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Well I do hope this comes out soon. I preordered back on the 7th hoping for the 14th release but that didnt work out obviously..

C'mon 21st! Or better, 20th so I can play with it before going back to work Monday! ;)
 
Greetings all! I'm new here and have been reading this thread with great interest as I'm upgrading from my LG Chocolate to the TB.

I'm not eligible for any upgrades / discounts from VZW yet so I'm thinking it would be better to buy at BB for the following reasons:

1) Price for phone is the same ($250)
2) BB's buy back plan would net me a min of $150 (20% of $750) back when I upgrade to my next phone
3) May be able to get the phone a few days early (if Feb 21 holds true @ BB)

Only major question I have is transferring data from my old phone. I have a rather extensive phone list, text messages, photos, etc... that I'd like to have ported over to the new TB. I've always had this done gratis at the VZW stores in the past - does BB offer the same service?

Thanks for any advice and props to Jay for all the info!
 
Buy at BB, then take your TB and Chocolate up to VZ and and ask them to transfer your date. It will probably take about 20 minutes.
 
droidboy70 said:
Greetings all! I'm new here and have been reading this thread with great interest as I'm upgrading from my LG Chocolate to the TB.

I'm not eligible for any upgrades / discounts from VZW yet so I'm thinking it would be better to buy at BB for the following reasons:

1) Price for phone is the same ($250)
2) BB's buy back plan would net me a min of $150 (20% of $750) back when I upgrade to my next phone
3) May be able to get the phone a few days early (if Feb 21 holds true @ BB)

Only major question I have is transferring data from my old phone. I have a rather extensive phone list, text messages, photos, etc... that I'd like to have ported over to the new TB. I've always had this done gratis at the VZW stores in the past - does BB offer the same service?

Thanks for any advice and props to Jay for all the info!
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I do believe that if you're not eligible for an upgrade at VZW that you're going to have to pay retail for the phone (at either BB or VZW) and that is in the $650-$750 range.
 
Jay, can you clairfy what the ad means when it says "After Savings"?
Is that on onsite or mail in rebate of some type..?
Or does after savings mean simply you need to sign the 2 year contract?
I would think if it meant that...it would clearly state with approved contract or something like that.
Please clarify....and thanks for your help!
 
dajogejr said:
Jay, can you clairfy what the ad means when it says "After Savings"?
Is that on onsite or mail in rebate of some type..?
Or does after savings mean simply you need to sign the 2 year contract?
I would think if it meant that...it would clearly state with approved contract or something like that.
Please clarify....and thanks for your help!
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$250 is what you pay[before tax]. If Verizon sold it for $250 as well, you will pay $350 because you'll have to wait for the mail in rebate with Verizon[$100]. You don't need the mail in rebate with Best Buy or most online retailer, they give you the rebate right away.

Yes you must sign a 2 year agreement to get that price and no Best Buy cannot do one year contracts.
 
Ninjas are crazy for signing a 2 year contract on this phone... I mean, look at the lineup for the end of this year and early next year... mind.blown.
 
rdubbs007 said:
Ninjas are crazy for signing a 2 year contract on this phone... I mean, look at the lineup for the end of this year and early next year... mind.blown.
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I'm signing a 2 year because I get buy back for free, so I'll get $375 towards a new phone within 6 months :)
 
Aren't you getting the phone for $404.25? :) So the buyback is whatever percent of what you actually paid.... is that not correct?
 
rdubbs007 said:
Aren't you getting the phone for $404.25? :) So the buyback is whatever percent of what you actually paid.... is that not correct?
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no, it's based on retail price. So say you get an incredible for free, you dont get the buy back for nothing, you get half the retail price, pretty nice huh?


PS: I get it for $250 ;)
 
Is $250 the employee price without a contract or are you saying you are getting it on contract... and if you get it on contract does that mean that when you sell it back in a year for 40% that you will then have to buy a new phone at retail because your VZW account will not have an upgrade available?
 
rdubbs007 said:
Is $250 the employee price without a contract or are you saying you are getting it on contract... and if you get it on contract does that mean that when you sell it back in a year for 40% that you will then have to buy a new phone at retail because your VZW account will not have an upgrade available?
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2 year contract price.


and yes I'd have to buy at retail.
 
Jay-
Your information has been invaluable. Thank you for all of your updates. One question though:

I understand your "in-store" date is 2/21 with (still up in the air and still speculative) a release date from 2/21-2/24. But if this ad is correct (no reason to belive otherwise) aren't there going to be some people who show up Sunday afternoon to get one and be pissed when they are told they aren't even in stock yet?
 
ridobe said:
Jay-
Your information has been invaluable. Thank you for all of your updates. One question though:

I understand your "in-store" date is 2/21 with (still up in the air and still speculative) a release date from 2/21-2/24. But if this ad is correct (no reason to belive otherwise) aren't there going to be some people who show up Sunday afternoon to get one and be pissed when they are told they aren't even in stock yet?
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Yes sir. That could be a slight problem.
 
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