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Radio Shack is now selling the MoPho for $99.99 w/ a 2yr contract.
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For NEW accounts, yes. Not upgrades.
starcastic said:
For NEW accounts, yes. Not upgrades.
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Who the hell wants to sign up at radio shack. Lol!!
Thats pretty crazy though, 3vo still $199.
-DJ
Some of them offer trade in too. The Radio Shack by me said you can get up to $100 depending on the phone your trading in.
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Who the hell wants to sign up at radio shack. Lol!!
Thats pretty crazy though, 3vo still $199.
-DJ
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I agree. I did it but radio shack are bastards to deal with. I had problems with my 3D and now I have a Photon and had issues. They suck to deal with and I'm under my 30 days. They don't wanna do exchanges or returns. I've had to have Sprint call and make them obey policy twice now. Wish I would have just gone to a Sprint store.
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money226 said:
I agree. I did it but radio shack are bastards to deal with. I had problems with my 3D and now I have a Photon and had issues. They suck to deal with and I'm under my 30 days. They don't wanna do exchanges or returns. I've had to have Sprint call and make them obey policy twice now. Wish I would have just gone to a Sprint store.
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Just to be fair, my RadioShack here on Geary Blvd. in San Francisco has given me amazing service, even selling me the 3VO before my upgrade expired so I could if I wanted do a 30 day exchange for the Photon. FYI, according to Sprint, the $99 price point at Radio Shack has nothing to do with them, and will not be honored at Sprint store or online via Sprint.
New Photon Today
I just took up Best Buy Mobile on the $99 deal. I added a new line for my father and gave him my EVO 4G and picked me up a new Photon.
Slingplayer and Logmein are my most used apps.
Still working out the video chatting software. Got QIK running with video, so off to a good start.
Will try out my HDMI cable tonight.
cellfreak said:
I just took up Best Buy Mobile on the $99 deal. I added a new line for my father and gave him my EVO 4G and picked me up a new Photon.
Slingplayer and Logmein are my most used apps.
Still working out the video chatting software. Got QIK running with video, so off to a good start.
Will try out my HDMI cable tonight.
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They price matched?
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Axilarry said:
Just to be fair, my RadioShack here on Geary Blvd. in San Francisco has given me amazing service, even selling me the 3VO before my upgrade expired so I could if I wanted do a 30 day exchange for the Photon. FYI, according to Sprint, the $99 price point at Radio Shack has nothing to do with them, and will not be honored at Sprint store or online via Sprint.
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I don't expect Sprint to honor that. My issue is with Radio Shack. I have had two defective devices so far and had problems getiing them exchanged even though they saw the problems and I am under 30 days. Sprint had to step in and make them do what they were supposed to. I live in the midwest though so it's probably completely different where you are.
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newalker91 said:
I used to work for RadioShack, key word "used to". Now I'm a lead technician for Sprint and I can tell you straight up, it's a mistake to buy anything from RadioShack. Their policies are very crooked and there are enough loopholes in all of their warranties that the coverage is voided before you even walk out of the store half of the time. One of the local stores here is currently under investigation for lying about deposit amounts and pocketing the extra cash. They also do everything possible to get out of honoring the Sprint 30 day satisfaction guarantee. If there is so much as a light surface scratch anywhere on the phone, they will deny you a swap or even cancellation. It's pathetic, just don't do it.
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They can't do that, it is a Sprint phone with a Sprint contract, they are just the middle man, they cannot do anything to the Sprint contract that says you can exchange your phone if you are not satisfied within 30 days, and you can actually do that 3 times. So really its 90 days. I would literally fight one of them if they didn't do what I asked them. Real talk.
-DJ
The price change I want to say it's to push the phone to be the marque phone till the Samsung Epic Touch 4G comes out in the next 3 to 4 weeks ...
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They can't do that, it is a Sprint phone with a Sprint contract, they are just the middle man, they cannot do anything to the Sprint contract that says you can exchange your phone if you are not satisfied within 30 days, and you can actually do that 3 times. So really its 90 days. I would literally fight one of them if they didn't do what I asked them. Real talk.
