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[G2 and Desire Z General] kcolatay:
I got mine for $149 through tmobile. I called the retention dept over at tmobile and told them i got a flyer stating $100 off any phone upgrade. They did some digging and then told me it can only be applied to existing phones. The rep then said they could offer me a better deal and that's how the $149 came about. And payments are spread over 4 months.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ddgarcia05:
I got it for that price. It was 176 down and 3 or 4 monthly payments of $40. Then a $50 rebate on top of that.

And that's cuz I upgraded to the HD2 in March when it launched, BOGO.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ericc191:
Did the EIP, but it'll cost me 552 total.
[G2 and Desire Z General] logicsans:
Around 500, which is what I'll be paying extra over the course of two years if I switched from the Even More Plus plan to the Even More (if I could even do that, but don't tell me I can't because that'll shatter my dream) as it would $20 extra per month for 2 years ($480).

I paid half my fortune (broke college student, heh). All my savings are gone, time to save up for another 2 years. :D

It's cool, T-Mobile announced HSPA+ in San Jose today :cool:
[G2 and Desire Z General] jtc442:
Not entirely true. Depends on how you do it. If you upgrade, yes, its 199. But with my situation, I just added a new line to my account, and it was 149.00
[G2 and Desire Z General] kgood63:
thats about right i paid $305 and some change for the first one and $163 for the second one at radio shack with phone trade in
[G2 and Desire Z General] sweetandsour:
Got it for 149.99 plus tax >>> through CUSTOMER LOYALTY

Free express shipping..

No upgrade fee..

and a free black gel case..:D
[G2 and Desire Z General] kcm117:
$259.99

Im on a family plan, my contract was nowhere near time for an upgrade :(.

Hope i can still use the mail in rebate online, then itll only be $209.99 which isn't bad, my sister is paying $100 of it as a birthday gift anyway.:)
[G2 and Desire Z General] torpex505:
I paid $310.66 after all was said and done. That is not including the $50 MIR, once I get that total will be $260.66.

Totally worth it...
[G2 and Desire Z General] papeshfoo:
I am on a EMP plan so I had $210 in usable credit after almost paying off my 9700. They added $330 to my next bill and I will be paying $11 a month for 19 months.

I like this much better because I dont always have the money upfront for things. Plus every payment I make builds my credit back up for the next phone I want to get...
[G2 and Desire Z General] PolishDude:
I paid $500 from tmobile but if I decide to keep the G2 I will be returnign it and buy it from costco for $450 and enjoy a 90 day return policy :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] hardcore88:
Personally, my wife and i are trading our worthless vibrants in for shiny new g2s on Wednesday... no money out of pocket except for what we wasted on the vibrant a few months ago
[G2 and Desire Z General] CaliCL9:
Hey what did the flyer say and where did u get it? And what number did u call? This sounds like the best way for me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] CaliCL9:
What's customer loyalty? And what's the number?
[G2 and Desire Z General] mrmack:
How are you trading them in? What do you tell TMO?
[G2 and Desire Z General] CaliCL9:
so i just got off the phone with tmobile, i told them i wanted to upgrade my phone and they told me it would cost me around $250, how are people going through customer loyalty? if not im just gonna go to radio shack to upgrade my phone.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Phateless:
$149 with a NEW ACTIVATION. If you're UPGRADING it's $199.

CostCo actually has the best deal. Same price as everyone else but they include car charger, leather case, wired earpiece, and the tax is less for some reason. Waiting for my local to have it in stock.
[G2 and Desire Z General] CaliCL9:
Damn really, well if tmobile wont let me get it for a cheaper price ill go aheadand wait for costco to get it
[G2 and Desire Z General] kcolatay:
Heres the number

877-335-8962
[G2 and Desire Z General] l3iggs:
competition = your friend

I did this successfully yesterday.

Pre-reqs:

Be either a new customer or eligible for an upgrade.

step #1:

Go to radio shack and get a flyer showing the $149.99 price for the G2 (the guys at radio shack were on to me so I had to argue with them for a while to get a flyer).

step#2:

Take the flyer to a tmo store and ask them to match the price.

Total cost:

149.99 (phone) + $18.00 upgrade fee + $15.54 CA tax = $183.53 out the door, no rebates.

