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UK price - Online for £359.88...

..delivered next day, seems a good price or a mistake as it appears to be £110 cheaper than anywhere else, or are prices on the way down.
http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/1351/htc-touch-pro

err link? website etc

Sorry, yes, edited original post.

BUMP!!!
...and, Doh!!! I paid £480 for mine about 7 weeks ago. Sigh. I wonder if people have stopped buying them because of some of the possible issues!

just found it on hotdeals! posted by..... you nice
why soo cold tho??? full of knobs!

You got to love and hate hotdeals.
It is without doubt a bargain, if you want one and can afford it, I believe that people on that site just vote cold on anything they dont want or cant afford or dont understand, shame really.

rolandrat said:
..delivered next day, seems a good price or a mistake as it appears to be £110 cheaper than anywhere else, or are prices on the way down.
http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/1351/htc-touch-pro
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Thanks for that - i've been waiting for play.com to have a 10% discount which would have only bought the price down to £432(approx).
This is a great price - i only hope they don't say its a mistake as it looks like one (its cheaper than the Diamond which is £363.39).
It Should arrive on Thursday - just ordered it now.

spark9990 said:
Thanks for that - i've been waiting for play.com to have a 10% discount which would have only bought the price down to £432(approx).
This is a great price - i only hope they don't say its a mistake as it looks like one (its cheaper than the Diamond which is £363.39).
It Should arrive on Thursday - just ordered it now.
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I've decided to give a WM phone a go again and ordered myself.
To start with I'll just use it with a data sim, to see what its like, as you can't knock a blackberry for staying in touch with IM etc, but Im just so bored of the crap browser experience and lack of software like Live Mesh, which I use one hell of a lot to keep things synced.
I'll use both for a few weeks and see how it goes.

Looks like they have discovered it - gone back up to £466.89 without postage.
Good thing i bought mine

LOL! I don't feel so sick now ; )
spark9990, when your new pro arrives, please could you take a look at what version ROM it ships with now? (start/settings, system tab, device information - though I'm sure you'll know that already). Congratulations on getting such a great price!!!

spark9990 said:
Looks like they have discovered it - gone back up to £466.89 without postage.
Good thing i bought mine
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Yes and mines on tracking so give them credit for keeping the price for those that bought.
I've used them many times actually and they always have been good.

rolandrat said:
Yes and mines on tracking so give them credit for keeping the price for those that bought.
I've used them many times actually and they always have been good.
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They've cancelled my order - twats. Can they do that?

Mine as well, mine was at the delivery depot.
Not even a offer of a good will gesture, I'm going to check out if they can do that, especially I can prove it was out for delivery.

rolandrat said:
Mine as well, mine was at the delivery depot.
Not even a offer of a good will gesture, I'm going to check out if they can do that, especially I can prove it was out for delivery.
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Let me know what you find - I'm trying to find out if they can do that as well.

Had they sent emails to you both confirming dispatch? If so then then I guess they had entered into a contract with you... talk to Trading Standards for a firm answer....

Ouzo said:
Had they sent emails to you both confirming dispatch? If so then then I guess they had entered into a contract with you... talk to Trading Standards for a firm answer....
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I don't have proof of that - but i do have a receipt, and they did take money out of my account.
Then without my permission carried out a refund transaction. I trying to find out how to contact trading standards but in the mean time i am going to try to reason with sellers.

In a retail store, if a product is tagged as a cheaper price by mistake, then the retailer has to give it at that price.

If Handtec had debited your back account/credit card account, then they had entered into a contract with you to supply that item at that price. Speak to both Trading Standards and Handtec about it and make sure you can demonstrate that they had taken your dosh. All you did is select a product on Handtec's website in good faith and, for their part, it would appear that they too entered into that contract to suppply it, so I suggest they honour it!
EDIT: http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk, and they should have an entry in your local phone book. Kent is 0845 7585497 (just in case - good luck!)

nuke1 said:
In a retail store, if a product is tagged as a cheaper price by mistake, then the retailer has to give it at that price.
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Thats not true. Most big stores (such as Tesco) will sell you at the quoted price for the good will. By Law they infact have something like 24 hours to correct the price once notified by a customer, during which time they can sell at a different price than is quoted.

