Someone on CL texted me recently asking if I wanted to trade my 3VO for an Optimus V that was hacked to never receive a bill. I didn't ask how, simply "No thanks" however this doesn't seem possible or legal. Should I do anything or just ignore this person?
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Someone on CL texted me recently asking if I wanted to trade my 3VO for an Optimus V that was hacked to never receive a bill. I didn't ask how, simply "No thanks" however this doesn't seem possible or legal. Should I do anything or just ignore this person?
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I remember an old, old hack for a Phillips Savvy that with a bit of solder you could hack it to each reboot be reloaded with £10 credit... I wonder if anyone is still using those phones - I think I have one in my loft somewhere with a bunch of other phones.
but no - I agree doesn't sound legal at all.
He's most likely full of it, but it would definitely be illegal lol. I wouldn't do much more than passing any information you have on him to his carrier.
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lol, I think you could say a phone with a blacklisted ESN is hacked to never receive a bill.
I used to live at an apartment where for some reason the cable company used to never charge me for paid on demand movies/events.
Suckers.
Maybe he would take your address and email address from your evo 3d and use that information to steal your mail to make sure that you never recieve a bill again.
lol some good responses. I was in a rush to get to work when I got the text messages so when things calmed down it hit me - a contract is a contract you will always have a bill until it ends/cancels.
To me the guy is just a joke but I'm sure to less tech savvy people he's causing problems.
This is the cell phone equivalent of the Hollywood Juice Diet, those SpeedUpMyPC.com ads on TV, and this year's GOP debates. You want to think it'd be a good deal, but you'll end up get taken in the end. ...and hopefully that's the only thing that'll happen to your "end"...
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I used to live at an apartment where for some reason the cable company used to never charge me for paid on demand movies/events.
Suckers.
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I got free Gas/Electricity for like 8 months at an old apartment once. That Summer I owned PG&E...Thermometer set at 68*s the whole time. lol
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Cetus Corr said:
I used to live at an apartment where for some reason the cable company used to never charge me for paid on demand movies/events.
Suckers.
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I got away with this for almost 3 years except it was that the complex once supplied cable to the residents but they cancelled doing it. However, Comcast forgot to come out and disconnect it...for three whole years lol. Came home from work one day and there were green letters on every door in the complex and I knew what it was before I even got out of the car.
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This is the cell phone equivalent of the Hollywood Juice Diet, those SpeedUpMyPC.com ads on TV, and this year's GOP debates. You want to think it'd be a good deal, but you'll end up get taken in the end. ...and hopefully that's the only thing that'll happen to your "end"...
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Don't knock on speedupmypc.com! It only cost me 2 payments and it made my internet go faster! Now I can check my email 'blazing fast'
But seriously, I love how in those commercials, every person is over the age of 45, simply because no one under the age of 30 is stupid enough to buy into it. Appeal to the 50+ demographic, speedupmypc.com, kudos to you.
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Don't knock on speedupmypc.com! It only cost me 2 payments and it made my internet go faster! Now I can check my email 'blazing fast'
But seriously, I love how in those commercials, every person is over the age of 45, simply because no one under the age of 30 is stupid enough to buy into it. Appeal to the 50+ demographic, speedupmypc.com, kudos to you.
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Thanks cleanmypc.com! Your the best! Now I can surf the web even more faster! EVEN MORE
This reminds me. When I first got Sprint it was with a SERO account. I ordered a phone (Mogul) and they accidently sent me 2 but only charged me for one. I called Sprint and they had no idea what was going on but told me to send one back. So I sent one back. The next month I realized they put a $200 credit on my account. I called them back and told them what happened and even explained my theory about them refunding me for the phone I returned. The CSR assured me they would fix it. They never did. SERO was about $30/month so I ended up with like half a yr of free services. I'm still with Sprint and SERO.
-Adam
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This reminds me. When I first got Sprint it was with a SERO account. I ordered a phone (Mogul) and they accidently sent me 2 but only charged me for one. I called Sprint and they had no idea what was going on but told me to send one back. So I sent one back. The next month I realized they put a $200 credit on my account. I called them back and told them what happened and even explained my theory about them refunding me for the phone I returned. The CSR assured me they would fix it. They never did. SERO was about $30/month so I ended up with like half a yr of free services. I'm still with Sprint and SERO.
