I definitely could have rolled the dice but I figured the trouble I had in the OP combined with the upcoming weekend (I’ll be traveling) it isn’t worth it.
I almost didn’t meet and marry my wife because of a bungled Sprint device swap, so I’m sensitive to their issues.
Befrugal is pending at $100 even though they say they’re only doing $80 for BYOD.
Update: The activation process is crap. The automated online port and sign up failed and is directing me to call Telesales. They need an account number and PIN (which I never set up yet).
Why sprint can’t just activate when you put a SIM in a phone is beyond me. So stupid.
Glad I didn’t roll the dice over the weekend on this.
Got my account set up, have data only. No voice calls.
3 rounds of idiot reps who have asked me to do all kinds of stupid stuff and nothing worked.
I’m sure it will get sorted out but I’m now 3+ hours without a phone.
Finally fixed 4hrs. Someone with a brain helped me. I think going to a store is a better idea if anyone out there is reading this.
I am ready to start a new cycle. I see this condition in the fine print specifically “postpaid”, has anyone had an issue coming from VZ prepaid? (Personally not me, however I want to be prepared).
Limited Time Offer. Req. credit approval, AutoPay, eBill, and port-in from postpaid carrier.
I ported from T-Mobile pay-as-you-go in Sept and didn’t have any issues.
Is this deal dead?
Yes!
since this is going away, what’s the best unlimited data deal (network doesn’t matter much since it’s for my data hog son)
Probably the $25/mo Sprint Kickstart. Throttled stinks, but it’s for your data hog son, so he can just deal with it.
So my 2 years of Sprint finally ended. Thanks Sprint - $3K of savings over 2 years is my best financial savings move of 2017-19.
Anyone have their best place to go now? I’m using Mint because they had a neat B3G3 Deal (Buy 3 months, get 3 months) which they then expanded further to some sort of weird 12 month deal. So I’m signed up to get 12 additional months of 10GB Mint for $135 (x2, since Mrs. Orthros is getting the same deal) but I feel like there are better deals out there.
Following. My wife’s year of free Sprint will be coming to a close soon too.
how did you get more than 12 mos.?
did you get the cashback?
I canceled and had my wife sign up using her SSN. So 1 year for me + 1 year for her = 2 years for our 2 phone lines.
Didn’t get cashback, but didn’t even try. I was only paying $5 a month in taxes/fees. If there was a bonus signup spiff, I guess I could have tried for that, but I didn’t.
was it exactly a year/ea?
Yes.
I thought they ended the $0 for 1 year like 6-8 months ago… how did you sign up?