-DJ
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I feel you on that but he's not lying. I was gonna cancel and just reopen at a Sprint store and they tried to deny that.
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I just called bestbuy and they matching radioshack price going to pick up my 100.00 bucks lol
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Oh and for the record dont buy phones from radioshack they get referb phone thats why it took them so long to get the photon
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If you are current Sprint customer, you can call telesales and get price match of RadioShack for $99 (YMMV). You will basically get additional $100 credit of the phone that is $199. My phone is on my way.......
It didnt take them any longer to get the Photon than it did Best Buy or non-corporate Sprint-branded stores. They arent refurbs.
SOME RS's do sell refurbs, its all very plainly stated, and they're pretty reasonable and often without contract so its saved my ass a time or two when out of town and a phone ends up broken.
They're selling at a lower price because NEW activations come with a kickback/monthly that extensions dont. There used to be a few guys that did this exclusively on Ebay, they were a legit official Sprint partner selling phones for virtually nothing on new activations only. I got a PPC6700 or 6800 for basically free when they retailed for 500+ and all I had to do was add a line...which was fine with me since I had $10 Vision and free add-a-phone back when you could get all those things.
anybody have any luck getting it on upgrade for that price??
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I used to work for RadioShack, key word "used to". Now I'm a lead technician for Sprint and I can tell you straight up, it's a mistake to buy anything from RadioShack. Their policies are very crooked and there are enough loopholes in all of their warranties that the coverage is voided before you even walk out of the store half of the time. One of the local stores here is currently under investigation for lying about deposit amounts and pocketing the extra cash. They also do everything possible to get out of honoring the Sprint 30 day satisfaction guarantee. If there is so much as a light surface scratch anywhere on the phone, they will deny you a swap or even cancellation. It's pathetic, just don't do it.
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I have to agree. I called a local radioshack when the Evo 3d came out and was just inquiring about their return policy. I talked to two people there and they said there was no return policy and if you don't like the phone that you are stuck with it unless you want to exchange. I explained that their has to be a 30 return policy of some sort. They both explained that it was not honored if the phone was used at all. Then after pulling my hair out from their stupid statements, I explained no one has such policy. These guys are idiots and the sad part is there were two idiots under the same roof. I thought there was a rule against that. Anyway I called another store and they said there was a return policy but it was only for exchanges.
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No, Best Buy Mobile , in our local mall , had a $99 price tag on the Photon. Best Buy and Radio Shack aplly the mail in rebates at time of purchase.
The Photon was $106.74 , plus the price of a Zagg shield, out the door.
I also went by Sprint and bought, the dock for the Photon. Great product and well worth the money.
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Why is the photon so cheap and it just dropped?
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Well I have been salivating over the Note since I heard about it months ago. My only set back was the fact that I had just signed up for AT&T this past November with the Samsung Skyrocket. I tried to put the phone out of my mind but daily I would find myself sifting through YouTube videos. I kept telling myself to just be happy with what I had but, low and behold the phone comes out today and ofcourse I have to have it.
So I call up my local AT&T and ask to comfirm the price off contract was $650 and if they had any in stock. The employee informs me that yes they are in stock, but I will not be able to purchase it off contract. For a second Im lost in dissapointment, then the employee says why would you want to buy it off contract anyway when you can do an early upgrade and just pay $550. Say what! So I hop in my Toyota Matrix and fly ( seriously going about 90 mph) to the store.
I get to the store and let them know I had just called to buy the Note and the manager and an employee start helping me. The employee goes into my account and clearly im not early upgrade eligible, but the manager says its fine Ill just do an overide. So while the manager is doing the overide the employee starts telling about the jawbone speaker that they have been pushing for awhile. It cost $199 so im just listening not be rude, but decline her offer. Then the Manager says how about if I through the Speaker in for free since your already paying $549 for the phone ( ok now we are talking), I happily accept this offer.