-Adam
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This happened to me.. sort of. I ordered an a900 through the phone. Got desperate, called and canceled it and got it at the store. Then got one in the mail afterwards. Never called or got charged. Activated it after one of them got really damaged. And they said nothing...
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I before I lived in the apartment where comcast didn't charge me for paid on demand, I lived at another apartment and came home to a letter from comcast explaining up to that day I was receiving service by mistake so they disconnected it. I was living there for like a year and a half. I was the sucker that time.
Another time I got fired from Wells Fargo so the manager made a credit(bank lingo) and paid for the hours of that pay period. About a week later, I get a direct deposit for the same amount from them. Then I closed my account. Suckers.
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I just purchased a Photon through Craigslist (on Black Friday) and activated it on my current line. The phone is a few weeks old and came with the original box and everything (the charger & cable had not even been used). I am traveling abroad for 6 weeks and will be moving around a lot and would like to buy some protection/insurance for the Photon.
I have searched through XDA for information about Sprint TEP and for the most part, it seems users think its beneficial to buy TEP since it covers repairs, replacements, lost and/or stolen phones.
Since I don't have a purchase receipt, can I still purchase TEP on my line for the Photon? The phone is practically brand-new but I have never had TEP before.
I want to cover all my bases before I talk to them directly.
The other coverage I am considering is Square Trade which has built a sterling reputation by providing great warranties with inexpensive prices. I have a 35% off coupon which I can use, so the Photon can be protected for 2 years for $80. But it doesn't cover theft or loss. Plus everything has to be mailed in.
So there are advantages & disadvantages for both;
Any Photon users care to chime in about their experiences?
Or any other comments, suggestions, do's & don'ts?
Thanks in advance.
Sprint has the tep at 7 bucks a month you should be able to add it since you just bought it. I know it covers theft and water damage but The deductible is 100-150 bucks I think. Better then having nothing and if u mod like everyone on xda, that should give u some cushion in case it goes haywire.(usually if u play dumb they may replace it for free) With sprints tep you can just go to a corporate sprint store w/ repair and can have it back same day usually unlike square which will take a week or two....
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Thanks, that helps.
I was leaning towards TEP for the same reasons.
I also overlooked the fact that a receipt needs to be filed with ST for confirmation, which I won't be able to do.
TEP on my account shows $8/month. Are you grandfathered in an older plan?
I've had a HORRIBLE experience with square trade and i know many others that did as well. Sprint TEP all the way..
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I've had a HORRIBLE experience with square trade and i know many others that did as well. Sprint TEP all the way..
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Was it with a mobile phone or something else?
I would like to read about it if you don't mind sharing.
I have my laptop & Nook Color warranties through them, haven't had to use them yet.
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Was it with a mobile phone or something else?
I would like to read about it if you don't mind sharing.
I have my laptop & Nook Color warranties through them, haven't had to use them yet.
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Its sort of a long story and i definitely don't feel like typing it all from my phone lol. Plus I'm watching the Texans game
In a nutshell it had something to do with my laptop and the refused to repair it over some BS. To be honest square trade warranties are stupid. Why should I pay someone few hundred dollars on top my purchase to promise me they'll fix/repair my device if something goes wrong etc. The OEM should repair most issues within the first year! Technology becomes obsolete like every 6-8 months anyways! It just doesn't make sense to me. Only time ill buy extended warranties is if i purchase a used car. Other than that I'm not giving a company my money up front because within a year I'd probably have another product! Yeah they can cover theft etc but imo its still not worth it.
Thanks for the comments.
I'm definitely signing up with TEP.
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Pity about Leinart, he was doing good....still your defense stood up today.
Good Luck in the playoffs.
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Thanks, that helps.
I was leaning towards TEP for the same reasons.
I also overlooked the fact that a receipt needs to be filed with ST for confirmation, which I won't be able to do.
TEP on my account shows $8/month. Are you grandfathered in an older plan?
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Been with sprint for 9 years now I was grandfathered in for almost everything lol
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Been with sprint for 9 years now I was grandfathered in for almost everything lol
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Me too!
Well, it will be 10 years for me on Dec. 28.
Had a simple, talk-only plan for 9 years; upgraded to the smartphone plan with the Evo in Jan.
And now, before I can be a Gold Premier customer, they take it all away.
I guess customer loyalty doesn't count for anything, anymore.
