Free Phone from Sprint..

[Buck531]

I think I was sparked by Vinny's thread about losing the lan line. Here's my question.

 

I called Sprint to cancel Vision. Dont' need it. waste of $15 a month. They said I can get a FREE phone, and piggy back my line for only $20 a month. right now i have like 350 minutes. The new plan would be up to 500 minutes. I don't use my cell that much so my wife carries it most of the time. But there are times that I could use one.

 

So.. an extra $20 a month gets me another cell phone, added to my existing Sprint account, and adding a good 150 minutes to the plan. Sound like a good idea?

 

I also get %20 discount from work as well. Right now I think i pay $35 or so a month for the one phone (without the discount) and that's 350 minutes. hot damn. just did the math. I'd be paying "about" $45 bucks a month. That's basically 10 bucks for a new phone.

[Buck531]

Well.. I went with the same package basically Vinny went with

 

Sprint PCS

800 anytime split between my phone and my wife's

Unl. PCS to PCS calls

Unl. Night/Weekends 7p-7a

Unl. long distance / roaming

Unl. Ready-link (Sprint's version of Nextel's walky-talky deal).

Voicemail,call-waiting, etc (the usual freebies)

 

$80 a month - $20(25%) for Children's hospital discount.

 

$60+tax total. That's almost exactly what I was paying for her cell+land line.

I didn't get the walky talky thing.

My night and weekends start at 9 pm though. But with 800 minutes, that shouldn't matter.

 

800 minutes

 

Still got the land line though. Maybe some day we'll cancel it.

[nurkvinny]

Cool. I read my contract closer this morning. The Ready-link is only free for 2 months, then it is $5 a month... I'll be cancelling that option. smile.gif

[Buck531]

oh.. I also upgraded the phone. I didn't want the POS that came with it. I spent the extra $30 bucks and got a better flip phone.

 

I'm going to give the crappy one to my wife smile.gif .

[Guest GSRchick714]

Nice of you to give the shitty phone to your wife.. graemlins/nonono.gif

Anyways...do you like Sprint? I've heard sooo many bad things about them...

[Buck531]

Originally posted by GSRchick714:

Nice of you to give the shitty phone to your wife.. graemlins/nonono.gif

Anyways...do you like Sprint? I've heard sooo many bad things about them...

I call it shitty cause it's not a flip phone. It's a PITA to use. Btw, it's ONLY about 7 months old. I got it back in Julyish. It's not old.

[copperhead]

Originally posted by GSRchick714:

Anyways...do you like Sprint? I've heard sooo many bad things about them...

Everyone has something bad to say about their carrier. None of the companies that provide wireless phone service are anywhere near perfect.

[Guest GSRchick714]

Thats true...I hate Nextel...one of the main reasons is because their phones are so expensive and they suck....mine is broken right now acually

[Moe7]

They gave my sister a free phone when she cancelled her service a few months ago, lol.. Said to just give it to one of her friends or something.

[nurkvinny]

Originally posted by Buck531:

I call it shitty cause it's not a flip phone. It's a PITA to use. Btw, it's ONLY about 7 months old. I got it back in Julyish. It's not old.

I wanted to buy the top-of-the-line flipphone, and the salesman talked me out of it for a MUCH cheeper non-flip phone. He said the standard phones had A LOT more options than the same-priced flip phones.

[Orion]

Originally posted by copperhead:

Everyone has something bad to say about their carrier. None of the companies that provide wireless phone service are anywhere near perfect.

jd power and associates has this to say about wireless....

 

fact of the matter is, mike is right. horror stories about all of them.