So, I went to one of my local Best Buys in excitement, as the online locater showed the Sprint HTC Touch Pro in stock.
I got there, and of course the lady tech person said that she was not allowed to sell the phone until tomorrow. I asked if she could see her manager and get an exception, as I plan on driving to Orlando, FL tomorrow for a 2-month long business trip, and that I wanted to buy it from my local Best Buy.
I planned on buying it outright, as I'm not quite to my 1-year point on my HTC (Sprint) Mogul, but I've been watching the Raphael since I first heard about it back in March.
However, I went in expecting a $569 MSRP on the phone. They instead tried to sell it to me at the 'Regular' price of $749.99.
Am I being delusional thinking that Best Buy should be selling it outright at MSRP? Do I maybe have the wrong MSRP in my head?
I mean, $200 over MSRP for a cell phone doesn't quite make sense to me, seeing as the Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price is still giving Best Buy a decent profit.
For anyone that wants the information, here's what Best Buy printed out for me:
Regular Price: $749.99
Upgrades - Individual and Family Plans (includes Sprint Rebate)
1 Year Agreement: $459.99
2 Year Agreement: $299.99
2 Year New Plan & Additional Lines
Family Plan Lines 2-5: $299.99
Rate Plan Below $59.99: $299.99
Rate Plan Above $59.99: $279.99
They were screwing with you. I picked up 2 today for $299 - 20% Rewardzone smartphone discount. The unconnected price sounds about right as the BestBuy price on the Touch Pro seems rather low (Sprint want $249 after a $100 MIR for the Diamond).
In the end, after selling my 2 moguls, I'll have upgraded for less than $150 to 2 Touch Pros. I'm pretty happy right now.
They weren't screwing with him, that is what they charge if you don't sign a new contract. Sign a new 2 year and you'll have no problem getting it for 299.
ScottC said:
They were screwing with you. I picked up 2 today for $299 - 20% Rewardzone smartphone discount. The unconnected price sounds about right as the BestBuy price on the Touch Pro seems rather low (Sprint want $249 after a $100 MIR for the Diamond).
In the end, after selling my 2 moguls, I'll have upgraded for less than $150 to 2 Touch Pros. I'm pretty happy right now.
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Where did you get 2 for $299? I didn't think the phone was available yet...
Interesting "Currency" Play
How about this.... and disclaimer, I've never dealt with this website and have no idea how good/bad they are, however they are selling on ebay, so in order to continue to do biz on ebay you generally have to have good feedback. Anyway, here's the deal: http://www.cellengros.com/product_info.php?cPath=3&products_id=1263
$799 CAD (Canadian dollars), which at today's exchange rate of $0.78 per $1 Canadian) is about $625 US Dollars. (plus shipping). That compares very favorably with current prices on Ebay and the $750 US you quoted from Best Buy.
Has anyone ever dealt with these guys before? (or I could wait a week and get the Sprint/AT&T version, but the number pad on the ATT version kind of annoys me and i'm pretty sure that's the route i will have to go (wife on ATT)...)
ScottC said:
They were screwing with you. I picked up 2 today for $299 - 20% Rewardzone smartphone discount. The unconnected price sounds about right as the BestBuy price on the Touch Pro seems rather low (Sprint want $249 after a $100 MIR for the Diamond).
In the end, after selling my 2 moguls, I'll have upgraded for less than $150 to 2 Touch Pros. I'm pretty happy right now.
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assuming price with new contract is 300 - 20% = $240
how did you get each TP for $150? that's one heck of a deal!
baboola said:
assuming price with new contract is 300 - 20% = $240
how did you get each TP for $150? that's one heck of a deal!
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Uh do the math? lol
$240 x 2 = $480 = Price of 2 TP's
$115 x 2 = $330 = Price of him selling 2 Moguls?
So $480-$330 = $150? Btw. I think he meant both for $150.
i called my local bb, they said that they dont sell the phone outright. was gonna buy it and return it when it came out for sprint on next sunday lol... guess that got shut down
Kraize92 said:
Uh do the math? lol
$240 x 2 = $480 = Price of 2 TP's
$115 x 2 = $330 = Price of him selling 2 Moguls?
So $480-$330 = $150? Btw. I think he meant both for $150.
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ok that makes sense...i thought he meant the price he actually paid for the phones, not after subtracting the amount he got for selling Mogul
Best Buy does allow you to buy the phones outright, perhaps he thought you were a reseller, or had a wait list of people wanting the phone
Picked mine up at BB yesterday $238.00 after tax.
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They weren't screwing with him, that is what they charge if you don't sign a new contract. Sign a new 2 year and you'll have no problem getting it for 299.
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I meant that they were screwing with him by claiming they could not sell it yet.
I don't know where some of you are located but my Best Buy sells phones outright. I can also confirm that the Touch Pro can be purchased for $299 (New customer or upgrade price) plus 20% if you are a Rewards Zone member with no mail in rebates. More info can be found from the link below. It runs through November 1st.
https://myrewardzone.bestbuy.com/
Pictures of the phone anyone?
I got mine for 239.99. ($256.79 after taxes).
I'm still going to try and send the $100 mail in rebate because I have one that doesnt specify the phone had to be bought from a sprint store or sprint.com... nothing to lose sending that in.
And yeah signed a 2 year agreement.
Here's a copy of my receipt..
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Here's a copy of my receipt..
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Weird that they charged me an extra $16.... only thing i can think of is that they applied the 20% before all the instant savings to you, and they gave it to me AFTER the instant savings... retail was ~$750 like the OP said.