Well, I just wanted to chime in. if you look back at my recent post, TEP (Asurion) just delivered my phone Saturday. I will not jock them but...........Yea I will, give them the $8.00 a month TRUST ME!!! And unlike AT&T, I did not get a referb unit, I got a brand new Photon stright from the factory floor, already programmed with Sprint Service, USB and Charger, Battery. All I had to do was hit the power button and sign into Google. I was making calls 3 minutes after I opened the box!!
I was stupid for losing my phone, TEP took care of me. ($100.00 and I got it before noon the following day!!! If I recall, package was from Tenn.? Oh Well, I got it in PA the next day!)
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Well, I just wanted to chime in. if you look back at my recent post, TEP (Asurion) just delivered my phone Saturday. I will not jock them but...........Yea I will, give them the $8.00 a month TRUST ME!!! And unlike AT&T, I did not get a referb unit, I got a brand new Photon stright from the factory floor, already programmed with Sprint Service, USB and Charger, Battery. All I had to do was hit the power button and sign into Google. I was making calls 3 minutes after I opened the box!!
I was stupid for losing my phone, TEP took care of me. ($100.00 and I got it before noon the following day!!! If I recall, package was from Tenn.? Oh Well, I got it in PA the next day!)
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Yeah, I already signed up....8 bucks a month.
I only want this for the duration of my trip (6-8 weeks); I might cancel afterward.
Total for a year is $96 plus $100 deductible, totals to $200. The Photon goes for about $250 on (my local) CL. Unless the instrument is problematic, I personally don't see the need for me to have TEP.
But yeah, brand-new replacement for a lost handset is great.
The way I caught AT&T was I had to remove battery to put in my card, there was a little yellow round sticker with an "R" on it, thats now what I was paying for. It took a little moaning and hollering................Again, I have nothing but love for Sprint TEP.
I work in IT. years ago a friend told me "we dont get paid for what we do, we get paid for what we know. We are an insurance policy, no one cares as long as the lights are flashing green, we work when it flashes red!" This has stuck with me for years.
TEP and that $8.00 gives me a piece of mind. When I got my EVO August 2010 (or was it July?), anyway, it cost me over $600.00 to walk out of the store with what I wanted. Photon cost me over $700.00 (Phone, new card, GhostArmour)
BTW: If you lose your phone in Sweden, your SOL anyway. Most (or AT&T anyway) will not ship internationally. I had to send e-mail to my mother (she will not answer blocked calls) with password to have AT&T cut it off. Insurance would not ship to her, HTC Fuze got shipped to my home in PA, my mother is in Ohio. My daughter came from Md, for phone, delivered it to my job, Operations sent it with like 10 tapes!
Bottom line, $8.00 is nothing!
Ok.....heres the deal. About 3 weeks ago i saw a ad on craigslist about a epic touch for sale. I use Textplus App when I text someone on Craigslist...but anyways, i texted the person to inquire about the phone.. He said he was a manager at the Sprint Kiosk in the mall down the street from my job. He said that he was selling the phone for $500. I was like, thats full price. So I declined and took my business elsewhere.
About a week later i see an add in Craigslist from the same person, this time selling a iphone 4. I use my sister's phone to send the guy a text about the iphone 4. Again he says its brand new and still in its wrappings and he's selling it for $400. I passed again...
So last Friday, i see another ad on Craigslist for a Epic Touch, brand new and sealed. I make contact with the person, via regular text. Its the same person as before. He tells me that he's selling the Touch for $500 or willing to trade it for a good computer.
I offered him a laptop or two phones. He accepted the offer but after a couple hours, i contacted him to let him know i had to think about it.
Yesterday he texted me and now says he has a brand new Iphone 4s, wrapped and seal and that he can get me any color i want. He told me he'll sale it to me for $650 or my laptop, one of my phones plus $150...i said, hell no. Thats too much to give away. I then tried to call his bluff. I told him to text me a copy of the receipt showing he paid $650+ for the phone. He said that he didnt have a receipt and that it was a direct ship to his job (the sprint kiosk). He said that the order receipt doesnt have his name nor a price on it. I then told him that i noticed that he was selling a new phone almost every week and selling them for full retail. He claimed that he has a family plan and that since he's a sprint employee, he gets phones for the 2 year price.
