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join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | reply to wkm001
Re: So it is basically... said by wkm001:an activation fee? Isn't that what everyone else calls it?
Aren't activation fees typically waived as part of signing up for a contract extension? I see that advertised that way all the time. |
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| No.
I sell phones part time and we can not remove the upgrade fee. People ask all the time.
Rarely the carrier waives the upgrade fee, but that is not often. |
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join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | said by DataRiker:No.
I sell phones part time and we can not remove the upgrade fee. People ask all the time.
Rarely the carrier waives the upgrade fee, but that is not often.
It was always waived for me by Sprint. Of course, I always dealt directly with Sprint and not a 3rd party phone seller.
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| Sprint activation is permanently waived where I work for new customers. You don't even have to ask.
Upgrade fees are generally waived one weekend out of every month.
ATT, as far as I know has never done this. |
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 djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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You usually get a contract extension by accepting the subsidy on the new phone anyway. I've always been stuck with it when upgrading and my contract has been extended each time. It just wasn't high enough to raise a stink over.
The 2gb throttling and this have finally pushed me to looking at other carriers, where I wouldn't have before. I've been a Cingular Wireless customer since 2001. I've put up with a lot of BS, but they're just getting downright abusive.
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I worked at Radioshack for a little while and AT&T had a few "sale events" where they waived the fee. Was usually around holidays. |
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jpkjeff
join:2012-02-09
Oklahoma City, OK | reply to DataRiker
DataRiker is correct.
I used to work for Sprint and many of their third party retailers like Radio Shack, Best Buy, and other resellers would almost always offer promotions that waived activation fees (for new customers) or upgrade fees (for those upgrading). That can be quite an incentive especially for a multi-line customer (if you were activating 4 new lines of service, that promotion would save you $144 which is a huge savings over a corporate store NOT offering that promotion). |
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I'm in a similar issue - I just 'renewed' my 2 year at about the same time the 2GB limit kicked in.
I'm going to actually kick back with this one, and attempt to 'force' the 2GB limit higher (stream 24x7 radio - it does work). |
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