T-Mobile pre sales free 2 lines. Macy presale.

[spdrun]

The “no interest” phone deals are frankly sodomy. They may not charge you interest, but they mark them up 20% or more from the “cash” price.

I just bought Sony M4 Aqua, paid $140+tax “cash”. Essentially identical spec to an iPhone 7 (non-plus) minus the fingerprint sensor. Also, buying outright from the maker avoids the phone company’s crapware.

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[quote=flu][quote=plm]tmobile seems to be giving out crazy deals. Just found out I could have gotten the LG Stylo 2 Plus smart phone free as well as the free lines. Seems bigger if not better than my current LG G3. Probably too late now though.[/quote]

I am not familiar with that LG phone. But it is
Not too late if you want to deal with a phone call to T-Mobile. T-Mobile has 30 day change period. Give them a call, they will most likely comp you the phone.

I did that with my S7 I ordered for work. I didn’t wait for the promotion, and the next week they offered a free VR glasses. They ended up just comping me for it. Though it was a waste since I don’t regularly use either the S7 or the VR gear. Just for testing. I hate dealing with Samsung phones so at the end of the day, it’s the last thing I want to carry home.

The pixel is probably the only phone I would actually spend my own money on if I had to. T-Mobile offered 1/2 rebate on it.[/quote]

Spending time with customer service is not something I enjoy. My G3 seems good enough. Not worth the effort, I’m either extremely busy or extremely lazy. More likely both.

[Coronita]

[quote=plm][quote=flu][quote=plm]tmobile seems to be giving out crazy deals. Just found out I could have gotten the LG Stylo 2 Plus smart phone free as well as the free lines. Seems bigger if not better than my current LG G3. Probably too late now though.[/quote]

I am not familiar with that LG phone. But it is
Not too late if you want to deal with a phone call to T-Mobile. T-Mobile has 30 day change period. Give them a call, they will most likely comp you the phone.

I did that with my S7 I ordered for work. I didn’t wait for the promotion, and the next week they offered a free VR glasses. They ended up just comping me for it. Though it was a waste since I don’t regularly use either the S7 or the VR gear. Just for testing. I hate dealing with Samsung phones so at the end of the day, it’s the last thing I want to carry home.

The pixel is probably the only phone I would actually spend my own money on if I had to. T-Mobile offered 1/2 rebate on it.[/quote]

Spending time with customer service is not something I enjoy. My G3 seems good enough. Not worth the effort, I’m either extremely busy or extremely lazy. More likely both.[/quote]

Totally understand. I called them up, enter my mobile callback number, and then after about 20 minutes, someone from tmobile calls me back and I talk to them. I didn’t actually stay on hold waiting for them, fyi.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=spdrun]The “no interest” phone deals are frankly sodomy. They may not charge you interest, but they mark them up 20% or more from the “cash” price.

I just bought Sony M4 Aqua, paid $140+tax “cash”. Essentially identical spec to an iPhone 7 (non-plus) minus the fingerprint sensor. Also, buying outright from the maker avoids the phone company’s crapware.[/quote]I understand all that. The carrier-locked phones ARE expensive. I’ve bought my last three phones from ebay for $70 – $180 but by the time I purchased them, they were close to or on their way out. I still use them to get old phone numbers from and listen to music on. They all have old deactivated SIMS in them and are all unlocked. One has a pretty good cybershot camera which still works … but is no competition to the Galaxy’s camera. Then I used my kid’s castoff LG windows phone (locked to AT&T) for 2 years, after replacing her cracked screen. I learned how to text on that as it had a pull out keyboard (it was a heavy phone). It had stopped updating prior to when I started using it. That phone died on my last long road trip. Its touch screen refused to work no matter what I tried to get it to work. It also lost several important texts for a day and a half while I was on a road trip last year. It died and I had to travel a long way to an AT&T corporate store to get the PUK codes and get it reactivated. It is aggravating to be traveling alone by car in remote areas and have your (old) phone malfunction.

The galaxy I have is the newest one (released July 2016, I think) and has everything. The other galaxy students in my classes were in awe of it and even the instructor wanted one but she was under contract with her phone. It behaves a little different than the other galaxy phones but does the same thing … plus a few more things. Also it has a strong body and is textured on the back and won’t slip out of your hands easily.

I just got tired of not being able to see my phone in my desktop computer on a consistent basis and it not being reliable. I don’t regret getting the galaxy and it is “affordable” because as an AT&T customer, I am making (interest-free) monthly payments on it.