My guess is that he's stealing the phones and then selling them. I find it strange that someone has a different high end phone every week and brand new at that.
What do you all guess?
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What do you all guess?
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I honestly think he stealing them, because I use to work for corporate Sprint and nowhere would I be able to get so many phones that quick, and people from KIOSK usually steal stuff I met this one guy who was selling batteries their lol
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Ok.....heres the deal. About 3 weeks ago i saw a ad on craigslist about a epic touch for sale. I use Textplus App when I text someone on Craigslist...but anyways, i texted the person to inquire about the phone.. He said he was a manager at the Sprint Kiosk in the mall down the street from my job. He said that he was selling the phone for $500. I was like, thats full price. So I declined and took my business elsewhere.
About a week later i see an add in Craigslist from the same person, this time selling a iphone 4. I use my sister's phone to send the guy a text about the iphone 4. Again he says its brand new and still in its wrappings and he's selling it for $400. I passed again...
So last Friday, i see another ad on Craigslist for a Epic Touch, brand new and sealed. I make contact with the person, via regular text. Its the same person as before. He tells me that he's selling the Touch for $500 or willing to trade it for a good computer.
I offered him a laptop or two phones. He accepted the offer but after a couple hours, i contacted him to let him know i had to think about it.
Yesterday he texted me and now says he has a brand new Iphone 4s, wrapped and seal and that he can get me any color i want. He told me he'll sale it to me for $650 or my laptop, one of my phones plus $150...i said, hell no. Thats too much to give away. I then tried to call his bluff. I told him to text me a copy of the receipt showing he paid $650+ for the phone. He said that he didnt have a receipt and that it was a direct ship to his job (the sprint kiosk). He said that the order receipt doesnt have his name nor a price on it. I then told him that i noticed that he was selling a new phone almost every week and selling them for full retail. He claimed that he has a family plan and that since he's a sprint employee, he gets phones for the 2 year price.
My guess is that he's stealing the phones and then selling them. I find it strange that someone has a different high end phone every week and brand new at that.
What do you all guess?
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I'd say if your worried about it then make a call to Sprint and report what info you have. Then it will be up to them to look into it. If they don't, you did your part and Sprint can only blame themselves.
if it's a corporate kiosk he could get fired for that whether he bought them legitimately or not. our employment agreement says we can't sell phones at all as it's a conflict of interest since you would be competing with the company you work for. most of the kiosks that are left are 3rd party but i'm sure they have a similar agreement
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My good buddy works for sprint corp store...he gets brand new phones all the time
Its called a sales spiff..lol
I doubt the guy is stealing...
If u buy something from craigslist ask if its stolen ..and get a bill of sale...after that ur just being nosiey
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if it's a corporate kiosk he could get fired for that whether he bought them legitimately or not. our employment agreement says we can't sell phones at all as it's a conflict of interest since you would be competing with the company you work for. most of the kiosks that are left are 3rd party but i'm sure they have a similar agreement
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I see people on craigslist advertising phones all the time for cheap but when you click on it its salesmen advertising you to their stores. in my company this is not allowed you will get fired even though they aren't stealing its something we arent allowed to do
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My good buddy works for sprint corp store...he gets brand new phones all the time
Its called a sales spiff..lol
I doubt the guy is stealing...
If u buy something from craigslist ask if its stolen ..and get a bill of sale...after that ur just being nosiey
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I asked him for a receipt or something with his name on it..
But he blew me off and just said forget it.
Idk...maybe I'm looking to hard into the matter...m
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Maybe you are but eventually he will get caught if he is doing wrong. There is something called doing inventory we have fired several people due to doing inventory checks on phones and they wouldn't stop knowing we do this until they get caught
Dammit, you are one to speak. I see you selling a new phone every week in the Marketplace. Lol
Admittedly you are not selling bnib new phones but still......
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Dammit, you are one to speak. I see you selling a new phone every week. Lol
Admittedly you are not selling new phones but still......
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Lol...I get my phones off Craigslist or from making deals off the Marketplace.
I don't sell a NEW phone every week....maybe a used one, but definately not a new one....lol.
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if youre going to accuse someone of stealing you better be sure they are. it sounds like you do not have any real evidence to prove that he is.
Still sounds fishy.
I would give what info I had, the links on craigslist, and let Sprint or the 3rd party store take care of it themselves. Let them do the investigating.
