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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / March 2004Does Cingular offer this discount?
Hi all, I'm a Sprint PCS customer and Sprint offers various discounts for various professions, employers, etc. One particular discount that they supposedly give is 25% off your monthly bill to people in Law Enforcement. I have a friend who is a Cingular subscriber and a police officer. I was wondering if Cingular offers any similar discount? Thanks, Mark L. Cops always wants something for nothing. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Mark L. Hey, that comment was a little off base. Keep in mind everyone wants everything for as low as cost as they possibly can without sacrificing quality. What do you do for a living? Wouldn't you like to save a little money now and then? Someone always has a smart remark for everything. Yes, there are those people that don't like to pay for anything. However, just because he is a cop doesn't mean that he is that type of person. He might have a wife, a couple of kids, a car payment, and a mortgage payment. There is more to life than just paying for a cell phone. If Cingular ever offers a smart remark discount don't call them to add it to your account. I would hate for you to have a discount to save you a little money because you wouldn't want your service for nothing now would you! The man just asked a simple question, and what does he get, a smart answer. Mark L. the best recommendation for you if someone does not respond appropriately to you by the time you get this message, is to save yourself from people like this and call 866.CINGULAR or stop by a Cingular store and ask. JT > Cops always wants something for nothing. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >>Mark L. > However, just because he is a cop doesn't mean that he is that type of > person. He might have a wife, a couple of kids, a car payment, and a > mortgage payment. And so does the People that has to work their butts off to pay his Salery, Insurance, Buy his car, Etc........... Where is their discount? By the way, Mr. Richard Head, where I live, the Cops gets free Cell Phones- Paid for by us, the Taxpayers. It don't get cheaper than that. > > However, just because he is a cop doesn't mean that he is that type of > > person. He might have a wife, a couple of kids, a car payment, and a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Where is their discount? Did the cops ask for it? Or did the city just give it to them? Did the public ask for it? Someone voted it in, someone is paying for it. So if you the taxpayer do not like what you are paying for, send that to your mayor or comissioner. Better yet if it is that much of a deal to you, then run for the office in charge of voting that issue in or out. The newsgroup is no place to vent such a frustration about cops getting free cell phones. However, I will agree with you on three aspects. First, no it doesn't get cheaper than free. Taxpayers, shouldn't have to fund a cell phone that is used for all personal use among government officials. Thirdly, most individuals regardless of their occupation shouldn't receive a break for individual cell phones. This would make it a fair playing field for all. Only organizations that bring service in by the bulk should be eligible for discounts. Why orgs? The people work for them and when they cut cost they cut less jobs. Thereby, you pay more taxes because you keep your job, you make more, and you benenfit all in the economy of humanity. JT > By the way, Mr. Richard Head, where I live, the Cops gets free Cell Phones- > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >>Where is their discount? > > However, just because he is a cop doesn't mean that he is that type of > > person. He might have a wife, a couple of kids, a car payment, and a > > mortgage payment. > > And so does the People that has to work their butts off to pay his Salery, > Insurance, Buy his car, Etc........... Salery? Queue the banjo music!!!!!!!!! > Cops always wants something for nothing. That's the truth. I'm wondering if this thread wasn't jumpt started by another one on the forums at slickdeals? Hell I was wondering if there wasn't a way for me to take advantage and get a better rate on my cell bill. > Cops always wants something for nothing. Well, actually Paw-Paw, no cop was asking for anything. I'm not a cop. I'm a PC salesman. I was asking out of my own curiosity and to help out a friend. Don't act like you'd pass on a fat discount because others wouldn't get it. Mark L. Righteous answer Paw Paw - lol. Anyhoos, I checked with Cingular for my outfit (we get a hefty 25% discount with Nextel) but no can do on Cingular. Oh get this we also get discount from AT&T ????? For those that went into an hypochondriac fit with Paw Paws slapstick comment, chill and get a freaking grip Dudes.  