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Originally Posted by chappy
The advocate phone comes activated on a line already and isn't received into inventory. There is no "extra" random phone coming. It's direct ship only on the 14th. Stores will get them MAYBE on the 28th, if inventory allows for it.
Your buddy is telling you this just to shut you up so you leave him alone for a few weeks.
Not to even mention the fact that the only way an employee could buy a phone in a store is for full retail price, with a 25% discount. Which is stupid because employees have multiple ways of getting the phone for new customer price, sometimes without having to mail in a rebate.
(If you can't tell, I work for Sprint. I also happen to be a Diamond advocate)
They don't send phones to stores for "which ever employee wants to buy it". In my 5 years with Sprint, I've never seen an employee pay full retail price for a phone in store, over waiting maybe 3 days to order it for the new customer price.
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advocate phones
are received into inventory, and will be activated by the manager on a demo line. they will not come activated.
the stores should all be getting two phones, one for the advocate and the second for display. its not inconceivable that the store would be selling their display unit, even if it is against policy.
furthermore, if youve been with sprint for 5 years then you should have seen plenty of phones purchased at full retail by employees, because thats the way the system worked for years. it was not until 2006, with the launch of the advantage club site, that there was a website for purchases. unless you were at the main campus store then you had to purchase at full price and get a mail in rebate.