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[Q] Current lowest off contract availble?

Well, since everyone is excited on contract price, I wanted to know if anyone found the lowest off contract price on any store. I was hoping to get the phone off contract from Costco, but it seemed they don't sell it off contract. Being an Even More Plus customer, I got no choice but to buy the phone off contract.
Here are the ones I know.
T-Mobile - $499.00 + tax
Amazon - $509.00
Target - $519.00 + tax
RadioShack - $519.00 + tax
Walmart - $549.00 + tax

My local T-Mo store sold me one for $450 with $65 in accessories (car charger, screen protectors, case, and headphones).

I was able to get one for $250 and I'm an EM+ customer. I guess I got lucky. I went to a corporate store. She was even going to allow me to do the EIP, but I paid in full.
If you have some time just float around to a few and see what happens. Ask if they "can give you a deal?". Worst that could happen is they say no. I'm almost eager to put the mail in rebate form in, but wouldn't want it to backfire on me. I'll just be happy that I got the phone 50% off.

rukawa2k said:
Well, since everyone is excited on contract price, I wanted to know if anyone found the lowest off contract price on any store. I was hoping to get the phone off contract from Costco, but it seemed they don't sell it off contract. Being an Even More Plus customer, I got no choice but to buy the phone off contract.
Here are the ones I know.
T-Mobile - $499.00 + tax
Amazon - $509.00
Target - $519.00 + tax
RadioShack - $519.00 + tax
Walmart - $549.00 + tax
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Amazon looks like your best bet if you have Amazon prime. I would have suggested Cellhub because I got mine for 514.00 (no tax) 2nd shipping

okplaya said:
I was able to get one for $250 and I'm an EM+ customer. I guess I got lucky. I went to a corporate store. She was even going to allow me to do the EIP, but I paid in full.
If you have some time just float around to a few and see what happens. Ask if they "can give you a deal?". Worst that could happen is they say no. I'm almost eager to put the mail in rebate form in, but wouldn't want it to backfire on me. I'll just be happy that I got the phone 50% off.
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Well done!

EIP will let off contact customers spread the payments over 19 months. The best part is you can payoff early if you want.
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I tried to get the EIP but they couldn't discount the phone and accessories if I did. I'd expected to pay full price up front and it's probably worth it in my case.

Are you sure you got it for $250? Mine was $246.11 and $20 a month after that. Are you sure you didn't get the installment plan?

What's eip? How does it work?
Edit : Sorry, Did not read above.
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btmec said:
Are you sure you got it for $250? Mine was $246.11 and $20 a month after that. Are you sure you didn't get the installment plan?
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure. She basically gave it to me for the cost of the phone on contract. It's $250 w/ $50 MIR. She even offered me the EIP with the $250 price. It would've been $27 down, and $12 and some change a mo. I just forked over the full amount since I would've had to pay over $100 had I been charged full price. I really lucked up man. I was all set to pay the $499, but I walked out paying $264 ($250 + tax).
Why are you paying so much anyway? $246 + (19*20) = $626. Am I missing something?

She probably snuck in a 2yr contract on you for $250 so she gets a kickback. Look online to see your plan.
I used my EIP at first but returned.it cause the screen had bad bleeding. Since I sold my Nexus One afterwards, I just decided to buy it outright. $534 in hand from a store.
I'd rather spend a few extra bucks and have it immediately vs 2 day shipping.
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She snuck in PHP which I probably should keep, but I'll probably cancel it on principle. I definitely checked and I'm still on the EM+ 1500 for families.

Just tried one local T-mobile store and immediately after I asked for discount, the sales rep said NO. She said I can upgrade to EM plan (Which I highly doubted...) Going to try other stores later.

girlfriend works at target and gets 15% off. should i get?

I say 15% off is a pretty decent deal. I'd jump on it..

[Q] Too good to be true Sprint Deal for Students?

In 2013 I took advantage of a best buy/sprint promotion where I bought a new phone with cash and received a free year of unlimited calling and text service from sprint.
I added on the $10 unlimited data option but otherwise the only other cost was insurance and taxes so my bill was just over $20.
I am a week from this awesome deal ending so I called sprint to see what my options are.
They told me if I buy a new phone through the easy-pay system where I pay on a new phone for 24 months I can stay in the current promo.
I have to say that having free unlimited calling and text (a $50 value) per month is very attractive if true.
Just seems like it is too good to be true to me. I would have to purchase my phone through Best Buy but they told me I had to use the easy-pay 24 month system and not pay for the phone in full to do this.
If this is true I can see either a galaxy note 4 ($30 a month) or a galaxy note edge ($35 a month) in my very near future and I would be selling (Or trading in) my current note 3.
Anyone know for sure? Think I am stopping at best buy tomorrow to see...
Rodney

