How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hotspot)
 

i did the math for a PM, and figured id post it

$70 - cheapest available plan for the EVO
$10 - annoying recurring charge for owning an EVO
$ 7 - TEP insurance, who wants to drop it and pay full retail
$15 - taxes and such - estimated
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$102 total
-27% - link in my sig ( 27% corp discount)
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$74.46 new grand total for monthly bill statement...

see guys, its not AS bad as it seems... all for under 75 bucks.. if your not someone who buys insurance, well you say a few more bucks even too

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

Although I'm pretty sure you only get 27% off the $70 plan. Not the insurance and taxes, and probably not the $10 fee.

But still that would be around $83/month.


Still too rich for my blood to make me switch from my current $55/month total!

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

I don't play with the TEP....It's a must on all my devices...you never know what might happen. When I pay a lot of money for a device I like to know if something happens, I can either pay the deductable or take it into a Sprint Repair Center and have them fix it at no charge. With all the new technology in these phones chances are something might go wrong and without the TEP your stuck with a 4.3inch Evo paperweight. Yeah, $199 with contract...but full retail for this phone is right around $500...do you really want to take the risk of not having TEP and be stuck in that situation? I surly don't.

I can't go down to the $70 plan, I have 4 lines and am using the 1500min Everything Data plan. This day in age you would think plans would be cheaper...hell I had 1000min and unlimited text messaging 6 years ago with Verizon for $60 a month...now I'm paying double that....well it seems with all the advancements in service you pay for what you get. I also have the 27% discount applied to my account...which is nice..but uncle sam and the state take that right back...ehhe...

The maditory $10 charge people are gripping about....it's actually understandable. See, the $10 actually goes towards the Evo for a few reasons...(1) It's the only 4G phone on the market at this time, (2) Having the ability to download at 4G speeds and accur the mass amounts of data you will be downloading with it. (3) It does 720p video. If you were Sprint do you think you would charge a small fee for the amount of pure data going through your network...Just think right now what your using on 3G, now double that or even triple that...thats what your really paying for. Like I've said in other posts...I would quit bitching about this small $10 charge, and worry more about how many times your being double or triple taxed by the state....figure, city, county (thats double taxing), 911, state tax, and a few other small ones....on my bill that comes to just under $30 a month....to me thats highway murder for tax....crap my Comcast HD, and HSI has only like $4 in taxes....We the people who use these carriers for cell service should stop taking the blunt of the taxes, and try to get something passed to lower them...like me...I can't stand being double taxed...it's stupid...

Personally, I have 4 lines of service, and one of them hasn't paid me for service since we signed up with Sprint....guess what...that line is being terminated...and that $10 fee will take its place, actually saving me around $27 a month...(29.99 added line, plus $7 TEP - $10 evo charge)...I'll be happy with it...just knowing I will be using a phone that is far superior to the Iphone...and can download at way higher speeds than any other network.

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

I have two phones one is already on 69.99 with $20 credit every month (pre) and tp2 (sero)

I was shopping around end up calling *2 Sprint they are offering me 129 2 lines + my work 25% discount and 20 recurring credit for 24 months. So around 76 +10 lovely data plan for evo + 7 for insurance and taxes at 100 now. I want more discount!

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

im one of the discount kings so to speak.. i get/have/have had alot of different perks..

but how are you getting 2 corp discounts.. when i did my 27% one, it overrode my 13% one... they havent been able to stack % credits for quite some time now... so they say..

can we get a screen shot, with your critical info hidden of course, of your statement and see the 2 discounts..

im unruly with sprint, ill go get the cox 25% corp discount too(on top of my 27%), if i see someone who actually has 2 differnt % corp discounts staked...

please share... i just need to know its possible first

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

Yep the 25% only comes off the $69.99 plan which is $17.50 off so $52.49. This is figuring you only need the 450 min. plan if you don't call land lines much. This month it came out to an even $70 including TEP and taxes.

Chris, we're talking about per line here. 1500 min. Everything data-family for 4 lines is $169.97 - 27% ($45.90) = $124.07 per line that's $31.02 + TEP & tax per line with unlimited calling to any mobile network, unlimited text, picture, and video messaging, and unlimited data plus nights and weekends starting at 7 to call land lines and 1500 mins for the day. With your taxes coming to under $30 that's an amazing deal divided by 4 people. That 27% makes a big difference when it's applied to a family pan.

If everyone found 4 other friends they could pay $189.96 - 27% ($51.29) = $138.67 per line that's $27.73 + tax. Know a lot of people on Metro who are used to not paying phone insurance and most have the $45 a month plan.

So if you can pull this of, you have

$27.73 - Your share of the bill with corp discount
$10 - EVO coolness fee
$7 - TEP
$8 - Your share of the taxes (probably less)
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less than $52.73 - Grand total
That sounds great, though it would be some work collecting from friends. Can I join your plan, Chris? I have an excellent payment record.

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

Im wondering if you can get this discount if your company is not listed in their directory of eligible companies? Or do they not even check since this is mostly a secret thing...??

