New Titan 6800 Mogul for $100

[emailish]

This is my first time posting anything, here goes...

If you go on Ebay and do a search for "6800 activation" you will get a list of companies that will sell you this great phone for only a $100. They give you free shipping, no activation fee and 2nd day delivery and they will port your number over for you. There is a catch, you need to be a new sprint customer, with a 2 year agreement. You have to call them to "Prequalify" (they basically just make sure you're not trying to use your current sprint number". This will also work if you want to add a phone to your account with a new number.

You can also do a search for a bunch of different models that will also yield the same results or a free phone. This is not a scam, I did it with my 6700 (Which Sprint has since upgraded to a 6800. I love my phone and give mad props to all of you guys that hack the frack out of my bitchen little phone.

So if you don't mind a 2 year contract, which is pretty much standard anyway (not required) but you should have the $15 internet plan, no questions about it. That's what really sets off this phone. I also splurge for the $7 insurance and have used that a lot!!! Plus, if you work for a major company, you might qualify for a company discount. I work for a school district in California and we get a volume discount of 15% off my bill that goes to me getting my insurance paid for every month.

Ok, I hope this helps a few people out. I've been on this forum since I got my 6700 almost 2 years now and have always been very impressed with the tons of information on here. I hope this 2 cents is useful.

Ish.

[JoeBobOneHalf]

I don't know how honest this is but if you were out of contract you could port over to another carrier like t-mobile and then port back to Sprint within 15 days and get the phone for the 100 bucks. A customer of mine did that ones (though she didn't do it for that reason, she just realized that T-Mobile sucked in her area.) It did give me the Idea though.

[mstevens]

While simply signing up through SERO carries a higher initial cost, the much lower monthly cost will quickly negate any initial savings versus signing up with a regular plan. From then on out, it's a significant monthly saving! Run the numbers over the life of the contract: initial price plus monthly fees for 24 months, not just initial price.

[mobilejray]

Originally Posted by JoeBobOneHalf

I don't know how honest this is but

Yes you do. You know how dishonest this is.

When I worked for Sprint, they would then charge the customer the correct price for the equipment.

They know this goes on, and have put in place ways to track and charge for it.

They read these forums too

[bigray327]

What's dishonest about it? The third party gets huge kick-backs from Sprint for signing a person up for 2 years. It's their business what price they sell the Mogul for... their bottom line is their concern, not Sprint's.

I used a deal like this off eBay. Didn't need SERO, I get a good deal through my company. A hundred bucks for this phone was a no-brainer.

[Keyone]

I agree. I don't see anything dishonest or wrong with it. It's not illegal.

[mobilejray]

Originally Posted by bigray327

What's dishonest about it? The third party gets huge kick-backs from Sprint for signing a person up for 2 years. It's their business what price they sell the Mogul for... their bottom line is their concern, not Sprint's.

I used a deal like this off eBay. Didn't need SERO, I get a good deal through my company. A hundred bucks for this phone was a no-brainer.

Here's why this doesn't work:

1. Sprint customer out of contract ports # to T-Mobile
2. Sprint customer comes back within 15 days (or whatever) ports in to Sprint thru dealer offering $100 Mogul for New Customers
3. Sprint's system "sees" the customer as an "existing" customer
4. Sprint pays dealer only part of the commission (upgrade commission), not the "new customer" commission the dealer was using to subsidize the price of the Mogul
5. Dealer looses money -or- Sprint gets involved and charges customer's account for the appropriate price of the phone.

In the cellular world, this is considered, "False Churn".
We can discuss it back and forth, but after 13 years in the wireless industry, I already have a grasp of this situation. It may be wrong, you may think it's ok, but in the end, this is how it works at Sprint (and most other carriers.)

By the way, this is why the ebay auction states, "Must Prequalify"... this is the kind of stuff the dealer is looking for. They will run your eligibility and credit, obviously eligibility must be perfect and your credit must be in the top tier so they don't have to worry about getting a "charge back" from Sprint. Sprint charges back dealers their commissions if the new customer doesn't pay their bill on time in the first 181 days, or if they cancel service. So in that unfortunate customer situation, the dealer looses all the money they invested in the phone PLUS the profit they would have made. Early termination fees are completely kept in Sprint's pocket.

[nunyabiziz]

I wouldnt do this because its too much work for me and sero is the way to go, but wouldnt this work if you ported your number to a prepaid and after 30 days back to sprint?

[Jtcu86]

There is a solution though, if you ported the number back to sprint using a different SSN ie a friend/family member, then there would be no problem. This is what i suggest when customers come in wanting to get off of their parrents plans and keep their numbers. You dont have to be the account holder to get the number ported in your name, just the account holder's permission. So if you wanted to take advantage of the sprint offer and keep your number thats what you could do.... not saying it would work for everyone's situation, but it would work for those few at least.

[Edwood]

Originally Posted by mobilejray

Yes you do. You know how dishonest this is.

When I worked for Sprint, they would then charge the customer the correct price for the equipment.

They know this goes on, and have put in place ways to track and charge for it.

They read these forums too

I switched to Cingular for 2 days and ported my number back to Sprint on the SERO plan two years ago. Never got charged the "correct price" for the equipment.