I know my story is a bit long but I am always hearing about how terrible AT&T is so I just wanted to send a little positivity there way.
With the case, screen cover, and Tax I ended up paying $649 total. I plan on selling my skyroket for $400 so ill only end up being out $249 dollars. Im going to try out the speaker if I dont like it ill probally sell it for $150 then Ill only be out $100.
Congratz man! :-D
Just something to think about though, a lot of us got the Note before our upgrades were eligible, including me, for $300. There's a thread floating around here somewhere about people who were only like 2 months into their contract and got it for $300.
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I think he is the first I have seen that was offered this in store from what I have seen
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Congratz man! :-D
Just something to think about though, a lot of us got the Note before our upgrades were eligible, including me, for $300. There's a thread floating around here somewhere about people who were only like 2 months into their contract and got it for $300.
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Well further examination of my receipt I can tell I was offered the Jawbone box because they price of the the Note was discounted to 299, so i guess the Manager was just trying to recup the difference. But I am still happy and I guess I could just go to another store and return the Jawbone because I was charged full price for it on the receipt.
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ATT is great?? You just wait!
I'll admit I've had some really good experiences with ATT in-store customer experience.
But over time, they just keep changing the plans and increasing the prices. It's been 8 years since I switched from VZN to ATT so I could have the "freedom" to be one of the first to buy unlocked GSM phones from overseas and not have to wait for phones to be "provisioned" (ala Sprint and VZN).
...but over time, what used to cost me about $250/mo. for 6 phones is now costing me $400/mo with 2GB data limits!
Even when I threaten ATT that I'm leaving, they seem to mysteriously find discounts and savings I qualify for to lower my bill. Can't complain about that too much I guess...
Yeah i think im going to return the Jawbone speaker tommorow and get my 199 back. Im going to a different store to return it course.
Willanhanyard said:
Congratz man! :-D
Just something to think about though, a lot of us got the Note before our upgrades were eligible, including me, for $300. There's a thread floating around here somewhere about people who were only like 2 months into their contract and got it for $300.
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just curious. there hasn't been a thread which is surprising, but the rumor is all over the net about verizon charging 30 dollars just to upgrade a new phone now.
they used to give us 100 off..then 50 off...then 30 off..now we have to pay 30 just to get a new phone.
it's quite ridiculous, IMO. i just called and complained, told them that i most likely know more than the people teaching these 'workshops' and that i feel i shouldn't have to pay for something i'm NEVER going to use. said that come the end of my contract in 2013, i'll have to seriously reconsider whether or not to stay with verizon. also noted that it's ridiculous because verizon's 4g phones are $300, whereas other carriers are from 100 to 200. noted how my rezound was 300, then a few months later was 200, then 100, then 50 for a time. i told him it's ridiculous how they change their pricings constantly, and i felt like i got screwed (not true at all cuz it was totally worth every penny lol but i figured i'd throw it out there)
Whatdya mean, paying for the privilege of being locked into a two-year contract totally makes sense.
They wanted to charge my brother $20 to upgrade at the 2yr contract phone price a month before he was eligible. Is it that they are thinking of upping that fee? It would be asinine to charge a fee to customer buying into new technology.
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just curious. there hasn't been a thread which is surprising, but the rumor is all over the net about verizon charging 30 dollars just to upgrade a new phone now.
they used to give us 100 off..then 50 off...then 30 off..now we have to pay 30 just to get a new phone.
it's quite ridiculous, IMO. i just called and complained, told them that i most likely know more than the people teaching these 'workshops' and that i feel i shouldn't have to pay for something i'm NEVER going to use. said that come the end of my contract in 2013, i'll have to seriously reconsider whether or not to stay with verizon. also noted that it's ridiculous because verizon's 4g phones are $300, whereas other carriers are from 100 to 200. noted how my rezound was 300, then a few months later was 200, then 100, then 50 for a time. i told him it's ridiculous how they change their pricings constantly, and i felt like i got screwed (not true at all cuz it was totally worth every penny lol but i figured i'd throw it out there)
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I got my phone for $.01 from amazon so it was worth all 1 pennies i payed for it lol
AshtonTS said:
I got my phone for $.01 from amazon so it was worth all 1 pennies i payed for it lol
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LOL!