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

I would go down to a lower price plan but the minutes used on my account is so random each month...sometimes 1200, sometimes just 400....I can't risk paying the overage charges....and the taxes yeah thats not to bad..but still compared to other things like having TV and Internet and the taxes only being $5-10 on the bill vs what we pay for cell phones is crazy...

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

You have to use one of the employers. The email domain will have to match, but some of these companies use gmail.com or aim.com. You can't just name any employer. The employer you have determines the discount you get.


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@Chris
I rarely call anyone with a land line so I don't use many anytime minutes. Isn't 1500 min. the minimum for a family plan anyway? And with everyone paying their share a single line plan would cost you more. Do you pay for all the lines or is everyone paying for their line? It's confusing comparing single plans to family plans. Divide the bill by how many lines you have.$31.02 > $69.99

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

hmmm... wonder if i can get the corporate discount from your link, and a military discount as well

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

Just tried it with my aim.com email and saying its Time Warner. lol. I will post again when I Find out what happens, and I am also on the 99 dollar a month unlimited plan ,if they tell me I eligible if downgrading I will be doing it. Already pre-ordered my EVO and have only used 1300 minutes this month. IF I switch to the 1000 minutes a month plan there is no way I will be exceeding that when 80% of my calls are coming in from other cell phones.
(fingers crossed!)

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Here's a partial screenshot of my last bill. I haven't the slightest idea how both corp discounts are on there, but I am not complaining. The only thing I can think of is that I had a 2nd line when I had the 18% which I canceled around the same time I changed employers and had Sprint change my corp discount. Maybe the 2nd line's discount transferred over some how?

http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/u...SprintBill.png

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Wow, and on top of it all they aren't charging you for nights starting at 6. Lucky you!

Ya know, with those three discounts going things would get interesting on a family plan. A 5 line plan would be $189.96 - 18% ($34.20) - 25% ($38.94) - $20 = $96.82 and per line that would be $19.36

Your taxes would be around $20 and 5 TEPs are $30 so that's a total of $150 incl. tax and 5 TEPs. Charge the 4 other people $40 a month which is a deal and you pay nothing and make a $10 profit. Hey you know what that $10 a month could go towards?

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

you know if this $10 charge just for the Evo i wont get one... i think that complete trash that sprint would charge it just cause they know a lot of people want the phone.... from what i saw it had nothing to do with the 4g... its just a add on...

so people like me that have simply everything thats suppose to be unlimited everything are going to have to pay 10 dollars more..... damn that

i will stay with my tp2 or maybe get the hd2...


you may say its only $10 bucks but its more about the principle of the deal. kinda being taken advantage off cause they phone will sell well.

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

If you're new to Sprint or adding another line, you can use the employee referral discount too. It's better than full price!! See my signature for link.

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

I do believe the $99.99 Simply Everything Plan is not eligible for discounts.

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nope its not but iama go down to the 89.99 plan =P 900 landline min

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i wonder if i could get 2 discounts? lol i get the military discount but my father could get a 18% from where he works... he doesnt have sprint and we share the same name lol so i wonder?

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

i get the military discount on the simply everything.

hell i even had the discount when i had my wireless card.. i was told i was not suppose to get it on the card but i did.. .they never took it off

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I do believe Munroe already mentioned that he would downgrade since 80% of his calls come from cell phones.

Switch to the Everything Data 450 for $69.99 and you'll be eligible and get $17.50 off every month. Much cheaper than $99 a month. Final bill with taxes and TEP will come out to $70

@ Mayonesa

You may be able to get both discounts. It seems they don't check on who's supposed to get them. Some people have said they lost existing discounts when applying for a new one, but otherwise there's no risk in trying.

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

Did you get the 20 for 24 months recently? They say it's no longer available.

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

I didn't realize Sprint offered the HD2. I'm not wild about switching to Android, so I would love the HD2, but can't find the HD2 on Sprints website and I'm not willing to switch to T-mo. Please advise...

Thank you!

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

My current plan for 3 phones on ED = $102/mos.
With the same shenaningans the OP plays.
& if I were to be eligible for the EVO for all 3 lines, that's ~$135/mos after taxes.

Still worth it even with the premium charge per mos. Now I have to figure out how to pay for the other $8.71/mos for the EVO handset itself.

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

There is no HD2 on Sprint. Have to switch to Tmo for it.

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Indeed! I even went as far as checking the specs of the HD2 on HTC. No CDMA radio= No Sprint.

I've been out of contract for over a year waiting for a phone worth using my upgrade. I would get the HD2 in a heartbeat!

Sprint passed on this phone for a reason. They are not going to get a phone that Sero users or others on cheaper plans like mine can use. Someone else said they were waiting for Windows Phone 7 because they were told "all" windows phones will work on Sero! Don't think that's going to happen either.

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

hey.... just wondering... got the everything data plan... just got my 25% off... I was wondering... How can I get the 20off for 24months? Sorry for being so direct, im in a hurry for my plane! Lol!!

Re: How to have an EVO for less than $75/monthly total (doesnt include the 29.99 hots
 

Is it confirmed that no "special plans" will be required for the EVO besides the $10 add on?

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yes... unless you want their marketed wifi hotspot.. thats 30 a month... but wifi works without it