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if youre going to accuse someone of stealing you better be sure they are. it sounds like you do not have any real evidence to prove that he is.
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I know..
I'm basically just going off of speculation and assumption. But all in all, it just doesn't sound right....selling high end phones every week, brand new, can't produce a receipt...then says it was a direct order to his job....(the spirit kiosk)....sounds fishy..
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I would still call Sprint and have them transfer you to the right department and have them investigate, try HR - Human Resources. BE SURE TO CALL AND HAVE THEM INVESTIGATE!!! Ask if they can call you back and let you know what the story is. Good luck!!! Make sure to call, because this will make prices go up if he is stealing!!!
What do you mean prices will go up?
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If I had no proof nor proof of harm being done to anyone....... I would move on, mind my own business and worry about whats going on in my own back yard!
If you were getting those phones much cheaper from him, I am sure this thread wouldn't exist right now.
What about I fly to Wisconson and go to the store with you? I bet you get a free Photon. I'm 5'8" and only 145Lbs, Piss me off and I will clear a bar!!! (Seriously, I did not have a Sprint bill for like 5 months. I gave them he**)
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If I had no proof nor proof of harm being done to anyone....... I would move on, mind my own business and worry about whats going on in my own back yard!
If you were getting those phones much cheaper from him, I am sure this thread wouldn't exist right now.
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First off bro, don't mean sound rude or anything cause that ain't me...but if something doesn't seem right to a person, they normally stay away...no matter how good the deal may be. I definitely don't need the police knocking at my door saying I received stolen property or sprint contacting me telling me the phone I have was stolen....
Also, remember he texted me this past time about the iphone...I didn't contact him. In addition, I don't think i NEED cold hard evidence...this isn't "The Peoples Court"...lol. But I do feel that maybe Sprint or whomever should look into the matter...
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What about I fly to Wisconson and go to the store with you? I bet you get a free Photon. I'm 5'8" and only 145Lbs, Piss me off and I will clear a bar!!! (Seriously, I did not have a Sprint bill for like 5 months. I gave them he**)
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Lol...come on up...lol
5 months..what happened?
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I'm going to be honest here. I used to work for tmo in the past and I sold phones on Craigslist, **** ton of them. I was the #1 rep in my district for a very long time and I had new devices falling out of my ass lol. I won so many phones from HTC, moto, Nokia, Samsung, blackberry etc I didn't know what to do with them. Before tmo changed up everything I think I won 2 or 3 phones a month. They said we couldn't sell them but what the hell else were I supposed to do with all these smartphones? Was I wrong? probably. Did I care? Ehh not really I was young and just saw this $_$. The moral of the story is either hes winning them in contest/drawings or has stealing them and others are in on it. I wouldn't get involved though let sprint etc catch em!
Does anyone have a box from their EVO LTE that they'd be willing to sell? Sprint won't take my phone back without the box; I'd pay dearly to have it super quick (to stay within 14 day window)...
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1st question is, what happened to your box?
2nd, exactly how much is "dearly"? I'd be willing to sell my box.
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Well now you know not to throw out boxes for electronics. Wouldn't there be a mismatch in the numbers on the bottom of the box to the phone, they would see that your phone doesn't match the box
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Wouldn't there be a mismatch in the numbers on the bottom of the box to the phone, they would see that your phone doesn't match the box
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THIS
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Well now you know not to throw out boxes for electronics. Wouldn't there be a mismatch in the numbers on the bottom of the box to the phone, they would see that your phone doesn't match the box
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There has been reports of mismatched MEIDs between phones and packaging, can blame HTC for it.
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There has been reports of mismatched MEIDs between phones and packaging, can blame HTC for it.
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This happened to me. Had switch esns to the wrong one on the box which happened to be someone else's and someone else to mine and I spent a long time on the phone convincing them i didn't steal it lol.
Someone at HTC messed up.
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Well, let this be my lesson. Keep the box until you are stuck with it! Damn... I didn't even think of that ESN stuff. Good call internet! I am just so disgusted with Sprint (and pretty much every other carrier in this black hole of cellular service),I didn't think the new EVO was worth getting roped into another 2 years... All of the other major players suck around here, from what I hear, so I guess I'll ride it out.
Thanks for the thought though!
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Come on, cell phone boxes are so small anyways. I always keep 'em along with all the documentation. Makes selling the phone easier too.
