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I dropped mine last night & cracked the screen
It still works, but I'm going to have to pay the $100 deductible to get replaced via insurance now...
My threw, by accident, my last 2 EVOs several times & never broke a screen.. I guess it was only a matter of time!
LionFreak said:
I dropped mine last night & cracked the screen
It still works, but I'm going to have to pay the $100 deductible to get replaced via insurance now...
My threw, by accident, my last 2 EVOs several times & never broke a screen.. I guess it was only a matter of time!
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I think it is now a $150 deductible
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I think it is now a $150 deductible
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gee, might as well say, "by the way your son is dead"
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I think it is now a $150 deductible
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That's why I have Best Buy's Black Tie Protection. Paying a deductible sucks.
shook187 said:
That's why I have Best Buy's Black Tie Protection. Paying a deductible sucks.
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+1
I dropped sprint's and will grab this when my phone comes in.
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I thought this thang had gorilla glass or something like that. What up with that?
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gmarkiek said:
I thought this thang had gorilla glass or something like that. What up with that?
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Its gorilla glass not plexiglass. It's not the indestructible thing a lot of people think it is.
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That's why I have Best Buy's Black Tie Protection. Paying a deductible sucks.
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How much does that protection cost?
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cubbieswin said:
How much does that protection cost?
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$170 for 2 years or $10 a month.
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I think it is now a $150 deductible
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Actually, I think it will be $200 for LTE phones (based on SRP), making the insurance nearly pointless, considering it will be $11 a month + $200 deductible.
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$170 for 2 years or $10 a month.
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Hey question. What happens if you buy the $170 for 2 years but upgrade your phone in 1 year. Does it roll over to the next phone or is it refunded?
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xbmoyx said:
Hey question. What happens if you buy the $170 for 2 years but upgrade your phone in 1 year. Does it roll over to the next phone or is it refunded?
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I'm not sure, just pay the monthly fee if you think you're only going to have the phone a year.
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I'm not sure, just pay the monthly fee if you think you're only going to have the phone a year.
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yeah that blows tho. I have enough bills to remember a month I'm not looking for another one.
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Actually, I think it will be $200 for LTE phones (based on SRP), making the insurance nearly pointless, considering it will be $11 a month + $200 deductible.
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Wow really? I will be dropping it too
That sucks you dropped your evo. I had mine without a case for a couple days but I went and picked up an otterbox defender today.
Can anyone link to anything that says the deductible is different then $100? I haven't heard this yet. I don't have TEP on my girls Evo LTE bc I don't do a ton of deving/modding on her phone like I do my own, but with my own I carry TEP because I go through two phones a year or so and it's worth it for me... Heard the monthly fee was going up but not the deductible.
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Can anyone link to anything that says the deductible is different then $100? I haven't heard this yet. I don't have TEP on my girls Evo LTE bc I don't do a ton of deving/modding on her phone like I do my own, but with my own I carry TEP because I go through two phones a year or so and it's worth it for me... Heard the monthly fee was going up but not the deductible.
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http://community.sprint.com/baw/com...ange-for-4g-lte-devices-what-you-need-to-know
Starting 6/17/12, TEP will be at $11 with a $150 deductible and will apply to the 4G LTE devices with a price of $549.00 and after 6/17/12.
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That sucks you dropped your evo. I had mine without a case for a couple days but I went and picked up an otterbox defender today.
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Otter Box Defender is the only way to go. I bought one for my last Evo and will not own another phone again without one. Well worth the $50, cheaper than a deductible and it has to sustain one hell of an impact to cause any damage. The built-in screen protector works pretty damn good too.
It makes the phone bigger but I think it sits in my pockets better when I go to sit down. You know, not sliding down and weighing down your pocket when you are driving or sitting down to eat.
xbmoyx said:
Hey question. What happens if you buy the $170 for 2 years but upgrade your phone in 1 year. Does it roll over to the next phone or is it refunded?
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If you never used your protection plan once then u can go into the store and have them do a standard return the u get a prorated charge back. If you used it once then u can't get a refund but the protection is good for your phone for 2 years from date of purchase.
I bought it on my phone and I got rid of it in 6 months. I ended up getting $146 back. This was before I started working at best buy.
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yeah that blows tho. I have enough bills to remember a month I'm not looking for another one.
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They sign you up for automatic payments from a debit/credit card. Now you just have to remember to keep $10/month in that account to pay for it
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Otter Box Defender is the only way to go. I bought one for my last Evo and will not own another phone again without one. Well worth the $50, cheaper than a deductible and it has to sustain one hell of an impact to cause any damage. The built-in screen protector works pretty damn good too.