Note:

If you attempt to buy directly from radio shack they'll charge you tax on 100% of the cost of the new phone (~$550) and they'll force you to get a new number to get the $149.99 price.
[G2 and Desire Z General] CaliCL9:
So go to radio shack and ask them for the flyer? Then go to tmobile and ask them to match the price? Ok ill try it
[G2 and Desire Z General] zuludelta9:
Hey guys, new here. Ex-BlackBerry J2ME Developer, hoping to learn more stuff here :]

I got it for $99.95 after a $50 MIR from $149.99. I won't get the phone till Wed. though.

I did the Customer Loyalty thing, but didn't have to threaten to cancel the plan. Dial 611 on your TMobile phone and say your language preference. Then say "retention program" and it'll say "Cancelling service?" And it'll forward you to the right rep.

I have a Bold 9700 that I got last year so the upgrade didn't qualify my number for an upgrade. I asked them what he could do to help me out. I did mention that I'm on a family plan and that another line in the family plan was eligible for an upgrade. They dumped the upgrade on my other line, but gave me the phone and the features (data+400 txt for $24.99 b/c I was on the BlackBerry plan).
[G2 and Desire Z General] CaliCL9:
ok so i called tmobile and told them i was thinkin of switching services too, and i too got the phone for $138, $100 for the phone then $38 for california sales tax on the phone itself. ;);) i should recieve my phone sometime this week :p
[G2 and Desire Z General] VValdo:
RE: Radio Shack.

This is only if you don't already have t-mobile. Otherwise it's $199.99 but they'll let you trade in your g1 for $50 or so if you have one.

At least that's what they told me. I'm probably gonna do it too.
[G2 and Desire Z General] veritas17:
You should have taught those skills to the nintendo64 kid on tosh.o...
[G2 and Desire Z General] VValdo:
Update: T-Mobile would *NOT* give me the $99 deal others are talking about. The lowest they'd go is $149 AFTER MIR.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Clackamas:
My G2 cost me a couple of nights on the couch after my wife grumbled. But I still have a smile on my face :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] mtl171:
and this is why i'm single :D but was it worth it?
[G2 and Desire Z General] tien28:
anyone know if theres a way to buy the phone without going through the 50$ mir,so i could walk out the store with it for 200$ or anyway i could possibly get it cheaper than that?
[G2 and Desire Z General] felix88d:
mines cost $286

haha and that was with no contract. :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] funkeee:
$199.99 from RadioShack (the $149.99 price is for new lines only) plus $50 in tax (taxed on the full price believe it!) plus $18 upgrade fee came out to ~$268.00
[G2 and Desire Z General] Skyydragon:
My G2 cost me 400..picked it up Sun afternoon from a friend..slid my simple mobile sim in and im ready to go. GPS, Market,MMS,Data all work. At 60 a month? Sweet..
[G2 and Desire Z General] luchoster:
yup, that's what I'm gonna end up paying, well my mom cuz it was a gift, but total w/ $50 rebate is $256, but dang is worth it! :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] CaliCL9:
dude i got it for $138, dont do it! u just gotta be able to get to their account specialist. He is the only one that could give u that price, its $100 for the phone, then u gotta pay $38 for the tax on the full price of the phone, thats it!! free shipping 3-5days it should come in:cool:
[G2 and Desire Z General] sweetandsour:
Idk if im late.

But its 611

call..

talk to a rep tell them to redirect u to Customer Loyalty..

haggle them a bit .Or in most cases be nice..(remember u are the customer)(they dont wanna lose ur $$$)

Get a better price..

and ull have ur phone in 3 days

Badda Bing Badda BOOOOM!!!!!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] chiapat:
To the guys & gals that bought the phone online with the mail in rebate, did you receive any paperwork regarding the mail in rebate? I don't see anything in regards to the MIR.
[G2 and Desire Z General] batrad:
400.04 from T-Mobile, less $50 rebate

and I'm a 2 month old customer....
[G2 and Desire Z General] batrad:
http://www.tmobilerebates.com/splash.asp
[G2 and Desire Z General] chiapat:
@batrad Thank You sir!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Superfrag:
Even More Plus plan? How exactly did you get it for that price?

Sent from my SGH-T959
[G2 and Desire Z General] Orite:
When I went into tmobile they said they would just wave the rebate for me and have me pay $200 out of pocket. Unfortunately I was able to qualify for it so I ended up buying the phone retail.

Going to sell my Vibrant to offset the cost :[
[G2 and Desire Z General] tehseano:
$249.99

Bought it from Tmo directly, pre-ordered it at 6am the day the preorder went up. Also had to pay $18 because it was an early upgrade, my 2 years from my G1 wasn't up untill November I think....

