[olug] [OT] Purchase new cell phones WITHOUT contract?

[Rob Townley]

i got a replacement Droid X2 free-of-charge from Verizon because i pay for
the insurance.  The insurance is not just insurance, it _extends_ the
warranty:)  By filing a warranty claim, there was no $99 deductible.
$0.00
i had totally forgotten.

i have not done it yet, but TradeTang.com seems to be a direct from China
website that has some cheap prices, but they have many devices that look
like smartphones that may just have WiFi.


On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Aric <aric at omahax.com> wrote:

> If you want to be really cheap check out http://www.republicwireless.com/
> I think they also use Sprint Towers.
>
>
> > Wirefly.com would be an option...with a used phone, you should have the
> > ability to buy a 1 year warranty from squarespace, even if it is from
> > ebay.
> >
> > Craig Wolf
> > (402)990-3010
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> >
> >> (Delete this message if you're just looking for Linux/Unix
> >> discussions...)
> >>
> >> My wife and I are looking at moving to Ting wireless (www.ting.com) - I
> >> estimate we'll drop to the $80-90 range with past usage of our two
> >> smartphones (Verizon DroidX Gingerbread).
> >>
> >> Since Ting is a Sprint MVNO we can't bring our old phones over, but then
> >> we
> >> wouldn't want to: they have been dying strange hardware deaths (touch
> >> screen on my wifes dies and has to be powered off to reset, mine takes
> >> 30+
> >> seconds to start a call, etc).
> >>
> >> I was all set to pull the trigger last night and buy two refurbished
> >> phones
> >> via Ting, but my wife (The "Voice of Reason and Finance" in our house)
> >> got
> >> worried that we'd be trading in our old DroidX's for something else that
> >> only has a 30-day warranty.
> >>
> >> Looking at new phones via Ting and Amazon (which I assume will have a
> >> year
> >> warranty), we're well into the $500-$600 range. :(
> >>
> >> Aside from buying the phone from Ting.com or Amazon, are there other
> >> places
> >> to buy phones for Sprint that aren't tied to a contract and will have a
> >> decent warranty?
> >>
> >> (I now return you to your regular Linux/Unix discussion.)
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> DanL
> >>
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