jayochs said:
just curious. there hasn't been a thread which is surprising, but the rumor is all over the net about verizon charging 30 dollars just to upgrade a new phone now.
they used to give us 100 off..then 50 off...then 30 off..now we have to pay 30 just to get a new phone.
it's quite ridiculous, IMO. i just called and complained, told them that i most likely know more than the people teaching these 'workshops' and that i feel i shouldn't have to pay for something i'm NEVER going to use. said that come the end of my contract in 2013, i'll have to seriously reconsider whether or not to stay with verizon. also noted that it's ridiculous because verizon's 4g phones are $300, whereas other carriers are from 100 to 200. noted how my rezound was 300, then a few months later was 200, then 100, then 50 for a time. i told him it's ridiculous how they change their pricings constantly, and i felt like i got screwed (not true at all cuz it was totally worth every penny lol but i figured i'd throw it out there)
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Are you complaining as a consumer or a 3rd party retailer...
http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/11/technology/verizon-upgrade-fee/index.htm
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Screw it, I'll just buy one off-contract from Amazon or somewhere else, pay full retail. When I do, I'll call them and tell them why.
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They wanted to charge my brother $20 to upgrade at the 2yr contract phone price a month before he was eligible. Is it that they are thinking of upping that fee? It would be asinine to charge a fee to customer buying into new technology.
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that $20 is the annual upgrade fee. they already charged that when you're 1 year into your contract, and they'll let you do an early upgrade..so they tack 20 bucks on. however, those are dunzo, so any that are left, just like the NE2, are now done once you use it.
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Are you complaining as a consumer or a 3rd party retailer...
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as a customer. called from my own phone on my own time.
Whoever came up with the mandatory $30 "upgrade" fee should seek new employment at car manufacturers.
Example: "Trade in your old Chevy for a brand new 2012 model.... MSRP does not include taxes/license fees/
delivery charge or the $300 car upgrade fee!!!"
haha i know, right? it's getting bad. i strongly suggest you all call to complain about it.
the guy said it will be notated in my account, and even he felt it was ridiculous. then after, they call you back with an automated survey that my verizon acct manager (for my store) said they DO listen to when you can do the part where you speak about what you liked when you called customer service..in that part, you havel ike only 30 seconds, so i stated that i was disgusted with the 30 dollar upgrade fee, and hten it cut me off lol so i suggest you all do the same
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that $20 is the annual upgrade fee. they already charged that when you're 1 year into your contract, and they'll let you do an early upgrade..so they tack 20 bucks on. however, those are dunzo, so any that are left, just like the NE2, are now done once you use it.
as a customer. called from my own phone on my own time.
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Whaaaa? So no more early upgrades????????
That's what verizon calls a survey. Its not VZW corporate listening to those. That specific Rep you talked to; their supervisor has to listen to that and use it for coaching if possible. It has absolutely no influence on VZWs decision making, unfortunately.
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Whaaaa? So no more early upgrades????????
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no ma'm. they're gone. 20 months now for everything.
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That's what verizon calls a survey. Its not VZW corporate listening to those. That specific Rep you talked to; their supervisor has to listen to that and use it for coaching if possible. It has absolutely no influence on VZWs decision making, unfortunately.
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yeah, i'm sure that's the case. either way, my account manager said SOMEONE def listens to it, so when there's enough people complaining and whatnot, there might be something done.
REMEMBER people, we all got them to drop that bull**** 2 dollar charge to PAY the bill online! if we keep this up, maybe we can help get this changed. i doubt it will ever be free to upgrade again, since every other damn provider charges, but 30 is a rip.
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just curious. there hasn't been a thread which is surprising, but the rumor is all over the net about verizon charging 30 dollars just to upgrade a new phone now.
