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The sales lady at Sprint across from the Falls in Miami told me i couldn't buy the phone unless i bought 2 accessory's that they were doing a bundle only sale.
I told her to get me a manager, she went and spoke to someone and when she came back she was rude and told me she would just do it.
anybody have the same problem?
miamidade said:
The sales lady at Sprint across from the Falls in Miami told me i couldn't buy the phone unless i bought 2 accessory's that they were doing a bundle only sale.
I told her to get me a manager, she went and spoke to someone and when she came back she was rude and told me she would just do it.
anybody have the same problem?
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at BB they was pushing bundles too ..
but at most sprint stores the "CSR" are in it for the commissions so yea they want you to BUY BUY BUY
miamidade said:
The sales lady at Sprint across from the Falls in Miami told me i couldn't buy the phone unless i bought 2 accessory's that they were doing a bundle only sale.
I told her to get me a manager, she went and spoke to someone and when she came back she was rude and told me she would just do it.
anybody have the same problem?
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Happened to me @ RS. Then the manager walked over and I said are you really going to force me to buy a screen protector and an Otterbox case?!? He said no u don't have to, we're not forcing it on you. Then the salesman helping turned to the manager and said, "oh we're not?". I was about to flip out! *SMH*
My CSR asked me if I wanted any accessories, I said no, he said "are you sure" , Yup.. ok no no problem... I worked sales before I get it, he wasn't pushy with me, sorry you guys getting ****ty people :\
My sales lady wasn't pushy at all. She asked if I wanted to buy any accessories, I told her no and that was the end of it. I was in and out of the Sprint store in like 15 - 20 minutes.
Went to Sprint store and wasnt even asked if I wanted any accessories.
i actually bought a mount and car charger needed one for my evo and never got around to it so i decided to do it now or i probably never would. plus i got a extra discount.
I work at a Sprint store and we don't do anything like that. You can walk in and buy one with no stipulations. Do you know if it was a corporate store or indirect retailer?
I've had it happen. They are never supposed to do it but sometimes they will when they think they have a hot phone. It's to boost their sales numbers. Last time they did it to me I emailed [email protected] and had the manager of the store chewed the F out.
Also you can say yeah I'd love to buy the accessories and then right after they ring them up go you know what I don't want those anymore please return them. Make sure to open them first though so it really screws with them.
When my uncle bought his evo the same thing happened to him. Are you sure that its a corporate sprint store, because if its not and its a 3rd party sprint, they try to pull that bs on you.
I work with some sales reps that do that to customers. Some managers train/tell the employees to say crap like that.
The BB were I got mine already had that piece of ****, invisible shield pre installed. On all of them
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The BB were I got mine already had that piece of ****, invisible shield pre installed. On all of them
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what best buy did you go and get your from? i only ask cause im from the area. I usually go to the one by the international airport in River City.
I was asked if I want to buy accessories. I said no. The rep said "well, you'll really want to. This is a $500 phone you're buying here!"
I wanted to respond with - "I will buy some accessories, but not your overpriced junk." But i didnt.
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what best buy did you go and get your from? i only ask cause im from the area. I usually go to the one by the international airport in River City.
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it is raining in j'ville
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I was asked if I want to buy accessories. I said no. The rep said "well, you'll really want to. This is a $500 phone you're buying here!"
I wanted to respond with - "I will buy some accessories, but not your overpriced junk." But i didnt.
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Haha , I like.
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still?? i know we got storms heading my way..but yesterday i was on my way home from jax and it just kicked my ass all over the place.. i was on 95. and i thought i was going to hydroplane. it flooded my front yard with in minutes...actually it was right after I sold my Evo..haha.
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you live in the jax area?
YUP
The lady in telesales tried to get me to pay $54 for a blue tooth and something else. I only noticed it because she gave me a total of $260. When I inquired about the phone being $199 she came clean about the accessory bundle.
I would have gone to store to buy, but I'm on SERO still. Only choice was to deal with telesales and now I have to wait until 28th to get my phone.... sucks too because my tp2 has been broken for a month.
Withdrawals bad. Tired of taking laptop to toilet 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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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!
Hola 3D users, Just bought a HTC Evo 3D the other night off craigslist. At first the seller seemed pretty legit as we meet at a QT ( local gas station ) here in Tulsa,OK. Long story short, this phone is currently being used but not in service meaning they either forgot to pay the phone bill, or they cancel the account. Either way, i just got screwed out 180 bones. Yes i took a shot in the dark , but i was posting on here to see if there is ANY OTHER WAY BY ANY MEANS to get this working. Thanks for your time.
