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Cheapest out of contract price?

Just sold my iPhone a good hefty amount Wheres the best place to get out of contract pricing? 400 isnt much, but I've heard of people getting it for 300? Anyone know where?
Also, my two year ends 02/26/2011, do I qualify for the upgrade pricing from Costco which is 79.99 or do I have to wait until that date?
Alex

Yeah, go to Costco and ask them if you qualify for the early upgrade right now. If not, wait until the 26th... its a great price. ($79) I tried yesterday but they turned me down for an early upgrade, told me to go to the corporate store, and I can get it there. Try your luck!

Would love to know where I can buy one online at a reasonable price with no service contract.
att.com don't sell them without a service contract so that is out

AT&T stores have it retailed for 399.99 without commitment. They probably need more than a few in stock to sell it to you but that's the cheapest I have seen.

Just got mine today from ATT off contract $399 seems to be the cheapest right now anywhere. Seems kinda odd that they wouldn't sell u one.
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Seen eBay prices as low as $320. Could probably dip below $300 in a week. I trust eBay more than say, small obscure handset websites, because I've never had a problem bidding on a phone and getting what I wanted in a timely manner, but when it came to an actual online retailer, they would give me the run-around on shipping or send me a defective product.

sometimes http://www.wirefly.com has good deals on early upgrades.

Just got mine at BB for 324 plus tax. That was no contract price.

I got a pretty good early upgrade yesterday.
I have 2 lines, 1 shows ready for upgrade and the other addon line shows eligible on 4/24/11. Contract is up in August.
I went to a corporate store and they said 99 for the normal upgrade and 399 for the other.
I went home and called customer service and got the same story.
I then asked them what charges I would have if I cancel my account early.
They told me and after a couple of min. they gave me the retention rep.
Ended up getting 2 new Inspires, free shipping, for 79.99 each!

xisruno said:
Just got mine at BB for 324 plus tax. That was no contract price.
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how??
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Att store used an early upgrade for a non data enabled line for us and it was $300 and put on the data enabled line for me, but then i gave it to my wife. THEN the data stopped working for her line and we had to call and explain because there was something that needed to be enabled on her line for the 4g phone, EVEN though att was out of the 4g cards. So we have to go back to the store to get the 4g card i was supposed to get, but going to get for her line now.
Untill i buy another one. Maybe today. But that will probably be the full 400 price. Ill check bestbuy store see if its cheaper

xisruno said:
Just got mine at BB for 324 plus tax. That was no contract price.
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Yeah, HOW ???????????
Shows $599 on the bestbuy website. And bestbuy cant do early upgrades for att accounts ........... SO, HOW ???????????????????????????????????????

carhigh said:
Yeah, HOW ???????????
Shows $599 on the bestbuy website. And bestbuy cant do early upgrades for att accounts ........... SO, HOW ???????????????????????????????????????
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I got BB to match ATT. ATT sells the inspire for $399

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He's a cashier there, haha. Kidding, but seriously, the BestBuy POS doesn't allow it to be rung up at that cost.

If You Ordered From Wirefly.....

they wont be shipping the phone out until the 20th. depending on what delivery method you chose, you might not get the phone until next week monday. wtf

twoeleven99 said:
they wont be shipping the phone out until the 20th. depending on what delivery method you chose, you might not get the phone until next week monday. wtf
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sorry to hear that man =(
i never liked going through 3rd party vendors...
tmobile is having enough problems shipping their own phones (back order/saturday delivery) let alot working with wirefly!
hope you get it sooner than you think!

real problem is my sprint contract ended last night. i have no phone right now and i use it for business so i have to figure something out.

twoeleven99 said:
real problem is my sprint contract ended last night. i have no phone right now and i use it for business so i have to figure something out.
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i have not had a phone sense friday bro.. i know what your going through...
i got the 4G in the mail and had to send them it back before they would place the G2x order....
try going to tmobile store and see if they have a loaner phone for you to use till you get the G2x... (im sure your contract started when you bought the phone so if there billing you and your not using it then ***** youll get something done if not a decent credit)

I bought two phones from Wirefly and was told that it would ship out on the 20th. It was no surprise for me and I planned accordingly by ordering 2 day shipping for $8. It will hopefully be here on Friday.
I am getting each phone for $150 vs $250 up front = saving $200 up front
I also got free activation fees and free shipping= $35x2= $75 up front
I think saving $275 and waiting 2 extra days is worth it to me. It will be in my hands soon enough.
That sucks if you were never told this though. I thought I even saw it on the website.....

