I think it's a little too late for that. Doesn't this take affect April 1st? That's less than 2 months away.
So umm.. upgrade your plan and instead of being Gold in April you'll be Gold a month or two later.
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I think it's a little too late for that. Doesn't this take affect April 1st? That's less than 2 months away.
If you send a text to 1311 with just the word "upgrade", you'll get a reply to show when you're eligible - I'm now a Silver, but it says I'm eligible for an upgrade on 6/1/11 ($150 with 2 year agreement. (I got my EVO on the first day it came out.)
I'm not sure what there is to defend. Sprint's actions aren't much different than the other carriers, and yet overall they're still a somewhat cheaper option.
Between this and the only two options you created, it's pretty much biased so far that this is nothing more than a whiny bitching thread in the making!
Of course you don't mind. You've absorbed abuse for so long that Windows 98 was still new the last time you switched carriers.
If you don't like sprint, bounce. Verizon costs more, at&t costs more, T-mobile is garbage, etc, etc, etc.....
Are you a customer of less than 10 years and....The 16 that don't either are trolls just wanting to be different or Sprint employees and those who would murder for the company...
I have not heard about this happening for my plan, but if it does happen, I will be pissed.
where are you getting this pushed back information. I upgraded on 6/4/10, my account says my contract expires on 6/3/12. that is 2 years they can't extend your contract??? and I am sure that I will get the 75$ credit toward an upgrade this summer and the 150 the following april. you are now just putting words in sprints mouth.That will change on April 1st, and will move to 4/1/12
Even worse... people who are eligible prior to April 1, and are under 22 months since their last upgrade, will get their annual upgrade pushed back to 22 months.
I am not sure how Sprint Can defend that. They are literally stealing upgrades that people have earned.
Its called a grandfather clause. Other carriers know what it means.
Verizon let people use the new every two, one last time.
ATT grandfathered unlimited data users.... etc
Sprint, if you want a new 3G phone, say hello to a $10 premium.
Sprint is taking our annual upgrade without giving us one chance to use it.
this thread really needs to be moved to the Sprint forum, as it really has nothing to do with the Evo.
Are you a customer of less than 10 years and....
Do you have a plan thats less tha $90/indv $170/family excluding fees like premium data
Then you get ready to be pissed
So....
I just off the phone with Sprint about an unrelated issue from the premiere status. But I had to ask if there was any new info about the changes. I am a five year customer on the 1500 min $129.99 family share plan. So I wanted to know if I switched to the 3000 min $169.99 plan would that qualify me to gold status since gold is the $170 mark. And the answer is, if you are not a 10 year customer than the only way to get to gold is to get the simply unlimited plan on either a single line or a family share line. So they arent even nickel and diming us, they are penny and nickeling us.
Are you serious? $.01 ? Whatever. What can you do but take it.
That will change on April 1st, and will move to 4/1/12
Even worse... people who are eligible prior to April 1, and are under 22 months since their last upgrade, will get their annual upgrade pushed back to 22 months.
I am not sure how Sprint Can defend that. They are literally stealing upgrades that people have earned.
Why would you want to upgrade your phone (especially an Evo) after just one year? What are you "upgrading" to when the Evo is at the top of the heap (especially for just Sprint phones)?
Every Sprint customer gets incentives to upgrade after their two year contract expires. My last phone was a Palm Treo 755p, which I used for over 3 years and its still working fine. The Evo is a superior phone that is still arguably the best phone out there. Use it another year, get the 2-year upgrade incentive that everyone gets, and done. In 2 years (if i havent dropped my Evo in a toilet by accident) I'll probably still be happily using it. It's rooted, I can install any future OS upgrade whether Sprint supports it or not, and I take care of my phones.
I don't understand people who need or want a phone hardware upgrade yearly.
By the way, I've been with Sprint/Nextel for over 10 years. This yearly upgrade thing is news to me and we go through my wife's large corporate account for phones and service plans.
So....
I just off the phone with Sprint about an unrelated issue from the premiere status. But I had to ask if there was any new info about the changes. I am a five year customer on the 1500 min $129.99 family share plan. So I wanted to know if I switched to the 3000 min $169.99 plan would that qualify me to gold status since gold is the $170 mark. And the answer is, if you are not a 10 year customer than the only way to get to gold is to get the simply unlimited plan on either a single line or a family share line. So they arent even nickel and diming us, they are penny and nickeling us.
Are you serious? $.01 ? Whatever. What can you do but take it.
where are you getting this pushed back information. I upgraded on 6/4/10, my account says my contract expires on 6/3/12. that is 2 years they can't extend your contract??? and I am sure that I will get the 75$ credit toward an upgrade this summer and the 150 the following april. you are now just putting words in sprints mouth.
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