I could see myself using this phone way past its ability to be updated (likely several years or even a decade from now) as long as I don’t lose it. I can get its location from the Samsung website if it is lost or stolen and also deactivate it. I got a free McAfee Mobile license to protect its contents cuz I am a great Office Depot customer! It’s a pretty amazing fast computer which fits in my purse and the voice quality is great!

My bill is the same as it was when I had a dumb phone … $45 month + tax unlimited talk and text with 1.3 gigs data on the AT&T network. It’s awesome in the mountains and the states I regularly go to. I have no desire to “experiment” with any other networks.

Oh, and if I need more data for a trip, I can buy it as needed for $5 per gig, as I did when I went to NV on 11/4-6 and had to run the campaign app and use google maps (I used 2 extra gigs). I’ve been with AT&T (formerly Cingular) since 1999 and so I don’t have to have a big data plan. I can just buy as needed and go down to my base plan when I’m home (and using my secured wifi).

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[quote=flu][quote=plm][quote=flu][quote=plm]tmobile seems to be giving out crazy deals. Just found out I could have gotten the LG Stylo 2 Plus smart phone free as well as the free lines. Seems bigger if not better than my current LG G3. Probably too late now though.[/quote]

I am not familiar with that LG phone. But it is
Not too late if you want to deal with a phone call to T-Mobile. T-Mobile has 30 day change period. Give them a call, they will most likely comp you the phone.

I did that with my S7 I ordered for work. I didn’t wait for the promotion, and the next week they offered a free VR glasses. They ended up just comping me for it. Though it was a waste since I don’t regularly use either the S7 or the VR gear. Just for testing. I hate dealing with Samsung phones so at the end of the day, it’s the last thing I want to carry home.

The pixel is probably the only phone I would actually spend my own money on if I had to. T-Mobile offered 1/2 rebate on it.[/quote]

Spending time with customer service is not something I enjoy. My G3 seems good enough. Not worth the effort, I’m either extremely busy or extremely lazy. More likely both.[/quote]

Totally understand. I called them up, enter my mobile callback number, and then after about 20 minutes, someone from tmobile calls me back and I talk to them. I didn’t actually stay on hold waiting for them, fyi.[/quote]

I tried to do their chat message system but they didn’t even respond after 15 minutes so I didn’t want to call. But glad my brother isn’t lazy. I will be getting two of the phones shipped to me in three days. I wonder how Tmobile is making any money? Two free lines plus two free smartphones.

[Coronita]

Oh, random fact. Donald Trump hates t-mobile. Lol…

http://mashable.com/2015/11/16/trump-legere-twitter-fight/

T-mobile CEO is kinda nutty..(twitter fight aside)…But I guess his approach is winning over customers….

[Coronita]

[quote=plm][quote=flu][quote=plm][quote=flu][quote=plm]tmobile seems to be giving out crazy deals. Just found out I could have gotten the LG Stylo 2 Plus smart phone free as well as the free lines. Seems bigger if not better than my current LG G3. Probably too late now though.[/quote]

I am not familiar with that LG phone. But it is
Not too late if you want to deal with a phone call to T-Mobile. T-Mobile has 30 day change period. Give them a call, they will most likely comp you the phone.

I did that with my S7 I ordered for work. I didn’t wait for the promotion, and the next week they offered a free VR glasses. They ended up just comping me for it. Though it was a waste since I don’t regularly use either the S7 or the VR gear. Just for testing. I hate dealing with Samsung phones so at the end of the day, it’s the last thing I want to carry home.

The pixel is probably the only phone I would actually spend my own money on if I had to. T-Mobile offered 1/2 rebate on it.[/quote]

Spending time with customer service is not something I enjoy. My G3 seems good enough. Not worth the effort, I’m either extremely busy or extremely lazy. More likely both.[/quote]

Totally understand. I called them up, enter my mobile callback number, and then after about 20 minutes, someone from tmobile calls me back and I talk to them. I didn’t actually stay on hold waiting for them, fyi.[/quote]

I tried to do their chat message system but they didn’t even respond after 15 minutes so I didn’t want to call. But glad my brother isn’t lazy. I will be getting two of the phones shipped to me in three days. I wonder how Tmobile is making any money? Two free lines plus two free smartphones.[/quote]

Most people will be paying for $100-150/month for 4 lines… Your brother and I are probably a few that pay around $60/month for 4 lines. They’ll make up the profits over the next few years because once they got all of your family members on the same plan, it’s much less likely you will switch, even if prices stay the same.