It makes the phone bigger but I think it sits in my pockets better when I go to sit down. You know, not sliding down and weighing down your pocket when you are driving or sitting down to eat.
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I'm going to try the Commuter. I have a feeling the Defender is just going to make an already big phone way too bulky.
I just had a horrible experience today.
I was putting my phone on the fireplace and caught the corner on the edge of the phone.
You can imagine my shock when I looked at the screen and it has a number of cracks across it and looks shattered in the lower left corner.
This was only a slight tip but it still took out the screen.
Has anyone any idea how much it costs to replace the screen here in Ireland.
I only have the phone 2 weeks and this happened. I'm devastated.
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Use your phone insurance to get it repaired. Job done.
I don't have phone insurance. Car phone wear house wanted €15 per month and I could not afford to pay that.
I was going to see if I could insure it now with a third party and leave it a week before reporting the problem.
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jetpack101 said:
I don't have phone insurance. Car phone wear house wanted €15 per month and I could not afford to pay that.
I was going to see if I could insure it now with a third party and leave it a week before reporting the problem.
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No that's fraud you dingbat!
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jetpack101 said:
I just had a horrible experience today.
I was putting my phone on the fireplace and caught the corner on the edge of the phone.
You can imagine my shock when I looked at the screen and it has a number of cracks across it and looks shattered in the lower left corner.
This was only a slight tip but it still took out the screen.
Has anyone any idea how much it costs to replace the screen here in Ireland.
I only have the phone 2 weeks and this happened. I'm devastated.
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I've no issue with you scamming an insurance company - I'm firmly of the belief that there is a special place in hell for those parasitic bastards. But if you do go legit, I'd expect to pay easily over €200. I had to replace my screen in Sweden and it set me back the equivalent of €300 so I would guess Ireland is probably not that far off.
fonefunshop.co.uk charges about €250 plus shipping I'd guess and will deal with customers in Ireland.
Found this on adverts.ie. €165 but that sounds very cheap considering that to buy replacement screens alone to fit yourself is more than that. Would be wary.
And what CFWH is doing is extortion.
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No it's not, it's insurance. That's how insurance works, if it was extortion they'd come round and break your phone if you didn't pay!
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If you take it to a Samsung Repair Center it will cost £140.00 and they will repair it the same day. My cousin smashed his and that's how much they wanted to replace it. Buying it of eBay or going anywhere else will cost you more.
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No that's fraud you dingbat!
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It's not really fraud if he pays for at least a month. After all how can you be charging £15 a month to insure a phone, that's terrible.
Do what you have to to get the phone looking great again.
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jetpack101 said:
I don't have phone insurance. Car phone wear house wanted €15 per month and I could not afford to pay that.
I was going to see if I could insure it now with a third party and leave it a week before reporting the problem.
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How do you insure a product without some kind of product inspection of some sort? I don't do insurances, but it is stupid if companies offer insurances without examining the product in the first place.
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It's not really fraud if he pays for at least a month. After all how can you be charging £15 a month to insure a phone, that's terrible.
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Yes it is you pleb. It's fraud, end of. And the reason we're having to pay £15 a month is so that the insurance companies can recover some of the costs from people carrying out bogus claims like you're encouraging him to do.
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If you take it to a Samsung Repair Center it will cost £140.00 and they will repair it the same day. My cousin smashed his and that's how much they wanted to replace it. Buying it of eBay or going anywhere else will cost you more.
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I contacted Samsung Repair and they gave me the number for Fondmenders in the GPO. I called them and they will replace the screen for €160.00
Its going in on Thursday and should be ready Friday.
I also get insurance for €37.00 per year with Zurich so I'll keep that just in case something else happens to it another time.
€37.00 per year is a long way off what Car Phone Warehouse where charging.
Anyway I'll know on Friday if I get a happy ending.
Don't you have something like household insurance in Ireland?
Something similar happened to me.. 3 days after i got it, dropped it in SAND (yes, SAND!)
The edge on the left side got chipped, like a small paranthesis ( - it was outsided the used screen, in the space between the used screen and the edge.
However.. 2 days later.. it got stolen, i never got around to fix it
Now i've got a new one..
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Don't you have something like household insurance in Ireland?
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We do but I don't think its covered unless you specify the device.
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Yes it is you pleb. It's fraud, end of. And the reason we're having to pay £15 a month is so that the insurance companies can recover some of the costs from people carrying out bogus claims like you're encouraging him to do.
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Look who's calling who the pleb, when my phone gets spoilt I buy a new one, I won't be insuring a phone for any reason.
And since I work for an insurance company don't tell me that the £15 recovers some costs because it's bs.