I paid more, but I also got it almost a weak before everyone else :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] msmith1991:
$541
[G2 and Desire Z General] greensnow:
can i ask how you got that price?

also i have a friend who got his g1 for super cheap by adding a line to his account and cancelling it about a week after, allowing him to keep the phone while not having to pay a cancellation fee because he was within 30 days...has anyone else had success with this?
[G2 and Desire Z General] arich:
Cost me $100 when I threatened to switch to sprint :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] jtc442:
I originally had one line with my vibrant. I went into the shack and told them to just add a line to my acct, not upgrade, not family plan, just add a line. I was 162.00 out the door after tax.
[G2 and Desire Z General] scrizz:
wish i could trade in my EMP Vibrant and get the G2

:(

i paid $534 for the Vibrant...

:(
[G2 and Desire Z General] VValdo:
Ditto. 99.99- took two calls into their please-dont-cancel line. I've been w/t-mobile a long, long time though so I believe that helped.
[G2 and Desire Z General] CaliCL9:
yeah threatening to leave certainly does the trick. i should get recieving my g2 this friday.. cant wait:cool:
[G2 and Desire Z General] TDM6046:
I got mine for $37 (the phone was free, but I have to pay tax). Arriving tomorrow. :-)
[G2 and Desire Z General] dynamikd:
How did you pull this off?
[G2 and Desire Z General] TDM6046:
Sorry, I should've provided more details. I have a friend that works at a T-Mo call center and he's been with the company long enough to get two phones at 100% discount (excluding tax). He has an extra line that he doesn't use and let me use the discount for that line.
[G2 and Desire Z General] eep02b:
how did u do this without a contract extension??
[G2 and Desire Z General] mattseg:
$200 even, with express shipping, they waved a few things and gave me a discount... Been a TMO customer for about 5 years. Ordered it today... contract is up in Feb, so that's 4 months early. He said he could do $100 if I waited until dec.

Buuut.. I sold my vibe (which I got for $180 for $250 + a bb8900). So I can't complain.
[G2 and Desire Z General] scrizz:
If someone can get me a G2 for free, i'll send them my Vibrant.

They can sell it!!

:(
[G2 and Desire Z General] mtl171:
that doesn't make sense. Why not just sell your vibrant then buy a G2. If a person took you up on your deal they would probably lose a few hundred bucks. remember there is always ebay.
[G2 and Desire Z General] scrizz:
this person got their G2 free+shipping

and this person has trouble selling the vibrant lol

i'm not crazy lol

my phone is brand new and comes with 2 extra batteries, a battery charger, and a clearfreak screen protector.

if someone pays me $500 for all this, It is theirs.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mattseg:
Put it on craigslist at a comparable, if not lower than average asking price. :confused:
[G2 and Desire Z General] scrizz:
.......................
[G2 and Desire Z General] Bzerk1:
got it rom craigslist $300 even no contract. letting him use my g1 at the moment though
[G2 and Desire Z General] NoDataFound:
Just got off the phone with retention. The best they could do was $399. I may pick it up, haven't decided. Thoughts at that price? I am a current Vibrant pwner that came from a G1
[G2 and Desire Z General] ShaunMichael80:
I got mine for free, i called customer care and complained and about my vibrant gps not working they noted my account and let me exchange it straight up for the g2.... this phone is amazing
[G2 and Desire Z General] garyham:
Feel Lucky

I paid 301.00 (250 + 18.00 + tax) from TMo Cust Svc and am getting a $50.00rebate on top of that. I feel lucky because I got the Vibrant two months ago. I was told by TMo (stores and on the phone) that the Vibrant was HSPA+ and it wasn't.

I called to complain and they graciously gave me me the upgrade price for the G2. I sold the Vibrant on EBay and came out ahead a few bucks....I liked it just as much as the G2 and would have kept it if not for the HSPA+. There are things I liked better on the Vibrant and things I like better on the G2...so it is a wash.

Incidentally, I had the G1 and it absolutely sucked! The Vibrant and G2 ROCKS!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Phateless:
I was playing with the Vibrant and G2 at a tmo store the other night, and even without a flash the Vibrant obviously takes WAY better pictures. That kinda bugs...
[G2 and Desire Z General] dynamikd:
That is what I call a true friend. Congrats on the great price :-)
[G2 and Desire Z General] dynamikd:
I guess that depends on the person. I absolutely love the pictures that this phone takes. I had a friend, who is an avid bb user, look at a picture that I took and thought it was a picture that came with the device.
[G2 and Desire Z General] nolsen311:
Mine cost $49.

