I only have $75 off from Sprint to upgrade, so what is the cheapest method into getting the ET4G? Many websites unfortunately only take account the upgrade price if you're 2 years in, but most don't give you an option if you're between 1 and 2 years between contracts.
adelmundo said:
I only have $75 off from Sprint to upgrade, so what is the cheapest method into getting the ET4G? Many websites unfortunately only take account the upgrade price if you're 2 years in, but most don't give you an option if you're between 1 and 2 years between contracts.
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Cheapest way is through Sprint. Their retail price is $499 for the phone at Sprint stores. That's quite a bit cheaper than through other resellers.
Depending on what your coming from, you may be able to sell your old phone on ebay or craigslist to recoup some of the cost.
The other option is to wait. I have no doubts that this phone, while impressive right now, will be outclassed in a few months. By the time you can cash in your full discounted upgrade, there will be something bigger and badder... or the E4GT will be much cheaper.
Keep in mind, you'll have to go another two years if you cash in that $75. Not worth it in my opinion... it's just a phone.
$75 is NOT worth re-upping your contract for 2 years. I went ahead and paid pull price for the phone and I will keep my full upgrade for next spring when the hopefully the LTE phones are out
Best Buy gave the phone for$399.99 and I also was only qualified for a $75 discount. That and the gave me $97 bucks for my old Epic thus I got this bad boy for about $300 and change.
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Best Buy gave the phone for$399.99 and I also was only qualified for a $75 discount. That and the gave me $97 bucks for my old Epic thus I got this bad boy for about $300 and change.
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U had to renew a contract?
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Yeah I renew it, and I also had some gift cards so the price of the phone was a little under $300 with taxes
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What i did was early terminate for $80 and started a new contract and got the phone for $199 plus acctivation. If you already got the phone wih only a 75 discount have ur accout reversed and do the early termination thing
p.s. If u do the account reversal you will need an old sprint phone to temperarily put ur number back on or they will charge u a restocking fee of 35 dollars
xx8todiefor6xx said:
What i did was early terminate for $80 and started a new contract and got the phone for $199 plus acctivation. If you already got the phone wih only a 75 discount have ur accout reversed and do the early termination thing
p.s. If u do the account reversal you will need an old sprint phone to temperarily put ur number back on or they will charge u a restocking fee of 35 dollars
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I was thinking of early terminating too. I am 1 year into my contract so it would be $100 for the ETF. Start a new contract and get the phone for $100 at Wal-Mart plus tax and $36 activation fee. The only thing is I want to keep my number so I would have to port it over maybe a prepaid phone or Google voice and then port it back to Sprint?
xx8todiefor6xx said:
What i did was early terminate for $80 and started a new contract and got the phone for $199 plus acctivation. If you already got the phone wih only a 75 discount have ur accout reversed and do the early termination thing
p.s. If u do the account reversal you will need an old sprint phone to temperarily put ur number back on or they will charge u a restocking fee of 35 dollars
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I did this exactly and traded in an Evo which they gave me an 87 credit for. I know I could of got more but it was too easy this way, totally off set the ETA. Phone number change for me wasn't a problem as I give out my Google voice number. I asked the guy at the store if he would just give me the full upgrade price instead of doing this but he said no. It was easy enough.
I was in the same situation. Got one from sprint, did not use it and sent it back because I realize that I could get a brand new one from eBay for cheaper and not use my $75 upgrade and be eligible for the next s3.
Maybe I might wait until after October 11 and see if Samsung and Google will announce the new Galaxy Nexus for Sprint hopefully. If it does come to Sprint I may just ETF and port my number out to a cheap prepaid phone and open a new contract.
Whats your current phone now? I personally think its worth it if you can sell your current phone for a decent amount and use it towards the 4g touch on eBay.
The best way is the Best Buy method. I sold my Evo and a Zune HD straight to Best Buy for about $210...I ended up paying $14 for mine (I had a full upgrade though).
If you've got some other old electronics you never use, I suggest going that route, Best Buy pays out pretty well.
