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Well i left verison invjune to give sprints service a try and i can say....BAD FRICKIN MOVE. I was with Big Red 10yrs prior to my leave. Now im lookin to come back. What is the cheapest you guys have scene the t bolt for on a 1 yr plan....and are they still offering it? I did see a few posts for $250 with an employer discount. When i was with verizon i did recieve that on my monthly bill. Now is this deal still available to new verizon members and does it count towards a discount on the purchase of the phone?
I found a link where Verizon was selling it to select people for 150.00. Call and see if they are still offering it...
http://www.gizmocrunch.com/android/6085-verizon-htc-thunderbolt-price
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i got mine for $229 for a one year contract through my employee discount. the verizon rep i was working with was pretty surprised that i was offered such a good deal, she thought by default that employee discount prices offered online were not available in store. so my answer will have to be....it depends. if you have a good employee discount you may be able to get the phone for cheap like me but if not you may have to pay full price.
one piece of advice i can give is push on the verizon rep and ask them to ring the tbolt up to check for a discount, even if they think that they cannot offer it to you. my rep was surprised to see the discount price offered in store, so maybe you can surprise your verizon reps too.
Got mine online for $229/1yr with corporate discount
Thank you gentlemen.
$175 at Amazon.com, but i think that's with 2 year.
bought mine from amazon for 179. heck of a deal!
Got mine for 319 plus tax.
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Some authorized retail will match amazon price and u don't have to wait for shipping. Shop around locally
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I don't know but if they tell you there's a $50 rebate, don't buy it. I ordered it though VZW customer service on the phone, and the guy said "Oh yeah, it's $250 and there's a $50 mail in rebate!"
I got the phone, there's no rebate form or anything. So I called in, spoke to the rebate department... no one knows anything about this mysterious $50 rebate.
seems like the cheapest i can find it on a 1yr agreement is $320 . My company does offer discounts on accessories and monthly bill but calling verizon and visiting stores they won't give me a discount on the phone itself.
anyone else no where to get it cheaper on a 1 yr plan for new customers?
Corporate/employee pricing is the best I've seen so far (outside of a few select regional specials). Here are the corporate prices if you have a corporate login to VZW's website...
$199 :: 2-year contract
$229 :: 1-year contract
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corporate as in working there? I don't work there but wonder if i know someone that does if they could get me that.
Did u try hard? I went to 4 different stores and the 4th one gives me 179 for 2 years or 250 for 1. No rebate or any of that crap. Like I said, shop around
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I tried 4 vz reps over the phone and 2 vz stores.
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I tried 4 vz reps over the phone and 2 vz stores.
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The keyword here is going to authorized Verizon store (dealer). Don't go to official Verizon store. They don't bother to do anything for you.
Cooperate account is through your employer. Bigger companies usually get bigger discounts.
Is there a direct link to view this that i can show a vz rep?
Lipmonger said:
Corporate/employee pricing is the best I've seen so far (outside of a few select regional specials). Here are the corporate prices if you have a corporate login to VZW's website...
$199 :: 2-year contract
$229 :: 1-year contract
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quattr0 said:
The keyword here is going to authorized Verizon store (dealer). Don't go to official Verizon store. They don't bother to do anything for you.
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Thanks i will try 2 others that i know off.
I've seen a couple on Craigslist for 325$ Not to shabby.
I was checking the sprint community forum and seen something that makes sense:
"i work for sprint and they have extended the date of no mail in rebates 3 times already. now it doesnt end until 6/4/2011. and what i have seen is that each date that they extend the instant rebates the day after is the date of a new phone. originally the instant savings was to end on april 16th the day before the echo is released, then it was extended to may 7th the day before the nexus is to come out. now it is extended to june 6th and im hoping they announce the release of the htc evo 3d for june 7th. plus the evo was released in june so i think the 3d will follow suit for sure. It should be a one of a kind phone for sure."
I was also talking to a sprint rep who told me that the number transfer rebate expires 06/23 (what I mean by this is the sprint 'credits' as they call it) in which he said that most likely the EVO 3D would come out after that date.(He made sure to explain to me he didn't exactly know the date and just described a pattern). I also notice the mistake on dates in the quote above it should be 06/04, more info can be found at http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/283940#283940.