I was setting up a new line, transferring from Verizon -> T-Mobile; sold my OG Droid to Radio Shack for $116 (excellent condition), which was credited to my purchase.

Niiiiice.
[G2 and Desire Z General] PolishDude:
Couldnt you have gotten mroe selling the droid elsewhere?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Phateless:
To me the convenience of not having to **** around for a week with private parties, flaky people, lowballers and retards on craigslist is worth $50.

I'm guessing it was to him too. :p
[G2 and Desire Z General] Phateless:
Don't get me wrong the pics look pretty good, it's just side by side, same light, same picture, the Vibrant took a much better shot. I even cleaned both lenses with my shirt beforehand. I was surprised at how much better.
[G2 and Desire Z General] batrad:
I get Corporate Discounts from work ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] styles24:
Just got off the phone with "customer loyalty" after the guy at the t-mobile store told me i couldnt get it any cheaper than $300. Got it for $120/3 payments on my bill over the next 3 months + free priority shipping. The doucher at the store even guaranteed that i wouldnt be able to get it cheaper thru t-mobile. Cant wait to get my first bill and make a trip back there.
[G2 and Desire Z General] clintz:
So what do you do, tell them you want to upgrade your phone cheap or else you are going to switch to sprint?

what if they call my bluff, i dont want sprint, lol they suck!
[G2 and Desire Z General] mattzweb:
Just ordered mine and my sisters. Called up T-Mobile, immediately got offered $149 + Buy one get one free. So two G2's for $149 total! Also got both of us on the Preferred Android data plan for $20/month.

All in all, a VERY good call.
[G2 and Desire Z General] styles24:
Yes, lol. Just call, and when prompted for an option, say "cancel service". That way, you get "customer loyalty" instead of some rep. Customer Loyalty will kiss your ass as much as they can. Tell them you talked to a guy at Sprint and he told you he could get you an Evo for free with a 2 yr contract as long as you dropped t-mobile. You have to be a long time t-mobile customer, 2-4 years. I basically upgrade once a year to the newest phone by doing this. I dont think i have paid retail, or even close to it, for a phone ever.
[G2 and Desire Z General] scrizz:
sux i'm on EMP

EM+
[G2 and Desire Z General] eleazar6:
Was that the retention dept you called? Was your 2 yr contract up? Mine is for me and my wife... hoping we can buy one get one free also, but tmo store guys say possibly
[G2 and Desire Z General] Snuggl3s:
i paid $299 with tax. No contract...But thats not fair i work for Tmo lol
[G2 and Desire Z General] Phateless:
Do you work in a store or corporate?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tatdude806:
My G2 Was Free...

Customer Loyalty wound up giving me my G2 free for all the problems I had with a MyTouch 3G Slide. (It was replaced 5 times, and they let me keep it!) I will say this much, they are good to work with you if you have a legitimate issue.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Snuggl3s:
i work in a store. y?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Phateless:
I thought it would be fun to work for T-mo corporate and was hoping you could get me an introduction to someone. :p
[G2 and Desire Z General] Snuggl3s:
haha ic well, ill tell u that if u like sales then this is a nice place to work. As for a into its not needed. T-MO is always hiring. Goto T-Mobile.com/jobs apply then talk to your local stores managers. We are hiring right now for holidays! GOGOGOG! haha GL though!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Phateless:
lol, thanks man. I'm working for a startup now and it's cool but just doesn't pay as much as I'd like.
[G2 and Desire Z General] laztpn0i:
That's a good deal. Are you a new customer? Or have you been with them for a while?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Superfrag:
EMP, $530 with tax outta the store.
[G2 and Desire Z General] clintz:
Called them, they were able to go as low as $150, split into 4 payments. I should have taken the deal but I was trying to get it lower, plus I'm in the middle of a big move so cash flow is lowww
[G2 and Desire Z General] reg442:
i called 611 and told them i wanted to disconnect my service, they will put you on hold for 5-10 mins then someone else will come on and ask why do you want to leave, i told him the upgrade was too much money when radio shack offers it for 149.99 and sprint has evo's for 99.99 and i could save money if i go with sprint, so to make a long story short i paid 248. and some change (which i have 10 installment payments to make) for 2.. yea 2 phones @ 99.99 each 18 dollar upgrade and taxes.. was going to sell the other one until my wife found out, so she wants the second one..
[G2 and Desire Z General] ikarma:
Anyone know how long before they ad the phone to my bill? I chose the ad full purchase price of phone to my next bill option and I just got my bill and its not on there yet.

