benjiedude
Android Enthusiast
Wasn't full price quoted as $599 ? somewhere above ^^
I don't see it and would not have posted the question if I did...
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I don't see it and would not have posted the question if I did...
jr0065
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I don't see it and would not have posted the question if I did...
LoL .. no I am literally asking if it was?? .. I've been reading so many articles and blogs I am not sure?? I've seen both $569 & $599 mentioned, so somehwere between $569-$599 would be a safe bet.
benjiedude
Android Enthusiast
Right? I've been reading people getting confirmation of Verizon's MSRP of $569 but Best Buy always seems to hover around $600 so i've been waiting on Aookay to help me out. I guess they don't know yet
jr0065
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Here's a question for Aookay... can the full retail price be different at BB ?
benjiedude
Android Enthusiast
VZW's price is not always the same as Best Buy's price...this has been proven in the past.
Man, I've received some tricky questions in this thread!
Well, have you checked in to see if you are eligiable for the early smartphone upgrade? I would check into that first Verizon - Early smartphone upgrade for feature phone users
If that isn't applicable then we can move onto other options.
Are you trying to keep your number? If you are, canceling the line will automatically lose it, never to be seen again =/
The best way to approach it might be to call verizon and have your account switched to a month to month plan. Not prepaid. They will ding you for the ETF, you will keep your number, but you will be eligible to come in on the 15th and get the 199.99 pricing on the phone.
If you add a line, then cancel the old one, that will work, but you will have a brand new number.
Hope that clears it up for you
Thanks for the recommendation, here, Aookay! I tried swapping over to month-to-month via Verizon's online chat, and while she confirmed my plan would work, she couldn't do it, and said I had to call. I called in, but two different service reps gave me two different problems:
The first said that there's no such thing as month to month - if I cancel my contract and try to start a new one, I'll just jump back into the old one. I tried working through different ways to accomplish this, but they couldn't give me anything viable. Sad emoticon.
I tried again the next day, and this time the rep said that they could cancel my contract, and I could start a new one, but would have to lose the number - there was no way to get the phone at the subsidized price and keep my number. We worked through a couple ways for me to keep the number, most of which involved becoming a family plan with approximately 400,000 minutes per month (plus free weekends!) - maybe a little hyperbole, but more than one person needs. I asked to be bumped up to the supervisor, who was more helpful:
I explained to her my problem: I was totally willing to pay the ETF, since I was upgrading early, after all. But I needed to keep my number, and wasn't willing to pay more than someone jumping over from AT&T would - I was basically being penalized for being a loyal VZW customer! We haggled for a few more minutes - I mentioned the featurephone to smartphone upgrade you linked, and she said it was only for certain states. I pointed out that at this point, it looked like my best move was, sadly, to switch to an iPhone, since it would be significantly cheaper - this prompted her to offer to flag me in the system as eligible for an early upgrade (with $20 fee), but cautioned that the folks at BBY might no accept it. I took the deal and thanked her profusely.
So at this point, here's my question: when I go into BBY on the 15th, should I be prepared to do anything special to make sure that the folks there honor the early upgrade (it's store 269 in Springfield, VA, if anyone here works there
)? I don't want to hold up the line by going through ten more rounds with Verizon while I'm there, and want to keep everything as painless as possible for the BBY mobile folks. When you see someone "flagged for early upgrade," is there anything you're looking for?Thanks again (I apologize for the length of this post)!
So at this point, here's my question: when I go into BBY on the 15th, should I be prepared to do anything special to make sure that the folks there honor the early upgrade (it's store 269 in Springfield, VA, if anyone here works there
Thanks again (I apologize for the length of this post)!
Why don't you check your upgrade eligibility online first before going to BB?
You can check myverizon, and also best buy has a online upgrade checker.
goto bestbuy.com, click on products -> mobile phone -> upgrade checker.
enter your phone #, carrier and whatever other security questions they ask you, it will tell you within a few seconds if their system (BB) thinks you have an upgrade available.
Wake4x4ptball
Newbie
im planning to cancel my own line and get new line (a new numbers) and i can upgrade to Driod X
-that what one employee at BB told me
-still waiting for one year contract price?
-one employee at BB told me it prob be cost 100 more from 2 years contract so that mean 300 dollars
is that true Aookay
-that what one employee at BB told me
-still waiting for one year contract price?
-one employee at BB told me it prob be cost 100 more from 2 years contract so that mean 300 dollars
is that true Aookay
dennygreen
Android Enthusiast
I haven't seen anyone post it yet. Nor did I remember to ask the best buy chick when I called my local store to confirm that they were doing preorders. When she told me they weren't, I figured I no longer want to dick around with Best Buy anyway.
I sure hope someone else starts taking preorders soon.
Yeah nobody is going to especially seeing how the phone launches in 8 days
bogman2121
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Confirmed $569.99 - Verizon Wireless Droid Scavenger Hunt
It may be more at best buy the original droid was 579.99 with vzw and 599 at bestbuy
bogman2121
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I was just confirming the VZW price for anyone who didn't see it in another thread.
screenamesuck
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I checked today and the X doesn't show up at all in our system yet so I can't get a 1yr price currently. My manager said that retail price would be $599, but I think he is guessing cause he said thats what they always are.
screenamesuck
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No, you have to pay for the phone up front. The phones are Best Buy inventory not Verizon, so we have to ring them out right away.
screenamesuck
Well-Known Member
yeah, the droid, evo, hero and even phones like the instinct
were all $599, so I'm assuming the X will be as well. With that said, I believe the Droid was $399 with a 1yr plan so I'm going to guess thats what the price will be for the X as well. I don't know what Best Buy makes off of 1yr plans cause we never really do em lolThanks for the quick reply.
I forgot to mention that I'm new here and new to the Android market. I've been with VZW for years though.
Jayme
tuanster1119
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Aookay,
I was at Best Buy this weekend picking up a new phone for my mom, and they offered us a car charger for half off the normal price. Is this the norm when buying new phones? Does it just apply to chargers or does this apply to all accessories?
I was at Best Buy this weekend picking up a new phone for my mom, and they offered us a car charger for half off the normal price. Is this the norm when buying new phones? Does it just apply to chargers or does this apply to all accessories?
I asked this is another thread before I saw this one, but I wanted to be clear. Is it confirmed that Best Buy will allow you to sign a 1-year contract as a new customer? In the other thread where I asked, i was told that I'd have to go to a corporate store to do that. But reading back in this thread, it appears that Best Buy may also let you do it, though we don't know the price yet?
Is it just a case by case basis with each best buy store, or is there a policy on this?
Is it just a case by case basis with each best buy store, or is there a policy on this?
I also want to know the answer to this question. I'm switching from sprint but given some of the horror stories I've head about verizon rather just lock myself in for a year than two; esp if the phone is 269 with 1 yr contract.
The biggest one is they push 'for pay' app tot he phone and then spam you with ads (the most common complaint is something around voice mail to text message) and you can't remove these aps or disable the ads. Not sure how bad it really is but i've heard it from a couple of folks.
Aookay
Android Enthusiast
If past launches are any indication, then no. I actually just found out I will be opening for the launch, I'm pretty excited!
Store by store, because they have to open the whole store in order to do it. I don't really see them doing it unless there are a lot of preorders.