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Best Buy Sprint HTC Touch Pro - $750?

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.

Baffles said:
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..

NexVision said:
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

Ebay prices...

Hey everyone,
I recently was browsing ebay for a nexus s and noticed they are SO Expensive. Like 700 dolars expensive. So I was wondering.... (sorry if this sounds dumb lol) do you think its worthwhile or even possible to buy new from best buy and make a small profit on ebay?
Also one more question. When I'm on my epic 4g and I make. Call, even if the phone is password locked I noticed that from the call/dialpad screen I can easily get into my phone wiothout typing in the pin code by pressing home. Yikes... problem on nexus?
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It's possible.
But you're going to have to spend $529 plus tax ($52 here in CA) to get the phone, and pay eBay to make the listing (a few dollars), and pay eBay a commision on the sale (not sure what they charge any more), then pay PayPal or whoever a commission on the transaction to collect the payment.
Your target audience is most likely only going to be people outside of the US or other countries who can't just walk in to a local store and get one, so you're going to have to deal with internationally shipping the package. I recall many of the listings I saw for these phone in the past had the $700 include the shipping, so another dip into your profits, but you can charge for shipping separately.
There's profit there to be made, but how large is the market? Those listings you're seeing, do they actually get sold, or do they expire without interest.

True, true. thanks for the reply man
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there is almost no profit to be made
yes ebay increased their price for sales, and paypal is expensive as ever
you lose aprox $21 on paypal
and then you lose:
$0.25 + $4 + $32.5 = $36.75
total loss = $ 57.75 roughly $60
this is based on the $700 price
and there are some more hidden fees and charges that i forgot about
you basically come back with like ... $600 if lucky minus the original value of the phone $529.99+tax

AllGamer said:
there is almost no profit to be made
yes ebay increased their price for sales, and paypal is expensive as ever
you lose aprox $21 on paypal
and then you lose:
$0.25 + $4 + $32.5 = $36.75
total loss = $ 57.75 roughly $60
this is based on the $700 price
and there are some more hidden fees and charges that i forgot about
you basically come back with like ... $600 if lucky minus the original value of the phone $529.99+tax
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I sold my ipad for 575 and ebay all together almost 60 was taken between ebay and paypal
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What is the real cost to my door of the 64Gb version

I realize that the 64Gb version is $349. But, it has to be shipped from China , go thru US customs, applicable sales tax in Masachusettes.
SO
Shipping cost = ?
Custom duty cost = ?
Massachusettes tax = ?
I had, couple of years ago, bought a phone from Canada and when the USPS was delivering it to my door, I had to pay an additional $33 immediately (I assume Massachusettes taxes and or Customs-I don't remember which)
So I take the 349, add a shipping cost (I am guessing) of $15:00, plus Custom duty/Massachusettes sales tax of about $33:00 will bring the real cost to my door of approximately $400 and change. So the real cost to me will be approximately $400 give n take. It is still a good idea but real numbers mean more than just a listed number.
Any one out there that has received their Oneplus in the USA, what were those other costs?
Thanks in advance.

I can't really answer your question, but for me in Germany/EU there were no extra costs.
300€ + 5€ express shipping + a few € for a screen protector.
A user asked the OP support for the costs and they replied:
Thanks for contacting us. The price for the phone itself (64GB) is USD349, plus shipping fee of $16 for standard and $19 for express, hence the total cost will be around $365-370. The tax is included in the price.
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There now is an additional 'sign on deliver' cost of 2.35$.
Source

First off, the phone is not shipped from China. It is shipped from Anaheim California. The tax is included in the $349. Shipping is $14 now I believe, when I paid it was $360 in total and delivered via 2 day usps to new York.
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zephiK said:
First off, the phone is not shipped from China. It is shipped from Anaheim California. The tax is included in the $349. Shipping is $14 now I believe, when I paid it was $360 in total and delivered via 2 day usps to new York.
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That explains why I got my OnePlus One so damn fast I live near Anaheim lol Anyway, the standard shipping was $10 and $350 for the phone, I didn't pay a penny over $360.

oki doki, the shipping sounds reasonable and I like it. Thanks all for your responses.

rickyx32 said:
That explains why I got my OnePlus One so damn fast I live near Anaheim lol Anyway, the standard shipping was $10 and $350 for the phone, I didn't pay a penny over $360.
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There's a return address on the yellow envelope you can see where it is coming from.
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The shipping varies depending on where it's going within the United States. I've bought two, I'll list their shipping locations below along with their price.
New Lenox, IL - $11.99
Minden, NV - $10.34
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NO matter how you slice it the phone plus shipping is well worth it. So dont sweat shipping cost for an phone you wont be mad at!

Cost of 64gb one delivered
i live in fall river,ma just bought the one last week. the cost delivered was 363 and change. no hidden costs charged by the post office lol. they ship here in the us through usps.:good:

I ordered mine tody and I live in Bakersfield Ca. it's about two and a half hours from Anaheim. I wonder how long it will be for me?

The real cost of the HTC One A9

Okay, now after redeeming all the offers , I can safely state that HTC One A9 was brilliant value for money. Especially for those who bought it on pre-order.
Let's take a look at the pre-order price: That's 400 bucks.
With this we got 6 months google play subscription worth $60
2 years 100Gb Google Drive subscription(got a pop up today) worth $48
The uh-oh protection which is worth atleast $70 (that's the insurance cost of the Nexus 5x)
Which makes the actual phone cost ... $222 . Yep .. just 222.
:highfive:

would have preferred to have the fancy headphones also included...

