Phone prices and deals

[hamstarz]

I was eligible for 1 year, 75$ off, upgrade only at best buy, but the guy at the register screwed it up and manually entered 299.99 instead. That plus the the 20% off brought the total to 250 something. I got lucky I guess, although mine wasn't the only instance I've heard of on these forums of best buy charging the wrong price.

[mtnmedic]

Well...I've been with Sprint for many, many years. Always have had the ups and downs with them. The ups are usually pretty neat, however. The last "up" I had was the fact that Sprint actually paid ME $100 to take the Touch (via the upgrade rebate).

After working it out with my rep in Account Services, I got more minutes tacked onto my plan, my plan monthly rate dropped a few bucks and a couple of other little things added on for good measure. But the best part is I got the Touch Pro for $99. Of course, I was actually able to sell my Touch and all of its accessories for $150 so, essentially, I got paid another $50 to make the upgrade to the Touch Pro.

So far, I'm LOVING this phone! Can't believe how MUCH I missed having a physical keyboard!

[djfujiyama]

mtnmedic, were you eligible for the 2 year 399 price? e.g., were you off contract?

[rdd0512]

i emailed sprint on wendsday, threatened to go to verizon and am getting a tp in the mail for my pos mogul. for 299 (credited to account) should be here tomorrow. and i wasnt eligible for any rebates at the time....

[flyhigh]

I was out of contract as of the end of October. It seems that that is an awesome time to expire because I always get the newest phones when they release before Christmas. Anyway, I called up retentions directly. I reached a rep that was very helpful. I told her my friend just left Sprint for Tmobile's G1 (true) and that I was blown away by his deal. I told her I wanted the Touch Pro and wanted to stay w/ Sprint but I couldn't justify paying $600 for the phone when my friend got his G1 for $180. She said she couldn't do anything about reducing the cost of the phone below the already discounted $299 that sprint is offering. She said she could give me a $100 dollar credit for each of my 2 lines toward my next bill if I sign the 2 year agreement. I have no need to upgrade my second line's phone so I jumped on that.

$399 on my credit card
-$100 mail in rebate
-$200 credit
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Touch Pro for $99

I have been with sprint for over 11 years so maybe that was a factor. She even called my local sprint store to make sure they held a TP for me in stock. I picked it up that night.

[Wastegate]

Originally Posted by rdd0512

i emailed sprint on wendsday, threatened to go to verizon and am getting a tp in the mail for my pos mogul. for 299 (credited to account) should be here tomorrow. and i wasnt eligible for any rebates at the time....

How bout some hints on keyword you used in you email.

[pvelliqtc]

$200 before rebate... $100 in 8 - 10 weeks... I'd rather not wait for that long, but figured if I can get a touch pro for $200, that's a hell of a deal. $100 in 10 weeks will be like free money!! At least, that's how I'm looking at it.

[sexipink]

Originally Posted by djfujiyama

Hey guys,

I have a 2 year contract that's up in June of 2009 which means i'm only eligible for a $75 discount on the TP. The retention rep has offered $150 but that still means i'm paying ~$440 to upgrade my mogul.

I explained that the mogul was a POS and has given me problems for over a year now but they wouldn't budge.

I'm on a $60 1000/min F&F plan with 6pm N&W and PV included. It's not SERO but it's close.

How much are you guys paying for the TP? All i've heard are guys buying it for $300 and less. I'd rather not drop 4 bills on a phone if i dont have to...

I was offered the same deal additional $75.00 on top of the $75.00 that I was eligible for. What I did was buy it from BB for $460.00 (plus 20% off which is now expired), once I activated the phone I emailed sprint and they issued me the $75 credit.

I suprised they still gave it to me even though I didnt purchase the phone through them.

[rdd0512]

Originally Posted by Wastegate

How bout some hints on keyword you used in you email.

uhm i told them that i was unsatisfied with the mogul and the only reason i had one was because they ran out of 6700's when my last one broke (true) i told them it shouldnt have been released with the lack of program memory that it has (true) and thatit freezes so much i have to reset multiple times daily (true) and that i couldnt take a touch or touch diamond because i rely on a hardware keyboard (true [big fingers lol]) then i demanded that i have my device replaced or i would go to verizon because i was tired of being jerked around by sprint (half-true)

[gearjunkeez]

1st 6700 - dropped
2nd 6700 - refurb replacement, earpiece stopped working
3rd 6700 - refurb replacement, froze at load screen regardless of hard reset
4th 6700 - actually caught fire when i put in battery and powered up first time
TOUCH PRO - FREE due to constant replacement issues. Phone price billed to my account, then credit from sprint for full price for my troubles. TP will be here in 3 days...