Does anyone know where I could get the htc aria for free on my secondary line? My primary line isn't due for an upgrade till next year but my secondary line is due today. ATT, Amazon, Wirefly, newegg, dell, walmart all seem to charge me for it on my secondary line.
Actually just call att and have your line that is eligable for a upgrade made to be your primary line. its free and does not effect your account. thats what i did. so i got my aria for free on wirefly.
So far what I did was call att and switch my line for the primary line. Now my number is the primary. Then I called wirefly to place my order.
jznomoney said:
So far what I did was call att and switch my line for the primary line. Now my number is the primary. Then I called wirefly to place my order.
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That was smart... I paid $79.99 with Wirefly
I got the Aria in store for $29 after $100 rebate. The sign said $229 - $100 rebate but it rang up for $100 less. The ATT rep was surprised. Wasn't even for my primary line either.
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I just got off the line with t-mo. I'm a Even more plus customer (no contract, cheaper plans) and you CAN NOT go to an Even more plan with a contract from an Even More Plus plan. You have to cancel your account first and loose your number. Then you can get a discounted N1. Too bad google won't let t-mo sell the nexus one so that way you can get on that no interest phone payment plan.
edit: title should say Even More Plus...
well if you think about it, even though they designed this to make it seem like you're saving money with the "discounted" phone, after 24 months of a contract that costs you an extra $20 a month, it ends up costing $179 + (24 * $20) = $659, which is an extra $120. i bought the unlocked version, but i guess not everyone has the money to do that.
Try and do the option to add a line to you account and see if that works. If it does just go ahead and activate the new account with the contract. Once you get the phone call tmobile and cancel you're old account and tell them to put in a "request old number" request. This will pull your old phone number and replace the new one you got on the new account. Everything ends up being the same minus the contract.
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Try and do the option to add a line to you account and see if that works. If it does just go ahead and activate the new account with the contract. Once you get the phone call tmobile and cancel you're old account and tell them to put in a "request old number" request. This will pull your old phone number and replace the new one you got on the new account. Everything ends up being the same minus the contract.
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Already tried that... It says I already have a t-mobile account
Time to use your Google Voice number then...
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I got mine unlocked ($530) and since I've been with T-Mobile for about 8 years I was on the original unlimited-everything t-mo offered. I have unlimited family plan and I pay only $250 a month for four lines with unlimited callling, data, and text.
I luv the t-mos
deltanyne said:
Already tried that... It says I already have a t-mobile account
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It worked for me, that's how I did mine, are you sure you didn't select use an existing number? You need to do create a new line at that step.
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I just got off the line with t-mo. I'm a Even more plus customer (no contract, cheaper plans) and you CAN NOT go to an Even more plan with a contract from an Even More Plus plan. You have to cancel your account first and loose your number. Then you can get a discounted N1. Too bad google won't let t-mo sell the nexus one so that way you can get on that no interest phone payment plan.
edit: title should say Even More Plus...
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I just switch to Even More Plus last week and used my AAA membership to get the $35 activation fee waived. When I did the switch-over, the rep. read from a script that said that I could never go back. If you didn't get this script, that would be T-Mobile's fault; but if you did and you weren't paying attention, that's your own damn fault.
Buyer beware.
Anyway, I wouldn't exactly call getting $480 less service charges over two years "getting screwed."
So i just Upgrade 2 of my lines to get the Vibrant. However 1 line still had 4 months of remaining service and the 2nd line had about 8 months of remaining Service.
I'm sure most people are paying $30 Data Plan. But i was offered to pay $24.99 and given full discounts.
I Called T-Mobile and transferred over to the Loyalty Department. I have Been with them since 2006.
The Loyalty Department offered me the phone for the line with 8 months remaining for $249.99 with $50 in mail Rebate. however he instead credited my account with
$50 giving me less work so i don't have to fill any rebate forms. So in Reality I'm Paying $200 For the Vibrant + $7 for 3-Day Select Shipping= $207
The Second Line, they offered me the Phone for $230 + tax and Everything Else. But With the $24.99 Data Plan opposed to buying it online which costed me $202 with $30 data plan. in the long Run. the $230 was worth it..