I simply don't have the space, or the patience, to store empty boxes. I can't recall the last time I sold something. Hell, when I bought a new truck, I gave the old one away. I make too much to worry about the hassle of selling something for a few bucks. Of course, my tune will change now, with the stakes being a little higher on this deal... I was going to go back to using my OG EVO, but if I am stuck with this one,I might as well use it. Lesson learned.
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50$ and you can have mine. Let me know and I will give you my paypal address. Now before you go off on how nuts I am to ask for 50$ for an empty box remember one thing. Sometimes lessons are not cheap.
ill sell mine for 45. but when sprint sends back your phone ull have to ship it back to me
Psh! $50? That's not a bad deal at all, considering the possibility of being out $200 for the phone and another possible $350 if I raged and terminated the contract early. Right now, the big problem is being stuck for another two years (and being in a rural area, upgrades are unlikely; I didn't buy the phone for LTE, we will never get it, but 3g speed over 35k down would be nice...).
I guess I hoped that, with a new flagship launch, they would do some upgrades, but that would be wrong. At the very least,I hoped that, by running the stock Sense ROM,I could edit the EPST, and get rid of the Sprint proxies for better speed, like the OG EVO, but that's not working so well...
Let me call Sprint and ask about the ESN on the box; that may be the only prickly part...
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ill sell mine for 45. but when sprint sends back your phone ull have to ship it back to me
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ESN business aside, wouldn't they keep the box when I returned the phone? I've never returned a phone so I'm not sure how that works...
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Well, let this be my lesson. Keep the box until you are stuck with it! Damn... I didn't even think of that ESN stuff. Good call internet! I am just so disgusted with Sprint (and pretty much every other carrier in this black hole of cellular service),I didn't think the new EVO was worth getting roped into another 2 years... All of the other major players suck around here, from what I hear, so I guess I'll ride it out.
Thanks for the thought though!
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If you make so much money, what's the big deal in being under contract.
I never get why people make such a big deal about contracts.
Just pay the termination fee if you want leave and you might never leave.
Usually there is a way to wiggle out.
If you want another phone before contract is up buy it off contract or buy out contract. You make enough money.
I make pretty good money, but I keep my boxes on electronics.
You can on average get a new phone every year for about $100 by always selling old one and using discount every other year.
In this case, money isn't the only issue. I just didn't want to be stuck for another 2 years with **** service (hoped things would get better, but now realize that this is how Sprint keeps customers; it isn't the network or the pricing, it's the phones). The other carriers around here have garbage phones and may or may not have better service. Paying the ETF isn't a big deal in and of itself, BUT paying the ETF to try another provider is a gamble in this rural-ish area. I may end up doing that, being 550 out in the process between the phone and the ETF (not even taking into account the cost of the 'gamble phone') only to find that the others are just as bad...
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In this case, money isn't the only issue. I just didn't want to be stuck for another 2 years with **** service (hoped things would get better, but now realize that this is how Sprint keeps customers; it isn't the network or the pricing, it's the phones). The other carriers around here have garbage phones and may or may not have better service. Paying the ETF isn't a big deal in and of itself, BUT paying the ETF to try another provider is a gamble in this rural-ish area. I may end up doing that, being 550 out in the process between the phone and the ETF (not even taking into account the cost of the 'gamble phone') only to find that the others are just as bad...
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You don't dump the old provider until you find a better one.
You said they all stink.
There is no such think as being LOCKed into contract. It's silly. You lose a prorated discount of the phone you have in your hand.
The phone itself will more than cover ETF almost at anytime. But you do have to get off your butt and sell it and not toss it in a the attic. If your that casual about that much work for that much money the ETF should be of no concern.
Send me payment for shipping and 20 for the box.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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?
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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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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.
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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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So I had an airave take a dump on me. I called Sprint and got another one sent to me. I hooked the new one up and it wasn't connecting with the network. I called to troubleshoot and they said they'd send me another one. When I woke up in the morning everything was connected and working fine, so I sent back the old defective one and called to cancel the one they were going to send me. This was back in December and I thought everything was fine till about four weeks ago. Now they are trying to charge me $300 for not returning the one that is hooked up, working, and still in use. They have no record of the defective one being sent back. In so many words I told them they will have to suck the money from my cold dead limp penis. I'm about to drop a big chunk of change on three new phones and go pre paid if I can, otherwise I'll have to sign a contract with T-Mobile and still have to drop some cheese. I'm going to call the retentions department on Monday and see if I end up raging on Sprint for the last time. Just throwing it out there to see if anyone has any advice that I haven't thought of. Fyi ball of fire has been discussed, but not ruled out.