So two possible dates, I assume it will be earlier in June. (June 5th)
I was going to pre order it, but with no price point set for without contract purchase and I don't think it would to wise to do that. Would hate to pre order a phone with $50 and it ends up costing $700 full retail, and I'm not paying that. Would have been nice to have a price to go by.
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heathmcabee said:
I was going to pre order it, but with no price point set for without contract purchase and I don't think it would to wise to do that. Would hate to pre order a phone with $50 and it ends up costing $700 full retail, and I'm not paying that. Would have been nice to have a price to go by.
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I am sure you can wait until the price is released before pre-ordering. The pre-orders right now are not even being advertised yet so I would think you will still be good once a price is released.
Sprint Rep told me it would most likely cost as much as the EVO 4G, which was $199.99. Based upon all phone carriers, I would say it would not go above $299.99. Also Best Buy Pre-order is not through sprint I was told because Sprint is not doing Pre-Orders. I have to order mine through a rep to get my discounts so I have to wait anyways.
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Would hate to pre order a phone with $50 and it ends up costing $700 full retail, and I'm not paying that.
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They give you a $50 gift card as "proof" of the pre-order more or less. Could just use the $50 gift card on something else. If you change your mind, they don't expect you to use it exclusively on the phone.
For instance, I could go use mine right now on an XBOX game right now and still be on the pre-order list. And I could also just NOT pick up the phone.
The 3D blockbuster app goes live on June 2nd, so the Evo 3D probably wont launch much after that.
I'm betting on June 3rd, simply because its the first friday of June as was June 4th last year. Plus, June 3rd is better than the 5th or 23rd...
http://www.examiner.com/gadgets-in-...says-sprint-htc-evo-3d-will-be-available-june
heathmcabee said:
I was going to pre order it, but with no price point set for without contract purchase and I don't think it would to wise to do that. Would hate to pre order a phone with $50 and it ends up costing $700 full retail, and I'm not paying that. Would have been nice to have a price to go by.
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Pre orders at best buy are refundable, they just give you a $50 gift card that you can return or use if you decide to not go through with the purchase. $700 full retail sounds about right though, I'd personally buy it at that price point.
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I'm betting on June 3rd, simply because its the first friday of June as was June 4th last year. Plus, June 3rd is better than the 5th or 23rd...
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Speak for yourself, I'm hoping for a June 23rd release as that is my upgrade date. I've preordered so if the phone drops before that date I'll have to convice sprint to move up my date, convice best buy to hold my preorder, or pay full retail.
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Speak for yourself, I'm hoping for a June 23rd release as that is my upgrade date. I've preordered so if the phone drops before that date I'll have to convice sprint to move up my date, convice best buy to hold my preorder, or pay full retail.
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so couldn't you just wait till the 23rd to get the phone??? Why couldn't the evo3d come out the 3rd and you can't wait to upgrade 20 more days
Haha, I'd like to get it today so the sooner the better for me. Also if its after the 23rd then that would suck for people like me who get a $175 discount off the phone from transferring my number and my work discount. So if the phone costs $199.99 like the EVO 4G did then it will only cost me $25. Also as soon as I heard about the EVO 3D my Fuze has been going slower, freezing more and just being a pain in the @ss. It's not worth it to flash an update and try to clean it up, just going to deal with it until the EVO comes out so the day I get it, it will be even nicer. (Cleared some info as it forced me to)
The $175 discount is actually $125 for transferring the number from a different carrier, and $50 from work to clarify for people that are also transferring and be sure to tell the rep that as they may not as or try to find discounts your entitled to. Best Buy didn't ask anything but do your research and tell them where you work to see if you get a discount such as state employee (usually 15%, included teachers, police, etc. (again look this up this is on memory of 2 years ago and I'm not sure what all carriers do on monthly discounts). Remember, Google is your friend on finding you discounts so be sure to use it. (Example: See promo code from a site that your buying something such as advanced auto parts, if you don't Google and active Promo code to save money then your a retard.)