yeah. the rep i spoke with friday told me they'd ship it monday

I ordered from tmo. Got the tracking number but it has yet to be updated since "billing info received". =( I should have got at least one update by now. Ordered the first day is was available too.

donutman said:
I ordered from tmo. Got the tracking number but it has yet to be updated since "billing info received". =( I should have got at least one update by now. Ordered the first day is was available too.
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DO NOT GO BY WHAT T-MOBILE.com SAYS! (there website sucks at current info)
i ordered mine also first day (4/15) and i didnt get a txt till staurday saying it will be delivered 4/20... then 10 mins later a txt saying it will be delivered 4/19 WITH a tracking number... it still says on the ups site that it isnt shipped yet...
i called a rep and she said she cant see anything till the 20th because it doesnt show inventory till its actually released (4/20) but i assume it will be here by the 19th and she assured me it would also....
t-mobile does not know whats going on... (people are getting txts saying it on back order)
and they cant tell you if it will be on back order till the 20th...
so to sum it all up...
if you got a tracking number (friday/saturday its estimated to be at your house the 19th... if you got a tracking number today... expect it to arrive the 20th)
hope it helps but that is all the info i could pull outta her...

donutman said:
I ordered from tmo. Got the tracking number but it has yet to be updated since "billing info received". =( I should have got at least one update by now. Ordered the first day is was available too.
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I NEVER use their site to order, or to do anything. I always call 611. I put my order in Friday night at 7, UPS picked it up Saturday at 6am, and it's now on the UPS truck on the way to my house. If you call T-mobile, they'll give you (or should) a tracking number. Don't be surprised if it shows up on your doorstep today.

I've had a tracking number since Friday morning. The phone just showed up in the UPS system at 10:00AM today. The arrival scan was in Louisville, KY, a UPS hub. It appears that to save a few bucks T-Mobile's bulk transporting orders to the UPS hub. So what Nate said is correct, the estimated delivery date in the UPS system is accurate even if it shows "billing info received" and Friday's orders should be delivered tomorrow for those that went for express. Based on comments on the T-Mo forum they really screwed up the ordering process for the G2X.

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I've had a tracking number since Friday morning. The phone just showed up in the UPS system at 10:00AM today. The arrival scan was in Louisville, KY, a UPS hub. It appears that to save a few bucks T-Mobile's bulk transporting orders to the UPS hub. So what Nate said is correct, the estimated delivery date in the UPS system is accurate even if it shows "billing info received" and Friday's orders should be delivered tomorrow for those that went for express. Based on comments on the T-Mo forum they really screwed up the ordering process for the G2X.
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yes they did!
many people did the Saturday shipping and come Saturday.. no phones..... id be pissed if i spent 25 bucks on shipping and didnt get my phone... let alone the "back order txt message"
there oblivious to whats going on

iam on back order now. but i ordered it on 4/16 night time...iam not really in a rush...but how long does it take to restock?
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nate420 said:
DO NOT GO BY WHAT T-MOBILE.com SAYS! (there website sucks at current info)
i ordered mine also first day (4/15) and i didnt get a txt till staurday saying it will be delivered 4/20... then 10 mins later a txt saying it will be delivered 4/19 WITH a tracking number... it still says on the ups site that it isnt shipped yet...
i called a rep and she said she cant see anything till the 20th because it doesnt show inventory till its actually released (4/20) but i assume it will be here by the 19th and she assured me it would also....
t-mobile does not know whats going on... (people are getting txts saying it on back order)
and they cant tell you if it will be on back order till the 20th...
so to sum it all up...
if you got a tracking number (friday/saturday its estimated to be at your house the 19th... if you got a tracking number today... expect it to arrive the 20th)
hope it helps but that is all the info i could pull outta her...
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I ordered friday and they told me it was backordered on the phone. However I got a txt Saturday with tracking and estimated delivery on the 19th. Tracking number says they have not received package. If I am to get it tomorrow then they should have the package by now.
Wish I knew when I was really getting it. :-(

Since we are on the subject of 3rd party websites. Cellhub just shipped out my phone as of today. Estimated delivery date is on the 20th. Paid $515.00 off contract think it was a better deal than paying 499 + tax + shipping from TMo

