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rdnymllnsktr Posts: > 500
Referring to my
second post, WHY WON'T PHONE COMPANIES (at least AT&T) SELL ME JUST A PHONE? WHY? WHY MUST I BUY SERVICE OR BE REPLACING A PHONE?
What if you were buying a friend a replacement and upgraded phone as birthday present? What the heck?
Ethan
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Posted: 2004-02-23 16:09:25
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in some country's you can only buy phones sim free and free of any subscribtion. for the us its best to buy a phone online my friend
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Posted: 2004-02-23 16:22:16
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Referring to my second post, WHY WON'T PHONE COMPANIES (at least AT&T) SELL ME JUST A PHONE? WHY? WHY MUST I BUY SERVICE OR BE REPLACING A PHONE?
Phone companies make money on service, not selling phones. In fact, in most cases they lose a lot of money by selling phones to the consumer. That is why service is always attached in the deal. When you buy a phone from a service provider you're almost always getting it for less than what that provider paid the manufactorer for it.
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Posted: 2004-02-23 18:27:30
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rdnymllnsktr Posts: > 500
Dear Lord!!!
Is the T616 still worth more than $300? I bought it not too long ago (Jan 04), and I got it for around $325. What the heck? On the site, they sell it for around $200, but that is with service. They really rack their prices up!
Ethan
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Posted: 2004-02-23 18:29:36
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You'd be surprised how little profit service providers actually make on their customers. Selling phones direct to the consumer is one of the main reasons that no wireless provider has turned a profit to date in the US.
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Posted: 2004-02-23 20:20:21
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rdnymllnsktr Posts: > 500
Wait, what are you saying? In the UK, and other places out of the US, you can't buy a phone from your carrier?
Ethan
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Posted: 2004-02-23 20:23:05
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In Sweden you can buy phones from your operator but you don't have to.. if you don't buy from them you get cheaper service.. eg. mothly fee is less.. so if you buy your phone from them or not doesn't reallyh matters as you get the phone for less but you have to pay a higher mothly fee for lets say 12 moths so it almost always the same price in the long run..
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Posted: 2004-02-23 20:31:32
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Or if u know someone selling their 2nd hand phone,u can buy it.
This message was posted from a T68i
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Posted: 2004-02-23 20:34:36
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in UK we can buy 'offline' phones but they cost very much. P900 is like £700+
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Posted: 2004-02-23 20:38:37
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@rdnymllnsktr - i can walk into any cingular store right now and buy a phone with no deals or contracts needed. that must be a at&t thing. you should also check out service centers that aren't operator specific. and check
these guys out! i haven't dealt with them yet, but are you seeing those prices?
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Posted: 2004-02-24 02:36:32
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