SignatureTeam EuroMeko --------------------------------------------- http://blackie.bounceme.net > Cops always wants something for nothing. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > > Mark L. > Righteous answer Paw Paw - lol. > > Anyhoos, I checked with Cingular for my outfit (we get a hefty 25% discount > with Nextel) but no can do on Cingular. Oh get this we also get discount > from AT&T ????? So sign up with ATT QUICK before it starts using the name Cingular. That way you will have the discount AND be a Cingular customer. Oh, and you'll be using the discount on the SAME NETWORK, as ATT and Cingular use the same towers. -Dave >Oh, and you'll >be using the discount on the SAME NETWORK, as ATT and Cingular use the same >towers. -Dave Same towers only occasionally. But definatly a different network. -- John S. e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net > >Oh, and you'll > >be using the discount on the SAME NETWORK, as ATT and Cingular use the same [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > -- Not really. Their pre-buyout cooperative agreements mean that you are using the same network with the same technology. Thus, the same towers also. If you are a Cingular customer, you may or may not be aware that you are also an ATT customer. If you are an ATT customer, you may or may not be aware that you are a Cingular customer. So if you've narrowed down your choices to ATT or Cingular, choose lowest price, as they are the same now, and will soon be using the same name (cingular) -Dave >>Oh, and you'll >>be using the discount on the SAME NETWORK, as ATT and Cingular use the same >>towers. -Dave > >Same towers only occasionally. But definatly a different network. Yeap, Cingular will operate at 1900MHz, AT&T at 850MHz. One day their networks will be combined BUT some phones will affiliate at 850MHz, others at 1900MHz. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Mark L. Holy sh.t, Mark, why don't you just call Cingular and ask. Signaturejer email reply - I am not a 'ten' ICQ = 35253273 "All that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of what we know." -- Richard Wilbur > Holy sh.t, Mark, why don't you just call Cingular and ask. Figured I'd find the answer here quicker. Mark L. > > Holy sh.t, Mark, why don't you just call Cingular and ask. > > Figured I'd find the answer here quicker. Let's see, you come to an anonymous place full of (at best) wisecracking idiots to get a factual answer that would better and more accurately, and probably faster, be answered by simply picking up the phone and saying, "I'm a police officer, and I hear Sprint gives a discount for law enforcement. Do you?" I'm constantly amazed at the number of people who would come to the Usenet thinking he'll get BETTER and FASTER answers to factual items like this. Face it: you're sitting your fat lazy a.s in front of a computer screen, and getting to the phone means getting up--which you're too fat and lazy to do. So, you just take a second and bang it out on the screen. You didn't expect anything MEANINGFUL out of that exercise, did you? Yes idiots but at least we are not dummies - lol. SignatureTeam EuroMeko --------------------------------------------- http://blackie.bounceme.net an anonymous place full of (at best) wisecracking idiots > I'm constantly amazed at the number of people who would come to the > Usenet thinking he'll get BETTER and FASTER answers to factual items > like this. I constantly amazed that anyone would criticise someone for doing such, given: 1. The abysmally long hold times at the 800 numbers. 2. The likely hood of being tansferred for a doubly long hold time. 3. The problem that with a qquetsion thats not one of the top ten questions asked, all too often a rep will make up an answer so as to get you off the phoine wuickly and keep their "Handle Time" low. A question like this liley you could ask 4 different reps and get 5 answers. 4. The pure arogance of chastising a fellow USENETer. > I constantly amazed that anyone would criticise someone for doing such, > given: > > 1. The abysmally long hold times at the 800 numbers. Only at one carrier that I'm aware of, at this time. > 2. The likely hood of being tansferred for a doubly long hold time. Always have to look for the worst scenario, don't you, Phil. > 3. The problem that with a qquetsion thats not one of the top ten > questions asked, all too often a rep will make up an answer so as to get > you off the phoine wuickly and keep their "Handle Time" > low. A question like this liley you could ask 4 different reps and get 5 > answers. So you are saying that a person will get the same answer every time here? > 4. The pure arogance of chastising a fellow USENETer. Pot-Kettle- Black. > 3. The problem that with a qquetsion thats not one of the top ten > questions asked, all too often a rep will make up an answer so as to get > you off the phoine wuickly and keep their "Handle Time" > low. A question like this