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Wow lol.
Don't you have tracking info for the returned device? Why are they wanting you to pay $300 for the one that is hooked up? Were you paying the $5\mo charge before all of this happened? Had you paid the $99 for any of the devices at any point (the intiial fee some have to pay?)
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Wow lol.
Don't you have tracking info for the returned device? Why are they wanting you to pay $300 for the one that is hooked up? Were you paying the $5\mo charge before all of this happened? Had you paid the $99 for any of the devices at any point (the intiial fee some have to pay?)
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I haven't ever been charged anything for the airave because it's been needed to be able to use their service.
It was months ago when I sent it back and don't even know where to begin with ups. At this point I don't even know which one they want money for. It was originally the one that was hooked up in my house until they found out I have it. Now they're wanting money for the one they say they haven't received. Should I file a claim with ups or would that not help at all since Sprint says there is no activity with the tracking number assigned to the return packaging. So if I dropped it off at ups and there hasn't been any activity connected with the tracking number one would think it's just sitting in the back room then.
Dude had the exact samething happen to me. I logged into sprint to pay my bill and noticed the hefty charge on there and called into customer service to see wtf. They told me the same that there was no record of the broken one being returned so they were going charge me. However, I *****ed and complained enuff that they did take the charge off my account.
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Dude had the exact samething happen to me. I logged into sprint to pay my bill and noticed the hefty charge on there and called into customer service to see wtf. They told me the same that there was no record of the broken one being returned so they were going charge me. However, I *****ed and complained enuff that they did take the charge off my account.
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Who did you talk to? What department? I'm calling retentions in the morning. Is that the department you went through? Did you have to talk about burning someone's house down or stuff about their mom? I've been dealing with this for months now and this is the last time I'm going to talk to them about this so I was wondering if there were and key words or phrases that I should use to optimize my results.
It was a person in billing. She told me that she would go ahead and remove the charge cause surely they had the old airave or it jus hadn't got updated in system yet. I guess I got lucky. I basically just *****ed how it wasn't my fault that they didn't receive it and I gave it to ups and had a receipt. Good luck man.and hope it works out for you.
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It was a person in billing. She told me that she would go ahead and remove the charge cause surely they had the old airave or it jus hadn't got updated in system yet. I guess I got lucky. I basically just *****ed how it wasn't my fault that they didn't receive it and I gave it to ups and had a receipt. Good luck man.and hope it works out for you.
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Supposedly they have checked the warehouse twice and can't find it. It's probably already been fixed and sent out to their next victim.
Called retentions and I'm waiting to here back from them.
Haven't heard anything yet so they must be getting the lube ready
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Called retentions and I'm waiting to here back from them.
Haven't heard anything yet so they must be getting the lube ready
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Just keep calling.
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Just keep calling.
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They called me back, but I couldn't answer and when I called back they were closed. Have to wait till tomorrow to find out the verdict.
Well hope they get you squared away. Keep up posted.
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I have to send the one I'm using back and wait for the charges to come off then call and tell them I have bad reception so I get a new one. These people suck. I'm going back to T-Mobile in June. At least I get to wait till they make the phone I want lol
On a positive note I won't be getting charged. Advice for everyone. Do not call customer service if you have problems! They know nothing and don't have authority to do anything. I'm calling retentions from now on if I have a problem. That number for anyone that cares to know is 855-848-3280. At least the guy I talked to know what's going on and how to fix it even if it was a round about way.
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On a positive note I won't be getting charged. Advice for everyone. Do not call customer service if you have problems! They know nothing and don't have authority to do anything. I'm calling retentions from now on if I have a problem. That number for anyone that cares to know is 855-848-3280. At least the guy I talked to know what's going on and how to fix it even if it was a round about way.
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Well glad it worked out
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Well glad it worked out
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It's been going on since October I guess, but I didn't find out till December. What the hell are they doing over there?
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It's been going on since October I guess, but I didn't find out till December. What the hell are they doing over there?
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They were busy screwing everyone else over with missing airave charges lol