I got the installment Plan to pay in 4 months, so im paying the first month $70 and the remaining $40....
Whats the point..... Well For better Deals, get in touch with the Loyalty Department. If your contract is up, then you can say you want to end the contract and that way youll get even better deals.... Regular T-mobile Reps were giving me the phone for $287 +... i think i got a good Deal? Doncha Think?
I didn't do any of that. I simply asked about getting new phones for me and my wife. $25 a month per phone starting in September. Tmobile always makes me good offers whether I ask for it or not.
buy one get one free
My contract had 5 month left on it and I simply went to the TMobile store on the launch date (7/15) and told them i would like to upgrade my line at $199 ($249 - $50 rebate) and also add my son to my account. The sales person told me they can't offer me the upgrade price. I asked her to call TMobile customer service and get an approval for the upgrade price which she was able to do. Then I asked her if they can offer me buy-one get one free smart phone promotion so I can add my son (new account) to my plan. I was offered to get the MyTouch slid for free ($100 then $100 rebate). I jokingly said if she was able to give me the Vibrant for free then i would add the line. To my surprise, she was able to do it. Basically, i paid $200 for 2 Vibrant phones.
I love TMobile.
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My contract had 5 month left on it and I simply went to the TMobile store on the launch date (7/15) and told them i would like to upgrade my line at $199 ($249 - $50 rebate) and also add my son to my account. The sales person told me they can't offer me the upgrade price. I asked her to call TMobile customer service and get an approval for the upgrade price which she was able to do. Then I asked her if they can offer me buy-one get one free smart phone promotion so I can add my son (new account) to my plan. I was offered to get the MyTouch slid for free ($100 then $100 rebate). I jokingly said if she was able to give me the Vibrant for free then i would add the line. To my surprise, she was able to do it. Basically, i paid $200 for 2 Vibrant phones.
I love TMobile.
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We got the same deal on our family plan, upgrading from two T-Mobile G1s that had about 6 and 11 months left on the contract.
Last time I upgraded was 2 months after the MyTouch 3G release, so I know I still had some time to go. I upgraded over the internet, and don't ask me how the phone was $165 for me, I have another line on my account that's been out of contract for quite a few months and on that line the phone was $400 something, as it was on the other 3 lines on the account. I don't know what was going on, neither do I care, all I know is that I got my vibrant for $165
Hi guys, this will be my first android phone and I am EXCITED. I'm coming from.....a sidekick LX.....haha sooo much needed upgrade.
At first, I called T-mobile and after much convincing they gave me the phone for $150, waived the $18 phone activation, and bumped my internet from $30 a month to only $20......GREAT! right?....but...
..then, my dad, who's the best person I know in getting deals and stuff, told me to call them and tell them I wanted to cancel my order because I could get an iphone 3GS for only $100 and could easily switch. So we did that, and guess what? They actually gave us an extra $100 mail-in rebate!!!
sooo my Samsung Vibrant cost after everything is settled.....$50
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Hi guys, this will be my first android phone and I am EXCITED. I'm coming from.....a sidekick LX.....haha sooo much needed upgrade.
At first, I called T-mobile and after much convincing they gave me the phone for $150, waived the $18 phone activation, and bumped my internet from $30 a month to only $20......GREAT! right?....but...
..then, my dad, who's the best person I know in getting deals and stuff, told me to call them and tell them I wanted to cancel my order because I could get an iphone 3GS for only $100 and could easily switch. So we did that, and guess what? They actually gave us an extra $100 mail-in rebate!!!
sooo my Samsung Vibrant cost after everything is settled.....$50
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Yeah they do give great deals if you haven't upgraded in a while. Unfortunately, people like me abuse it and they give me good deals, but not killer ones like this.
I got my 8900 for 60 bucks, when it was 200 also. And they gave me a free Razr2 and such.
yeah i'm pretty excited, do you still have that BB or did you "abuse" the system again and get a vibrant haha
How the hell did you get $20 internet?