liley you could ask 4 different reps and get 5 > answers. So instead, one should come to Usenet where people make up answers for fun, or repeat what they're sure they heard from a friend of a friend of that guy's dentist's wife whose stepson heard it from an auxiliary police officer, or whatever. You want to avoid the 5 different answer thing, so you come to USENET??? Yes, I am amazed at People like Elmo who think a quick call can get factual answers from the wireless companies. Nextel is the only one that will inform me of my companies discounts unless I ALREADY know of them AND know the discount codes. I for one get MORE INFO and MORE FACTS from usenet than I have from ANY of the wireless companies. I tried this approach and was told "No such discounts available to you sir"....at least they called me Sir :) hahahaha Elmo....didn't mean to flame ya, but you obviously have little experience/knowledge in this particular area. But at least your reply does show that you can reason which many people here cannot. I have also came to the usenet to get info about the FREE DATA that most people pay T-Mobile for. It is included in the plans of $39 up. But they do not tell you and will happily sign you up for additional $$. The information here is sprinkled with false info on occassion as you stated...but MOST of the information I have found here is actually useful, informative and helpful!!! JUST my 2c worth...... Larry >> > Holy sh.t, Mark, why don't you just call Cingular and ask. >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >You didn't expect anything MEANINGFUL out of that exercise, did you? > I am amazed at People like Elmo who think a quick call can get factual > answers from the wireless companies. You stand a better chance of getting a factual answer that way than sitting on your fat lazy a.s typing a post into Usenet, that's for sure. >Figured I'd find the answer here quicker. You only get guesses and speculation here. For the difinitive answer you HAVE to call the carrier. What I got yesterday, may not be available to you tomorrow. -- John S. e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net >>Holy sh.t, Mark, why don't you just call Cingular and ask. > > Figured I'd find the answer here quicker. > > Mark L. Well, you've already seen many answers posted here, and I'd post my own if I actually knew it. Truth is I don't, but a Cingular CS rep should, since their employer is statutorily obligated to answer this query accurately when asked. IOW, if they don't provide an accurate answer, and you learn they were wrong, the State Attorney General would like to know about it, and no, it doesn't matter what state you're in. Cingular, as well as other wirless service providers, offer rate discounts to a variety of customer groups, largely predicated on corporate service contracts, one of which may employ you. Often times, obtaining discounted service via your employer's contract requires the employee to request service via an internal service administrator, ie. HR dept, who in turn coordinates the new service start-up process with the wireless provider. If you believe you may qualify for this type of service, and aren't sure whom to contact, it would be my recommendation to ask your immediate manager or someone with your company's corporate communications. Who knows, maybe even the Cingular CS rep would know - it can't hurt to ask. HTH Signaturejer email reply - I am not a 'ten' ICQ = 35253273 "All that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of what we know." -- Richard Wilbur 25%, now that is substantial. Matter of fact, unbelievable. Are you sure it is 25%? If that is the case no wonder cell companies don't make any money. Further, I would think 25% would be very attractive and everyone would be with Sprint that would be eligible for such a discount. I would like confirmation on this rate? I would think it would be more along the lines of 2.50% - 5.00% JT > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Mark L. : 25%, now that is substantial. Matter of fact, unbelievable. Are you sure : it is 25%? If that is the case no wonder cell companies don't make any [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] : : JT Here is one type of discount that Cingular does offer. http://www.unionplus.org/cingular-wireless.cfm And actually, yes, SprintPCS does offer these discounts. If you work for a large company, they may have negotiated deals with SprintPCS for their employees. In case you haven't heard, call Sprint and ask. If you call Sprint and tell them what company you work for, you get a discount every month on recurring charges: Aflac Insurance -11% American Airlines 25% Anheuser-Busch - 20% AOL - 24% Army/USAA/Military/Air Force/... 5% - 12% Arthur Andersen 20% Bank of America 23% Bank One 23% Best Buy 13% Boeing 25% Capital One 12% Cerner Corporation 15% Chase 25% Chevrolet 12% - 25% Chevron Credit Card 25% Cisco Systems 9% CitiGroup 25% Costco 10% Delphi 18% Discover Card 12% Earthlink 18% Ernst and Young 15% FedEx Employees 23% discount Ford 25% General Electric (GE) 12% - 25% Hilton 13% Hospitals? 