Amazon fights the weather blues with an AT&T Winter Sale, phones get free or cheapen

3. -box- posted on 31 Jan 2012, 13:39 1 0

No it's not, because you'd have the AT&T ETF on top of any third-party fees, which would be up to $325 ($10 less per month). Might as well buy it at full price if you didn't intend to keep the service

4. itiswhatitis posted on 31 Jan 2012, 14:22 0 0

okay......

6. snowgator posted on 31 Jan 2012, 19:54 0 0

There are only 3 things to watch for when buying from Amazon:

1) The early termination fee from them is really about them getting their money back on the price of the handset. So, if you are not sure, don't buy. It is only a 6 month limitation, though, so once you are past that you are only liable for the carriers ETF.

2) You cannot move to a lower data package or less expensive feature phone once you sign through them. If you sign up for a Focus S, 50$ data plan, and a year later want to drop down to a 20$ data plan, you will not be able to without cancelling the entire contract. Same with buying the Focus S, than wanting to drop down to a feature phone, you can't do it. The entire 2 year contract will be at the level you signed up for. Of course, you can increase anytime you want, just not decrease.

3) Amazon gives best deals when you switch carriers. When you are trying to upgrade on your carrier, shop around. You may find a better deal on your carriers website. Amazon gets a better kick-back when they get you to switch.

Amazon is a great place to buy from so long as you are sure of what device you want (do your homework!!) and are switching carriers.