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I figure I'll be ahead. I informed them of the new $50 "Customer Inconvenience Fee" I'm implementing, which is what I'm going to charge them every time the 4G service I'm paying for, breaks.
^ This ha ha.
I think I'm far too laid back, because I just can't bring myself the get all fired up right now.
Although it being 7 am and I haven't gone to bed yet may have something to do with that...
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This has nothing to do with early upgrades. It's just a $30 fee whenever activating a NEW phone. Doesn't matter even if you buy it off contract.
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This has nothing to do with early upgrades. It's just a $30 fee whenever activating a NEW phone. Doesn't matter even if you buy it off contract.
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"Early upgraders who pay the full price of a new phone would not be impacted"
yeah lol i was just gonna quote that, thanks monkey.
this only applies if you buy a phone FROM VERIZON on an upgrade.
now, there was a rumor saying if you bought it online from anywhere else, you may not be charged this fee, and if you even buy from their website, you may not be charged. i don't like to buy into rumors, though.
Never read up on the fee but that's retarded.
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They threaten to shut off my services over $30? ? ? ?
their network service is not even good to begin with. Whack ass 3g speeds & Spotty 4g!
I put my phone next to my nephews and ran the speedtest.net app on both phones.
sprint's photon 30kB
Cricket zio 250+ kB
$90 a month and for what?
Can't even watch youtube in 360p WTF!
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So wait let me get this straight, you are mad at Sprint for not paying a bill? Pay the damn bill and move on with your life. You are bringing this on yourself. Put yourself in their position, if someone not a family or friend that owed you $30+ dollars, you wouldn't care? HA!!! you would be b1tching and moaning too. Grow a pair and pay up.
I see a GO phone in your future.......just sayin'
I'm not on pre-paid services. Im on a 2 yr. Contract.My credit is on the line.
So why am I being treated
Like I'm on pre paid services.?
*edit* and im sure a "GO" phone gets better internet speeds. So it doesn't seem like a bad idea.
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ive never had a lick of problems with my photon, speeds occasionally suck but thats gonna be with any phone. so what do you want?
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I'm not on pre-paid services. Im on a 2 yr. Contract.My credit is on the line.
So why am I being treated
Like I'm on pre paid services.?
*edit* and im sure a "GO" phone gets better internet speeds. So it doesn't seem like a bad idea.
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google is your friend. try motomizer
You sound broke, you owe them money, pay it or just get a boost mobile phone
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LexLuger82 said:
You sound broke, you owe them money, pay it or just get a boost mobile phone
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Lol
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ericdabbs said:
So wait let me get this straight, you are mad at Sprint for not paying a bill? Pay the damn bill and move on with your life. You are bringing this on yourself. Put yourself in their position, if someone not a family or friend that owed you $30+ dollars, you wouldn't care? HA!!! you would be b1tching and moaning too. Grow a pair and pay up.
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This
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Your credit is on the line? I'm pretty sure your cell bill doesn't affect your credit anymore. Maybe its a state by state thing. I live in ky and it doesn't for me.
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Your credit is on the line? I'm pretty sure your cell bill doesn't affect your credit anymore. Maybe its a state by state thing. I live in ky and it doesn't for me.
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I'm sure but not too sure lol but then what's the point of a 2yr contact?
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its not over 30 bucks, i assure you i have had buddies who have missed entire months of payments and paid the next month double and been fine, what it sounds like to me is you are 30 dollars over your spending limit program and they are going to shut off your stuff.
the point of teh two year contract is to subsidize the cost of a phone by ensuring you will play along for 2 years.
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They threaten to shut off my services over $30? ? ? ?
their network service is not even good to begin with. Whack ass 3g speeds & Spotty 4g!
I put my phone next to my nephews and ran the speedtest.net app on both phones.
sprint's photon 30kB
Cricket zio 250+ kB
$90 a month and for what?
Can't even watch youtube in 360p WTF!
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I have no idea what your issue is. Say more please......