25% IBM 25% K-Mart 15% (KPMG) 12% Lane Bryant 8% Law Enforcement 25% Lucent Technologies 25% Metro 1 15% Northwest Airlines 25% Northwestern Mutual 13% Raymond James Financial 11% Samsung is 18%. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) 10% Sears 25% Southwest Airlines 15% Stop & Shop Supermarket - 23%-24% SunTrust 18% Target 15% Time Warner 24% Tricon Global(Yum Foods) 11% United Airlines 25% United Parcel Service (UPS) 25% UPS 25% Xerox 15% Cingular offers a small discount to employees of Walt Disney World. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Mark L. Not sure about your organizations but my company gets: No activation fees on any plan that offers discounts. 25% sprintpcs family plan INcluded 25% att monthly 50% accessories 20% cingular monthly and accessories Family plan excluded 18% nextel monthy 39% phone 20% accessories Family plan excluded 25% verizon monthly 20% on promos 25% accessories Family EXcluded 0% tmobile <--- that's right zero % I have accounts with sprintpcs, att, tmo, nextel...... Larry >Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Mark L. > I have accounts with sprintpcs, att, tmo, nextel...... > Larry Which one do you like the best, Larry? > > I have accounts with sprintpcs, att, tmo, nextel...... > > Larry > > Which one do you like the best, Larry? Anecdotal evidence means zilch, when we have scientific surveys by J.D. Power The Yankee Group Consumer Reports But Scottie doesn't like the scientific answers, so he hunts for a different one. > > > I have accounts with sprintpcs, att, tmo, nextel...... > > > Larry [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > But Scottie doesn't like the scientific answers, so he hunts for a > different one. Yeah, God forbid that I should ask someone with accounts with multiple carriers which one he prefers. And my question was so biased- apparently, I worded in a way that would lead him to one particular answer. None of the groups you mentioned would ever do that. But, I guess I should expect as much from someone who frequently gets his a.s in a wringer in these groups because he makes stuff up, lies, misquotes, evades questions, uses multiple names in a thread to bolster his argument and plays both sides of an argument when it gives him a chance to trash any provider. You were wrong- -when you said AT&T would never offer 7 pm nights -when you said Sprint didn't have a Retention department -when you said that AT&T wouldn't match web prices at retail stores -when you said that Sprint's retention teams vary by call center You ride both sides of the argument- -when talking about providers' profitiability. You act the doomsayer when they are losing money, and then you piss and moan when they take action to improve profitability. -when talking about coverage maps. In one breath, you say they are not accurate, and then in the next you are provideing informationbased on them. -when talking about Sprint's Cancellation team. First, they don't act as a retention team. Next, you're steering people towards then to get a retention deal. All of this is just within the last couple of weeks, and just a small portion of each list. I could have posted the 50+ names you have used in these groups over the last year, but no need to bore everyone with that. So where do these "Scientific answers" come from???? I am one of those who fill out the questionaires and keeps the $1.00 for services rendered for my scientific results. My neighbor does have different experiences than I on the same services. The companies compile the results and publish them. The people here (usenet) seem to give better % results than those mentioned in your reply. I for one am thankful for the newsgroups info.... more informative... more opinionated.... more arguementative.... more options..... not just a cut and dry review based on a set number of questions..... I am one who usually has sat back and read the posts.... but have definately benefitted from them.... even the negatives have been food for thought and opened my thoughts to other possibilities.... Larry >> > I have accounts with sprintpcs, att, tmo, nextel...... >> > Larry [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >But Scottie doesn't like the scientific answers, so he hunts for a >different one. Sprintpcs. I have the Old plan $85 (before discount) unlimited pcs-pcs and unlimited vision which I use with desktop and mobile. I also get better coverage using my Sanyo 4900 than with any of the other services in my particular area.... B'ham Al More info in my next reply to Elmo....:) >> I have accounts with sprintpcs, att, tmo, nextel...... >> Larry > >Which one do you like the best, Larry? No, I don't believe so |
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