Also, they won't be announcing the Nexus S in October. It'll be the iPhone 5 and MAYBE switching to LTE. IF we get the Nexus S, it won't be til later on.
I sold my Epic on Facebook in 20 minutes for $150, then used the $75 discount. I put down another $75 and billed the rest to my account. Ill have a huge bill next month, but I'm OK with that. But that's really the cheapest route.
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I only have $75 off from Sprint to upgrade, so what is the cheapest method into getting the ET4G? Many websites unfortunately only take account the upgrade price if you're 2 years in, but most don't give you an option if you're between 1 and 2 years between contracts.
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I had the same problem and I was willing to just buy the Epic Touch full price without renewing my contract BUT I decided it was worth a shot calling customer service to see what they could do for me.
I got:
$100 account credit
$75 renewal
$75+ phone buyback (I had a bunch of old phones)
Which left me at less than $249 out of pocket.
Then I transfered my OG Epic to my wife, and she ended up getting a brand new OG Epic because the Sprint store couldn't figure out how to swap things over to her correctly and I wasn't about to tell them how
I'm happy with it because we both have brand new phones and like I said before I was ready to just buy it full price... and I still have a full upgrade next spring...
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I had the same problem and I was willing to just buy the Epic Touch full price without renewing my contract BUT I decided it was worth a shot calling customer service to see what they could do for me.
I got:
$100 account credit
$75 renewal
$75+ phone buyback (I had a bunch of old phones)
Which left me at less than $249 out of pocket.
Then I transfered my OG Epic to my wife, and she ended up getting a brand new OG Epic because the Sprint store couldn't figure out how to swap things over to her correctly and I wasn't about to tell them how
I'm happy with it because we both have brand new phones and like I said before I was ready to just buy it full price... and I still have a full upgrade next spring...
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I did something like that. I get my $75 upgrade tomorrow, I chatted and got $100 credit when I use the $75 and I told a buddy of mine if he wanted my phone for $100 and he said yes so my phone will be around $225.
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Whats your current phone now? I personally think its worth it if you can sell your current phone for a decent amount and use it towards the 4g touch on eBay.
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Have an OG Epic right now. I know the going rate is $150 on ebay and Craigslist. But I want to see what they announce on the 11th.
Darkshneider said:
I did something like that. I get my $75 upgrade tomorrow, I chatted and got $100 credit when I use the $75 and I told a buddy of mine if he wanted my phone for $100 and he said yes so my phone will be around $225.
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Wow, you guys are lucky. I must have spoke with 4 Sprint reps to try to get some sort of deal going on. Two over the phone and 2 online. Even one of the guy was telling me to just keep my Evo and wait til next year, "since there will be a newer phone out every year."
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Have an OG Epic right now. I know the going rate is $150 on ebay and Craigslist. But I want to see what they announce on the 11th.
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I see, yeah the 11th is coming up pretty soon anyways. I've noticed that the epic 4g touch prices have dropped quit a bit since I bought mine on eBay. I believe the going rate now is close to $450-60 shipped, I paid $480 for mine. Hopefully I can see my Evo for a decent amount. If you opt out for the new Nexus the price might be a bit lower too for the epic 4g touch.
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ive been with sprint for years now and had numerous phones from them and the lady told me i have a full upgrade available which gives me a 150$ rebate. But i thought a full upgrade usually gets you like 300$ off. like the evo would be 200$ with a full upgrade but with 150$ off the evo comes out to $350 am i missing something i know theres a year upgrade and a two year upgrade and i thought the 2 year was a full upgrade?
I may be wrong but how I usually remember it is -
Full Upgrade is your gonna get the price of the phone with a new 2 Year agreement usually every phone is $200 - and less. of course if you go through sprint your gonna pay an extra $100 that has a mail in rebate. (Why I recommend Bestbuy since everything is an instant rebate)
Good luck & sorry it wasn't as throughout as you were expecting!
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Yeah that's what I thought but she said something about $150 dollars off but I had a full upgrade so idk she confused me
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150 off after 2 years, 75 off after one year.