Best place to buy GS6 from

Hi,
Can people post the best places as far as bonus deals or discounts, where to order the GS6 from?
I'm upgrade eligible on my Verizon More everything plan (I want to lock into a new 2 year contract) is there any site that will offer the phone for less than $199? (or rather less than $299 for the 64gb model?) or at least bundle with it some free accessories?
(a few years ago I bought my GS3 from Amazon wireless for $50 less than VZW.com, but haven't come across any sites offering discounts for the GS6 yet)

levilib said:
Hi,
Can people post the best places as far as bonus deals or discounts, where to order the GS6 from?
I'm upgrade eligible on my Verizon More everything plan (I want to lock into a new 2 year contract) is there any site that will offer the phone for less than $199? (or rather less than $299 for the 64gb model?) or at least bundle with it some free accessories?
(a few years ago I bought my GS3 from Amazon wireless for $50 less than VZW.com, but haven't come across any sites offering discounts for the GS6 yet)
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Try Costco. They might have some special offers/deals/discounts. (Usually, they do)

Droid_Evo_8 said:
Try Costco. They might have some special offers/deals/discounts. (Usually, they do)
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Thanks, i checked their website, I'm unimpressed, same price with much later ship date and lousy bonus accessories. Any other ideas?

levilib said:
Thanks, i checked their website, I'm unimpressed, same price with much later ship date and lousy bonus accessories. Any other ideas?
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Um, maybe Sam's Club?

Go directly through Verizon. They have a $100 trade in credit when you are buying the gs6 when you trade in any good working condition smartphone. $150 for the gs4, & $200 for the GS5. They also have a promo on the Galaxy tab S, and some gear watch, don't recall which one.

Best Buy is giving away a Samsung Qi wireless charger with the phone right now. Plus they have the same trade-in offer as Verizon, but it's in the form of a Best Buy gift card.

I ordered from Costco and they had a $30 gift card but it ended yesterday. That almost covers upgrade charge. I can wait until next week to get the phone.

Here's the amazing deal I just got from Verizon. Try to follow along. Verizon has this "edge" program, where you sign a 2 year contract and can pay for the phone monthly over two years. The gs6 is $600 so it'd be 25 bucks a month. The kicker; they give you 25 bucks off your phone bill each month if you get the 6 gb plan (which is currently the same price for a 4gb plan). So I paid the tax on the phone and walked out of the store basically never paying for it again. On top of that, the rep told me to bring my w2 in and I'll get a 20% monthly discount for working in a hospital. Ask what other discounts they might have!
Verizon GS6

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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shanda5303 said:
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

Pre Order Promo

Are we going to see some type of pre order promo?
I ordered 2 phones..... but havent seen any mention of a pre order promo.

billinaz said:
Are we going to see some type of pre order promo?
I ordered 2 phones..... but havent seen any mention of a pre order promo.
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I just preordered 2 through AT&T and I am wondering the same thing. The only thing AT&T told me was they were waiving the activation, which I alreadyget through their signature program discount through my employer. So not much of a promo there for me.

I ordered direct from Sammy and received at $150 freebie accessory purchase and then another email with an additional $50 deduct for the pre-registration. Sammy also throws in 6 mos of Spotify and 4 months of YouTube premium.

Same here Gargamel. Ordered At&t at midnight. I saw something about HBO...lol what! Who cares give us something useful
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advocate2 said:
I ordered direct from Sammy and received at $150 freebie accessory purchase and then another email with an additional $50 deduct for the pre-registration. Sammy also throws in 6 mos of Spotify and 4 months of YouTube premium.
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I didnt have that option.

advocate2 said:
I ordered direct from Sammy and received at $150 freebie accessory purchase and then another email with an additional $50 deduct for the pre-registration. Sammy also throws in 6 mos of Spotify and 4 months of YouTube premium.
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Got this same promo when they opened up ordering.

I ordered from Samsung. Got 550 of my Note 9, 200 dollar credit to be used on the site, 6 months of spotify and 4 months of youtube premium. I find it interesting when I preordered I got 200 dollars, yet they are now giving a 150 dollar credit.

if you use Rakuten app or the plug in for chrome.
you can get 10% cashback but you cant use that extra 50$ credit.
but you still getting 100$ credit for note20 and 150$ ultra note20.
i ordered ultra note20, i'm supposed to get back 67$, that' more than that 50$ credit.