And you didn't include the $100 coupon for HTC.com that those of us waiting for their red or gold models got. $122? Yep, good deal.

rlvl said:
Okay, now after redeeming all the offers , I can safely state that HTC One A9 was brilliant value for money. Especially for those who bought it on pre-order.
Let's take a look at the pre-order price: That's 400 bucks.
With this we got 6 months google play subscription worth $60
2 years 100Gb Google Drive subscription(got a pop up today) worth $48
The uh-oh protection which is worth atleast $70 (that's the insurance cost of the Nexus 5x)
Which makes the actual phone cost ... $222 . Yep .. just 222.
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Me in Sprint, still waiting to receive my phone and promised to get $100 credit which can be used on any HTC products and additional 25% offer coupon. I'm planning to get $70 HTC studio headsets and $30 flip case after 25% off. Basically getting everything needed for $400

Is their a trick to get the $100 offer? I am waiting for the gold and never got that offer.

holmes5518 said:
Is their a trick to get the $100 offer? I am waiting for the gold and never got that offer.
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Give them a call and ask about the delay. I think they are going to send that offer to everyone who's phone will be shipped in December

CarinaPDX said:
And you didn't include the $100 coupon for HTC.com that those of us waiting for their red or gold models got. $122? Yep, good deal.
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Just wish the $100 would be a credit on the price of the phone, I don't need/want any HTC accessoires.

Upgrade from 32gb to 64gb for free (actually samsung gave me an additional $31)

I just upgraded my 32gb note 5 to a 64gb note 5 for essentially the same price (actually a little less as the payments are based on the amount of $579 as opposed to the $599 that I paid for the 32gb). Since t-mobile is discounting the note 5 by $100 dollars I used on of my jumps from jump on demand. While I had to pay the $100 up front for the 64gb version I will essentially recoup that money as my monthly payment will be $5 less. So over the life of the lease I would have paid $90 less (18x5) and if you're like me who generally keeps a phone over 24 months I will have paid $120 less.
In addition to this I am going to apply for the $50 rebate for activating samsung pay as well as the $100 in samsung accessories for activating samsung pay (I'll probably just get the vr gear as I have more than enough cases and chargers of all kinds). I'll also apply for the $299 samsung gift bundles but doubt that I will get it as the fine print says that you would have had to pay full retail price. If anyone is interested I think the t-mobile sale is until November 30th
Actually samsung paid me $31. I say this because I purchased the 32gb note 5 when samsung had the promotion of paying the first three months of the EIP (for which I have already received the check). Since I have paid only 2 months into the 18 month lease the third month is profit. Finally I'm on the winning end of something

I wonder if I can do that if I already paid off my phone? I have the note 5 in white and I wouldn't mind the blue lol might try it
yeah im thinking about calling them and complaining to them about the new promo and then complain about how my fast charging in faulty and have them upgrade me LOL lets see what happens, might try it tomorrow. i wish they had email communication

When did you buy the first Note5?
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GMAN1722 said:
I just upgraded my 32gb note 5 to a 64gb note 5 for essentially the same price (actually a little less as the payments are based on the amount of $579 as opposed to the $599 that I paid for the 32gb). Since t-mobile is discounting the note 5 by $100 dollars I used on of my jumps from jump on demand. While I had to pay the $100 up front for the 64gb version I will essentially recoup that money as my monthly payment will be $5 less. So over the life of the lease I would have paid $90 less (18x5) and if you're like me who generally keeps a phone over 24 months I will have paid $120 less.
In addition to this I am going to apply for the $50 rebate for activating samsung pay as well as the $100 in samsung accessories for activating samsung pay (I'll probably just get the vr gear as I have more than enough cases and chargers of all kinds). I'll also apply for the $299 samsung gift bundles but doubt that I will get it as the fine print says that you would have had to pay full retail price. If anyone is interested I think the t-mobile sale is until November 30th
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I don't think you had to pay full price for the note 5 to get the $299 bundle I submitted my form and 2 days later i received an email that i got approved
Now I'm just waiting for shipping

i bought mine through costco (32GB) but with the new GearVR taking up lots of memory, I want to upgrade to 64GB. Any chance this will work?

What's the $299 gift bundle? can anyone provide a link please? Thanks!
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What's the $299 gift bundle? can anyone provide a link please? Thanks!
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Never mind found the thread ?

I bought the first note 5 the beginning of October when Samsung had the promotion of paying the first three months of your EIP (btw I received the check for that about a month ago)

jeweladdict said:
i bought mine through costco (32GB) but with the new GearVR taking up lots of memory, I want to upgrade to 64GB. Any chance this will work?
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I think that Costco only does the regular jump and not jump on demand. With the regular jump I believe that you have to have paid off half of the device (unless you have the very first version of jump) - which isn't the case with jump on demand

blah_blah_blah_blah said:
I don't think you had to pay full price for the note 5 to get the $299 bundle I submitted my form and 2 days later i received an email that i got approved
Now I'm just waiting for shipping
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I think if the EIP isn't based on the full retail price (according to the fine print) then it may not qualify. Keep in mind that a rebate is different than a sale. A rebate would be considered as paying full retail price whereas a sale wouldn't (please correct me if I'm wrong). I'm going to give it a shot anyway.

Also, how many stores actually carry the 64GB version? I know a lot of stores in SoCal only carry the base models.
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blah_blah_blah_blah said:
I don't think you had to pay full price for the note 5 to get the $299 bundle I submitted my form and 2 days later i received an email that i got approved
Now I'm just waiting for shipping
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When I applied for the promotions I kept getting a message saying that the IMEI and/or the wifi mac address is invalid. I then noticed that on my receipt it says "discount ineligible". Oh well I guess I won't be getting anything additional but at least I still came out ahead while upgrading from 32gb to 64gb