anyone else get screwed on their tp pricing?
 

im not sure how much I paid for it yet.. it sounds like 399.99 - 100 rebate..

have a friends & family plan through a friend who works at sprint, he placed the order for me yesterday through iconnect.

a sprint rep told me a week ago the emp cost was 299.99 - 100 rebate if you're eligible for your yearly upgrade, which I am.

ill call and get everything striaghtened out once I receive the phone but what do you think? what did you pay? 300ar seems excessive, especially considering the mogul was 188 on its release day last year.

Re: anyone else get raped on their tp pricing?
 

i think thats right its 399 with a 100 mir if you went to best buy i dont think you have to mess with the rebate

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$399 with MIB is correct.

unless you got lucky and paid any less.

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791.24 will be going back to best buy after i place order with telesales

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$299 after rebate, or $299 out the door at best buy (they don't do rebates).

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I paid 38.00 for mine. just got it today

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Any consideration for applying for the rebate after purchasing it from Best Buy? There's a $100 rebate form out there that doesn't specify a place of purchase on it, just that it has to be on service on the line for 30 days.

Re: anyone else get raped on their tp pricing?
 

if you get it from best buy its 299 + tax out of the door

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First of all, that rebate expired 2 days ago. Also, I believe that $100 off through best buy is processed instantly, and the rebate form says it's either MIR or Instant, so you probably won't get it.

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The MIR requires the receipt. A BB receipt won't cut it.

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$399 is the base price. I remember the mogul being a $500+ phone last year. If you don't like the price wait a year, and then get it for $99 when Sprint lowers the price like they do with many of their phones going out the door...

I don't know what an Emp price is, but since you are not a Sprint Emp, do you deserve the lower price? Ask your friend who ordered it for you?

Best Buy does not have the MIR, so you can pay less up front for one through them.

Good Luck!

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I got mine for $240.00 plus tax at Bestbuy. This is another reason why I was so frustrated with Sprint. Not only could they not tell me how much the TP would cost if purchased through Sprint, from all indications I got from advertisements I could get it for a better price at BB. BB had a special discount thru there Rewards program that ended Nov. 1 for an additional 20% off. Thanks to all the posts here I made the correct choice and went to BB.

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True, but alot of people have bought it from Best Buy during the RZ promotion putting it in play. As for MIR vs Instant, I don't see anywhere that specifies that Best Buy isn't allowed if you had the instant rebate there. I know that some people in the past have been able to get all rebates applied as instant ones via Sprint and then still sent in the mail-in rebates and gotten those as well.

If you do get the rebate form off Sprint's link for purchasing the Touch Pro, that one does specify that it must be purchased at Sprint stores, Sprint.com, or Telesales.

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I'm only 9 months in to my contract, and ive written ecare and did the online chat with customer service and still cant get them to budge on the $579 :(

I'd extend my contract just to at least be rebate eligible.

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Emp price is the employee pricing. I'm not an employee but i get emp pricing - 18$/mo for 500 min/unlimited everything else. The phones are the same way, paid 188 on the first day of the moguls release and i expected something simular with the tp.

I wouldve gone through BB but I was under the impression that was only for new activations and contract extensions? The friends and family plans are non-contract.

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I paid $199 for mine. Called *2 then said "cancellation." When the lady answered I told her I was interested in getting a new phone (Touch Pro) but i checked online and it said my cost was going to be $459. I told her Bestbuy had the phone for $299 and I was not going to pay $500 for a new phone when i can go and get a brand new iPhone for $199. She then told me she would sell it to me for $199 and I didn't have to do any rebates or anything. I was not rude or anything and I thought it was a fair deal :)

Good luck to you guys...

Re: anyone else get raped on their tp pricing?
 

I paid $139 for mine. Best Buy $299 - 20% = $239 - $100 credit from eCare = $139.

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I ended up only paying $4.39 for mine after all the rebates. I was only eligible for the 1 year upgrade the day I went to best buy to get my phone but the guy that rang me up asked if it was a 2 year upgrade and all I did was say yes. He rang me up for the 2 year price of 299.99 and I also had the sku code for the additional 20% off ALL smart phones which brought the final price too 254.39. Earlier that week I emailed ecare about the pricing for the 1 year upgrade users and they basically offered me a 100.00 instant credit to my sprint account once I purchased the new phone. So after I got home, I emailed them back and within a few hours the 100.00 credit was on my sprint account. That brings the phone down to 154.39. Last but not least, I sent off the 150.00 mail in rebate from the sprint site that is only eligible to new users and 2 year up grade users (which my receipt now shows 2 year upgrade for proof that it was 2 year upgraded). So once I get the money from that my total for the brand new phone comes to 4.39. :headbang:

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I got mine for $299-20% from Best Buy. Luckily I got on it right away cause they sold out fast. Awesome deal! Best of all no rebates. I used my company account to get the phone since my line didn't qualify for 2 year pricing. Did an esn swap the next morning, all good =D>

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I paid $250 out the door from Best Buy w/ the RZ discount and my 2yr upgrade. Best Buy the Best Buy I went to was giving out 2gb SD cards to anyone who bought a new phone that could use one.

So, $250 for the TP and a 2gb SD card.

Re: anyone else get raped on their tp pricing?
 

actually it should be $252 after taxes and activation and shipping.

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So you screwed best buy.

Also, don't count on getting that rebate, it is worth a try though I guess. I should send it off, if I get it back my final price would be -$50 after tax/activation.

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Rebate is dependent on a receipt from Sprint, not BB...

I don't understand why sprint gave you the $100 credit, unless they can't tell you didn't get the phone from them. That is a error in your favor...

Re: anyone else get raped on their tp pricing?
 

im not sure how much I paid for it yet.. it sounds like 399.99 - 100 rebate..

have a friends & family plan through a friend who works at sprint, he placed the order for me yesterday through iconnect.

a sprint rep told me a week ago the emp cost was 299.99 - 100 rebate if you're eligible for your yearly upgrade, which I am.

ill call and get everything striaghtened out once I receive the phone but what do you think? what did you pay? 300ar seems excessive, especially considering the mogul was 188 on its release day last year.
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Me too retentions told me I could have it for the new account price Minus 100.00/299.00-100.00=199.00 I was cool with that so I didnt close my acct called back now that phone is released the want 399.00-100.00 mail in rebate said the supervisor wont do any better I got scammed now Im stuck.

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**** i paid $530 after tax so i got raped

used my $75 upgrade + Sprint credit my account $100 for my complaints on the mogul, still have to sell the mogul so i will come out paying around $300 for the TP

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399 + tax - 100 mail in rebate.

At least the mogul is still doing well on ebay... I'll be able to get some of that back.

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The rebate from best buy is instant. The in store activation refers to Sprint Nextel Corporate Stores

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I paid 240 + tax for mine at best buy two weeks ago. They also offered 20% if you were a reward zone member (which is free).

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It was because prior to getting the phone at best buy, I emailed sprint ecare about how unsatisfied I was with my current touch and that I thought it was out outrageous for me to have to pay that kinda money for a 1 year upgrade. So they just replied back offering me a 100.00 dollars instant credit to my account once I purchased the phone. No proof other than it showing on my account online was nessecary.

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I did well without putting the squeeze on anyone. I was able to get $200+ on my mogul (I paid $250 for it originally), I paid the best buy price for the TP......so it was a wash....