After you pre-ordered, did you get the extra $50 or a little while after? I just pre-ordered 2 phones and got 150 for ultra and 100 for 5g, att USA.

rellik27 said:
After you pre-ordered, did you get the extra $50 or a little while after? I just pre-ordered 2 phones and got 150 for ultra and 100 for 5g, att USA.
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No, it never show there's a 50$ credit.

I read somewhere that you can get the 150 off accessories even if you preorder from a carrier. Not 100% if that's true or not.

Vodafone gives galaxy buds live.

ATT is running a hell of a deal, i have an S9+ and they offered me $1000 for an upgrade on an unlimited plan. I was already signed onto the Unlimited Elite, so upgrading to the Note 20 Ultra for $10 a month for 30 months on the promo pricing was worth it.
Dont know if its for everyone or just those with the old corporate FANs, i still have my old Sears Holdings fan attached to my account. Its like a collector's item these days.

Grimcreaper said:
ATT is running a hell of a deal, i have an S9+ and they offered me $1000 for an upgrade on an unlimited plan. I was already signed onto the Unlimited Elite, so upgrading to the Note 20 Ultra for $10 a month for 30 months on the promo pricing was worth it.
Dont know if its for everyone or just those with the old corporate FANs, i still have my old Sears Holdings fan attached to my account. Its like a collector's item these days.
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Yep, same deal i got. I went in just going to get the 128gb and saw the deal and was like well hell, I'll just get the big dog.

netnerd said:
No, it never show there's a 50$ credit.
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When I pre-registered to pre-order, I got a $50 credit. Then when I pre-ordered I got an additional $150 credit, and I now have $200 credit. Both of those were described in emails from Samsung.

I just saw the AT&T deal. I immediately canceled my Samsung preorder and got it from AT&T. Thats a hell of a trade in deal for my note 9.

Just ordered the big dog 512 gb using the trade in program, getting $550 for my note 9 and also got $200 credit. Total came to less than $1k so I'm pretty happy

Here in the UK, a pre-order will get you a choice of either the new Xbox Game Pass Bundle (3-month membership, MOGA XP5 -X+ controller & wireless charger) with the Galaxy Note20 or Galaxy Note20 Ultra
or
A pair of Samsung Galaxy Buds+ in white (Galaxy Note 20) or the new Galaxy Buds Live (Galaxy Note 20 Ultra)
That's a pretty good offer!
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Heads up
For those of you taking advantage of the 1,000 off from ATT, there are some things to think about..
You have to pay the device off or use the Next Up plan to be able to upgrade before the 30 month period. If you upgrade without NextUp, you will owe the payments in full, because the credits are only applied on a monthly basis.
If you use Next Up, you cannot use the Note 20 Ultra in another trade in deal. So if they do another 1,000 off next year for the new note, you wont be able to get that, you'll have to use the Next Up and pay the full payment plan of the new phone going forward (somewhere between 40 and 50 bucks per month).
The workaround to this is to buy a different phone second hand that hits the minimum trade in value for ATT. So you would trade in the Note 20 Ultra for the Next Up (this would satisfy the payment plan you are currently on without canceling all the credits, then you would trade in the second hand phone you purchased to get the 1,000 off or whatever the deal ends up being next time around.
Sorry if this seemed obvious to some, but this is kind of where they get you in the long run. If you plan on having the phone for 30 months, no big deal at all, but I tend to get a new one each year.

JLine05 said:
For those of you taking advantage of the 1,000 off from ATT, there are some things to think about..
You have to pay the device off or use the Next Up plan to be able to upgrade before the 30 month period. If you upgrade without NextUp, you will owe the payments in full, because the credits are only applied on a monthly basis.
If you use Next Up, you cannot use the Note 20 Ultra in another trade in deal. So if they do another 1,000 off next year for the new note, you wont be able to get that, you'll have to use the Next Up and pay the full payment plan of the new phone going forward (somewhere between 40 and 50 bucks per month).
The workaround to this is to buy a different phone second hand that hits the minimum trade in value for ATT. So you would trade in the Note 20 Ultra for the Next Up (this would satisfy the payment plan you are currently on without canceling all the credits, then you would trade in the second hand phone you purchased to get the 1,000 off or whatever the deal ends up being next time around.
Sorry if this seemed obvious to some, but this is kind of where they get you in the long run. If you plan on having the phone for 30 months, no big deal at all, but I tend to get a new one each year.
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That makes sense, thanks. I tend to keep my phone for 2+ years (I have the Note 9 now) and I usually may them off way before. I would just use another trade in offer in 2 years and that may be with another carrier or Samsung.
Last time I used Samsung to get the Note 9 because they had the best trade in deal.