Cancel your orders, this is cheaper alternative $49
Listen, just cancel that Wirefly transaction while you have time! After you check this out, YOU WILL!
http://daburghspot.blogspot.com/2011...-and-free.html
Also to each his own, if this don't pertain to you or you ain't interested, just mosey on by like you driving Miss Daisy! This is for the people that actually like keeping money in their pocket instead of just giving it away!
Oh yeah, and if you order today, you will get on the 20th because Fed Ex is 2 day shipping this and free activation. I know I can't wait to break the tape on that infamous box Wednesday!
YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH BOY ( in Pop's from "Friday" voice)

Cyberdan3 said:
I bought two phones from Wirefly and was told that it would ship out on the 20th. It was no surprise for me and I planned accordingly by ordering 2 day shipping for $8. It will hopefully be here on Friday.
I am getting each phone for $150 vs $250 up front = saving $200 up front
I also got free activation fees and free shipping= $35x2= $75 up front
I think saving $275 and waiting 2 extra days is worth it to me. It will be in my hands soon enough.
That sucks if you were never told this though. I thought I even saw it on the website.....
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Exactly.....saving the money is well worth a couple to even a few days of wait. I saved $100 going through letstalk. (Probably should have checked Wirefly.)

yglup said:
Listen, just cancel that Wirefly transaction while you have time! After you check this out, YOU WILL!
http://daburghspot.blogspot.com/2011...-and-free.html
Also to each his own, if this don't pertain to you or you ain't interested, just mosey on by like you driving Miss Daisy! This is for the people that actually like keeping money in their pocket instead of just giving it away!
Oh yeah, and if you order today, you will get on the 20th because Fed Ex is 2 day shipping this and free activation. I know I can't wait to break the tape on that infamous box Wednesday!
YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH BOY ( in Pop's from "Friday" voice)
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So you're all aware, this is from a BlackBerry forum:
01-06-2011, 03:04 AM
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So I checked their page and it turns out they send their employees to submit all these reviews about how great their service is as a way of advertising for the company. But if you browse other reviews outside of Cellhub's website, their company is actually rated pretty low by previous customers.
Anyways, I finally got my Bold 9780 from Costco yesterday, and I absolutely LOVE it.
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I actually almost bought the phone through Cellhub, but after a closer look during checkout I realized that they only offer the phone for free if you purchase an $80+ plan, otherwise the phone changes to $149, which is more expensive than almost every other store is selling it for, including T-Mobile. I think this is somewhat of a false advertising from their store, and I really dislike false advertisers lol.
So if you plan on getting a basic plan I would go with another store, or even T-mobile itself. I think that would be more trustworthy than a faulty advertising internet store.
I thought the name was familiar... cellhub.com was spamvertized in our blogs just before Xmas. Members may want to consider suppliers who are not associated with spammers.​

BarryH_GEG said:
So you're all aware, this is from a BlackBerry forum:
01-06-2011, 03:04 AM
drummer05
Join Date: Jan 2011
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So I checked their page and it turns out they send their employees to submit all these reviews about how great their service is as a way of advertising for the company. But if you browse other reviews outside of Cellhub's website, their company is actually rated pretty low by previous customers.
Anyways, I finally got my Bold 9780 from Costco yesterday, and I absolutely LOVE it.
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I actually almost bought the phone through Cellhub, but after a closer look during checkout I realized that they only offer the phone for free if you purchase an $80+ plan, otherwise the phone changes to $149, which is more expensive than almost every other store is selling it for, including T-Mobile. I think this is somewhat of a false advertising from their store, and I really dislike false advertisers lol.
So if you plan on getting a basic plan I would go with another store, or even T-mobile itself. I think that would be more trustworthy than a faulty advertising internet store.
I thought the name was familiar... cellhub.com was spamvertized in our blogs just before Xmas. Members may want to consider suppliers who are not associated with spammers.​
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As I stated in my reply to these posts, to each his own. No matter where you buy the phone, you need to check the terms yourself. As far as people complaining about them, who doesn't complain about such and such company on here, for real the whole web if you wanna be technical.
I can honestly tell you I have had bad experiences with all three carriers. Their all crooks if you ask me, however if I want to use a cellphone or service, unfortunately I have to suck it up and go for what I know.
Research yourself and take the best deal. I don't care where you get the phone from online, I can guarantee there's some complaints about that company on the internet ( and I bet they have similar addendums on their contracts). I don't care if it's Amazon, Wirefly, TMI-Wireless, even Walmart.
Just google complaints for the company you ordered yours from, you'll see.
So, basically it comes down to doing your research and choosing the lesser of the evils.
Hope that helps.

Anyone know the numbers being dropped to stores? Plan on getting mine Wednesday at a retail location

A T-mobile store manager told me today, that each store would get between 10-20 units to sell.

