Get Out Of Your Sprint Contract(no early termination fee)

[LoungeLizard]

Originally Posted by JoeBobOneHalf

Now here's a thought. I have five phones on my 700 minute plan. One line has a full round of vision, txting and insurance plus I have a teacher discout, so my ending bill becomes about 200 a month. Would calling them affect my bill much in a positive way?

See my post above, I had 3 phones on the 700 minute plan. Now I have more minutes, unlimited text and Vision on all 3 lines and it's about $20 cheaper on the base price. My last bill on the 700 minute plan was about $150 due to overages and stuff, now with 300 extra minutes I don't have to worry about that.

My plan is actually better than the SERO plan. I got to keep all of my numbers, I share my minutes between the phones and it's actually cheaper. A SERO plan on 2 lines would run me $60, I have 3 lines for $50 (1 is just a spare in case of emergency or something, but hey it's free). And most of the time they make you cancel your current numbers and get a new line of service, although some have been lucky and got to keep their current numbers.

[Stevenewjersey]

Guys at the Sprint store told me that anyone and everyone who recieved a bill is set for this.

[TReeSCHMoKiN]

As of today I am OOC with Sprint.

I tried to get them to transfer my current PCS Family Plan #'s over to SERO plans but even with a very nice and helpful CSR was unable to get that off.

So I decided to have my contract terminated but to keep the service month-to-month and I made sure that the ETF would be waived even if I decide to cancel months down the road.

My idea now is to go and buy 2 of the cheapest prepaids, port my current PCS #'s to them, THEN go online and signup for SERO and have my original PCS #'s that are now on the prepaids ported back over to SERO.

I do not however know anything about porting #'s so if anyone could lend a helping hand in getting what I wrote above done Id be greatly apreciated

[OMJ]

Originally Posted by TReeSCHMoKiN

As of today I am OOC with Sprint.

I tried to get them to transfer my current PCS Family Plan #'s over to SERO plans but even with a very nice and helpful CSR was unable to get that off.

So I decided to have my contract terminated but to keep the service month-to-month and I made sure that the ETF would be waived even if I decide to cancel months down the road.

My idea now is to go and buy 2 of the cheapest prepaids, port my current PCS #'s to them, THEN go online and signup for SERO and have my original PCS #'s that are now on the prepaids ported back over to SERO.

I do not however know anything about porting #'s so if anyone could lend a helping hand in getting what I wrote above done Id be greatly apreciated

ahhh, that sounds like way too much bs to get on SERO......regular CS are limited on what they can do. Call back & say you want to cancel, but make the date out a month (that way if u dont get what u want u can call back & change yer mind).....retentions have more power to offer deals to keep you from cancelling.

good luck

[TReeSCHMoKiN]

I actually did all that thru Retentions

They tried to offer me little deals such as 200 minutes added for free, 500 TXT msgs for free, etc. and I told them no thanks the only way you can get me to stay is switching my current plan over to SERO.

I wasnt up for trying to convince 20 different reps into switching me over, so I just aksed to set me up month-to-month, this way I can switch over to SERO whenever I want(if I choose to) or I can just cancel and move on.

EVERY sprint customer should be doing this even if your completely happy withyour plan/service/phone, if only to get out of your current 2 year contract your locked into giving you the option on bailing if a better deal arises with another company.

[OMJ]

All I could say is try again, each agent seem to all give a different response.

I was just given a direct # to retentions, no menus or queues, answered directly by a retentions agent.

877-775-4886

[TReeSCHMoKiN]

You think I should still keep trying to get switched over even though Im now OOC ???

[bushd]

I'm about to call them which this was perfect since I know Verizon is prepared to give me a better deal then my current. Going to call Sprint and say Verizons got a better deal and you guys gave me a way out for free. I'd like Sero on both lines please (since you can't family plan them.) which is still 50% off my current bill.

[nico4k]

I spoke with a painful Sprint CSR and says i'm not eligible for the ETF to be waived because my charges went down and it is not more but less although a new fee was implemented. Can anyone share what their bill looks like when they are eligible???

This is my bill charges comparison changes:

DECEMBER BILL:

Charges assessed on Sprint that we elect to pass on to customers and are intended to recover the administrative and other costs of complying with certain government programs and mandates. Charges that appear in this section, also called "Sprint Fees", are not taxes or government-imposed fees. For more information on Additional Sprint Charges, visit www.sprint.com or contact Sprint Customer Service.

Federal-Fed. 911 Fee $1.60
Federal-Fed. Local Number Portability $0.60
Federal-Univ Serv Assess Non-LD $4.56
Pennsylvania State-Gross Receipts Recovery $7.29
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$14.05


JANUARY BILL:
Sprint Surcharges are rates we choose to collect from you to help defray costs imposed on us. Surcharges are not taxes or amounts we are required to collect from you by law. Surcharges may include: Federal USF, regulatory charges, administrative charges, gross receipts charges, and other charges incurred to recover costs associated with governmental programs. The amounts, and the components used to calculate Surcharge amounts, are subject to change.
Federal-Univ Serv Assess Non-LD $2.66
Pennsylvania State-Gross Receipts Recovery $5.68
Administrative Charge $3.00
Regulatory Charge $0.80
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$12.14

Please share your thoughts on this????

[TReeSCHMoKiN]

Heres a quote from another forum that may help you...

"...per the T&C page at Sprint.com the 2008 T&C differ from the 2007 T&C in material ways, and changes in cost to the end user have nothing to do with whether or not one can leave without incurring an ETF because of those material changes.

If they make a material change (not an "adverse" change) that changes some features of what is being agreed to in a material way, one can refuse to accept further service under the changed contract without an ETF if you do so within the first 30 days of the new contract terms.

Even if what they did cut your bill in half, if it also changed the terms of the contract, you could leave with no ETF.