Does that 150 off get metoo the pricing the evo would be with a New 2 year contract at 199$
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Thats why I never buy my phones directly from sprint try radioshack(online website or tigerdirect.com) I got mine from radioshack for 179.00(without tax and shipping)
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$150 off the full price of the device ($450), then another $100 off mail-in (instant now, though) to bring the final price to $200.
If you're only eligible for $75 partial upgrade, it takes $75 off the full price but not another $100. So the price would be $375 with partial upgrade.
ok so you always get the mail in-rebate with full upgrade so u really get 250 off?
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ok so you always get the mail in-rebate with full upgrade so u really get 250 off?
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thats right...to just restate what others have said, when you have a full upgrade with Sprint, its just like a new customer buying the phone with a new contract...so after the discount and rebate (which i would go to radioshack or bestbuy since you dont have to mail it in) you pay a grand total of $200...they just make things difficult for the customer thats all
Awesome and yeah I goto best buy to buy all my phones
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when I got my phone from radioshack I didnt have to do a mail in rebate... but that was on april 4 it was a online price only... they may have discontinued the offer I think tigerdirect is still having a sell.. better yet try amazonwireless.
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I just signed a new 2yr contract with Sprint to get the epic 4g touch, since i still got 1yr left on my original contract (evo4g), they can only give me $75 discount off of 499.00, so I paid $425.00.
Now I am thinking I should of cancel the original contract and pay etf (pay$100), then get the phone with new contract for $200, which the total is $300.00, would that be The best way to do this? Can I still transfer my old number if I cancel the contract? Is this do able now that I just signed the new 2yr contract?
If i were you I would just buy it for retail price. The $75 discount is not worth signing a 2 year contract imo.
Thats my other option. Just pay $499 and stay with old contract, and have option to get new phone with discounted price next year...who knows, maybe Galaxy S III
Yeah, just do that. You get to keep your upgrade eligibility. Just return the phone since you are still within the 14 day return window. They are going on ebay for around $460 right now. Probably cheaper than sprint because of the taxes that they charge.
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I just signed a new 2yr contract with Sprint to get the epic 4g touch, since i still got 1yr left on my original contract (evo4g), they can only give me $75 discount off of 499.00, so I paid $425.00.
Now I am thinking I should of cancel the original contract and pay etf (pay$100), then get the phone with new contract for $200, which the total is $300.00, would that be The best way to do this? Can I still transfer my old number if I cancel the contract? Is this do able now that I just signed the new 2yr contract?
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Wait isn't the etf like $350 now?
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ok, I'll probably do that. Thanks!
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Wait isn't the etf like $350 now?
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That's for new contracts only I believe. For some reason my ETF for my Epic Touch shows up as $200 on my account.
Here's an update:
I called the Sprint store I purchased this from, they said I will need to return the phone, which I have to pay $35 restocking fee, then call Sprint Customer Care to reverse the contract back, then buy the phone FULL price again to go back to the original contract.
I cannot keep my existing phone (return and re-buy back), since it will take 48 hours to reverse the contract. It will be a new phone.
I don't think I will go through this process, this is just PITA. oh well...that's what I get for not thinking it through first..
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Here's an update:
I called the Sprint store I purchased this from, they said I will need to return the phone, which I have to pay $35 restocking fee, then call Sprint Customer Care to reverse the contract back, then buy the phone FULL price again to go back to the original contract.
I cannot keep my existing phone (return and re-buy back), since it will take 48 hours to reverse the contract. It will be a new phone.
I don't think I will go through this process, this is just PITA. oh well...that's what I get for not thinking it through first..
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I call bs on that. All you have to do is return customer care and they will reverse the contract without you having to purchase the phone full price. I don't think you can get out of the $35 restocking fee though.
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I call bs on that. All you have to do is return customer care and they will reverse the contract without you having to purchase the phone full price. I don't think you can get out of the $35 restocking fee though.
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It use to be the first 3 days only.
