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re: Best way to purchase a couple iPhone X’s?

Posted on 8/2/18 at 10:29 pm to
Posted by Pickle_Weasel
Member since Mar 2016
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Posted on 8/2/18 at 10:29 pm to
I still think adding an additional monthly bill (and I'm assuming being locked into a service until that phone is paid off) is a poor financial decision. But that's just me - I don't like having debt. Judging by the downvotes I got, it seems most on here rather have additional debt.
Posted by transcend
Austin, TX
Member since Aug 2013
4166 posts
Posted on 8/2/18 at 11:03 pm to
I just got the iPhone X through a Buy 1 get 1 free deal. I believe we only were able to get it by adding an additional line, which I had to do anyway for my son.

Maybe you could add a line and cancel another line afterward?

ETA: was through ATT
This post was edited on 8/2/18 at 11:05 pm
Posted by LSUregit
Member since Dec 2013
1620 posts
Posted on 8/2/18 at 11:33 pm to
That's the catch of the BOGO. Wife and I have ATT but don't need to add another line. Anyway getting the deal without having to add an additional line?
Posted by tokenasian37
Member since Aug 2007
942 posts
Posted on 8/2/18 at 11:48 pm to
Sam's Club is running a promotion on Aug. 4(in-store only) where you receive a $200 Sam's Club Gift card and waived activation fee with purchase and activation of 8,8+, & 10 on installments.
Posted by transcend
Austin, TX
Member since Aug 2013
4166 posts
Posted on 8/3/18 at 11:03 am to
You may be able to add a line and then cancel another a couple months later. The only stipulation is that the line you activate stays active for the life of the payment plan.
Posted by LSUPhreaK
LaPlace, La.
Member since Dec 2003
10911 posts
Posted on 8/3/18 at 7:38 pm to
As stated above ...................Tomorrow only at Sam's Club,$200 Sam's gift card per activation (no activation fees)on Iphone 8, 8 Plus, Iphone X.

Sam's
This post was edited on 8/3/18 at 7:39 pm
Posted by colorchangintiger
Dan Carlin
Member since Nov 2005
30979 posts
Posted on 8/7/18 at 7:54 am to
quote:

can you explain this like i'm 5 yrs old.


Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure it's just a $25/line credit. On our plan we have 3 lines. before the ATT Next plans when we were buying subsidized phones for $200 we were paying $40/month per line "access fee". Now with ATT Next we are only paying $15/month per line for the access fee and the $35 or so a month for the phone. Now of course that is more than we were paying before $40/month vs $15 + $35/month, but I kept my phone for 2 years after it was paid off. So for those two years we weren't paying the $35/month for the phone.

Four years @ $40/month + $200 subsidized phone = $2,120 total
Two years @ $50/month + Two years at $15/month = $1,560 total.
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
90515 posts
Posted on 8/7/18 at 8:29 am to
Chad make sure you protect your new phone with one of these

Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79322 posts
Posted on 8/7/18 at 8:50 am to
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If you don't have the money to just buy one outright, then you're really making an impulse buy and it's not a smart financial decision. If you don't have the cash on hand, simply save up the money first.


What? They're almost all interest free and it just rolls your phone payment into the service payment.

Two horribly bad takes about something as simple as buying an iphone in the first 10 posts, kind of amazing, really
Posted by GrammarKnotsi
Member since Feb 2013
9382 posts
Posted on 8/7/18 at 8:56 am to
quote:

Two horribly bad takes about something as simple as buying an iphone in the first 10 posts, kind of amazing, really



*goes back and counts before mine....all good
Posted by Oenophile Brah
The Edge of Sanity
Member since Jan 2013
7540 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 3:06 pm to
quote:

You may be able to add a line and then cancel another a couple months later. The only stipulation is that the line you activate stays active for the life of the payment plan.


I'm in the market for 2 X's and just spoke with ATT. The lady told me, you can cancel one line prior to the exchange and then "activate" a new number to get 1 phone free.
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166498 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 3:08 pm to
you able to keep same phone #?
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166498 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 3:10 pm to
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t00f
Posted by Oenophile Brah
The Edge of Sanity
Member since Jan 2013
7540 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 3:33 pm to
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you able to keep same phone #

No
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166498 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 3:39 pm to
buying new phones is a bunch of absolute horse shite these days. that's all i got still. costing me what used to be maybe $400 for 2 new phones is now best case scenario $1700 off ebay for 2 new phones or 30 month financing $2300
Posted by Weaver
Madisonville, LA
Member since Nov 2005
27723 posts
Posted on 8/10/18 at 12:59 pm to
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Swappa


So how does this work? You buy the phone and bring it to your provider to turn it on? Sorry I am new to this.

TIA
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