Plus, for the next quarter, they will be able to brag about how their subscriber base grew, which is always good news for their earnings call. T-mobile is trying to grab market share from the other 3 and trying to retain customers with their deals and friendly customer service. I think it’s working. They are basically doing what verizon wireless use to be like, although with an arguably crappier network. (San diego is ok…Places like SF is terrible.. I can’t even get a uber cab in the SFO terminal)

[spdrun]

bearishgurl: I paid $140 NEW for the Sony phone at a reputable electronics store (B&H). Not used on EBay.

Using T-mobile. Actually thinking of switching to their MetroPCS product since I don’t need unlimited data, and $30/mo for a single line is looking very good.

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[quote=flu][quote=plm][quote=flu][quote=plm][quote=flu][quote=plm]tmobile seems to be giving out crazy deals. Just found out I could have gotten the LG Stylo 2 Plus smart phone free as well as the free lines. Seems bigger if not better than my current LG G3. Probably too late now though.[/quote]

I am not familiar with that LG phone. But it is
Not too late if you want to deal with a phone call to T-Mobile. T-Mobile has 30 day change period. Give them a call, they will most likely comp you the phone.

I did that with my S7 I ordered for work. I didn’t wait for the promotion, and the next week they offered a free VR glasses. They ended up just comping me for it. Though it was a waste since I don’t regularly use either the S7 or the VR gear. Just for testing. I hate dealing with Samsung phones so at the end of the day, it’s the last thing I want to carry home.

The pixel is probably the only phone I would actually spend my own money on if I had to. T-Mobile offered 1/2 rebate on it.[/quote]

Spending time with customer service is not something I enjoy. My G3 seems good enough. Not worth the effort, I’m either extremely busy or extremely lazy. More likely both.[/quote]

Totally understand. I called them up, enter my mobile callback number, and then after about 20 minutes, someone from tmobile calls me back and I talk to them. I didn’t actually stay on hold waiting for them, fyi.[/quote]

I tried to do their chat message system but they didn’t even respond after 15 minutes so I didn’t want to call. But glad my brother isn’t lazy. I will be getting two of the phones shipped to me in three days. I wonder how Tmobile is making any money? Two free lines plus two free smartphones.[/quote]

Most people will be paying for $100-150/month for 4 lines… Your brother and I are probably a few that pay around $60/month for 4 lines. They’ll make up the profits over the next few years because once they got all of your family members on the same plan, it’s much less likely you will switch, even if prices stay the same.

Plus, for the next quarter, they will be able to brag about how their subscriber base grew, which is always good news for their earnings call. T-mobile is trying to grab market share from the other 3 and trying to retain customers with their deals and friendly customer service. I think it’s working. They are basically doing what verizon wireless use to be like, although with an arguably crappier network. (San diego is ok…Places like SF is terrible.. I can’t even get a uber cab in the SFO terminal)[/quote]

My brother was paying $127 for four lines. Added two free and I’m paying him $60 for my two lines. I think there are very few like you paying $60 for 4 lines. Been happy with data in San Diego so far. Reason I got data is you sort of need it when you travel for things like Uber. I can’t imagine it would be that bad. Otherwise, no one would be using Tmobile outside of San Diego.

[spdrun]

Do you need Goober vs just paying good, old-fashioned, cold, hard, cash for a taxi?

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[quote=spdrun]Do you need Goober vs just paying good, old-fashioned, cold, hard, cash for a taxi?[/quote]

no but it was 35 for uber to the airport and 80 back from the airport by taxi.

[spdrun]

For either price, I’d take the fucking BART.

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[quote=spdrun]For either price, I’d take the fucking BART.[/quote]

This is in San Diego where there isn’t much public transportation. I wouldn’t take public transportation anyhow. Not much benefit unless its faster than cars.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=spdrun]bearishgurl: I paid $140 NEW for the Sony phone at a reputable electronics store (B&H). Not used on EBay….[/quote]The 3 phones I bought on ebay were all brand new. However, they were models which were already 1-2 years old. I paid about $70 to $180 for them, IIRC. One was an interesting-looking longish Nokia Infrared with a rubber antenna and two were Sonys. I got spoiled by the extra memory chips the Sonys have (which can be inserted into computers and printers) so am very glad my Galaxy has that capability (to 256 GB).

I’m familiar with B&H. I haven’t purchased anything form them but know people who have and they were satisfied with their purchases.

[spdrun]

This is in San Diego where there isn’t much public transportation. I wouldn’t take public transportation anyhow. Not much benefit unless its faster than cars.

Airport to Mission Valley by trolley works nicely — there’s no tram service to the airport, but you can take one of the rental car shuttles then walk a block to the Middletown or Washington stops. Yeah, it’s freeloading, but as what they don’t know doesn’t hurt them…

Did this when I was meeting someone who planned to rent a car later.

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