I only qualify for the$75 via sprint store. So i would have to pay $750. NO way in hell im paying that much. Ill wait till next Sunday to get it cheaper via sprint store.
yeah i picked up a touch pro from bestbuy for 240.00 also using the extra 20 percent off card for smartphones a great steal and selling my mogul for 150 made out of pocket cost 90.00
tonyfl said:
I only qualify for the$75 via sprint store. So i would have to pay $750. NO way in hell im paying that much. Ill wait till next Sunday to get it cheaper via sprint store.
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it will not cost you 750 if your elligible for the one year upgrade i think its more like 4 or 450 just call the store and ask but there are 3 prices. 2 yr upgrade, 1 yr, and no upgrade
hi guys
i'm looking to buy a used g-tablet, i'm in australia so it's much harder for me to buy from an online retailer. i have a headfi/ebay/ocau account where i've sold/bought plenty of stuff in case anybody needs some reassurance.
let me know what you have and how much you'd like for it
thanks
Id suggest Amazon mate, got mine from them, shipped to Sydney in less than 14 days. and since the price seems to be dropping, eg down to around $360 US dollars, and with our dollar atm, its the time to do it.
http://www.amazon.com/Viewsonic-G-Tablet-Multi-Touch-Screen-Android/dp/B004EPV7TK/ref=pd_sim_e_1
Got mine from Amazon too, $444.14 in the end, expedited delivery, 6 days from ordering, turned up in Canberra.
Took me a few days of checking to be able to order one though, only when it's actually from amazon would it be able to be shipped to Aus, other company's that sell through amazon seem to not ship out of the USA.
+1 for amazon, a few posts below this one http://www.amazon.com/Viewsonic-G-Tablet-Multi-Touch-Screen-Android/dp/B004EPV7TK/ref=pd_sim_e_1 for $359 atm is better than what I got it for 3 weeks ago ($379)
thanks for the responses guys, i considered amazon but most of their merchants don't ship abroad and through amazon themselves it comes to about $420 inc standard shipping. i'm hoping to see if i can pick it up cheaper
Don't forget that there are quite a few really nice tablets coming out like the Elocity A10 and the Asus transformer. Those two are in my options the best options coming out soon. I am going to pick up a transformer when it comes out next month. It comes with honeycomb, 1 gig ram and an IPS screen. The G tablet is great but it will be probably a month or longer before honeycomb is stable enough to use daily. And Intel will be releasing the SandyBridge mobile processors later this year and those are going to kick some ass. Also checkout WI-DI. I can't wait. I would recommend a G tablet if you can get a good deal on one like $250. But for $400 go with the A10 or transformer. Just my 2 cents.
I bought a G Tablet, and my wife loved it. I decided to buy her a new one from Office depot. After about a week, she realized she wants a keyboard (Dell inspiron duo, even though theres no Android.)
I could return it, but Office depot has a really horrible 14 day return policy, and if the box has been opened, you can only get store credit.
So, if anyone wants a perfect condition Gtab, I'll give you it for like $100 off.
Im asking $350, plus $10 flat rate USPS to the US.
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I will probably get an email faster than I reply to a PM...
Samuels.mitch [at] gmail
mitchsamuels said:
I bought a G Tablet, and my wife loved it. I decided to buy her a new one from Office depot. After about a week, she realized she wants a keyboard (Dell inspiron duo, even though theres no Android.)
I could return it, but Office depot has a really horrible 14 day return policy, and if the box has been opened, you can only get store credit.
So, if anyone wants a perfect condition Gtab, I'll give you it for like $100 off.
Im asking $350, plus $10 flat rate USPS to the US.
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http://www.6ave.com/shop/product.aspx?ref=Froogle&sku=VIEGTABLET
$357.00 at 6th Ave.... If you discount $100, I'll take it for $257 + shipping.
Lemme know.....
Use PM if really wanna sell it.
mitchsamuels said:
I bought a G Tablet, and my wife loved it. I decided to buy her a new one from Office depot. After about a week, she realized she wants a keyboard (Dell inspiron duo, even though theres no Android.)
I could return it, but Office depot has a really horrible 14 day return policy, and if the box has been opened, you can only get store credit.
So, if anyone wants a perfect condition Gtab, I'll give you it for like $100 off.
Im asking $350, plus $10 flat rate USPS to the US.
[UPDATE]
I will probably get an email faster than I reply to a PM...
Samuels.mitch [at] gmail
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You could just buy her a keyboard case... I got one here designed for the G Tab that I'll sell to you for $20 + shipping (I paid $25 + shipping and waited 3 weeks for it to get here from China). Its leather and is a really nice case. Otherwise, good luck selling it for that much.
Just wanted to let anyone who has purchased an HTC Thunderbolt in the last 30 days that Best Buy has reduced the price from $99.99 to $49.99.
If this applies to you, make sure you take your receipt in and get your $50.00 buy price matching. My wife just bought a new Thunderbolt a couple weeks ago, so I've been watching the prices for just this reason.
If you are thinking about purchasing a new Thunderbolt, now might be the time to do it
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That's a a good price, but it was free on Black Friday Weekend at BBY
Hi guys, my contract has got about 10 days left so i am able to upgrade. I was previously on the one plan for £30 a month (with a £5 discount) with a galaxy s2. I want the S4 however now the best they can seem to do is £35 a month (£2 off). I have tried multiple times to phone them today and speak to different people but with no avail. I need to stay on the one plan due to tethering, but would it be worth asking for the pac code to try to convince them into give me a better deal? :fingers-crossed: Thanks for your help guys . And also what deals did you guys manage to get with three?
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After 2 hours on the phone the Indian women was adamant the best deal she could do was if i waited a month and she could take £2 off a month. So i phoned to get my puc code and they said instead of leaving they could do £33 a month for the one plan which i went for