Where is it only $149?

Has anyone NOT living in an LTE area managed to get it for $149 either in person or online?
What is a ZIP code I can put in that will show up as a $149 area? I want to see if I can put that in, then proceed with checkout and see if it will let me do it.
If not I may just put in a ZIP code that gives a $149 price and then take a screenshot and see if Best Buy will price match based on what it shows on there.

Maybe it'll be a bit better if you listed where you lived. Someone in your area may chime in. There are so many zip codes that's offering it. I got mine at Manhattan, NY for $149 @ AT&T store.

Ours is $149.

I got it for 149 by calling customer service. I got to upgrade over 2 months early, they have me the cheaper price, and waived the upgrade fee. 95670 is my zip. You can see I was supposed to be charged 249.
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Not where I live...
madmike23 said:
Maybe it'll be a bit better if you listed where you lived. Someone in your area may chime in. There are so many zip codes that's offering it. I got mine at Manhattan, NY for $149 @ AT&T store.
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I don't think anywhere near me has it, I live in Eastern Kentucky. I put in the ZIP code for Manhattan and got a price of $149. I plan to try to get Best Buy to price match from the screenshot I took showing $149.

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jmreed97 said:
I got it for 149 by calling customer service. I got to upgrade over 2 months early, they have me the cheaper price, and waived the upgrade fee. 95670 is my zip. You can see I was supposed to be charged 249.
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They wouldn't budge for me. They say that my only options are to buy it for $249 online or in store, or over the phone for $349 (yeah, thats with 2 year upgrade!) so I guess I just have to wait until a better deal comes along unless Best Buy will price match.

Walmart has it for $199 via LetsTalk. Amazon has it for $189. The Best Buys in my area usually will accept Amazon pricematching.

Amazon for me shows $269
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Walmart has it for $199 via LetsTalk. Amazon has it for $189. The Best Buys in my area usually will accept Amazon pricematching.
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Amazon shows $269 for me, but Walmart does show $199. I will probably buy it from them. I just don't know if I would rather have the Skyrocket for $200 or the original SGS2 for $150.

chmcke01 said:
Amazon shows $269 for me, but Walmart does show $199. I will probably buy it from them. I just don't know if I would rather have the Skyrocket for $200 or the original SGS2 for $150.
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If you're fine with SGS2 then check your local Target. They're selling it for $99

chmcke01 said:
Has anyone NOT living in an LTE area managed to get it for $149 either in person or online?
What is a ZIP code I can put in that will show up as a $149 area? I want to see if I can put that in, then proceed with checkout and see if it will let me do it.
If not I may just put in a ZIP code that gives a $149 price and then take a screenshot and see if Best Buy will price match based on what it shows on there.
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Put in the zip code 10532. That's where I live and I got it online for $149.

Just call Customer Service and they will take your order and mail it to you.

chmcke01 said:
Amazon shows $269 for me, but Walmart does show $199. I will probably buy it from them. I just don't know if I would rather have the Skyrocket for $200 or the original SGS2 for $150.
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Amazon $189.

madmike23 said:
Amazon $189.
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Amazon new customer costs $189. Renewal on individual plan costs $199. Renewal on family plan costs $264.

Not yet...
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If you're fine with SGS2 then check your local Target. They're selling it for $99
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I am not officially eligible for upgrade until December 1st, but AT&T agreed and notated the account to let me upgrade early but retailers can't see that, they can only see that I am not yet officially eligible for upgrade. So I can either upgrade in an AT&T store or over the phone until December 1st, and as I said they would not give me the discounted price over the phone.

I got in Huntington Beach California for 149 in Att store

I got mine by calling the ATT customer service line and telling them my friend in California(91101) just called and got his for 149 and I wanted to know why I had to pay more. After that I used the old I don't want to switch carriers but ... After that they agreed to sell to me for 149. I had to buy it from them though(over the phone). FYI I live in FL.
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I got mine at Att store for $149. I am in So Cal.
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I am not officially eligible for upgrade until December 1st, but AT&T agreed and notated the account to let me upgrade early but retailers can't see that, they can only see that I am not yet officially eligible for upgrade. So I can either upgrade in an AT&T store or over the phone until December 1st, and as I said they would not give me the discounted price over the phone.
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How can you get an upgrade early? I am not eligible for upgrade until December 2nd, I would love to upgrade my phone now.