That is really bad!
I thought maybe it had something to do with stock levels, but if it got to the depot, you think they would have realised!
Hope you get a response from them or Trading Standards

How to get Launcherpro plus free?

Hi everyone, i really like the launcherpro app and i want to get the paid version. However, I'm only a student, thus i don't have a credit card/paypal account. Can anyone help me with it? Thanks a million!
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Well, there's warez, but that's not allowed here on XDA. Sorry.
Rockin' DJ05, Minimal Icognito, Clocked at 1.3Ghz

im not one to condone piracy, but google will help you........

there's free alternatives to the widgets you get on LP plus. Colorize Widgets, agenda widget, big faces. the only thing you'd be missing is resizing widgets..
don't steal apps

Agreed.
Don't steal.
Developers will just stop developing and then we'll all have to switch to iPhones........ *shudder*

helpneeded said:
Hi everyone, i really like the launcherpro app and i want to get the paid version. However, I'm only a student, thus i don't have a credit card/paypal account. Can anyone help me with it? Thanks a million!
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Sorry, but that's a lame excuse. My 15 year old son has a debit card (and sometimes buys apps). If nothing else (and there are tons of ways to get a debit card), you could get a gift card and use it to buy apps. If you feel you must steal apps that cost less than $10, then you have more problems than just not having a credit card.
My $0.02.

Stupid thread is stupid.
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dewd2 said:
Sorry, but that's a lame excuse. My 15 year old son has a debit card (and sometimes buys apps). If nothing else (and there are tons of ways to get a debit card), you could get a gift card and use it to buy apps. If you feel you must steal apps that cost less than $10, then you have more problems than just not having a credit card.
My $0.02.
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I disagree. The LP dev is stupid to only allow paypal payments. I would have purchased it a long time ago if it wasn't paypal only.
I am NOT supporting warez here. Just my $.02 on the paypal only thing. I believe LPP would be used more if it didn't require paypal. At the point that a dev is circumventing the market, whats the market for?

meanm50 said:
I disagree. The LP dev is stupid to only allow paypal payments. I would have purchased it a long time ago if it wasn't paypal only.
I am NOT supporting warez here. Just my $.02 on the paypal only thing. I believe LPP would be used more if it didn't require paypal. At the point that a dev is circumventing the market, whats the market for?
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whoa whoa whoa.. speaking out of turn here. Not all devs live in places where they are allowed to use google checkout, or to put paid apps in the market.
Don't call the guy stupid just because of where he lives. His country (Uruguay if memory serves) makes it impossible for him to use the market for a paid app. Paypal is his only viable option.
And pirating any apps is completely pathetic, but of course, it will happen. I wish I didn't see it in forums and threads on sites where developers and consumers so regularly go to support android. But, stupidity will be stupidity...
Furthermore, I'm a little confused by the way the author gets apps from the market. you can't bill to carrier, you have to use a credit card (unless you're on ATT, and even then, a month ago you couldn't). Does your mom buy all your apps? If that's the case, they why can't she buy you this one?

