Sprint to double its upgrade fee on September 9th?

2. gotti88 posted on 01 Sep 2011, 08:35 1 0

thats stupid as heck!!! how much is it for a activation fee then!!!?????? phone companys are going over the top with thees fees!!!! hello house phones for me... lol!!! first they raise insurance for carriers and then this stuff happens what the hell how much money they planning to make

3. sniperace posted on 01 Sep 2011, 08:41 2 0

That sucks but it still cost a lot less than other companies and the data is unlimited. I can understand the loop hole they are fixing with the $350 early termination fee. If you get a $550 phone on contract for $200 ex. Motorola Photon and break your contract say 31 days later you can't return the phone but yould have payed only $400 for the phone saving $150 dollars. Sprint is just covering thier losses. Although it still sucks...for people that break contracts.

5. gotti88 posted on 01 Sep 2011, 08:43 0 0

the data is unlimited for the time being until they get the iphone lol!!!! apple always causes everything to change when they get to a company lol!!! j/k people dont start getting mad lol!!!

6. QWIKSTRIKE posted on 01 Sep 2011, 08:45 1 0

UTTER CRAP when I buy a phone I shouldn't be nickled and dimed Mr. Hess!

7. zinv (unregistered) posted on 01 Sep 2011, 08:46 0 1

Question: Since sprint is changing their contracts, does this mean i could end my contract without an ETF because of the change? and if so, could i then open a new account with sprint in order to get a new phone for cheaper? I know, this may be a cheap scam but if its possible why not? they get all my money in the end anyway.

8. gotti88 posted on 01 Sep 2011, 08:57 0 1

lol!!!!^^^^^^ good question im with him lol!!!

10. dandirk posted on 01 Sep 2011, 09:03 1 2

You know everyone says Sprint has cheap plans... well every 2 years I look around, and found Sprint did not offer really ANY cost savings over verizon... At least in my situation where I have 4 lines, one of which has internet.

The gotcha fee's that sprint seems love are really the negating factor when comparing Sprint vs Verizon.

Ok internet plan is cheaper.. until you realize there is a seperate fee for "smartphone" devices???? wtf... Virtually ALL phones that use internet are "smartphones"... why is that even a sperate fee???

I will tell you why... Because they want to advertise the lowest plan. They don't want to break the $99 barrer for their EVERYTHING inlcuding extra fees plan.

Now $40 to just upgrade your phone? Really wtf is the reason for that other then padding the statement. Maybe you should just add $40 to the price of new phones????? Cause it is the same thing.

I am sick and tired on pricing and advertising games... like "unlimited" (up to a point) etc etc...

11. LOLOLOLOL (unregistered) posted on 01 Sep 2011, 09:24 1 1

LOL @ Sprint complaining ATT & Tmo Merger would raise prices, yet Verizon raised data prices and Sprint is raising Upgrade fees...Go figure...

12. ChrisTheTechGuy posted on 01 Sep 2011, 09:27 6 0

ok....I understand prices to activate a new line...but the point that you have to pay at all to upgrade, whats the point? you're giving them 2 years on an agreement and purchasing a device. that to me is like getting charged an extra fee to buy an accessory. activating a new line there is cost behind, but upgrading, aside from paying your sales rep commission and their time for taking 4 seconds to punch in the new sim/esn...there is no cost. If you ask me thats stupid as hell.

13. sprint_user (unregistered) posted on 01 Sep 2011, 09:45 0 0

Last i heard, this fee only applies if the phone is purchased at a store. i doesn't (or didn't) apply if the device is purchased and activated online (without calling CS).

14. veritech (unregistered) posted on 01 Sep 2011, 09:46 0 0

Everyone don't forget if you buy your phones online you will not have to pay an upgrade fee. Sprint use to charge 36 dollars for an upgrade from October 2006 til Spring 2007. They're just going back to the old upgrade fee. Also I'm not that surprised that they're doing this. Every quarter sprint winds up losing 700 to 800 million dollars. if you look at their books they are in a lot of debt. They got to find away to pay it off.

17. remixfa posted on 01 Sep 2011, 09:52 2 0

ive never understood why customers get punished for staying on the carriers in the form of upgrade fees and we reward people for flipping carriers left and right by giving them the best discounts.

kinda seems it should be the opposite since it costs way more to get a customer than to keep a customer. I understand activation fees, i dont understand upgrade fees.

18. Derrell posted on 01 Sep 2011, 12:32 0 0

Responsible for upgrade fees unless purchased on sprint.com. (Activation fee applies for sprint.com orders as of 6/5/11)

19. ubvorvbbr (unregistered) posted on 01 Sep 2011, 12:34 1 0

And then they complain that ATT will raise there prices with the merger, none of the big four have raised there prices except for sprint

26. tiberius183 (unregistered) posted on 01 Sep 2011, 16:07 1 0

Ok...just ORDER THE DAMN PHONE ON SPRINT.COM!! NO UPGRADE FEE!!!

29. aando2009 posted on 06 Sep 2011, 15:47 0 0

I am a Verizon customer with a contract that is expiring this month. 2 months ago a Sprint partner retailer told me that I would get $120 off of a new smartphone and 20% off of the monthly plan (with the monthly plan reduction dependent upon my porting over my # from Verizon). I knew that the $120 rebate was temporary, but didn't think the monthly reduction was temporary. Today I was told (by a different employee at the same store) that they both were temporary and have expired. Is anyone familiar with how often they offer these reductions, and what flexibility the partner store has (especially in relation to the monthly plan discount)? Thanks