I have T-Mobile for 8 years and had my grandfathered Blackberry $20 data plan for 2 years until I switched to Vibrant and they told me they will need to bump my data plan to $25 Android plan. I am 18 months into the contract with 2 extra family lines on the plan (24 and 20 months into the contract).
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How the hell did you get $20 internet?
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I would like to know this too, a rebate on a phone is one thing, but a smaller monthly bill? Thats what I want to know.
Blueman101 said:
I would like to know this too, a rebate on a phone is one thing, but a smaller monthly bill? Thats what I want to know.
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I have $20 internet on two lines on my family plan, plus $15 unlimited texting for both lines, and I get a 15% corporate discount from my university.
You gotta say cancel as son as the automated service asks what you want. Them tell the rep you have been with them for awhile but feel like you're paying too much. They should offer to drop the bill a little.
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yeah i'm pretty excited, do you still have that BB or did you "abuse" the system again and get a vibrant haha
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I dropped it in water. I get upgrades two times a year.
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15% corporate discount from my university.
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I'll give your thing a try, also is that discount for being a student or working for the university?
Guys, there are A LOT of companies that get discounts, they just don't tell you. I used to work for Best Buy and just for that you get a discount, if you are a student, you get a discount, etc... also, he has $20 internet PLUS $15 for text, that's 35... I pay $25 for internet plus $10 unlimited text for all the lines in the family plan, so its also $35
yeah except my college recently got rid of college email accounts. And you cant have student/company discounts on flexpay and i haven't met the 6month good payment history (i have 8 months good payment history) to switch to regular payment but still apparently don't qualify for regualr payment. F**K flexpay!
Very good deal.
I got a decent deal too.
On my existing line 1 with 13 months since my last upgrade, they agreed to give me the $199 upgrade price since I ported over my girlfriend's AT&T number as a new line 2. I got a 2nd Vibrant for that line at $199. They also agreed to give line 2 the unlimited data plan for $25/mo to match my line 1, since I have the grandfathered G1 data plan with 400 text messages. I also have unlimited loyalty minutes for $90 for both lines.
So... $45 each line for unlimited voice, $25 each line for unlimited data, $199 per phone. That's a non-subsidy phone plan price with a subsidized phone price.
Been with T-Mo about 7 years.
I actually got a similar deal on mine as well.
My contract ended back in December but I'd been using an iPhone for a little longer than that. I wanted to upgrade but T-Mobile didn't have much that could compare to be worth extended my contract. After reading around about the Vibrant and the deals people were getting with them I decided to give them a call. I was connected to what I believe is their retentions department and told the rep that I was thinking about switching carriers to AT&T for the new iPhone. She immediately said that she would like me to keep my line with them and wanted to offer me a deal on the Vibrant.
She offered the Vibrant for basically $49.99 after it was said and done. My account was given a $100 credit and then the phone billed for $149.99. Waiving the upgrade fee and shipping charges also seemed to be standard practice. When I asked if that meant I had to use the $30 data plan she said she could discount the plan to $24.99 before I could say anything else. I gladly accepted.
My household has been with T-Mobile for near a decade now, although I'm usually the only one that upgrades out of our four lines. We have the same grandfathered plan from when we opened our account as well. I chalked the great deal up to being long-time customers with them.
I ordered the Vibrant thru T-Mobile.com almost 3 weeks ago. The order got messed up...BAD. They debited our account twice for $1200 ($600 x 2). After waiting for a week with no sign of the phone, the order status stuck on Pending, and no refund, I got fed up and contacted corporate. The girl who I am still working with has been very apologetic with trying to get the issue resolved. On Thursday of last week T-Mobile debited our account yet AGAIN for another $600. I called her immediately and told her what had happened. I could tell she was very frustrated because all of this is out of T-Mobiles control. From what I found out it's actually a 3rd party company that handles all of the telesales and online orders. She called me back a few hours later and explained all of that to me.