With T-Mobile you can charge your account as well! To be honest OP pay for the app!!! Support the developer!! Borrow a friends card! But don't take the slimy way out and look for a free pass! What if the shoes was on the other foot??
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At the camera store i can only pay in cash, but i only have a credit card, so stealing my new camera is the only option....good thinking mate....
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irish22022 said:
whoa whoa whoa.. speaking out of turn here. Not all devs live in places where they are allowed to use google checkout, or to put paid apps in the market.
Don't call the guy stupid just because of where he lives. His country (Uruguay if memory serves) makes it impossible for him to use the market for a paid app. Paypal is his only viable option.
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I am aware of this info...you can get a Visa merchant account in ANY country as long as you have internet...which the dev obviously does...he has his own website...
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Furthermore, I'm a little confused by the way the author gets apps from the market. you can't bill to carrier, you have to use a credit card (unless you're on ATT, and even then, a month ago you couldn't). Does your mom buy all your apps? If that's the case, they why can't she buy you this one?
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Maybe the author doesn't normally buy paid stuff. I have been on Android for years, and I have only purchased ONE app. I have donated to a few devs that make roms, but I typically don't buy apps. I WAS going to purchase LPP, but once I found out I have to deal with paypal, I quit. It's not worth it for me to go through transferring money to paypal, (3 days) and then making a payment to LPP, only to wait until the paypal payment has been recieved (another day or two) just to get a $2.99 home replacement.

dewd2 said:
Sorry, but that's a lame excuse. My 15 year old son has a debit card (and sometimes buys apps). If nothing else (and there are tons of ways to get a debit card), you could get a gift card and use it to buy apps. If you feel you must steal apps that cost less than $10, then you have more problems than just not having a credit card.
My $0.02.
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what's the name of the gift card?
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iynfynity said:
what's the name of the gift card?
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Visa. MasterCard. Go to just about any bank, grocery store, or variety store and purchase one. With PayPal, you don't even need a CC. Just open a checking account.
BTW - I agree paying with PayPal is not the best option. I had a bad experience with an app and I will never do that way again. However, I still will not steal the app.

helpneeded said:
Hi everyone, i really like the launcherpro app and i want to get the paid version. However, I'm only a student, thus i don't have a credit card/paypal account. Can anyone help me with it? Thanks a million!
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA App
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Go talk with that guy from China. His post was at least funny.

meanm50 said:
I am aware of this info...you can get a Visa merchant account in ANY country as long as you have internet...which the dev obviously does...he has his own website...
Maybe the author doesn't normally buy paid stuff. I have been on Android for years, and I have only purchased ONE app. I have donated to a few devs that make roms, but I typically don't buy apps. I WAS going to purchase LPP, but once I found out I have to deal with paypal, I quit. It's not worth it for me to go through transferring money to paypal, (3 days) and then making a payment to LPP, only to wait until the paypal payment has been recieved (another day or two) just to get a $2.99 home replacement.
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Umm you don't have to actually pay with your PayPal account, they just do the processing, you can pay with whatever credit/debit card you want. I don't even have a PayPal account and I bought the app just fine using my debit card.

PayPal can be used, can't it? I think these developers work extremely hard and it's difficult, even being broke, to use their fantastic programs and not compensate them for their time and effort.
Think of the position you're in... if your valuable time and hard work went without reward and you got no return on your investment, you'd be upset as well. It's just a couple of bucks here and there. You can EASILY find these on Google but please, don't do it, man.
I'm all for warez when someone is just going to be used once or if I'm uncertain if I'm going to pay full price for something. But if something is honestly worth the money, even my cheap ass will buy it. This world is ****ty enough. Don't go ripping off developers.

Graph.Two said:
With T-Mobile you can charge your account as well! To be honest OP pay for the app!!! Support the developer!! Borrow a friends card! But don't take the slimy way out and look for a free pass! What if the shoes was on the other foot??
Sent From Above And Beyond
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I do this sometimes but if the app is not in usd, your forbidden to charge it to your tmobile acct.

I would like to pay for apps, but when I try pay in the market it tells me to put credit card details in and won't accept my debit card. Anyone know how to solve this?
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dewd2 said:
Visa. MasterCard. Go to just about any bank, grocery store, or variety store and purchase one. With PayPal, you don't even need a CC. Just open a checking account.
BTW - I agree paying with PayPal is not the best option. I had a bad experience with an app and I will never do that way again. However, I still will not steal the app.
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Are this gift cards can be used on ebay?
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Am I being scammed?