Gotta call and complain...
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How can you get an upgrade early? I am not eligible for upgrade until December 2nd, I would love to upgrade my phone now.
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I called and told them I was having problems with my phone and that I had gone through all the steps Apple told me to (I have an iPhone 4) and that it didn't resolve the issue and since it was out of warranty repair wasn't an option. I then told them that a friend of mine had been allowed to upgrade early when he was having problems with his phone and since it was only a month early and I had always been a good customer, never behind on payments or anything and that I wanted to upgrade early.
They put me on hold for about 5 minutes and when they came back they said I could upgrade but with them only, so either over the phone or in person at an AT&T store because they say it is impossible to change your official upgrade date, all they do is put a note on your account stating that you have been approved for an early upgrade and retailers (like Walmart, Best Buy, etc) do not have access to those notes so you could only upgrade with AT&T. I decided to just wait because I would end up paying $50 more for the same phone to buy it from AT&T.
I did find out some good news though, with AT&T upgrades are by the month, even at retailers. So if your upgrade date is 12-29-11 you can still upgrade on December 1st at any retailer you would like. When they check your eligibility it will say you are eligible. Helpful for people with upgrade dates in the middle or end of the month, not so helpful for people like you and me whose upgrade date is at the beginning of the month anyway.

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I called and told them I was having problems with my phone and that I had gone through all the steps Apple told me to (I have an iPhone 4) and that it didn't resolve the issue and since it was out of warranty repair wasn't an option. I then told them that a friend of mine had been allowed to upgrade early when he was having problems with his phone and since it was only a month early and I had always been a good customer, never behind on payments or anything and that I wanted to upgrade early.
They put me on hold for about 5 minutes and when they came back they said I could upgrade but with them only, so either over the phone or in person at an AT&T store because they say it is impossible to change your official upgrade date, all they do is put a note on your account stating that you have been approved for an early upgrade and retailers (like Walmart, Best Buy, etc) do not have access to those notes so you could only upgrade with AT&T. I decided to just wait because I would end up paying $50 more for the same phone to buy it from AT&T.
I did find out some good news though, with AT&T upgrades are by the month, even at retailers. So if your upgrade date is 12-29-11 you can still upgrade on December 1st at any retailer you would like. When they check your eligibility it will say you are eligible. Helpful for people with upgrade dates in the middle or end of the month, not so helpful for people like you and me whose upgrade date is at the beginning of the month anyway.
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Thanks for your info.

Best Buy Pre-Order Update Thread

Did you Pre-Order the Galaxy S4 from Best Buy as per this link? Pre-Order in store like I did at 3:27PM on April 16th? Let's post the updates here as to when you pre-ordered and when you receive the device, hoping I get an email from BBY in the next few days since the AT&T stores are shipping out theirs to customers today!
Also, any discussion on pricing, discounts, price matching, Phone Freedom should go here as well.... I paid the $50 to pre-order, have the $50 off attached to my account for Phone Freedom, and will hopefully get some money off with price matching, despite the new wording that says they don't price match contract phones! They told me in store while pre-ordering that they would price match Amazon, Walmart, etc (full list on this page) when I came to pick up the phone, so post your feedback with that as well
S4 coming soon everyone!

I preordered mine through BBY. No news yet.

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I preordered mine through BBY. No news yet.
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I pre-ordered in BBY yesterday. They told me they weren't sure when they would receive the devices, but that usually it's the same day as the in-store release. They also told me that pre-orders take priority over other customers BUT that the people who pre-ordered first would take priority over those who pre-ordered later. Basically if the store receives 10 phones, and you were number 11 to pre-order at that store, then you would have to wait until they received another batch of phones. They were unable to tell me how many phones they would be receiving. According to the BBY Mobile manager i spoke with, they usually receive the phones the same day as the carrier stores. So here's hoping for Friday/Saturday I get a call/email from my local BBY!
I was gonna pre-order from ATT, but when I spoke with a rep, they told me all orders after the 22nd would not ship until the 30th, all other orders are shipping today.

I just got back from visiting two BBY stores in my area, the one I had a pre-order at and a larger store that has a much larger inventory, in order to find out if they even received any in, and here's what I took away from the things both stores told me.... the STREET DATE for this phone is the 27th, Saturday, and even if they receive them in before then, they will not sell them early - if an employee is caught doing it, they will get fired, no questions asked.
When the HTC One released on that Friday, they received their inventory in on Wednesday, and emails went out on Wednesday telling people they could come pick up their pre-orders on Friday - the same should happen here, they should receive the pre-ordered S4's sometime before Saturday, and an email will go out, like bvic01 said, first come, first served, to those who pre-ordered.
I was first out of only two people who have pre-ordered at my local store, so they're all but guaranteeing that I'll get mine on Saturday, fingers crossed.....