Don't take everything so seriously, the OP want going to take any of the bad advice anyway.
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If your saying that what I was considering is fraud then what do you call it when the insurance company pay an uninsured no tax and no licence driver then put my premium up to cover the cost 3 fold.
Don't talk to me about insurance fraud when the biggest fraudsters are the insurance companies them self.
I have had lots of occasions when the insurance companies screwed me over.
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Just to update on the broken screen.
My phone went in to FoneMenders in the GPO Arcade (http://fonemenders.ie/) yesterday morning at 9:30
They replaced the screen within the hour and only charged €159.99
I had got prices from other compaines as much as €270.00
The phone looks brand new so I'm over the moon with the repair, very professional.
I now also have a flip cover and screen protector on the device. Only short of wrapping it in bubble wrap
I really don't want to go down that road again.
I still have my insurance policy on the device so should anything happen again I have that to fall back on.
I'll never understand why people don't insure their phones straight away for this exact reason...
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I'll never understand why people don't insure their phones straight away for this exact reason...
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Because not everyone is in a country where they can get a reasonable premium for insuring certain goods.
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My one month old DNA's power button just popped out wtf ! Was able to jam it back in but I guess its a trip back to the Verizon store for me. What should I expect ?
If you're under warranty, 100 dollars for the deductible I believe
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If you're under warranty, 100 dollars for the deductible I believe
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Holy crap I just gave 250 a month ago ! I'm not paying jack !
Hire a lawyer
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Hire a lawyer
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Wow thanks I'll get right on it. Lots of help.
Is there really no manufacturer warranty for this type of thing? I would hope so.
There is a one test manufacture warranty and they have to replace it for free because it's a manufacturing defect.
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VZW normally has a one year standard warranty against manufacturing defects, replacement will be a clnr if they have them, new if they dont, at $0.00 cost. Only time deductible applies is for abuse (broken phone, dropped cracked screen, water damaged) and lost/stolen phones.
Went to the Verizon store and they replaced.the phone in store.free of charge !
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Went to the Verizon store and they replaced.the phone in store.free of charge !
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new phone right?
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new phone right?
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Yes brand new phone.
Lol. Think they would do this with an unlocked rooted phone?
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http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=2522
no way
There is a non-refundable deductible ranging from $50 to $200 per approved claim for lost, stolen or damaged (physical or liquid) phones.
Screw that. Extended warranties are a cash cow for them and a bad deal for the consumer.
I was originally lied to when I signed up. They told me that I just get a brand new device if anything happens to mine. Screen broke, brought it in, and they asked for $100. I told them they never told me about any deductible but they insisted that I was lying. Fought it over and over, got to a higher up, they dropped it to $50, and got my new phone. **** Sprint. They wouldn't hire me because I was too honest. Once I get this new job I will gladly pay my early termination fee and ditch this B.S. and cannot wait!
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I don't know.
I've gotten 3 phones replaced (broken screen, broken charging port, and obvious water damage) all without paying the deductible. Guess the people at my sprint store like me lol
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Yeah I've never had to pay for deductible I've gotten my cracked s3 replaced non charge and my fried EVO LTE replaced also and I've never had to argue with them just brought it in got it replaced 2 days after
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jesuscash said:
I don't know.
I've gotten 3 phones replaced (broken screen, broken charging port, and obvious water damage) all without paying the deductible. Guess the people at my sprint store like me lol
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Yeah I've never had to pay for deductible I've gotten my cracked s3 replaced non charge and my fried EVO LTE replaced also and I've never had to argue with them just brought it in got it replaced 2 days after
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My experience as well. Right now I have TEP AND asurion cuz asurion covers loss, while BB covers water damage, which TEP doesn't. . been trying to figure which one to cancel, but I know if I lose it, I'll mid asurion, if I drop it in the toilet, I'll wish I still had BB insurance. Either way, I lose.
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My experience as well. Right now I have TEP AND asurion cuz asurion covers loss, while BB covers water damage, which TEP doesn't. . been trying to figure which one to cancel, but I know if I lose it, I'll mid asurion, if I drop it in the toilet, I'll wish I still had BB insurance. Either way, I lose.
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The sprint tep covers water damage lol its any damage what so ever that's how I fried my phone xD literary a raining day and I continued to use my phone until it borked also its 11 a month but no other insurance covers theft just saying even if I did get it stolen paying 100 for theft compared to paying for a full phone for its price ,that's how I justifiy the 11 a month and you never know some sprint rep won't care about deduct and five it to you for free like they have twice to me xD
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I think it's always open enrollment actually. I bought this phone couple months ago off craigslist for 160 and called to activate. The girl almost begged me to sign up for insurance.