If he sold you the phone, then it's likely he wanted to cancel the service on it. Otherwise, you'd be using his number and what not. As long as it has a clean ESN, you can take it to the sprint store and get it activated. Tell them you bought it from someone who is no longer with Sprint.
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Hola 3D users, Just bought a HTC Evo 3D the other night off craigslist. At first the seller seemed pretty legit as we meet at a QT ( local gas station ) here in Tulsa,OK. Long story short, this phone is currently being used but not in service meaning they either forgot to pay the phone bill, or they cancel the account. Either way, i just got screwed out 180 bones. Yes i took a shot in the dark , but i was posting on here to see if there is ANY OTHER WAY BY ANY MEANS to get this working. Thanks for your time.
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If you have a bad ESN, there's nothing you can do to get it working on Sprint. They won't do it. You'll only be able to flash it to Metro PCS. I would try and get back in contact with the seller. You should ALWAYS check the ESN status before you hand over the money.
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Hola 3D users, Just bought a HTC Evo 3D the other night off craigslist. At first the seller seemed pretty legit as we meet at a QT ( local gas station ) here in Tulsa,OK. Long story short, this phone is currently being used but not in service meaning they either forgot to pay the phone bill, or they cancel the account. Either way, i just got screwed out 180 bones. Yes i took a shot in the dark , but i was posting on here to see if there is ANY OTHER WAY BY ANY MEANS to get this working. Thanks for your time.
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I think your only alternative is to flash to cricket or boost, or sell it on eBay with a bad esn. You can probably get your money back.
If they cancel their Sprint account, the ESN is still clean. Bad ESN's come from theft and what not I believe.
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If they cancel their Sprint account, the ESN is still clean. Bad ESN's come from theft and what not I believe.
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...and delinquent accounts.
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...and delinquent accounts.
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Ha...yeah you're ****ed dude. Sell that **** on Ebay or Craigslist. Don't rip anyone off though. Karma is *****. Being nice got me my Xoom in a trade.
Yep, not much you can do. Remember, NEVER trust people haha. Seriously though, I don't understand why people buy phones in random locations. Just meet the seller at the Sprint (Verizon, at&t etc) store and swap it right there.
The only thing you can do is contact the seller and see if they are willing to buy it back, or pay off their bill. Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do to make them do this, and since they obviously were trying to screw you in the first place, I highly doubt they will do the right thing and pay off their bill.
There is so much irony in the ops name.
S3nt from my 3D wond3rland
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Yep, not much you can do. Remember, NEVER trust people haha. Seriously though, I don't understand why people buy phones in random locations. Just meet the seller at the Sprint (Verizon, at&t etc) store and swap it right there.
The only thing you can do is contact the seller and see if they are willing to buy it back, or pay off their bill. Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do to make them do this, and since they obviously were trying to screw you in the first place, I highly doubt they will do the right thing and pay off their bill.
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Unfortunately, the buyer has ignored all my phone calls , texts, etc. This really sucks because the phone is in amazingly good shape, as well as it was a upgrade in my postion going from the 4G to 3D. Good news, i think i can manage to switch to Metro PCS. On that note, can anyone speak on behalf of Metro as far as service, signal. I see Metro is a pay-as-you-go, but i wanna make sure its a soild service. As well as good 4G. Thanks again.
This is why craigslist is scary. There is no guarantee or anything. Maybe you will run into the guy again and you can kick him in the face
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There is so much irony in the ops name.
S3nt from my 3D wond3rland
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LMAO! Thats a good one. I didnt even noticed until I read this ^^^^^ LOL!
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LMAO! Thats a good one. I didnt even noticed until I read this ^^^^^ LOL!
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Good one, thanks for all the help..
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Good one, thanks for all the help..
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what do you want help with? can't cry over spilled milk.
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.
There's a guy who is supposedly from a store here in Los Angeles who says he can sell me a new Rezound for $100 even if I'm not eligible for an upgrade yet. I've looked up the store and it exists, I've seen the pics, he said I could go there and I've seen something that says the store has been in business for 22 years or something like that.
Now I saw his listing on Craig's List. I emailed him. His email back had bad grammar and spelling and didn't come across as very professional.
Yes there new. We are a private company for verizon business department so when you upgrade through our sytems you get to keep unlimited data because we offer it if you where not a Verizon grandfathered customer. We can do early upgrades because when you tranfer over to us youe number automatically because eligible by terms and conditions.
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So... what can the scam or the risk be? I'm under contract, bought the phone from Amazon end of last November. What can happen to me? Get slammed with early termination of contract? How would this place stay in business if they do this sort of thing?