I think I was only one of a handful that preordered in my store so I hope to get it on Sat.

KryptosXLayer2 said:
I just got back from visiting two BBY stores in my area, the one I had a pre-order at and a larger store that has a much larger inventory, in order to find out if they even received any in, and here's what I took away from the things both stores told me.... the STREET DATE for this phone is the 27th, Saturday, and even if they receive them in before then, they will not sell them early - if an employee is caught doing it, they will get fired, no questions asked.
When the HTC One released on that Friday, they received their inventory in on Wednesday, and emails went out on Wednesday telling people they could come pick up their pre-orders on Friday - the same should happen here, they should receive the pre-ordered S4's sometime before Saturday, and an email will go out, like bvic01 said, first come, first served, to those who pre-ordered.
I was first out of only two people who have pre-ordered at my local store, so they're all but guaranteeing that I'll get mine on Saturday, fingers crossed.....
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When I pre-ordered mine, the manager told me that the day before the pre-order count for that store was 13. Im kinda nervous I wont get it the day it comes out. Worst case scenario, if I dont get an email/call by tomorrow, I may just try to get one from an ATT store and use the BBY $50 gift card for a case/screen protector or other accessories. I can always find an excuse to spend money at BBY

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When I pre-ordered mine, the manager told me that the day before the pre-order count for that store was 13. Im kinda nervous I wont get it the day it comes out. Worst case scenario, if I dont get an email/call by tomorrow, I may just try to get one from an ATT store and use the BBY $50 gift card for a case/screen protector or other accessories. I can always find an excuse to spend money at BBY
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Exactly, don't know why people were hesitant to pre-order! Yeah, 13 is kinda high, don't want to crush your hopes or nothing, but if there isn't a large amount of phones getting shipped for launch date, sending more than 13 to one store is pushing it.... I HAD to order from BBY because I'm not going to say no to "free money" with the Phone Freedom $50 off deal, that's just crazy unless someone else had it for $50 off at the same time!

My best buy said to come get it Friday if on at&t
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Bataga said:
My best buy said to come get it Friday if on at&t
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Did they email you that or tell you on phone/in store?

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Did they email you that or tell you on phone/in store?
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Stopped by the store
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I just read there's going to be a delay because of the lack of supply.. I pre ordered on the 19th (I think) at the store.. I am going to keep my fingers crossed.. Was so looking forward to Saturday! Ugh! !
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OK, so now im a little pissed. I just found out that even pre-orders on the 23rd have been shipped out overnight by ATT and are being received today. I called ATT on the 23rd and was told if I preordered through them it wouldnt ship until the 30th, even though the other pre-orders were already shuipping. They said everything the 22nd and back would ship this week. Well looks like they lied, everyone is getting theirs and Im stuck waiting on my BBY pre-order.
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tntsjp said:
I just read there's going to be a delay because of the lack of supply.. I pre ordered on the 19th (I think) at the store.. I am going to keep my fingers crossed.. Was so looking forward to Saturday! Ugh! !
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I read that on engadget

bvic01 said:
OK, so now im a little pissed. I just found out that even pre-orders on the 23rd have been shipped out overnight by ATT and are being received today. I called ATT on the 23rd and was told if I preordered through them it wouldnt ship until the 30th, even though the other pre-orders were already shuipping. They said everything the 22nd and back would ship this week. Well looks like they lied, everyone is getting theirs and Im stuck waiting on my BBY pre-order.
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Technically, they shipped out on Tuesday, they did not offer overnight shipping unless you upgraded to it, but rather free 2 day shipping.... but yeah, AT&T moved up their ship date to the 23rd even though their launch date is tomorrow with the retail store sales beginning on Saturday - don't know what the difference really is, but Saturday you should be able to get one in store or at BBY if you pre-ordered!

