[kinesis]

Ok well I forwarded this to a sprint rep. I may cancel the order based on this. It's expensive as hell, yes you are right, plus the rebate hassle, the fact I have to pay the post office to send the rebate certified mail (rebates are shady as hell, always send certified). I did battle with sprint for many hours with this over the phone, have to suffer 30 minutes of wasted time at the bull**** Temecula, CA Sprint store only for them to tell me their tech department is "closed" I said wtf, I dont see a big red sign on your door that says you close your tech department early, what kind of shoddy service is this. What you guys are saying is absolutely right. I WANTED THE EPIC. Its not even out yet. If I'm wasting my upgrade and practically bankrupting myself with a huge phone bill I'd rather have that phone than this. But truth be told, I would want the TP2 for a lower price, since I don't want to pay $10 more on my phone bill right now and 4g isnt even out where I live.

Also I don't mind paying for the 'brand new fresh plastic' experience. I don't like used phones. I want it to be brand new and my very own customizable experience from the moment I open the box.

But yeah, I do feel I should be entitled to a cheaper upgrade given the age of this phone. It seemed like all the people at sprint were greedy adn trying to rip me off.. They looked at me like I was crazy but I insisted that people all over PPC Geeks insist that it's easier to get this upgrade. They ended up making me feel like I was 'forced' to get it. I mean I literally argued with idiots for hours and hours about this.

Also I'm not commiting insurance fraud over this.. I am being honest. The original TP flat out died. all my data lost. And I'm to PAY $300 ($200 after a 'rebate' which i have to go to the post office to certify) for this? You guys are absolutely right, this phone is over a year old and it doesn't even have a capacitive touch screen, it has the old conductive one with shoddy response time.