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no way around it. Sprint uses an insurance carrier, the 30 day thing is their rule. Without it, you can have your phone for say 1 1/2 years without insurance, mess it up, add insurance for 1 month, pay $50 and get a $400 phone. Doesnt make sense on their part, does it?
I don't know about the trick you were talking about with the service center. It doesnt sound like it would work though, as the ESN of the phone will be on your account for more than 30 days still.
Only way I have seen the 30 day avoided was by switching the phone on your account. Sometimes, (not always though, I have seen even this fail.) you will be able to say, take off your 6700, put another phone on there, add insurance to it, and then put your ppc6700 back on, making sure to tell them to leave insurance on there. Like I said though, I have seen them come back and say that since the phone you are putting insurance on is used, they wont insure it.
BTW I don't think that they offer the ERP anymore. If for some reason they do, thats the one to go for. That way if your phone messes up, you can just report it as being lost and get the new one.
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