there are gazillion -$150-225 deals w/ new activation on amazon.com.. so they are paying you 2 hundred bucks to sign up for 1 yr.. hmm. so what's the catch?? if it's so good why woudl anyone NOT get new plans from amazon?

 

no catch. it's the same deals that those chinese dealers will get you on either side of the country. but seeing that you live in ann arbor where probably not a single chinese restaurant has the balls to tell you that fortune cookies are not chinese, it's better to order it through amazon.com

 

just yesterday I signed up for a 1-yr contract with T-mobile and bought a Samsung E715 off of Amazon. the reviews of T-mobile and of that Samsung phone were good, and the rebates were too good to pass up. (I am leaving behind the sub-par Sprint network after 5 years with that cellular service provider )

whatever you do, DO NOT get suckered into buying off of some other website whose reputation you don't know about. I almost bought off of wirefly.com, aka point wireless, aka inphonic.com . I've also read terrible things about a1wireless. They offer great rebates... but there is SOOOO much online customer feedback about them never sending out the rebates, demanding the customer prove to them that the website actually said that they offered that rebate, and even then fighting back and never sending out these rebates.

I'm surprised they haven't been shut down yet, considering the volumes of complaints about them.

That's why I bought from a reputable souce, Amazon.com-- which still offers some great deals.

 

I did one of these Amazon deals last year. There was no catch and the transaction went smoothly. It was, and still is, the best deal on the phone and package I wanted.

 

I don't blame you on leaving Sprint. It is the worst service on the planet. I have tried every company in my area other than Nextel(too bland for me). With Sprint the service is good as long as you are outside and the phone is not in your pocket. I went with Cingular. By far the best coverage and signal strenth yet. I got the Motorola V551, very nice phone.

 

Be careful, I've seen that if you change your plan during the "agreement" (to a lower plan) with the carrier, you can be charged a fee by the online representative. Total BS but read all the fine print.

BTW, Inphonic (aka wirefly, aka whatever..) was named INC 500's #1 company in growth, they're doing something right.

Just bring your favorite internet "special" to your local store and they'll do their best to match it.