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8700c retail price at cingular store?
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Posted by: dmxsoulja3

Anyone know how much the phone costs just to buy the phone? I'm wondering what my cheapest route to unlocked 8700 is, 550 unlocked/shipped on ebay or buy the phone locally and get an unlock code from various places online.

Thanks, J

Posted by: mo-bile

As a matter of fact, I do. I just bought one tonight at a Cingular store. Retail price, $449. With one year contract, $399. Two year contract, $349.

Posted by: cuppjr

Why not buy the free phone from amazon, get a 2 year cingular contract, cancel the contract, pay the $150 or $200, walk with the free phone (or even $150 if you don't do the rebate) and unlock it and carry it to tmobile?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...0202206-3871920

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Originally Posted by mo-bile

As a matter of fact, I do. I just bought one tonight at a Cingular store. Retail price, $449. With one year contract, $399. Two year contract, $349.

Posted by: Outrigger

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Originally Posted by cuppjr

Why not buy the free phone from amazon, get a 2 year cingular contract, cancel the contract, pay the $150 or $200, walk with the free phone (or even $150 if you don't do the rebate) and unlock it and carry it to tmobile?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...0202206-3871920

You might wanna check the rebate info before you make the plunge, Amazon has already thought of this route and they're not in the business of losing money.

In order for the rebate(s) to work, you need to wait about 6 months before you can even submit the rebate if you still remember to do it that is. and wait 10 to 12 weeks after that, THEN, you will receive the rebates.

If it was that simple, everybody would be signing up and cancel during the 2 week trial period and keep the phone for free.

Posted by: cuppjr

OK, so you buy the phone at their price for $150, ignore the $150 rebate to make it free, cancel in the 2 weeks and you have a phone for $150 that is being sold on ebay for $550.

Posted by: mdothunter

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Originally Posted by cuppjr

OK, so you buy the phone at their price for $150, ignore the $150 rebate to make it free, cancel in the 2 weeks and you have a phone for $150 that is being sold on ebay for $550.

$150+activation fee($36)+cancellation fee

Posted by: naptownman22

Find your cheapest retail price and then pay $45 for an unlock code off Ebay and take to T-Mobile. That's what I did and I figure it saved me >$100 over the ridiculous prices for unlocked devices on Ebay. For the savings I can live with the Cingular branding and firmware.

Posted by: jsppty

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8700/4.1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/102 UP.Link/6.3.0.0.0)

I just bought mine at Cingular without contract for $450

Posted by: rdef

You can also buy on amazon without a contract.