I just tried my last hope of reviving my phone and it didn't work, so I need to get another one soon. Been without for 2-3 weeks already. ouchie.
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There's a guy who is supposedly from a store here in Los Angeles who says he can sell me a new Rezound for $100 even if I'm not eligible for an upgrade yet. I've looked up the store and it exists, I've seen the pics, he said I could go there and I've seen something that says the store has been in business for 22 years or something like that.
Now I saw his listing on Craig's List. I emailed him. His email back had bad grammar and spelling and didn't come across as very professional.
So... what can the scam or the risk be? I'm under contract, bought the phone from Amazon end of last November. What can happen to me? Get slammed with early termination of contract? How would this place stay in business if they do this sort of thing?
I just tried my last hope of reviving my phone and it didn't work, so I need to get another one soon. Been without for 2-3 weeks already. ouchie.
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Don't go for it man, for all we know he's just wanting your money.
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Don't go for it man, for all we know he's just wanting your money.
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I know he wants my money. What I'm trying to figure out is what is the risk to me and what can the scam be? The store has been around a long time.
He's going to scam you into getting into a long term contract with added fee's to make up the difference in selling the phone for so cheap..
Stay Away!!!
If it sounds to good to be true, it normally is, stay away and pick up a phone off ebay
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I know he wants my money. What I'm trying to figure out is what is the risk to me and what can the scam be? The store has been around a long time.
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It sounds an awful lot like they are selling other contracts somehow. As in you are getting another account that is unlimited data... Or the IMEI on the handset is bad, and if that gets reported you have a brick, if the cops cone asking you about it... Well it happened to me with a computer repair job.
Phones can be cloned too. That happens. They're hacked, can become black listed etc.
Read this
www.scambusters.org/cellphone.html
The mac books were traced to me, and I helped the cops and all was good for me, but scary when they ask HOW you got the device and ask "didn't that seem too good to be true?? Are you dumb?"
Don't do it.
Trust me.
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Either a child, or a foreign guy.
If it sounds too good to be true, it is 99% of the time a scam.
Common sense 101.. If it's too good to be true it probably is.
Dont do it..reconsider.
When I had Sprint they would call me twice a month with deals to upgrade my phone early, only catch was you had to sign up for another line of service. They wouldn't tell you that till they actually started doing the upgrade.
I'd say go investigate it personally. If it looks good, doesn't require another contract, and the ESN is good (call a VZW store to confirm), then maybe you win. You can always walk away.
......my $.02
rfarrah said:
I'd say go investigate it personally. If it looks good, doesn't require another contract, and the ESN is good (call a VZW store to confirm), then maybe you win. You can always walk away.
......my $.02
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That is true, they can't force you to buy it.
rfarrah said:
I'd say go investigate it personally. If it looks good, doesn't require another contract, and the ESN is good (call a VZW store to confirm), then maybe you win. You can always walk away.
......my $.02
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Yeah, that's what I figure I'll do. Seems that what might happen is my current contract is violated and I would have to pay early termination which would then make it more expensive than just buying a phone.
And I was almost talked down from the ledge...
I'm also going to see if I can strong arm Verizon into giving me a phone under warranty. It's worked for me before with Sprint, although my contract was up and so I could go get another phone free starting an new one with another provider. This time I'm still under contract. Worth a shot though. Trying to decide if it's best to do that with a call or in store.
haha cmon, i guess my word wasn't enough to convince you otherwise?
jayochs said:
haha cmon, i guess my word wasn't enough to convince you otherwise?
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lol. Don't worry, I really do love and respect you.
I mostly wanted to see what people thought could be the scam/risk. I still don't see how a business can survive a good length of time if they are scamming their customers.
feralicious said:
lol. Don't worry, I really do love and respect you.
I mostly wanted to see what people thought could be the scam/risk. I still don't see how a business can survive a good length of time if they are scamming their customers.
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Apple.
jayochs said:
Apple.
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Deny it all you want but they have a few kick ass products and they have the single best marketing of any company ever.
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Lmao nice
jayochs said:
Apple.
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AshtonTS said:
Deny it all you want but they have a few kick ass products and they have the single best marketing of any company ever.
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yet they scam customers by releasing minuscule updates on their phones as a brand new product to force their moronic customers into buying the next one. so again, they're a company that scams morons and is still in business.
the only reason they have the "best marketing of any company ever" (which i won't even go there, because it's simply good marketing in this idiotic country) is because americans are sheep, juvenile and just plain ignorant when it comes to most things.