KryptosXLayer2 said:
Technically, they shipped out on Tuesday, they did not offer overnight shipping unless you upgraded to it, but rather free 2 day shipping.... but yeah, AT&T moved up their ship date to the 23rd even though their launch date is tomorrow with the retail store sales beginning on Saturday - don't know what the difference really is, but Saturday you should be able to get one in store or at BBY if you pre-ordered!
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Actually, go read through the last few pages of the ATT pre-order thread. Orders on the 23rd were upgraded to overnight without charge and without request by customer. There's reports of people checking their tracking to find it on the truck for delivery today. So the difference is, if I had pre-ordered through ATT like I originally planned, I would be getting it today. Oh well, I like BBY's device protection plan alot more than ATT's due to the no deductable. I actually carry both, ATT's in event of theft or loss, and BBY's in case I break the damn thing. lol

KryptosXLayer2 said:
Technically, they shipped out on Tuesday, they did not offer overnight shipping unless you upgraded to it, but rather free 2 day shipping.... but yeah, AT&T moved up their ship date to the 23rd even though their launch date is tomorrow with the retail store sales beginning on Saturday - don't know what the difference really is, but Saturday you should be able to get one in store or at BBY if you pre-ordered!
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Kryptos, just curious, are you paying full or upgrading? If upgrading, will BB honor the $168 price of Walmart? That with the discounts would make it an incredible deal!

bvic01 said:
Actually, go read through the last few pages of the ATT pre-order thread. Orders on the 23rd were upgraded to overnight without charge and without request by customer. There's reports of people checking their tracking to find it on the truck for delivery today. So the difference is, if I had pre-ordered through ATT like I originally planned, I would be getting it today. Oh well, I like BBY's device protection plan alot more than ATT's due to the no deductable. I actually carry both, ATT's in event of theft or loss, and BBY's in case I break the damn thing. lol
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i concur with you on the best buy protection plan. you pay $5.99/mon for it. if you do anything to your phone, you take it back to them and they ship you a new or refurbished one that day (as long as the claim was put in before 1pm). i have used this service twice and both times i got my replacement phone 2 days later. seems to me to be the best protection plan for phones.

bvic01 said:
Actually, go read through the last few pages of the ATT pre-order thread. Orders on the 23rd were upgraded to overnight without charge and without request by customer. There's reports of people checking their tracking to find it on the truck for delivery today. So the difference is, if I had pre-ordered through ATT like I originally planned, I would be getting it today. Oh well, I like BBY's device protection plan alot more than ATT's due to the no deductable. I actually carry both, ATT's in event of theft or loss, and BBY's in case I break the damn thing. lol
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Yeah, it's just another few days, I'm not too worried! That's interesting about the two protection plans, how much does the total of them come out to be? I decided when I bought the SIII not to put any protection on it, SquareTrade has just gotten out of control with their prices, and I'm SO careful with my phones and tablets, it's ridiculous - to date, I have never used a case or screen protector on my SIII after buying it at launch last year, and it still looks brand new!
RTBee said:
Kryptos, just curious, are you paying full or upgrading? If upgrading, will BB honor the $168 price of Walmart? That with the discounts would make it an incredible deal!
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I'm upgrading on contract, and also talked to the girls at BBY about this whole "end of showrooming / price match" thing I posted links for already, and they said that without a doubt, it does NOT apply to contract phones, so they will not honor the price match at Walmart (which, don't know if you saw, is over - Walmart changed the price back to $198 already)
I asked them what the price matching applies to, and they said "cases, accessories, stuff like that," yeah, like I'm going to go into a store and say "hey, I found this $2 cheaper on Amazon, price match it for me!" They said that so many people asking BBY to PM online retailers when they would never order a phone online, and it didn't make sense to give away money even though people wouldn't find another way to buy their phones - like myself, that's the main reason I buy in store is because I buy so many things online, but I won't have a phone shipped to me, I just don't like the idea all the way around....

KryptosXLayer2 said:
I'm upgrading on contract, and also talked to the girls at BBY about this whole "end of showrooming / price match" thing I posted links for already, and they said that without a doubt, it does NOT apply to contract phones, so they will not honor the price match at Walmart (which, don't know if you saw, is over - Walmart changed the price back to $198 already)
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Thanks, no I hadn't seen the Walmart change. Not really a big deal tho. I did the buyback thing with BB when I got my S3 last year. I don't know if that's the greatest deal or not but I'm thinking I'll just add another line then get the S4 at upgrade price. Sell them back my S3 and then next year upgrade the S3 line to an S5. Or maybe I'll just keep the S3 for backup.