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Like the title says, I'm not due for an upgrade until next December but I'd really like to dump my current phone for a Nexus... it's just dog-slow, has no support from any Dev communities nor support from Samsung themselves...
With that said I'm wondering if anyone has found a way around having to pay the full $800 to get a new Nexus device. I went in to Best Buy today to see if I could extend my contract by another 2 years but he said the best I could do is to start a Family Plan, move my number to that and add a new line so I'd be paying $130 a month. I don't think so.
It's important that I keep my current plan too since I have unlimited data.
If anyone knows any little life-hacks to getting a new Nexus at $300 or less, let me know!
Oh, I'm on Verizon. So, LTE please!
What phone do you have right now?
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U could always add a line. Get a hold of an old verizon flip phone that doesn't require data and put the new line on that. This way you always get revolving upgrades too
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Getting an extra is not a bad plan, but the cost adds up eventually. And correct me if I'm wrong, but verizon is not doing the traditional new every two years updates anymore. I think your best plan is to wait until the year and a half marker (I know I get some discount at that point) or buy a phone full retail.
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Getting an extra is not a bad plan, but the cost adds up eventually. And correct me if I'm wrong, but verizon is not doing the traditional new every two years updates anymore. I think your best plan is to wait until the year and a half marker (I know I get some discount at that point) or buy a phone full retail.
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It's, what, $10 to add a line a month, dummyphone of course. $240 +
$300 = $540 still $110 below retail.
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It's, what, $10 to add a line a month, dummyphone of course. $240 +
$300 = $540 still $110 below retail.
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Done know where the 240 came from. I added a line and out the door I paid 300+ CA tax
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Done know where the 240 came from. I added a line and out the door I paid 300+ CA tax
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Nm. Just realized you probably did 10x 12 for a 2 year contract. Yea, that's the thought process I had too. It'll basically be like getting a loan for the phone, without interest
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Retail is $650, not $800.
Frankly dude, take it from someone that HATES contracts and doesn't do them, just save up some cash.
What's the ETF on your current device now? Sounds like it might be cheaper to pay the ETF on your current line, and sign a contract for a new line and get the phone for $299.
The problem with getting another line is I'm currently on an individual plan paying about $80 a month.
Moving to a plan that I could add a line would put me at $130 a month... definitely not worth it when I'm already ready to fork over $300 for a phone.
I'm thinking best bet is getting lucky on eBay or Craigslist
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And correct me if I'm wrong, but verizon is not doing the traditional new every two years updates anymore. I think your best plan is to wait until the year and a half marker (I know I get some discount at that point) or buy a phone full retail.
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I think you can upgrade at the 20 month mark now actually. I know a buddy of mine that is a long time VZW customer is eligible for full upgrades @ 18 months.
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Retail is $650, not $800.
Frankly dude, take it from someone that HATES contracts and doesn't do them, just save up some cash.
What's the ETF on your current device now? Sounds like it might be cheaper to pay the ETF on your current line, and sign a contract for a new line and get the phone for $299.
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Verizon's site says "You may terminate service for any reason within 14 days of activation. If you purchased a wireless device at a promotional price at the time of activation, you must return it within the device return period to avoid being assessed an Early Termination Fee of $175, or $350 if you purchased an Advanced Device" so I'm assuming $350 to terminate.
Not only that but by making a new contract I'd lose my unlimited data, and I use a TON of data.
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Verizon's site says "You may terminate service for any reason within 14 days of activation. If you purchased a wireless device at a promotional price at the time of activation, you must return it within the device return period to avoid being assessed an Early Termination Fee of $175, or $350 if you purchased an Advanced Device" so I'm assuming $350 to terminate.
Not only that but by making a new contract I'd lose my unlimited data, and I use a TON of data.
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If you get a new line from say amazon... You can just cancel the line within 14 days and keep the phone. Amazon will charge you 250 eventually for it though.
I just did it.
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Go Prepaid on TMO if you want phones more often.
blestsol said:
If you get a new line from say amazon... You can just cancel the line within 14 days and keep the phone. Amazon will charge you 250 eventually for it though.