Hello
I am trying to sell my Captivate on Ebay. I have had 4 different people - all located in the Ukraine inquire about the phone. Noone else from anywhere has asked about it.
Is there something about the Captivate and Ukraine?

Maybe it's one person with multiple accounts, or some of her/his friends.

Doesn't matter where they are from as long as they pay, and do NOT ship the phone until you have the money in your hands.

Phones are hard to get over seas and can be resold for 10x what they pay for it
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+1^
Use paypal for take the payment. And just ship after check that you have the money in your account.

Be cautious. I've had people try to scam me when I sold my Archos 101. They offered $100 more than what I was selling it for, but the catch is they wanted me to send the Archos to his cousin(who was also out of state).It just didn't seem right . Also have a friend that dealt with a buyer from another country. The check or whatever they sent him ended up costing him money somehow. So I only deal with local buyers. Just my 2 cents

Thanks for the tips guys

I wouldnt do it! I would never buy over seas and if you sold i would go thre PayPal for sure and dont send till money in hand. Good luck!
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maybe they heard about UnBrickable Mod and want a Captivate to develop with....

Darkuso said:
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Use paypal for take the payment. And just ship after check that you have the money in your account.
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Keep in mind that PayPal will freeze your *entire* account for the duration if the buyer files a dispute.... you better be able to PROVE s/he got the phone beyond a shadow of a doubt. Just fyi.

I'll buy it
I'm in nigeria....

doodaa1 said:
Keep in mind that PayPal will freeze your *entire* account for the duration if the buyer files a dispute.... you better be able to PROVE s/he got the phone beyond a shadow of a doubt. Just fyi.
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Ebay have a buyer/seller protection system, in that case they have to prove that he didnt sent the phone or isnt as was in the description. And if the buyer want the money back have to ship back to the seller. You can read about it in the ebay security center, i bought my phone in ebay, took a week to get from US to Venezuela.

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Doesn't matter where they are from as long as they pay, and do NOT ship the phone until you have the money in your hands.
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+1 ship only on correct payment, not 1000 donkeys in exchange for your hard earned £50.00
just make sure it is on your terms i.e pay pall and quote for insured shipping. simples

nmsraider said:
+1 ship only on correct payment, not 1000 donkeys in exchange for your hard earned £50.00
just make sure it is on your terms i.e pay pall and quote for insured shipping. simples
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1000 donkeys! Hahahahahaha lmao.
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As long as you get the money, who cares?

Sold an iPhone on eBay to a guy in Ukraine. The tracking system showed that it never arrived and he got his money back through PayPal. I was out an iPhone, eBay's fees, and the cost of shipping.
My local PO told me they hear things like that all the time about Ukraine. The postal system is apparently awful there.
Edit: Just because you get the money doesn't put you in the clear, PayPal put negative balance on my account and called me everyday after the dispute threatening to turn me over to collections if I didn't pay them back.
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also require them to buy insurance, that will protect u and the buyer if the package supposedly never arrives

not worth the hassle or risk you should have no problem selling to a buyer in US or Canada both of which tend to be safer than say Nigeria or Ukraine.

Good point on the insurance. So in case it does get "lost", my money won't be completely lost.

Just in case anyone doesn't know the check scam. The way it works is they send you a check for the product. It looks legit, even your bank will think its real. Banks will normally put the money into your account within 1-3 days if the amount of the check is below a certain amount. They do this before the check ever clears with the bank listed on the check (many times its an overseas bank so it takes even longer to clear). So what happens is that you get your money, ship the product, and then a couple weeks later the bank calls you up and says you owe them that money back because the check bounced. Or worse yet, the bank deducts it directly from your account, which happens, and you get overdrawn. Now you also owe overdraft fees. Problem is you cant hold on to the product for the length of time it takes for the check to fully clear, many times its 2-4 weeks.
So lesson is use paypal, cash, or even western union. No checks ever. There are plenty of scams out there but this one is one of the easiest for people to pull off.

Quick answers needed. Just got my invite.

