Can anyone explain this pricing disparity?
BTW I entered my Chicago area zip code for both websites to obtain local promotions.
http://www7-mobilephoneplans.motorola.com/product/br ... »
E.G.
Motorola V3m USCC w.s. Best Price (before EE unlimited plan rebate) = $79.95 (Phone price is $249.95 less $170 rebates)
Motorola V3m Motorola Store w.s. (before EE unlimited plan rebate) = FREE (Phone price is $124.99 less $125 USCC instant rebate)
Motorola Z6m USCC w.s. Best Price (before EE unlimited plan rebate) = $119.95 (Phone price is $31...
(continues)
As to the significant disparity in the MSRPs they were stunned and could offer no explanation.
Can anyone venture to guess what would explain a 69% increase in "purported" MSRP?? Does anyone still believe that USCC or any other carrier pays anywhere near the claimed MSRPs for the phones? I'm confident USSC buys vastly more volume in its specd phones than does the Motorola Store.
Anyone on this forum ever deal with LetsTalk? They sure do a lot of advertising.
Motorola, which is weakening by the day, must sure carry a lot of weight with the carriers to be granted rights by those same carriers to directly offer very competitive prices and plans for all the competing carriers for which they make handsets.