told me that it's still being processed and take anywhere from 24-48 hrs to finish processing the order, considering that the weekend was non-business days.
Is anyone else who ordered online on launch day still show that status? I've been stuck on my old flip RAZR phone for a month now since my issue with my S3 being fraudulently reported stolen (a story I might like to tell someday).
Just wondering if it's just bad luck with me or something. I just want my Note 2 and carrying this RAZR is kinda embarrassing lol
Thanks guys for any input.
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I placed an order online that same afternoon, but ever since and until now it still shows "Status: Attention"
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My online (pre-)order status went from "Pending" or "Processing" to "Shipped". I never saw an "Attention" status, and I believe others here who did said it indicated that there was a problem that was holding up the order. Probably good to check with them again.
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servantz said:
Man this sucks for me. I am still under contract but the guy didn't even ask. I have called about 10 stores and the story has been the same except for one guy who offered to sell me one for $750 cash only!! I laughed in his face before I hung up that phone. I have a business account and I finally got off the phone with someone who was willing to help me order it, but get this, they charge businesses $100 more for the no contract price...$650 vs $750. That is so close to Best Buy's price of $800 that I stop from ordering it. I will speak with my company's account rep next week but this is really shady business even from At&t. Without my grandfathered unlimited plan I would be walking out the door at this point.
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Why not order it online? That seems to have worked smoothly for most people. I did that (for the full no-contract $650) and kept my grandfathered unlimited data plan (although initially AT&T changed it to a 3GB plan, and I had to call and have the unlimited plan restored).