OK so after posting a few #summershots on weekend. I didn't hear anything. Was in the process of emailing someone about buying his Chinese version. Then literally 10mins ago none other then my god damn oneplus one invite comes flying along via email. After jumping for joy for waiting a lonnng time. I realise s*** I haven't got paid yet. Now I'm in the UK. I get paid 28th invite expires I'm guessing 27th at 2200. How do you pay through checkout. Is it bank account details PayPal what. Only thing is I don't wanna pay for it and go overdrawn you get me. Lol. I'm feeling excitement and disappointment ATM. Help through this process from anyone would be welcome thanks.

nathlynn22 said:
OK so after posting a few #summershots on weekend. I didn't hear anything. Was in the process of emailing someone about buying his Chinese version. Then literally 10mins ago none other then my god damn oneplus one invite comes flying along via email. After jumping for joy for waiting a lonnng time. I realise s*** I haven't got paid yet. Now I'm in the UK. I get paid 28th invite expires I'm guessing 27th at 2200. How do you pay through checkout. Is it bank account details PayPal what. Only thing is I don't wanna pay for it and go overdrawn you get me. Lol. I'm feeling excitement and disappointment ATM. Help through this process from anyone would be welcome thanks.
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You have 24 hours to take your invite and then 24 more hours to buy the phone so you cabn wait a bit, make your counts.
If you can't wait, just get some money laid by a friend and give them back later :good::laugh:

DuckMcQUack said:
You have 24 hours to take your invite and then 24 more hours to buy the phone so you cabn wait a bit, make your counts.
If you can't wait, just get some money laid by a friend and give them back later :good::laugh:
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OK that's an idea so in theory I have 48 hours then. So I have 24 hrs to claim and then 24 hours after claiming to pay.

You pay through paypal. If you connected your bank account to paypal you can use that or add your credit card to paypal(which is probably the easiest).

DuckMcQUack said:
You have 24 hours to take your invite and then 24 more hours to buy the phone so you cabn wait a bit, make your counts.
If you can't wait, just get some money laid by a friend and give them back later :good::laugh:
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Missus shouting at me cos I'm acting like a kid at Christmas. Haha. Is the payment process simple just through say PayPal?

kokocabana said:
You pay through paypal. If you connected your bank account to paypal you can use that or add your credit card to paypal(which is probably the easiest).
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I got PayPal so that's fine just worried about missing it.

All good oneplus are processing my order. I'll soon be a fellow OPOer.

good to here that , got my oneplus 2 weeks ago and i ****ing love it!

EasyGoingXD said:
good to here that , got my oneplus 2 weeks ago and i ****ing love it!
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You based in UK? If so how long did it take you to get it? Did you unlock boot loader and root straight away? Haven't read any of the guides yet but I'm presuming its easy enough?

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You based in UK? If so how long did it take you to get it? Did you unlock boot loader and root straight away? Haven't read any of the guides yet but I'm presuming its easy enough?
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No i do live in austria. I waited about 1 week after i orderd it -_- First thing what i did i downloaded from XDA the oneplus one toolbox an from there you can easyle unlock your bootloader and rooting your opo. Just boot in the Download Mod and connect your phone with the pc. The just press one button and thats it so its very easy

I got Amazon to remove the Special Offers for free

Hey all,
I wanted to share this. I bought a HD 8 2017 for prime day. I had ordered the one with the Special offers and before it arrived I had a change of mind and figured I'd pay the extra $15 for the non-Special offers version. Before I started the return process I chatted in with Amazon and told them that I ordered the Special Offers one by mistake and asked if my only option to get one without the offers was to return the one with the offers and then rebuy the one without. He told me that I wouldn't have to return it and asked me to hold on. A few minutes later he came back and said that they normally would charge $20 to remove the Special Offers (not really sure why they charge $5 more than if you bought it without the SO) but he removed the special offers as a courtesy. So YMMV but if you chat in, and ask nicely, they may disable them for free like they did for me. I have read somewhere else of someone doing this which is why I gave it a shot before I did the return. Glad I did as it saved me an extra $15 on top of the $30 off for Prime Day

Yeah I did the same yesterday via the webchat. Basically just said I'm a loyal customer how about a gesture of goodwill. 2-3mins later they confirmed they would remove for free. Saved myself £10 so definitely worth a try.