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Pre orders at best buy are refundable, they just give you a $50 gift card that you can return or use if you decide to not go through with the purchase. $700 full retail sounds about right though, I'd personally buy it at that price point.
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No way I'm paying $700 for a Cell phone. Sprint will have it cheaper than Best Buy most likely anyway. The original Evo is $450 at Sprint and like $550 at Best Buy. They mark their phones up big time.
heathmcabee said:
No way I'm paying $700 for a Cell phone. Sprint will have it cheaper than Best Buy most likely anyway. The original Evo is $450 at Sprint and like $550 at Best Buy. They mark their phones up big time.
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Agreed, I bought my hd2 at full price and it was like almost $450
new ad !!!
http://phandroid.com/2011/05/06/htc...ne/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
anyone know how to get a discount with sprint? i've noticed someone passing out an email address that can offer a spring discount.....
or how to find a promo code????????
heathmcabee said:
No way I'm paying $700 for a Cell phone. Sprint will have it cheaper than Best Buy most likely anyway. The original Evo is $450 at Sprint and like $550 at Best Buy. They mark their phones up big time.
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Lols it's called price matching
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anyone know how to get a discount with sprint? i've noticed someone passing out an email address that can offer a spring discount.....
or how to find a promo code????????
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You have to be employed by certain companies or be a member of certain groups. Every company/group get a different discount.
Ex. The company I work for can get 7% off AT&T but can get 23% off with Sprint. I use the discount through my wife's company, and we get 25% with Sprint.
Lots of different ways.....you are probably eligible to get some kind of discount and you don't know it.
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anyone know how to get a discount with sprint? i've noticed someone passing out an email address that can offer a spring discount.....
or how to find a promo code????????
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I asked this a while back and was told you could get discounts off some plans but no discounts on the simply everything plans - which for me are the only plans that will work based on the large number of minutes I need - and I don't need a family plan.
Lady in Telesales said from what she's hearing it will be launched some time in the middle of July...I know she prob. Don't know ****,but she sounded pretty confident.
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Title says it all. Any rebate of any form when you buy it, Mail-in or otherwise?
I haven't heard a whisper of this and don't expect to. Your best bet is to port a phone number in on a new line of service for a $125 credit.
And yes, the port in credit is until JULY 23, not June--no matter what they tell you (I've had to correct 4 different sprint employees on this!!)
http://www.sprint.com/landings/portcredit/?ECID=vanity:switchtosprint
I got a 150$ instant rebate at sprint store with the buy back program because I used my wifes line to get my EVO last year. My 3D cost me 60 dollars out of pocket
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Not really a rebate, but nice price!
The replenish I got 1 month ago only trades in for like $35, lol.
I'm already with sprint, I'm talking about something like the $100 mail-in rebate that I got last year with my Evo, Right now I'd likely be getting a $25 credit towards my account, the 150 for the OG Evo buyback and the $75 upgrade with it, I'm unsure whether it stacks, either.
199.99 is a great price, so I'm sure there wont be any rebates unless the price goes up. If you can use the buy back program, that helps. The OG Evo is worth 150, I traded that in along with my T-mo Galaxy S 4G and got the 3vo, Ottterbox defender, ballistic case and screen protectors all for free. Also ported my T-mo # over for the 125.00 credit.
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I got a 150$ instant rebate at sprint store with the buy back program because I used my wifes line to get my EVO last year. My 3D cost me 60 dollars out of pocket
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Same thing here, from Radio Shack. I was expecting to pay $99, which was RS advertised price with trade-in, but then they said no, you get $150 back on trade in, so it was only $60.
got evo 3d and nexus s 4g for 50 bucks basically with no activation fees. 175 for each line port (125 + extra 50 per line from the sprint rep).
Helps having a huge corporate account with the company I work for. Thats in addition to 20 percent off every month. All in all really quite pleased with sprint at the moment.
After they changed the way discounts are applied in Feb, my bill went up $5.
I called them today to complain. They offered me $80 to add on a year to the contract, which would not affect the upgrade I have sitting around on my primary line.