I just did it.
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Lol. And you did not read the fine print. It amazes me what people will or wont do to pay retail for a phone. And that is why american cellular service and prices are what they are.
Crazy world, ay?
Ummmmm
blestsol said:
If you get a new line from say amazon... You can just cancel the line within 14 days and keep the phone. Amazon will charge you 250 eventually for it though.
I just did it.
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LOL like the other person said, you better go back and read the fine print. That $250 is a seperate Amazon fee in addition to Verizon's ETF. Basically you just screwed yourself $350 Verizon Fee + $250 Amazon Fee = $600.
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If you get a new line from say amazon... You can just cancel the line within 14 days and keep the phone. Amazon will charge you 250 eventually for it though.
I just did it.
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So you paid for $600 no tax for your Rezound and are not on contract? That's not too bad. Saved $50 plus tax over getting it from Verizon.
They may hook you up with an early upgrade. I went in ready to pay full retail as my contract was not up until November of next year. The guy asked me why I didn't want to upgrade, not sure why I was able to upgrade but I did.
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If you have unlimited data, don't do an ETF since they don't offer unlimited any more. I'm heading out to BB-they told me if i pay full retail I have 30 day return policy. I'll sell my TBolt by that time, and cover the balance with my Xmas bonus.
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So you paid for $600 no tax for your Rezound and are not on contract? That's not too bad. Saved $50 plus tax over getting it from Verizon.
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Nah I paid 150 for it on contract and canceled the trial then payed amazon their 250 cancel fee to keep it.
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Nah I paid 150 for it on contract and canceled the trial then payed amazon their 250 cancel fee to keep it.
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Wait, you didn't have to pay the $350 ETF from Verizon?
I got a ego 4g lte with best buy and had the buy back program applied to it when I upgraded when it was released. I know I would have to buy the note outright but if I traded in the evo does anyone know an estimate of what I would have to pay out of pocket?
Thanks in advance!
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smoley said:
I got a ego 4g lte with best buy and had the buy back program applied to it when I upgraded when it was released. I know I would have to buy the note outright but if I traded in the evo does anyone know an estimate of what I would have to pay out of pocket?
Thanks in advance!
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Not as much as you think.
If you are patient, root your phone, install a good rom on it and post it on eBay. You'll get a ton more from people who don't know how to follow directions and root themselves on that device.
When I bought my Evo3d (when it was released) I had a brand new Evo that I was trading in. Actually just opened the box and turned the phone on once. I walked in and they told me that the phone was in horrible shape and that in it's condition I would get 55$ in trade in. I lol'd and walked out. Skinned it and sold it on eBay the next day to some guy in the Midwest for a lot more than that.
It all depends if you actually are using the "Buy Back" program that was started around 2 years ago or the "Trade-In" program that took it's place not too long ago (there's some lawsuit that Best Buy is losing about the Buy Back program so they had to change their process). The Buy Back program is worth more than the Trade-In program.
Example: When you do the Buy Back program, the value of the full retail of the phone is used. There is a tier of value that dwindles after a certain time (prorate). I had an Inspire 4G with the Buy Back program and got $120 for it on a gift card.
They also told me the value of the phone if I were to use their Trade-In program which would have been $55.
If it is indeed the Buy Back program, after 1 1/2 years or something like that, you should get around 20% of the original retail value (even if you got the phone free with a two-year contract). For the Inspire 4G, it was somewhere around $599 (free on 2 year contract). I got $119 for it on the program. If you've had the phone for a shorter amount of time, the value goes up (something like if you had turned it in between buying and 3 months, 100%, 6 months =60%, 1 year = 40% etc. not exact numbers but you get the picture).
