Is Sprint still giving out refur'ed MOGULs?

cellardoor · #1 (**permalink**) 04-04-2009, 03:51 PM

i try the advance exchange all the time and it always give me refurb 6800 so i cancel

th0masn · #2 (**permalink**) 04-05-2009, 03:36 AM

My brother accidently "brick" (stuck on first screen) his mogul and took it to the Sprint store for repairs. Their tech guy couldn't fix it or didn't know how to fix it, so they replaced his mogul for a TP. I figured I'd try the same. So I took my mogul and "brick" it on purpose hoping to get a free replacement. I told them I tried everything even a hard reset and it still wouldn’t get pass the first screen. They couldn't fix it. Instead they told me I had corrosion problem and that I'd have to call Asurion. I called Asurion and they're expressing me a TP. How sweet is that?

jye75 · #3 (**permalink**) 04-05-2009, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by th0masn

My brother accidently "brick" (stuck on first screen) his mogul and took it to the Sprint store for repairs. Their tech guy couldn't fix it or didn't know how to fix it, so they replaced his mogul for a TP. I figured I'd try the same. So I took my mogul and "brick" it on purpose hoping to get a free replacement. I told them I tried everything even a hard reset and it still wouldn’t get pass the first screen. They couldn't fix it. Instead they told me I had corrosion problem and that I'd have to call Asurion. I called Asurion and they're expressing me a TP. How sweet is that?

The sweet part is that you didn't get it from Sprint for free... Karma, I guess. Intentionally bricking your phone to try to get a free upgrade? Too bad it's not past the 19th of April yet. People like you should have to pay out the nose for replacements.

th0masn · #4 (**permalink**) 04-05-2009, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jye75

The sweet part is that you didn't get it from Sprint for free... Karma, I guess. Intentionally bricking your phone to try to get a free upgrade? Too bad it's not past the 19th of April yet. People like you should have to pay out the nose for replacements.

Yeah, Karma is a b-itch. Good thing I only paid $50 bucks for a TP, considering the mogul is a piece of crap that someone gave me and I just activated it for a day to do the free upgrade. Now I get to keep a handy working Mogul for parts plus my original Touch as a backup AND a TP. Karma is gonna bite me in the *** one day. People like me don't mind.

PS: It's not bricked. I fixed it. The Sprint tech guys didn't know how to fix it i guess.