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More info?)
I'm interested in 3 of the 4 options you mentioned:
$5 7pm
$5 F&C A Roaming
$15 Vision
None of the people I call regularly has SPCS, so the PCS-PCS option isn't
useful to me. What I was hoping was that Sprint offers a discounted package
deal on these options that's less than $25 extra a month. I'm also debating
whether to get lower minutes and keep my landline, or higher minutes and
junk it. If I keep my landline, 750 minutes should be more than enough, and
if I junk it, I'd probably need closer to 1500. And I'd like to pay under
$75 for the former, and under $100 for the latter, including taxes and fees.
I'm leaning towards junking my landline because I usually don't get home
from work before 7pm, and with unlimited N&W and free LD I probably wouldn't
use it that often. In fact, 1500 minutes might actually be a lot more than I
need, since my cell phone usage during peak hours wouldn't be that much
higher if I didn't have a landline. So the $50/1000 plan seems like a decent
compromise. Still, it would be nice to get a discount on either these
options, or perhaps on the phone.
Incidentally, Amazon has an additional $80 rebate on the Toshiba 4050 but
only for new customers or when adding an additional line of service. Since I
already have a phone, could I keep it for a while and add the Toshiba as a
2nd line, to qualify for the additional rebate, and if so how long would I
have to wait before cancelling my old line? I assume that Sprint knows that
people might do this so they've probably made it difficult to do this, but I
thought I'd ask just in case.
Thanks!
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Kovie
kovie@earthlink.netizen
"Bob Smith" <usirsclt_No_Spam_@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Kovie" <kovie@earthlink.netizen> wrote in message
> news:_RUlc.22502$Ia6.3269230@attbi_s03...
> > I couldn't wait for a response and ended up calling Sprint to see what
> they
> > could offer. They offered me the following retention deals:
> >
> > $40/750 8pm n/w
> > $50/1000 8pm n/w
> > $60/1200 8pm n/w
> > $75/1500 8pm n/w
> > $100/1800 8pm n/w + free 2nd phone & #
> >
> > These are decent deals, however, the guy wouldn't offer anything else,
> e.g.
> > additional discounts on a new phone, free roaming and/or 7pm n/w, 1 year
> > contract, free or discounted Vision, etc. Does Sprint offer retention
> deals
> > on these options, or are retention plans limited to just more minutes?
> Just
> > wanted to make sure before wasting my time with their reps.
>
> After reading this whole thread and your other posts of the past week,
yes,
> it does look like good pricing. In saying that though, nowhere have I seen
> what your needs are in terms of how many minutes you need or what you have
> on your current plan. No mention whether you need Add-A-Phone.
>
> I see in a prior message that you've mentioned you wanted 7:00 PM for N &
W,
> to contact folks on the East coast. To get this $5 option, you will have
to
> commit to a 2 year contract. Do many of your friends and family back East
> use SPCS? If they do, then maybe for calling those folks, adding PCS2PCS
> might be a better fit than going with the 7:00 PM N&W option.
>
> You also mentioned having some dropped calls, and you might want to
consider
> the $5 F&CA option, for roaming, when you hit a dead spot or go out of
> SPCS's coverage area.
>
> Last, but not least, you've also mentioned having or wanting a cable to
> connect up with your 4050. If you find that you will need to tether your
> phone to a laptop on an occasional basis to download email, etc. you might
> want to consider Vision.
>
> Yea, I know, all I'm doing is suggesting higher costs to you, but what
> matters here, is "What are your needs?" in having a phone. Casual use or
> business use? Using the phone outside SPCS's coverage area, or calling the
> East coast @ 7:00 PM?
>
> What's important here is to better define what you need to use your phone
at
> the best cost available.
>
> Bob
>
>
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