i cant knock the prices at wal-mart on the phones. what i dont like is the fact there ar people getting paid that low to sell the phones. and on top of that the four phones they offer suck! the slvr will get played out just like the rokr did. i'd be on the wal-mart gun if the sold the nokia 6682 or w600i for sirt cheap.

My local Walmart sells the Nokia 6682 for $197 on a 2 year new.

where are you at? ours wouldn't even dare. 😡

where at??!

The cell phone booth in my wal-mart supercenter. Fayetteville NC....Wal-Mart pricing is generally exactly the same nationwide on all items. 😁

yea where at? 😲 😳

cingulaaarslave,
How much for one with no contrac oyt the door?

Mr. cingularslave....were is this at actually??


Directly from Cingular's website:

$199 new 2 year contract price.
I was ONLY pointing out that I got it cheaper then a new 2 year lengthy price then a new customer on a 2 yr agreement would. I will definately check that price with my cingular store. The day of launch they told me pricing COMPLETLEY different from what you said....and yes it was a Corporate Cingular store not Joe Blows wireless! I will research my local store and post my findings. In the meantime as a consumer I feel I got a great deal. So no bursting of my bubble...sorry!

Just as I said I would, I called my local cingular corporate store. If I would have done the upgrade there it would cost me $295!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yep, thats a whole $170 more than good ol'e wally-world my friend! And were exactly is it were you work that you have it for $124 upgrading? Not that $4 is a BIG difference...since u stated that I actually did not get a great deal. 🙄

🙄 let's see the customer service wal-mart gives you, and the knowledge they have of their products, and the actual care they have for cingy customers. they care as much about you being with cingular as they care about you being on any other brand they carry. a cingy store will go the distance to retain their customers, wal-mart will switch you to verizon or whatever, just so they can make a buck.

try taking your slvr to any cingy store, and tell 'em you bought it at wal-mart, they will send you right back to "good 'ole wally world" to let them fix it, then see if the kid with the GED can actually fix your phone, between telling the 14 year olds where the new britny spears' is.

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A few old sayings come to mind...

1) Have your cake and eat it too.
2) You made your bed, now sleep in it.
3) You reap what you sow.

Your company, Cingular, gave Wal-Mart rights to sell their phones. Don't get all pissy because they can buy larger quantity than you and sell at lower prices.

Plus, Wal-Mart knows that when you buy the phone there, you'll probably also pick up soda, chips, meat, a shirt, some shampoo, and maybe some flowers for the wife. Your Cingular store doesn't fork out the overhead to carry a variety of items. It isn't what you do. So sell your more expensive phones.

The Lost Ramone said:
I'm sorry, but supporting wal-mart is NOT supporting the wireless industry, when you buy thei

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You have some pretty messed up concepts let's pick them out and see how you react:

The Lost Ramone said:
do what you want, but don't bring your WLMRTSLVR to me.


And finally, I can't wait until the day that Ford screams at customers that buy cars at used car lots and get their service done at their repair store. If the car is under warranty, they repair it under the terms. If it's not under warranty, the customer pays labor and parts. How odd is this concept?

Well you know you right, but that means you send the phone off to the manufacturer to get fixed un "phone manufacturer's" warranty.

You right with the analogy on the car the difference is that the repair shop has a right to turn your repair away, so "Motorola

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averagejoe said:
You right with the analogy on the car the difference is that the repair shop has a right to turn your repair away, so "Motorola has to accept your manufacturer warranty-Cingular does not, remember that when you send off your to be repaired and are without a phone while waiting, cingular on their own sends out replacement not the phone manufacturer.

I'm confused. Did the Ford dealer down the street build my truck? No...they paid money to a plant in Detroit (actually Canada) and the truck arrived at their lot...and I bought it from them. So with your anaology, when something goes wrong with my truck while under warranty, I need to ship it back to Detroit? No...I take it to a Ford dealer..

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I am in Nashville TN. been an agent since Cingular took the place of Bellsouth Mobility here. We have decided that we are tired of hearing about Walmart this and that so we have beat every price that they offer at all of our stores in this market. We have doubled our business since implementing this practice in January. Word of mouth is worth alot in this area, and when all is good, business is great!
There is also one major thing that we provide and that is customer service. We may lose sometimes when helping people, but in the end we have a happy customer that will return to us for all of their future needs. (too bad some other stores don't practice this)
BTW, the otd price is 259.99

PM me if needed but what is your cost on the L7. At that price OTD that is below my cost directly from Cingular. I am curious why you sell them below cost for no commitment.

yeah all the costs for indirects should be the same i think?

Well, I have learned from the past that is not always the case. When I used to run a company that had stores in different Cingular regions prices were quite often different. Regional managers choose at what price to sell different handsets. It is all part of the budget process.

You must have tripled business doing that or else I don't see how that is making you guys any money.

LIAR

If you want to continue to support walmart and there corporate lock on america that is your pergotive however, when walmart becomes the reason you are out of a job don't cry about it!!!

Walmart will never make me out of a job, not in my industry. And if hell froze over and it did, I would wear that blue smock and work right along with you my good friend! 🤣

People poo poo Wal Mart yet they forget to realize we live in a FREE society where ANYONE can stert a business. Sam Walton did just that. He started a SINGLE dine store and through his vision and wisdom made Wal Mart what it is today. The nations largest employer. I do not ever see mopey faces on Wal Mart employees. Seems they dont knoe they are slaves..LOL

Mom and Pop stores employ Mom and Pop and maybe son as well Thats it. Wal Mart employess Mom Pop and all the kids and the uncles nad aunts and as well provided same with LOW prices. Wal-Mart is what the economy is all about, procuring things consumers want to buy … at low low prices. It is meeting the market needs unlike Agents and Corporate Cingular stores. THATS why ITS SUCCESS...
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Exactly!

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my cost on the slvr is 260 and yes business is oustanding when you can sell cheaper than walmart but bring the customer experience to a new level for this area. as i said word of mouth is amazing! it also makes it better for all of us here in that all of the employees in this store are earning more because of the increased business. (when they are happy to come to work it makes a difference in the customer experience)

You almost had me agreeing with your statement.

You fire away at the generalizations made about Wal-Mart as unjust but in the same breath make the same rash generalizations against agents.

You'd make sense if you weren't being such a hypocrite.

haha, I totally agree texas wireless!!!! 🤣