Success!!!! Keeping SERO $49 plan!!!!!!

[TheBundo]

I can't believe this worked, but my wife, who as a 1250 minute $49 SERO plan (and only should have had the $30 plan/450 Minute plan, she never goes as high as 300 minutes) was 8 months or so out-of-contract, unlike me. This is because she stayed with her Mogul when I went to the TP2. In another thread, a member or two had ran up to a certain point on BestBuy.com, but hadn't "pulled the trigger" for one reason or another. That was this morning. I immediately tried, but the site was going into overload mode, and I never could get it completed to see if it worked. It took until now to get it to get me back into CheckOut, despite the phone being in my (well, HER) cart all day (and we never got "timed out"). I had already entered the Credit Card and Drivers License this AM (twice), but kept crashing out. Just now, it went all the way through, after entering it again. The pages have drop down boxes that say "Keep Existing Plan", and I saved each of the 2 pages that said that in 4 different formats with the dropdown boxes open, and printed the final Thank You page 3 times, in case there is a fight when we go to activate it.

I don't think they can win. In the worst case, we have a $449 phone for $251 (including S&H and the tax on the full price), and a good cause of legal action (against both Best Buy and Sprint) for refusing to activate it. Oh, and we did have the $10 fee added to the "Keep Existing Plan". No biggie.

You'd better hurry if you're eligible, this loophole probably will get closed soon.

[TWO515TY]

I think the more important consideration is that they'll probably change your plan once they audit accounts, especially your Evo-Sero combination that stands out like an albino black sheep LOL. But good luck and congrats on getting an Evo!!

[jbearamus]

like i said in the other thread, someone on the back end will probably catch it before it ships, give you a call and let you change plans or cancel
but good luck, would be awesome if it does work out for you

[RidleyJ329]

if it works it will certainly open a big a** can of worms

[Konfuzion]

Isnt gonna happen I had a similar thing with my Hero and they wouldnt activate the phone unless I changed my plan. So I was able to order the phone and have it shipped but once I had the phone I couldnt activate it. So untill you have it and its activated you have not succeeded.

[TheBundo]

Originally Posted by TWO515TY

I think the more important consideration is that they'll probably change your plan once they audit accounts, especially your Evo-Sero combination that stands out like an albino black sheep LOL. But good luck and congrats on getting an Evo!!

I realize there are potential flies in the ointment, and posting this could be one too, but I think there is a strong element of a contract here, and feel I should give others the chance to grab the deal too.

Originally Posted by jbearamus

like i said in the other thread, someone on the back end will probably catch it before it ships, give you a call and let you change plans or cancel
but good luck, would be awesome if it does work out for you

It's possible. I just looked online at her Chase credit card, and that amount is already in the Pending Charges. I think it will be easier to push a few buttons to make it happen than come to the middle of nowhere and fight a lawsuit. Maybe I'm wrong somehow, but I think we got them this time.

[Konfuzion]

Yeah ummm have fun suing Sprint... lol.
And I am telling you THEY WILL NOT ACTIVATE IT. Anyway pm me when they wont activate it ok?

I received my phone on my old plan.. They charged my card too... I could not activate it.... Retentions couldnt even help... GOOD LUCK!

[TheBundo]

Originally Posted by ridleyj329

if it works it will certainly open a big a** can of worms

True, maybe they'll offer some compensating discounts for the length of the contract, and then be able to be free of it (unless she run out-of-contract again)

Originally Posted by Konfuzion

Isnt gonna happen I had a similar thing with my Hero and they wouldnt activate the phone unless I changed my plan. So I was able to order the phone and have it shipped but once I had the phone I couldnt activate it. So untill you have it and its activated you have not succeeded.

My wife is happy enough with her Mogul to not cave in, and will enlist me to help fight this tooth and nail, especially if the phone is in hand through normal channels, charged to her credit card, and with the wording "Keep Existing Plan", and they won't activate it (if not under SERO, at least for the same price). This would be a breach of contract. I'm pretty sure we'd win.

[TheBundo]

Originally Posted by Konfuzion

Yeah ummm have fun suing Sprint... lol.
And I am telling you THEY WILL NOT ACTIVATE IT. Anyway pm me when they wont activate it ok?

I received my phone on my old plan.. They charged my card too... I could not activate it.... Retentions couldnt even help... GOOD LUCK!

I'll PM you my Evo temp number, if you can call me and explain.

[TheBundo]

Are you guys not forgetting that if they won't activate it, we have an Evo for $251, can change the credit card number as soon as the phone ships, and if they won't activate it, we have a $449 phone for $199 and tax