Also did anyone fill out the paperwork for the mail in rebate? Do I actually have to cut my box?? :-(

What paperwork did you have to send in?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Snuggl3s:
You'll get the bill on ur next closing cycle. so the next bill u get will have it. As for the rebate u just need to fill it out and send in a copy of the receipt.

fRom Snugs G2 ^.^
[G2 and Desire Z General] ikarma:
I actually called the rebate support line and they said I just needed to send in a form. No reciept and no upc! I did NOT want to cut my box. I hope that is correct cause that's all I'm sending.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jgreat122:
You guys that are getting it cheaper from the 611 line by saying that you want to cancel your service, are you eligible for full upgrade when you're doing this or is it just the partial upgrade? 'Cause they would only go as low as $259 for me for one phone, and I've been with them for over 7 years.
[G2 and Desire Z General] schwiz:
Got mine from a T-mobile licensed dealer for $480, no contract.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Mftek1:
My wife and I got the vibrant buy one get one free offer. I used my upgrade on it and got one free. So... 200 for mine then 50 for hers.

I sold my vibrant on craigslist for 400. Then baught the g2 for 499 plus tax.

so all added up I paid like 300 to 350 for a g2 and vibrant for my wife.. lol good deal?

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z General] xmasguy:
As a five year T-Mobile employee, it was "free", but will still end up costing me about $160 in taxes because they consider the phone's value as income, so its not exactly "free"... Jerks...
[G2 and Desire Z General] Snuggl3s:
Aww lucky! I'm at 2 years =(

fRom Snugs G2 ^.^
[G2 and Desire Z General] pliablemoose:
$149, and a data plan for $19, no rebates.

I had a family plan and had already ported 2 numbers away, called to cancel the last number and they offered me the G2.

I'll be sending it back if they don't release UMA for it pretty promptly, I get no signal at work, and went with Virgin Mobile for the other 2 lines.

$25/month for unlimited internet, unlimited text messages, and 300 voice minutes (I have to admit it's not very fast, and the phone is fairly lame-Samsung Intercept, add Skype though for unlimited US/Canada/$6/month and it's pretty enticing for the $$$)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Dalamak:
$319 upgrade
[G2 and Desire Z General] chopperpl:
$149 at radio shack... new account
[G2 and Desire Z General] PlatinumMOTO:
I paid 150 for my first one at Radioshack got it super early 4 days early. But I had preordered one on Sept 27th. It took forever to get here I had already got my other one from Radioshack 4 days before my preordered one was here for 100.

Now I'm faced with a dilemma I want both phones but I don't want the plan on one I already have a plan with T-mo and it's not up for 4 more months but I got a new contract with the other phone and a new line with the preorder.

So now I have 2 G2s and a huge bill I was told befre 14 days I can cancel the whole plan and stuff and return the phone but I don't want to return the phone. so I asked someone who works at ATT if I could do what I said and just pay for the phone 300 plus what I already paid as stated in the contract and they said yes. I do not want a 200 early termination fee. Anyone working at T-mo that can provide this information I do want the phone and am willing to pay the 300 more for it but I don't want the 200 early termination fee nor the first months bill.
[G2 and Desire Z General] robrob777:
full price no contract.

$547 tax included.

Tmo store.

I already returned b/c of the loose hinge. I went back to my HD2.

by the way the HD2 cost me exactly the same at wall mart 5 days after the release.

Cheers

P.S before I had an iphone 3gswich costme $219 + 121 first mont + 185 cancelation fee= $525.
[G2 and Desire Z General] xdviper:
$99 and 2 years of my life signed away to T-Mobile. :o
[G2 and Desire Z General] .A.J.:
After I get the $50 rebate back it will have cost me $60.49 on a 1 year contract.

My last contract expired 3 or 4 years ago and I went through retention and asked the guy how to switch my number to another provider (doing my best to sound clueless)... he offered me the phone for 110.49 including taxes, waiving the upgrade and shipping fees on a two year contract. I told him I've never signed a two year contract and it's the reason I went to T-Mobile in the first place (7+ years ago they offered 1 year contracts) so he put me on hold for about 5 seconds and said he could do 110.49 on a one year contract. To my surprise I also qualified for the mail in rebate. I guess never being late with a payment for nearly 8 years paid off.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Snuggl3s:
Damn! Nice dude

fRom Snugs HTC Glacier ^.^
[G2 and Desire Z General] darkfire2040:
I pay 25$ a month for mine :) for a year and a half
[G2 and Desire Z General] scottmog:
after tax and everything i think like 267 or something like that.