[Nagual]

If companies do not want people getting insanely great deals that may or may not affect their bottom line in a negative way, they should not create a system where people can get these deals. No laws and no fine print guidelines were breached at all by my obtaining SERO (which I did legit), obtaining the TP at the Best Buy price, getting the mail-in rebate and selling my old phone back for a final price of $124 on the phone.

Sprint could have cracked down on me and many other people. It was their responsibility to do so if it is a bad business decision for them.

Know why they didn't?

Because they've ensured the loyalty of many more customers by allowing these great bargains. And when your reputation and customer base has gone into the ditch as fast as Sprint's has, you NEED loyal customers not to leave before you can hopefully build your base up again, which Sprint should hopefully start doing this year.

Over the lifetime of my Sprint contracts every dollar they saved me will be reinvested and then some back into their business by what I pay each month. It's no different than the evil AT&T and their subsidizing the "Jesus phone," except Sprint are better because they don't then turn around and rape the customer with $150/month plans.

Sprint was not asleep at the wheel when they granted these discounts. They've made smart customers happy and loyal, and at least until they get the market share back (if they ever do) they are business-wise to treat us as well as they have!