During all of this the order status was still "pending." Well what do you know, the phone showed up in the mail later that day. I called her again to tell her and after she put me on hold for a few minutes she came back and told me we could keep the phone for free because of all the troubles. We've received $1200 back over the past couple of days but there is still $600 that is in a hold state on our debit card. Hopefully it will post back soon. It's been pretty crappy not having $1800 for the few weeks. But we got a free phone and a free month of service out of this whole ordeal so I guess it was worth it.
this morning Tmobile put the G2 on for $0.00 for add a line. Best Buy had the same deal, but required you to be a new customer. I grabbed one up right way!!!
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this morning Tmobile put the G2 on for $0.00 for add a line. Best Buy had the same deal, but required you to be a new customer. I grabbed one up right way!!!
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Only if you have a family plan though, My "loyalty unlimited" plan isn't a family plan so I can't just add a line... jerks.
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Only if you have a family plan though, My "loyalty unlimited" plan isn't a family plan so I can't just add a line... jerks.
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The site won't let you change to a family plan? That's what happens for me.
This is very tempting to bring by fiancee onto my plan and get her a G2. Unfortunately it looks like porting her number is not possible. I don't think she'd be too happy if I told her she had to change her number.
I bricked my Vibrant last week. I will just be happy to have a phone again. The G2 should beat my replacement Vibrant here. Right now I have a $19 Nokia phone, which has features like, the ability to make a call. thats it
Holy crap that's a sick deal!
FYI, the G2 isn't the only phone you can get free with this offer. I see quite a few that come up with the additional discount. Oddly, the G2 (and others) show as free even if I don't select a family plan but instead just add a line with a contract plan.
Nothing is free! Look how much more the plans cost when your on contract! For me it was almost $40 a month more! Doesnt take long for them to pay off that phone.....
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add a line to existing family plan...
$5 for line
$10 400mb data plan
$30 activation fee
$200 etf
total $245~$300
worth it?
im thinking about switching from sprint and my epic to the g2.. just rather curious about some things on tmobile
Just extended two lines on my contract for free, got 2 T-Mobile G2s BOGO. At first the rep was reluctant, but she finally offered. I am so happy, giving this iPhone 4 to my brother, screw AT&T I'm back to T-Mobile!
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Only if you have a family plan though, My "loyalty unlimited" plan isn't a family plan so I can't just add a line... jerks.
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I have the same plan and Im able to add two lines to my account. Tmobile always has the best deals for new customers. Thats why Im glad I got my G2 for $48.99 with a FREE $100 gift card from Wal Mart before Thanksgiving.
For those of you with launch-day Evo 4G's under a family plan wanting to upgrade to the new Evo 3D:
Upgrade eligibility check from Sprint.com:
Primary line - $150 off (I had to request this by e-mailing sprint)
Secondary line - $75 off
Problem:
Upgrade eligibility check from Wirefly.com & Amazon.com:
Primary line - Upgrade eligible!
Secondary line - No upgrade until 2012
This indicates we may have trouble getting a discount on the second line. Word is that Sprint does not approve authorized agents i.e. Wirefly/Bestbuy/Amazon to offer upgrade eligibility on secondary lines (?) This is yet to be confirmed.
If that is not that case then it would make wirefly.com @ $150 tax-free with full discounts as the cheapest method to get our evo 3d's.
Can anyone confirm or inform us of the cheapest, easiest way to upgrade both phones?
I called the other day and flat out asked if I could get pushed to upgrade status for both of my lines and they agreed and did it right there. I'm on a family plan as well.
--In 1938 I killed a Hobo--
One post is enough:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117813
It has nothing to do with 3rd partys upgrading secondary lines. That secondary line is not eligible for a "full" upgrade, so I am assuming thats the issue you are running into. That company may not do the 1yr silver type of rebate/discount. A brick and mortar store can do it for you, but perhaps online it's a bit different.
Why would it be $150?
The first phone will cost you $179.99 for line 1, as the $150 upgrade gives you new customer pricing.
Then the second upgrade line would cost you $525 for the second phone. Since the $75 upgrade is off the retail price ($600), you don't get to use any of the instant/manufacture/dealer or other type of rebates.
So you're looking at $705 plus activation fees and what not for two phones.