anyone know if you can upgrade a phone with cingular. I have a family plan any my contract has expired. I asked the cingular attendent if I could upgrade and he was like yeah, "you can upgrade to this razor for just $200."

can I get a upgrade amount. I know people with Verizon get like a $100 credit every year to upgrade their phone.

3/19/2006 9:16:39 PM

you get the discount price of the phone for signing a new contract

3/19/2006 9:22:29 PM

I think it depends on your contract and lenght of time since your last. (they had to see if i was "eligible for another upgrade"), then it was reduced. i got a roxr for like 150 that way...

3/19/2006 9:48:44 PM

he said his contract had expired

3/19/2006 9:51:06 PM

i've gotten 2 free phones

the first came after i had signed a 2 year contract

the second came after i signed a 2 year contract after my first 2 year contract expired

in a little less than a year i get another phone because my 2 year contract after my 2 year contract after the original 2 year contract expires

3/19/2006 10:02:16 PM

^how much $$ of any upgrade did you get or were you allowed

3/19/2006 10:17:01 PM

you dont get money
by signing another contract you are allowed to buy the phone at the hugely discounted price. without the discount that $30 phone is well over $100

if you call and talk about how you would sign a new contract if you had a credit to help with the price of a new phone you might get somewhere but i doubt it

3/19/2006 10:51:08 PM

joerrad has never made a tww thread where he wasn't a debilitated dumb motherfucker

3/19/2006 10:57:25 PM

like said before you only get a discounted phone, but even if it says you're not eligible for an upgrade look online, sometimes it's not the same

3/20/2006 2:09:58 AM

if you call customer service you will probbaly get a better deal. just call and tell them you were thinking about cancelling. they can negotiate with you. then be like well I was thinking about going to verizon and getting their razor phone.............i be they offer it to you for like $50 or some crazy shit to get you to renew.

It costs wireless providers upwards of $400 in advertising to land each new customer. Generally once you get ahold of the retention department you can get a deal cut when your out of contract. Them offering you a discount to get you to re-sign guarantees them another 1-2 years of revenue from you.

3/20/2006 8:32:46 AM