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J E F F Whatta Ya Think About Dat? Premium join:2004-04-01 Kitchener, ON kudos:1 Reviews: ·Rogers Portable .. ·WIND Mobile ·Rogers Hi-Speed ·magicjack.com	reply to bt Re: Upgrading phone -- Rogers is nuts said by bt: said by J E F F: Wind pays off 10% of your monthly bill off of your WindTab. So if you got a $200 phone for free, and you cancel after 6 months, and you had a $40 plan, you'd owe $200 minus $24 (6 months * $4). Not sure how Rogers does it now I think Rogers does equal division now - the % of the subsidy you have to pay back is equal to the % of the term left on your contract. I think that that is true, however, from what I can tell, data is still separate from the Economic Recovery Fee. So an additional $100 on top of it. However, the site is unclear to exactly what they mean, despite "in other words". -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. - Albert Einstein
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HiVolt Premium join:2000-12-28 Toronto, ON kudos:18	I'm going to run out my contract with Rogers then explore my options... I might even ride it out with the iPhone 4... Right now it would cost me $400 in ETF fees... no freakin way. --
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bt join:2009-02-26 canada kudos:1	reply to J E F F Yep. And the administrative fee. And the "Day ending in Y" fee. And the "Hah! You really thought it would be that easy?" fee. And the fee for incurring extra fees.
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J E F F Whatta Ya Think About Dat? Premium join:2004-04-01 Kitchener, ON kudos:1 Reviews: ·Rogers Portable .. ·WIND Mobile ·Rogers Hi-Speed ·magicjack.com	reply to HiVolt My early upgrade fee is $195, not sure what my ETF is though. Just a little pissed off because I have issues with the phone, and Rogers is doing little to help, despite that it is still under warranty. -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. - Albert Einstein
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HiVolt Premium join:2000-12-28 Toronto, ON kudos:18 Reviews: ·TekSavvy DSL ·TekSavvy Cable	said by J E F F: Just a little pissed off because I have issues with the phone, and Rogers is doing little to help, despite that it is still under warranty. fry it, if they refuse to help... PM me if you need help with that.
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yyzlhr join:2012-09-03 Scarborough, ON kudos:1	reply to J E F F said by J E F F: said by bt: said by J E F F: Wind pays off 10% of your monthly bill off of your WindTab. So if you got a $200 phone for free, and you cancel after 6 months, and you had a $40 plan, you'd owe $200 minus $24 (6 months * $4). Not sure how Rogers does it now I think Rogers does equal division now - the % of the subsidy you have to pay back is equal to the % of the term left on your contract. I think that that is true, however, from what I can tell, data is still separate from the Economic Recovery Fee. So an additional $100 on top of it. However, the site is unclear to exactly what they mean, despite "in other words". The economic recovery fee is split into a voice and data portion. However, with most premium smartphones the "recovery fee' aka the subsidy is heavily shifted towards the data side. For example the galaxy s3 typically carries a voice subsidy of only $50 and the rest of the subsidy is from the data side.
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elwoodblues Elwood Blues Premium join:2006-08-30 HarperLand Reviews: ·Cybersurf Intern..	reply to elwoodblues So yesterday I get a "letter" from Rogers offering the same upgrade deal, but this time it's all "free". I checked out the fine print, Iphone 5 is not included in any deal. The new hardware upgrade business started Jan of this year, it doesn't apply to my contract that started up in 2010. -- No, I didn't. Honest... I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake.......
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c2roth Premium join:2006-04-26 Kitchener, ON kudos:2 Reviews: ·TekSavvy Cable	reply to elwoodblues I'm in a similar boat right now. In the last year of a 3 year contract with Bell (Expires in May 2013). I get at least one text msg a week telling me I am eligible for an upgrade. If I choose to upgrade before end of the year they'll waive the $35 upgrade fee, only then for me to pay full price for the phone I want ($495) unless I sign another 3 year contract. Gosh they're dense. I'll be waiting until the end and by then BB10 devices will be aplenty.
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canDarian Premium join:2009-02-16 Waterloo, ON	reply to elwoodblues I don't know how anyone could go under contract on a phone,there not unlocked and the prices are freaking insane I have used Petro Canada for years and will use it for years to come,it's 38 bucks for 300 mins and unlimited text and internet. Alot easier to sell your unlocked GSM and use that to fund your upgrade then deal with these i-DOTS
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elwoodblues Elwood Blues Premium join:2006-08-30 HarperLand	I pay less then 40 with tax,so about the same,only I'm limited to 6gb of data (which frankly for a mobile phone is plenty)
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TypeS join:2012-12-17 London, ON kudos:1 Reviews: ·TekSavvy Cable	reply to elwoodblues Hmm, every year Rogers offers me a new phone to renew my contract, Im usually middle way into my contract, to keep renewing again. Usually is a free phone or somewhere $50-100. Got offered a SGSIII for $99 back in November if I signed up for just one year past my current contract end date. I've been a Wireless customer for 12 years now though, maybe they keep throwing me bones to stay. I make a lot of use of their LTE coverage, and I have the Super 6GB plan as well, ONE number is really handy when Im at work on the computer too, not much incentive to move to WIND atm. I always pick a phone that I know can go on WIND if I wanted to though (currently on the Xperia Ion). I think the iPhones are probably just the most expensive phone cost wise for them to subsidize. If you think Rogers is robbiing people blind, the way Apple strong arms carriers with insane profit margins is worse. The "early ugrade fee" smells like BS though if you're in your last year. I got an email back in April offering Droid Razr or the most recent BB Bold for my account, I call, they wanted to charge that fee too. I had the same reaction "Um you contacted me offering... wheres the deal?"