Mathematically, $5 increase for a year is $60, so $80 makes up for it.
Thoughts?
EDIT: I'm in a well covered 4G area, and planning on picking up (assuming it happens) the Evo ONE X phone we think is coming with my upgrade. No other upgrades on my account besides that one.
Nah, you'll end up spending more as your locked in longer.
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drbadass said:
After they changed the way discounts are applied in Feb, my bill went up $5.
I called them today to complain. They offered me $80 to add on a year to the contract, which would not affect the upgrade I have sitting around on my primary line.
Mathematically, $5 increase for a year is $60, so $80 makes up for it.
Thoughts?
EDIT: I'm in a well covered 4G area, and planning on picking up (assuming it happens) the Evo ONE X phone we think is coming with my upgrade. No other upgrades on my account besides that one.
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As long at it doesn't mess with your upgrade date, no reason not to like it.
If you don't plan on leaving sprint anytime soon then do it. I always jump on those offers when they come along because i am perfectly happy with sprint and don't plan on switching anytime soon.
Good luck.
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Yeah I take that deal, unless I plan on leaving. One year, and it shouldn't screw with your upgrade at all...If you're staying, it's free money.
For what its worth, they offered the same thing to me, but @$100
Idk if they have a formula based on your monthly bill or what, but maybe you can get them to do that?
I had the same issue a while ago and got 120.00 been with sprint like 18 years
Is your contract up???
If you have say 6 months left on your contract, plus you tack on a year, then you will be paying 5 a month for 18 months. This would equal 90 dollars. I don't know where you are in your contract, but I just wanted to point it out to make sure that you take this into account.
Anyone know if we are still eligible for the $200 credit for upgrading even if we're in an old plan that gives us discounted pricing? Last time around for the Note edge wasn't required. I've gotten conflicting answers from chat.
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Anyone know if we are still eligible for the $200 credit for upgrading even if we're in an old plan that gives us discounted pricing? Last time around for the Note edge wasn't required. I've gotten conflicting answers from chat.
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I heard you have to sign a new two year agreement or add a new line.
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That's what I've heard too. Upgraded a line and in the past its counted. Here goes nothing.
They are offering a 200 bill credit or VZW gift card if you trade in any working smartphone. We had to trade in our phones to upgrade because they were under an edge agreement and were not completely paid off. They only give you the credit if you trade in a working paid for smartphone.
Sweet! Thanks for the helpful information.
Also won't work if you are trying to pay full list in order to keep your Unlimited, as I certainly want to. I was told you have to go with one of the new plans at a Verizon store, but who knows how truthful or knowledgeable the rep was
Pulled an original Verizon Droid out of the drawer for a tasty 200 credit today!
My girlfriend and I just switched to Verizon with this deal. From what the rep. said, it's ending on the 31st. At least here on the east coast. Figured I'd throw that in.
The promotion I am talking about is good until Sept 20th according to the rep I spoke to.
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The promotion I am talking about is good until Sept 20th according to the rep I spoke to.
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The rep you spoke to was probably trying to close a deal quickly. Deal is still up on their website as well. Also, Best Buy is also offering a similar $200 offer with their one gift card when you trade in a phone, plus you get a free wireless charger. (You can use that gift card towards the phone as well.)
I usually get my phones from Best Buy because if you end up not liking the phone for some reason, there's no restocking fee if you return within the 13 days they give you.
We turned in an old Droid X and a Droid Incredible the other day and got 400 instant bill credit. Man that was sweet.
Just got mine today and they still had the deal. Although, because of some system issues, it went towards my bill and not the down payment
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It should of when to the down payment, the only thing the trade in shouldn't of paid was the taxes. I was in verizon getting my phone and they tried to pull this on me, and three others while on the store. I went to the GM and asked why they were all making the same mistake, cause it was the exact same mistake (miss quoting the final price, saying they can't return the trade ins and they will put it on the bill) I asked if they were being trained this way, since it was scamming the customer. He got angry and said, I just follow orders and walked off. Vzw Corp is having agents screw this up on purpose, don't stand for it.
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I sold my old one swappa and got more money and applied it toward the edge+