Your best bet is to go there, tell them the program you purchased (trade-in or buy back... and if you have the original receipt, all good but if you don't they can look it up... Make sure they select the correct program because if you did in fact get the "Buy Back" program, the value is higher), then find out how much you can get back on the gift card. Also, they run programs like if you do upgrade/buy and new phone, they give you an extra 25% that goes towards the new phone... and check their Reward Zone specials on upgrading your phone because that can get you major points as well
Check their calculator http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Misc/Buy-Back-Program/pcmcat230000050010.c?id=pcmcat230000050010
I did Sprint buyback, they gave me 50. Paid 273 in store and will get 36 activation fee on the bill.
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I did Sprint buyback, they gave me 50. Paid 273 in store and will get 36 activation fee on the bill.
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eBay and Craigslist is your friend. May be difficult to prove a clean ESN vs selling a GSM phone but it's worth more then $50.
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I did Sprint buyback, they gave me 50. Paid 273 in store and will get 36 activation fee on the bill.
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I would have given you $100 for it and then you could have gone to bb and done price matching and if price went down again you could go back and get even more money back from bb. I will never buy directly from sprint again. Plus insurance with sprint is $11 a month with sprint plus a $200 deductible. It only cost me $7.50 a month with no deductible plus a loaner phone if I need it. Buy back for most companies is a joke. I'm thinking of advertising on cl that I will beat any local buy back by 30% and then turn around and sell phone for a profit.
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Since Tmobile has discontinued selling devices at subsidized prices anymore, let's say, if one were to buy Note 3 from Wirefly or Staples for $299 with a new line on a classic plan (they are still allowing that), and cancel the service after 14 days and pay the ETF of $200 plus the activation $35 (which can be waived) and first month's service fees $80 (minimum), then the total comes to $579 or $614. Has anyone tried this? Will Tmobile blacklist imei once you cancel the contract?
Suhas
No reason to blacklist if u paid the money
Hmmmmm you sir might be on to something here
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Since Tmobile has discontinued selling devices at subsidized prices anymore, let's say, if one were to buy Note 3 from Wirefly or Staples for $299 with a new line on a classic plan (they are still allowing that), and cancel the service after 14 days and pay the ETF of $200 plus the activation $35 (which can be waived) and first month's service fees $80 (minimum), then the total comes to $579 or $614. Has anyone tried this? Will Tmobile blacklist imei once you cancel the contract?
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Lol. You sure etc is $200 and not $350 or more?
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Lol. You sure etc is $200 and not $350 or more?
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I just checked myself, you got me wondering. Looks like it is $200 Check this out:
https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com/#jive-document?content=/api/core/v2/documents/2938
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So, who's going to be the dare devil?
I think y'all are gonna be disappointed whoever tries. Carriers got themselves covered on this. Best thing is tmobile's monthly plan.
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I would do this myself but I'm out of the country on vacation. But someone should just call tmo and just ask that. But if you early term and pay etf they can't blacklist your phone. But there is still the thought if you do early terminate you may have to pay out the phone possibly. Idk.
A few years back when I worked for one of the major carriers, if you did not return the phone when you canceled within the grace period then you would have to pay the full price of the phone and if you didn't then they would send the bill to collections. This phone is awesome but not worth the harassment of debt collectors and getting your credit score screwed.
I know on amazon you had to keep the service for 6 months. If you didn't you had to return the phone or pay the full price.
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I read up on all TM stipulations about 2 weeks before the note 3 came out. I'm not sure about buying the phone on amazon but if you buy it though TM, you are basically refinancing the phone. You're paying a little more each month (I think for me it's like 15 it varies depending on how much you put down), plus you get the jump program included in your insurence. Also if you cancel, you will have to pay off the remaining balance on the phone's "loan".
OP this is exactly how I got both my note 2. Tmo had just stopped the classic plan. Walmart still offered it though. I signed up then the very next day switched to a value plan, paid the 200 fee ( on one of them because I sweet talked the Rep and got the other waived) and was set. I got me and the wife note 2s for 600 bucks total (this is when they were still the hot phone)
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Thanks for that info!
Too late, both, Wirefly and Staples, have now taken down the classic plans and are showing the full price for Note 3 Oh well, you snooze, you definitely lose! I will wait for some time b4 the price comes down a little...