When i got out of school i got a job selling appliances. Any extended warranty we sold we
got 28.5%. Good salespeople made much more selling plans than appliances.
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I don't know.
I've gotten 3 phones replaced (broken screen, broken charging port, and obvious water damage) all without paying the deductible. Guess the people at my sprint store like me lol
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Wow. I've had to pay $100 about 6 times for my EVO 3D. Was fluckin' pissed. I've had nothing but bad customer service at any sprint store and with almost every sprint rep.
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Yeah I've never had to pay for deductible I've gotten my cracked s3 replaced non charge and my fried EVO LTE replaced also and I've never had to argue with them just brought it in got it replaced 2 days after
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You gotta be kidding me. I guess I have dumbass written all over me. But then again... I've only been a sprint customer for 8 years. Lmao.
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The sprint tep covers water damage lol its any damage what so ever that's how I fried my phone xD literary a raining day and I continued to use my phone until it borked also its 11 a month but no other insurance covers theft just saying even if I did get it stolen paying 100 for theft compared to paying for a full phone for its price ,that's how I justifiy the 11 a month and you never know some sprint rep won't care about deduct and five it to you for free like they have twice to me xD
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I was told my deductible on the LTE EVO is $150.
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You normally dodge a deductible when you deal with Sprint, in person. Over the phone, you'll be directed to use Asurion which 9/10 guarantees you'll be paying that deductible.
You can't avoid it (Asurion) if you've lost the phone & barely avoid it with water damage.
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Heck with sprint April 1st is my day
Genjinaro said:
You normally dodge a deductible when you deal with Sprint, in person. Over the phone, you'll be directed to use Asurion which 9/10 guarantees you'll be paying that deductible.
You can't avoid it (Asurion) if you've lost the phone & barely avoid it with water damage.
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Any time I've went into sprint they tell me I need to call asirion or they tell me they will do it for me. Tried different reps on different days even. Or they would tell me to downgrade to an EVO shift or EVO og.
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BB black tie works great IMO, no hassles, new device and no questions for $10mo.
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My previous post I typed I have TEP AND asurion. Oops. I meant TEP and BB black tie. Can't decide which to get rid of. BB has no deductible, but doesn't cover loss/theft. I found out the hard way. I lost my Evo 2mo after I bought it and I had cancelled my TEP and had BB insurance, had to buy a new Evo full price. When I did, I started asurion/TEP again.
Still haven't cancelled BB. I know I'm getting ripped off paying for both? I just can't decide which to keep.
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So I just traded my iPhone 5 for and HTC one, I'm not the cover type of guy. So I put on it a ghost armor protector, but wanted to know if there was a way to add warranty to it ? Specially accidental damage protection
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That accidental damage plan has to be added to it when u buy it. I'm pretty sure
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you can add it only when you buy the phone from AT&T but it has a 200 deductible
I'd suggest squaretrade or one of the other 3rd parties.
I AT&T warranties their branded phones for 1 year no matter where you bought it from. But doesn't cover breakage from drops, getting wet etc.
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you can add it only when you buy the phone from AT&T but it has a 200 deductible
I'd suggest squaretrade or one of the other 3rd parties.
I AT&T warranties their branded phones for 1 year no matter where you bought it from. But doesn't cover breakage from drops, getting wet etc.
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Squaretrade do they require a purchase receipt ?? Or just pay the $125 and be done with it
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SuperMiguel said:
Squaretrade do they require a purchase receipt ?? Or just pay the $125 and be done with it
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good question. I'm not sure
SuperMiguel said:
Squaretrade do they require a purchase receipt ?? Or just pay the $125 and be done with it
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You have to make a transaction to get a warranty with them along with most if not all extended warranty plans. Here are two ways you can get a warranty.
1. If the person you traded the phone with had purchased the phone using a premium credit card that doubles your warranty for FREE, they can transfer it over to you as premium credit cards double the manufacturers warranty and "gifts for others" qualify as well. Not all credit cards are premium ones.
2. If they purchase a square and trade warranty for you since they are the original owner, they can transfer that warranty to you as it is tied to the IMEI number.
But if it was a trade with someone you never interact with or will ever see again then I don't know if any other way to help you.
He bought it from att directly I probably will never see this person again
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SuperMiguel said:
He bought it from att directly I probably will never see this person again
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He is the sole person that can help you get a warranty with Square and Trade. Trust me, I have 2 square and trade warranties and have had 2 other ones in the past. They will require you to file proof of purchase if a claim is submitted. Buying a warranty without this proof of purchase will waste your money.
Similarly, these are the pros and cons of purchasing things off of craigslist.