Cingular store wants $200 for v400/new activation???????
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js4h said:
We are the cheapest in the market area. The retail stores in our market are trying to whore it at $199 with a rebate.
That is a good price.
I am not sure "whore" is the correct term, however. I make no profit whatsoever on the phone, no matter what price it sells at. As the 'pimp' in the equation, that would be very bad business.
$199.99 for a 2-year is the price the company authorizes me to sell at. If I sell it for less, I get in trouble, much as I would for giving away cases or handing out 20-dollar bills from the cash drawer.
Whether or not Cingular is whoring the phones I will leave as an exercise for the metaphorist. I had been assuming they had based their deci...
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i work for a Cingular agent/dealer.. and we have the phone for like 189.99 now and 50 dollar rebate.. What's cool about these phones in some places, for instance here.. A friend of mine and his wife went into a Cingular Corporate Store, and had been with Cingular for 2 years and you know the story paid bill on time and so forth.. Well the corporate store gave them 2 V400's for 100 bucks. NOW THAT"S DEAL!!! However, i did get two V400's for free, but that's different ;)....
If you are doing a new Activation go to and AGENT!
If you are doing an upgrade go to the Corporate Store!
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filabeaner said:
I understand that best buy may purchase a lot more phones than you do, but why would cingular not want the phone to be sold for the same amount much like Sprint sets the retail price at best buy? but maybe that's what makes cingular cingular... by allowing their retailers to compete in a free market.
Obviously, if we can't compete with our own indirect market, we've got some rethinking to do.
Much as it might annoy me at times, Cingular puts no limit on what indirect dealers charge for their phones. In addition, some direct channels get to offer special deals on select models.
Plus, I get to offer special deals sometimes, and the prices change as well. It's all very confusing. 😕 ...
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