RTBee said:
Thanks, no I hadn't seen the Walmart change. Not really a big deal tho. I did the buyback thing with BB when I got my S3 last year. I don't know if that's the greatest deal or not but I'm thinking I'll just add another line then get the S4 at upgrade price. Sell them back my S3 and then next year upgrade the S3 line to an S5. Or maybe I'll just keep the S3 for backup.
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If the staff won't waste their time with the buy back program, I don't think anyone else should either! I asked them about that too, as in "who in their right mind would give up their SIII for so little?" I was going through eBay to get my phone ready to sell my SIII once I've got a fully functional (read: rooted) S4, and it said this, no joke:
At this point in time, the lowest Buy It Now price from an eBay Top-rated seller for an item like yours in Used condition is $425.00.
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Could not believe it, but that's the truth! If you don't want to be hassled for the time it takes to eBay that sucker, I'd give you more than BBY would for it! hahaha

Anyone has ATT Premiere account please answer

I'm upgrading one of my line to the S4 but the price went from $199 to $299 at the check out. How much did you guys with ATT Premiere account paid for your S4?

I paid the same as regular at&t. $199
silkshocker said:
I'm upgrading one of my line to the S4 but the price went from $199 to $299 at the check out. How much did you guys with ATT Premiere account paid for your S4?
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If you have a premier account, they give you the "$100 off promotion" which brings the phone down from that $299 price to the standard $199. As explained here in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2247597
I just pre ordered through an actual store and paid the $199 price.

Okay, can someone explain to me what exactly is the advantage of AT&T premier? It seems that I have it (discount from my place of work), but from everything I've seen, the GS4 is still the same price as in store...?
Maybe I'm missing something..

snappjay said:
Okay, can someone explain to me what exactly is the advantage of AT&T premier? It seems that I have it (discount from my place of work), but from everything I've seen, the GS4 is still the same price as in store...?
Maybe I'm missing something..
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I get about a 22% discount on my service each month and you get a discount on all accessories and some phones. You usually don't get much of a discount on a phone that has just been released.

TBayTom said:
I get about a 22% discount on my service each month and you get a discount on all accessories and some phones. You usually don't get much of a discount on a phone that has just been released.
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Gotcha. Thanks. Yeah, it looks like I'm getting a 15% discount which is alright. I was also told by 611 that I get free overnight shipping on all orders via Premier. Not sure if that's 100% true or not because I've always done my shopping at the corp store anyway.

Just contacted Premier CS. I had to upgrade my plan code. Everything works now. Waiting impatiently for my S4. How much could I get for me S3 on the black market?

silkshocker said:
Just contacted Premier CS. I had to upgrade my plan code. Everything works now. Waiting impatiently for my S4. How much could I get for me S3 on the black market?
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I got about $350 for my wifes gs3 from tmobile a month ago. I plan on selling my unlocked note 2 on swappa for almost $500.

fix-this! said:
I got about $350 for my wifes gs3 from tmobile a month ago. I plan on selling my unlocked note 2 on swappa for almost $500.
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mine they charged me $299 so pissed ordered 2 cells, gonna call in the morning

S4 Premier
ericos123 said:
mine they charged me $299 so pissed ordered 2 cells, gonna call in the morning
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I got mine for 179.00 I think because I have been a premier member for a while maybe its a credit, I just got my phone yesterday. Its nice and thin but holy moly is it loaded with crap. Cant wait to root this thing!!!!

Weird, I had no such issues with mine when I ordered premier. I preordered 4/16 and got it 4/24. Great phone so far btw. Can't wait for root to clear out the crap on it though.

I ordered mine on the 24th and had an issue with the checkout button sending me to an error page at the very last step. When I restarted the process, it had changed my plan details from "550 minutes" to "Add a line" (my phone is a second line). This reduced the cost to less than the $35 dollar minimum or whatever that the $100 instant off requires.
I cleared my cookies in another browser and restarted the process. I was able to get through that time without an issue and it had reverted back to the "550 minutes" so I got the $100 off.
I did have to choose a "new" data plan though I was still able to select Unlimited Personal Data Plan for 4G LTE Smartphones (what I had previously). The code changed from LTEDPPBVM to LDPPBVM5 or something like that. Probably just a coding change internally.
I do get free overnight shipping with Premier, I don't know if this is the case for everyone. My phone shipped yesterday and is out for delivery today.

im on the phone now with them when i said $299 they guy was taken back a little bit and said that didnt sound right and he was also amazed that i got the phone 1 day after ordering, dont call the sales department tho i called them and have waited 20min to get transfered to internet department
long story short you need to upgrade your plan and they wont help me with any discounts because i have the old plan grandfathered in with unlimited data

Mine came in yesterday. I paid $174.99 and ordered over the phone with the premier dept. I've had better luck over the phone on prices. They seem to be able to "bend the rules" a little more.
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