Best Buy Clearance

Jake62 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-20-2011, 04:25 PM

I was going to wait until something new came to Sprint to move to WP7, but I saw that Best Buy had the Arrive for $49.99. I have another upgrade on my family plan that I can use if something really cool comes out, so this all worked out well for me. You can still get the phone online for that price, but they will not ship anymore to the stores.

eric12341 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-20-2011, 04:42 PM

wow worst buy is really sticking it to WP7 and MS with this.

**DavidinCT** · #3 (**permalink**) 08-21-2011, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by eric12341

wow worst buy is really sticking it to WP7 and MS with this.

Yea, Amazon has it for 0.01 with a 2 year...

AmazonWireless: HTC Arrive Windows Phone (Sprint)

You could also get the Arrive with No Contract on ebay for around $200-$250 buy it nows. I personally think that is the best deal.

**darren.wlsn1** · #4 (**permalink**) 08-21-2011, 01:39 PM

It will be free by Q4 plus samsung wp is on the way and I wanna see what they come up with.

eric12341 · #5 (**permalink**) 08-21-2011, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidinCT

Yea, Amazon has it for 0.01 with a 2 year...

AmazonWireless: HTC Arrive Windows Phone (Sprint)

You could also get the Arrive with No Contract on ebay for around $200-$250 buy it nows. I personally think that is the best deal.

yea its not the price its the fact that they're doing clearance and not shipping anymore that's bullshit.

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Originally Posted by darren.wlsn1

It will be free by Q4 plus samsung wp is on the way and I wanna see what they come up with.

doubt they can come up with anything better than beats by Dre.

**DavidinCT** · #6 (**permalink**) 08-21-2011, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by eric12341

yea its not the price its the fact that they're doing clearance and not shipping anymore that's bullshit.

I did not see anything on the Best Buy site, or for my local store that said anything about a Clearance for the Arrive. Infact they were Soldout online.

Even the HTC Trophy was going for $49.99 on vzw with a 2 year, does not mean they were on clearance or not going to carry them any more.

We are past the 1/2 way point for current models, yea, the Arrive and the Trophy came out around May/June area(CDMA versions). They were models overseas from the release time frame (7Pro/Arrive a little latter). The 2nd gen models are hitting in fall/Winter time frame, so they might be in the books to be on clearance but, not any time soon....

Where did anyone see any "clearance" for best buy and the Arrive ? Not that I care (being a Verizon customer) but, just wondering because I can't find anything.....

eric12341 · #7 (**permalink**) 08-21-2011, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidinCT

I did not see anything on the Best Buy site, or for my local store that said anything about a Clearance for the Arrive. Infact they were Soldout online.

Even the HTC Trophy was going for $49.99 on vzw with a 2 year, does not mean they were on clearance or not going to carry them any more.

We are past the 1/2 way point for current models, yea, the Arrive and the Trophy came out around May/June area(CDMA versions). They were models overseas from the release time frame (7Pro/Arrive a little latter). The 2nd gen models are hitting in fall/Winter time frame, so they might be in the books to be on clearance but, not any time soon....

Where did anyone see any "clearance" for best buy and the Arrive ? Not that I care (being a Verizon customer) but, just wondering because I can't find anything.....

it's just what the OP said.

**darren.wlsn1** · #8 (**permalink**) 08-21-2011, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by eric12341

it's just what the OP said.

Op posted link.

eric12341 · #9 (**permalink**) 08-21-2011, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by darren.wlsn1

Op posted link.

still doesn't explain how this is a "clearance " and that "no more will be shipped to the stores"

Jake62 · #10 (**permalink**) 08-21-2011, 08:17 PM

To clarify, when I went to get it at my local Best Buy, they were out of stock. When he checked stock in other stores, there were only a few left in SE Michigan and the inventory screen, which he showed me, said that it was not available for store order and also that the product was discontinued.
I asked him about the discontinued remark and he said that only meant that Best Buy was discontinuing the stocking of the product. He never called this a clearance sale, but everything he said makes me believe that they dropped the price to move remaining stock, hence the clearance remark.
BTW, I'm loving this phone and debating whether to throw Mango on it, or just wait.