Just did this this morning. Asked to have them removed and they just did it no questions.

Mawfingerer said:
Yeah I did the same yesterday via the webchat. Basically just said I'm a loyal customer how about a gesture of goodwill. 2-3mins later they confirmed they would remove for free. Saved myself £10 so definitely worth a try.
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Just did this this morning. Asked to have them removed and they just did it no questions.
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Nice, Glad it worked for you guys

Worked for me too! I didn't even ask for it for free; I just asked how do you remove the ads?
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Worked for me too! I didn't even ask for it for free; I just asked how do you remove the ads?
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I used the webchat as well. All done in about 10 minutes. Rep asked for device name and/or serial number.

I just had them remove the ads for me too. Thanks for the heads up.

I bought one on prime day too with the stupid special offers. I called them to unsubscribe and they did it for me for free. I was thinking I would install a custom rom anyway.

They were going to charge me £10 so I asked outright if they could do it for free as a courtesy. Manager said yes. Sorted

Worked for me today too (UK Fire bought on Prime Day) but I still can't get my head around the screensaver.
Tablet wakes up by itself from standby and does a slideshow of photos?

Also worked for me using online chat - asked due to loyalty and volume of purchases, was granted within 5 minutes. Very happy to have found this thread. Thanks OP!!!

I was told that it would be done for free in a chat but got a email a few hours later that my credit card was charged. When I chatted with them again, I was told that they charge you automatically when you ask for it for free. They did reverse the charge when I asked them to.

Same with me. They accidently sent me a defect Fire HD 8, so when we asked for a replacement, we got our SO disabled too.

I did online chat and had asked if it was possible to remove the ads since I hadn't noticed I bought the wrong one. The Tech guy removed them at no cost to me. And I got the notification on the tablet verifying ads were removed. Super Simple!

Thanks for the awesome recommendation, graffixnyc! About a 5-10m chat later and it's offers-free.
Amazon Rep: Could you please explain me the reason to remove offers from your tablet?
Me: I receive daily emails from Amazon that are more pertinent to my buying habits. Thus far none of the offers on the tablet have been products I'm interested in buying.
Amazon Rep: I am really sorry for the inconvenience, Please allow me a minute.
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I have disabled Special Offers on your Fire tablet. You will not be charged any additional fees for this.
In order to complete the process of unsubscribing your device from Special Offers, please turn wireless ON on your device. The next time your device connects to a wireless network, it will complete the process of unsubscribing.
I've waived off the charges of $15.00 for you.
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djnield said:
Worked for me today too (UK Fire bought on Prime Day) but I still can't get my head around the screensaver.
Tablet wakes up by itself from standby and does a slideshow of photos?
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Is this normal when the 'special offers' are removed as described in this thread? Are you not able to just set a wallpaper?

cygnus said:
Is this normal when the 'special offers' are removed as described in this thread? Are you not able to just set a wallpaper?
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I was able to set wallpaper okay.
I think my issue was due to greenify actually. Once I uninstalled that my tablet stopped waking up by itself.
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i bought a 3 pack and got the offers removed for free on two of them.

I've had my offers removed for free as well. Thanks for your reccommendation!

I just chatted here in Italy and the operator was scandalized as I ask him to make love with me! "nonono, here we don't give away the offer remove for customer like you that make 61 order in 60 days!"Next time they will take a week for a 24hours prime delivery I will ask again as refund.Consider that they ask you €15 that is almost $18 and that-compared to 7' one, the 8 one is not even SO economic.
Anyhow, I'll prefer a slim rom that will resolve everything and that's free.

just did this myself.. thanks for the tip ?