And my Sprint speed sucks too - but I get slow speed, all the data I want, and a decent price.
"Choose the problem you want to live with"
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its not over 30 bucks, i assure you i have had buddies who have missed entire months of payments and paid the next month double and been fine, what it sounds like to me is you are 30 dollars over your spending limit program and they are going to shut off your stuff.
the point of teh two year contract is to subsidize the cost of a phone by ensuring you will play along for 2 years.
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No,idk about...i tried asking about that...my spending limit is 150.... My regular bill is usually around $90 but I had got the photon beginning of april, so they added $36 for activation fee.
Which brings me close to my spending limit but not over. I paid $100 the other day. Not the full amount.yes I know that but why try to shut off my services over $30.
But I'm glad so many people love sprint and their services. I for one am not happy with it but I still pay them.
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I'm sure but not too sure lol but then what's the point of a 2yr contact?
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It does affect your credit if you dont pay! Aka why your soc is attached to your account.
shabbypenguin said:
its not over 30 bucks, i assure you i have had buddies who have missed entire months of payments and paid the next month double and been fine, what it sounds like to me is you are 30 dollars over your spending limit program and they are going to shut off your stuff.
the point of teh two year contract is to subsidize the cost of a phone by ensuring you will play along for 2 years.
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You are 100% correct shabby! Spending limit is usually $150 for most accounts. Sounds like you have missed a payment. Remember sprint always bill's a month in advance!
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xpainkillerx said:
It does affect your credit if you dont pay! Aka why your soc is attached to your account.
You are 100% correct shabby! Spending limit is usually $150 for most accounts. Sounds like you have missed a payment. Remember sprint always bill's a month in advance!
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I have not missed a payment. just didnt pay the full amount, which was $30 from may 2nd. New bill cycle is on the 8th. But isn't due till june 2nd. So that makes jun2nd bill like $120. Spending limit not reached.
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Spending limit? What is that? I have had $1,000+ monthly bills (always paid on time) and never had my service threatened.
If you didn't pay the full amount I can see why they would shut off your service. Not everything is free buddy. Grow up and be responsible for your actions. Stop *****ing like a little kid.
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YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
If you didn't pay the full amount I can see why they would shut off your service. Not everything is free buddy. Grow up and be responsible for your actions. Stop *****ing like a little kid.
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I don't think I was *****ing, more like ranting. But to each his own.
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valentinoh said:
No,idk about...i tried asking about that...my spending limit is 150.... My regular bill is usually around $90 but I had got the photon beginning of april, so they added $36 for activation fee.
Which brings me close to my spending limit but not over. I paid $100 the other day. Not the full amount.yes I know that but why try to shut off my services over $30.
But I'm glad so many people love sprint and their services. I for one am not happy with it but I still pay them.
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Evidently not.
valentinoh said:
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They threaten to shut off my services over $30? ? ? ?
their network service is not even good to begin with. Whack ass 3g speeds & Spotty 4g!
I put my phone next to my nephews and ran the speedtest.net app on both phones.
sprint's photon 30kB
Cricket zio 250+ kB
$90 a month and for what?
Can't even watch youtube in 360p WTF!
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Just call them and ask them for a payment extension. Unless you are very very late they will not deny you
Despite re-upping my contract 2 more years LAST YEAR with studentrate, sprint is asking me to reaffirm my eligibility right now. I currently have 23% off listed as "employee discount". I'm not sure why I wouldn't get studentrate's discount for my full 2 year contract considering that was most of the reason I did it through them..?
At any rate, does anyone know what discounts are out there if I can't get studentrate to renew mine? I used to have a 10% one that everyone gets, but it would be nice if there's a way to do better.
drbadass said:
Despite re-upping my contract 2 more years LAST YEAR with studentrate, sprint is asking me to reaffirm my eligibility right now. I currently have 23% off listed as "employee discount". I'm not sure why I wouldn't get studentrate's discount for my full 2 year contract considering that was most of the reason I did it through them..?