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DS256 Premium join:2003-10-25 Markham, ON	reply to bt @bt. There is no prorating at least for commercial. I lost my phone on Jan 26th and they want $700 to replace my iPhone. My term is up March 3rd so I am doing without until then.
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HiVolt Premium join:2000-12-28 Toronto, ON kudos:18 Reviews: ·TekSavvy DSL ·TekSavvy Cable	Well I just bought my new iPhone5 unlocked last night (yay Jailbreak). Rogers and their contracts can go fudge themselves. And god damn, LTE is fast. -- F**K THE NHL. Go Blue Jays 2013!!!
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yyzlhr join:2012-09-03 Scarborough, ON kudos:1	reply to DS256 said by DS256: @bt. There is no prorating at least for commercial. I lost my phone on Jan 26th and they want $700 to replace my iPhone. My term is up March 3rd so I am doing without until then. That does not sound right, if your contract ends in a month, you should only have to pay an early upgrade fee of $13 plus the subsidized cost of the phone and admin fee. For an iPhone that would be much less than $700
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cidknee0 join:2009-02-28	That all depends on the corporate plan they are on. We had one phone lost and it was coming up due in 6 months, no charges. But other companies I've worked at it was full price.
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elwoodblues Elwood Blues Premium join:2006-08-30 HarperLand Reviews: ·Cybersurf Intern..	reply to yyzlhr said by yyzlhr: said by DS256: @bt. There is no prorating at least for commercial. I lost my phone on Jan 26th and they want $700 to replace my iPhone. My term is up March 3rd so I am doing without until then. That does not sound right, if your contract ends in a month, you should only have to pay an early upgrade fee of $13 plus the subsidized cost of the phone and admin fee. For an iPhone that would be much less than $700 I called today and somehow the clown on the phone thought i was cancelling my contract (less then 60 days left). He comes up with a $125!!! First with 60 days left I'm not going to cancel, so when I asked, it was $25 for the data and a minimum of $100 for the voice!!! -- No, I didn't. Honest... I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake.......
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Xstar_Lumini join:2008-12-14 Canada kudos:2	reply to Insilin1i said by Insilin1i: I always do the hardware upgrades with Rogers because in the end you're going to be paying the same price monthly with or without the subsidized phone. Also when your 3 years ends you can always unlock the phone through Rogers. Yeah good luck, I paid these bastards a $450 early contract termination fee for my iPhone 4 and they refused to give me the unlock code for it, telling me that they "never" unlock phones for anybody even after they finish their contract.
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elitefx join:2011-02-14 London, ON kudos:1	Yea, and Rogers is nailing some poor bugger BIG TIME on Kijiji selling a pair of Tablets 'cause he's had enough of their shit too.......... said by ANOTHER ROGERS VICTIM : Selling for only $350. Price is firm because I have a $500 penalty to pay for canceling my plan with them. Also an option to take over plan at $25 a month for 33 months which is cost of the data and then the tablet is free.
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TLS2000 Crazy Canuck Premium join:2004-02-24 Mississauga, ON Reviews: ·TekSavvy Cable ·Rogers Hi-Speed	reply to Xstar_Lumini said by Xstar_Lumini: Yeah good luck, I paid these bastards a $450 early contract termination fee for my iPhone 4 and they refused to give me the unlock code for it, telling me that they "never" unlock phones for anybody even after they finish their contract. Yup, even though they have new policies and all of your claims have been called into question with no response from you, keep telling people that they're screwed because the picked Rogers. New policies have you paying the subsidy off, exactly like Wind. They will now unlock phones for you. That's a new policy as of today. Let's not let the truth get in the way of your ranting though. -- Tom
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Xstar_Lumini join:2008-12-14 Canada kudos:2	said by TLS2000: said by Xstar_Lumini: Yeah good luck, I paid these bastards a $450 early contract termination fee for my iPhone 4 and they refused to give me the unlock code for it, telling me that they "never" unlock phones for anybody even after they finish their contract. Yup, even though they have new policies and all of your claims have been called into question with no response from you, keep telling people that they're screwed because the picked Rogers. New policies have you paying the subsidy off, exactly like Wind. They will now unlock phones for you. That's a new policy as of today. Let's not let the truth get in the way of your ranting though. So if I bring my Iphone 4 right at this moment they will unlock it for me because they refused to do it 8 months ago? If they won't do it then don't talk lies here because I'm sure they won't.
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