well he wants a sprint phone on a verizon network...only way he is gong to get the 199.99 price is to sign a 2 year contract with sprint...thats not gonna help him if he wants to have it on verizons network...sounds like ur going to have to buy the phone outright at the best price u can find...and they are like 599.99 full retail which is way over ur budget...u may try ebay...i got my 6700 off there 2 years ago for like 450.00 but even still over ur budget...odds of this workin out for u isnt good with that kinda budget...good luck tho