At any rate, does anyone know what discounts are out there if I can't get studentrate to renew mine? I used to have a 10% one that everyone gets, but it would be nice if there's a way to do better.
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If your military its 25%
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Have a look HERE, see if any of it applies to you...
Its probably worth noting that Sprint's changed their policies on getting/keeping corporate discounts. If you start a new line of service or upgrade an existing line of service, you need to prove you're eligible for the discount. This can only be done online at www.sprint.com/verify. If you don't go to this website and complete the verification process within 30 days (pretty sure it's 30 days, might be 15) of starting the new line or upgrading, the corporate discount will be removed from your account.
This might be hard to believe, but it turns out there were a ton of people who claimed to be employed by certain companies, or claimed to be students at a specific school, who weren't - they just told sprint they were in order to get that company's or school's discount. In the same respect, a ton of people are no longer with the companies that got them a discount, or are no longer students, but never told Sprint that they shouldn't be getting that discount anymore.
fachadick said:
Its probably worth noting that Sprint's changed their policies on getting/keeping corporate discounts. If you start a new line of service or upgrade an existing line of service, you need to prove you're eligible for the discount. This can only be done online at www.sprint.com/verify. If you don't go to this website and complete the verification process within 30 days (pretty sure it's 30 days, might be 15) of starting the new line or upgrading, the corporate discount will be removed from your account.
This might be hard to believe, but it turns out there were a ton of people who claimed to be employed by certain companies, or claimed to be students at a specific school, who weren't - they just told sprint they were in order to get that company's or school's discount. In the same respect, a ton of people are no longer with the companies that got them a discount, or are no longer students, but never told Sprint that they shouldn't be getting that discount anymore.
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Yeah, I think they're starting to do that with SERO customers as well, but I keep using the same email address each time I get a new phone and they keep taking it, so...
fachadick said:
Its probably worth noting that Sprint's changed their policies on getting/keeping corporate discounts. If you start a new line of service or upgrade an existing line of service, you need to prove you're eligible for the discount. This can only be done online at www.sprint.com/verify. If you don't go to this website and complete the verification process within 30 days (pretty sure it's 30 days, might be 15) of starting the new line or upgrading, the corporate discount will be removed from your account.
This might be hard to believe, but it turns out there were a ton of people who claimed to be employed by certain companies, or claimed to be students at a specific school, who weren't - they just told sprint they were in order to get that company's or school's discount. In the same respect, a ton of people are no longer with the companies that got them a discount, or are no longer students, but never told Sprint that they shouldn't be getting that discount anymore.
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You mean that theres really people out there that would do this? Lol im just playing around man lol...to add to that these people are the reasons we pay so much for service these days as well as our insurance going up and pretty much everything else that ten yrs ago was drastically lower than it is nowadays hell i remember when gas was 99 cents a gallon lol ok enough of making myself feel old and im sure a few others in here as well lol...please people stop trying to get over on a company and just use what your entitled to...im military and i hardly ever push for my military discount at places that offer iy because honestly im no better than anyone else so why should i get a better deal than joe shmo two people behind me in line
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fachadick said:
Its probably worth noting that Sprint's changed their policies on getting/keeping corporate discounts. If you start a new line of service or upgrade an existing line of service, you need to prove you're eligible for the discount. This can only be done online at www.sprint.com/verify. If you don't go to this website and complete the verification process within 30 days (pretty sure it's 30 days, might be 15) of starting the new line or upgrading, the corporate discount will be removed from your account.
This might be hard to believe, but it turns out there were a ton of people who claimed to be employed by certain companies, or claimed to be students at a specific school, who weren't - they just told sprint they were in order to get that company's or school's discount. In the same respect, a ton of people are no longer with the companies that got them a discount, or are no longer students, but never told Sprint that they shouldn't be getting that discount anymore.
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I just bought out my contract to buy this phone and I get 20% of my bill and they didn't ask me to verify if I still worked there.
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xbmoyx said:
I just bought out my contract to buy this phone and I get 20% of my bill and they didn't ask me to verify if I still worked there.
