Can I do better than a phone rebate?

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David G. Imber - 29 May 2004 02:33 GMT

    At the risk of seeming like the lazy-a.s that I am, I'm going
to throw this question to anyone who feels like offering an opinion
here.

    Right now I have two phones over 18 months old. According to
the Sprint site I may not be eligible for the rebate because I'm
carrying two separate plans, each of which are $30/month (the
eligibility rules say that the rebate applies to plans $35 and up).

    What I have is this:

    Two separate numbers on the same bill, one for my wife.

    Each number has these attributes:

    $30/mo.

    450 anytime minutes
    500 pcs to pcs
    2500 n & w starting at 8:00 pm

    I've been a perfect payment customer for more than five years.

    We don't need more minutes. The most we ever use in a month is
about 350 per phone, tops, and many of those are from the pcs to pcs
bucket (calling each other).

    So my question: I'm paying $60/month now. What do you think
they'd offer me to get on a new 2 year contract? I've been off
contract for perhaps a year now, I'm satisfied with the service, and
would gladly renew for two years with the right deal. Since I don't
need more minutes, really, and don't need Vision services (I work from
home, I'm in front of computers 24 hours a day pretty much), all I can
think of is new equipment and perhaps Readylink for the convenience of
speaking to my wife when we're out and about and trying to meet
somewhere.

    As you can see, my needs are slight, but it seems like I might
have good bargaining ability. I haven't had add-a-phone since 2001, so
I don't know how that works now and whether it'd be cost-effective in
my case.

    Thanks for any advice.

    DGI

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Bob Smith - 29 May 2004 03:30 GMT

> At the risk of seeming like the lazy-a.s that I am, I'm going
> to throw this question to anyone who feels like offering an opinion
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> about 350 per phone, tops, and many of those are from the pcs to pcs
> bucket (calling each other).

David, I'm not sure that the minimum limit is, to qualify for an add a phone
account, but you might want to try to see whether SPCS would do something
like my retention plan which I've listed out a few times recently, but
without Vision. Granted it's more minutes than what you need, but maybe you
can try doing a $50/1000 min plan and get the add-a-phone included at no
additonal charge. I'd request F&CA & PCS to PCS as well. Even if they come
out at $60/mo. for both phones on one plan, you come out ahead.

> So my question: I'm paying $60/month now. What do you think
> they'd offer me to get on a new 2 year contract? I've been off
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> speaking to my wife when we're out and about and trying to meet
> somewhere.

My daughter's phone is an add a phone on my plan, but because we are already
on a 2 year commitment for all three phones, her phone qualifies for the
$150 mail in rebate. So, in your case, both phones would qualify for the
rebates.

> As you can see, my needs are slight, but it seems like I might
> have good bargaining ability. I haven't had add-a-phone since 2001, so
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>
> DGI

Email me if you want some additional details. Just remove the crap out of my
email addy ... :)

Bob

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John S. - 29 May 2004 14:04 GMT

> Thanks for any advice.

The best advice I can think to give you is call them and ask.

*2 is only a moment away to dail and a life time (it sometimes seems) for the
human necessary to ask questions to.

--
John S.
e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net

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