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Do u?
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wileout said:
Do u?
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Indeed.
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xbmoyx said:
Indeed.
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Be honest would u tell them if u werent?
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xbmoyx said:
I just bought out my contract to buy this phone and I get 20% of my bill and they didn't ask me to verify if I still worked there.
SENT FROM MY EVO 4G LTE!!! (w/no LTE)
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Wierd - it's supposed to be company-wide at this point. How long ago was "just"? Did you go through retentions or anything? Keep your eye on your bill - I wouldn't be surprised if they notify you in a bill insert that you now have to go to that site to verify your discount since you just upgraded.
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anybody know if you can still get the EPRP discount from one of the sprint folks on here?
wileout said:
You mean that theres really people out there that would do this? Lol im just playing around man lol...to add to that these people are the reasons we pay so much for service these days as well as our insurance going up and pretty much everything else that ten yrs ago was drastically lower than it is nowadays hell i remember when gas was 99 cents a gallon lol ok enough of making myself feel old and im sure a few others in here as well lol...please people stop trying to get over on a company and just use what your entitled to...im military and i hardly ever push for my military discount at places that offer iy because honestly im no better than anyone else so why should i get a better deal than joe shmo two people behind me in line
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You do realize that Sprint's plans are the biggest bang for the buck, right? Just because people are getting discounts that they're (mostly) entitled to, doesn't raise the price of the service. In fact, it's probably one of the cheapest services around without discounts.
eXplicit815 said:
You do realize that Sprint's plans are the biggest bang for the buck, right? Just because people are getting discounts that they're (mostly) entitled to, doesn't raise the price of the service. In fact, it's probably one of the cheapest services around without discounts.
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I think what he's saying is that because too many people game the system, it's costing sprint too much money, and sprint has to make that money back somewhere.
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Wierd - it's supposed to be company-wide at this point. How long ago was "just"? Did you go through retentions or anything? Keep your eye on your bill - I wouldn't be surprised if they notify you in a bill insert that you now have to go to that site to verify your discount since you just upgraded.
Some additional info/details found here.
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I called the 1-800 Sprint number and just feed them since BS that I was tired of my phone and wanted to get a new one and I was very unhappy and they let me buy it out so I could get the early upgrade. It was when the phone was just released.
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I think what he's saying is that because too many people game the system, it's costing sprint too much money, and sprint has to make that money back somewhere.
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Well, they're not doing it with the cost of service, because it hasn't fluctuated in a long time. The price of TEP has gone up, but only because of the price of phones going up (and probably because people are constantly returning them for stupid reasons and they accept just about anything as a replacement).
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I think what he's saying is that because too many people game the system, it's costing sprint too much money, and sprint has to make that money back somewhere.
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IMHO, this **** all started when they added the iFail.
rkjg24 said:
IMHO, this **** all started when they added the iFail.
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I wouldnt blame it on that as much as id like to. I understand that prices havent fluctuated in awhile but a few months ago i do remember a revamp if you will of the plans especially the family plan that changed how it was billed but not actually the price of it. I do know that i dont recieve my discount on the other lines like it used its only applied to my primary line. My previous statement about price rise wasnt just talking about sprint but all across the board whether it be cell service groceries or anything else. If a company is getting cheated out of money they have to make it up somehow so they strategically raise prices or add charges (i.e. 10 smartphone charge or whatever its called) to make up for losses of either false discounts false insurance claims theft or any other reason for lost profits. Ok i think thats enough for right now lol
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xbmoyx said:
I called the 1-800 Sprint number and just feed them since BS that I was tired of my phone and wanted to get a new one and I was very unhappy and they let me buy it out so I could get the early upgrade. It was when the phone was just released.
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The re verification process had not started yet back then. Its only been within the last 60 days that they started it.
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Saw a.message about this when I logged.into my sprint account the other day. It just said i may have to prove eligibility or something like that to keep my discount. If they take it away I'd probably cancel service..
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