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Shizam76 · 10-13-2009, 2:24 PM

Did I miss something a while ago? I haven't looked at AT&T's site for a LONG time for upgrading. I have always gone ebay for that. Today I looked. For a 2 year contract price of a Samsung Impression (for the wife) the premiere site wanted $125 bucks.

Regular site only wanted $75, they give a mail in rebate.

Why is this set up like that? Seems it should be the opposite.

elmo01 · 10-14-2009, 8:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Shizam76

Did I miss something a while ago? I haven't looked at AT&T's site for a LONG time for upgrading. I have always gone ebay for that. Today I looked. For a 2 year contract price of a Samsung Impression (for the wife) the premiere site wanted $125 bucks.

Regular site only wanted $75, they give a mail in rebate.

Why is this set up like that? Seems it should be the opposite.

is the 75 bux after rebate? or what you pay up front?

Shizam76 · 10-14-2009, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by elmo01

is the 75 bux after rebate? or what you pay up front?

Yep...after mail in rebate. The premier site does not offer a rebate. Just $125 plain old bucks.

hme83 · 10-14-2009, 2:40 PM

It may just depend on the model you are interested in - there may be models where the FAN upgrade price is at least as good as the price for "regular" customer upgrades, and there may also be special "deals" on specific models that are offered only to FAN accounts.

Quite awhile back though, I did suddenly notice a large number of users stating that they could not upgrade for the same price as a "new" customer; turns out that those who were complaining were all on Premier accounts, and at least at that time the regular upgrade price was the same as that for a new customer - so I think at least generally speaking, the Premier upgrade pricing is not as good as those for the regular customers.

(Of course my perception of this being "generally" true may be off as well - as it could be that most of the users I saw complaining were interested in only a small number of available models.

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elmo01 · 10-22-2009, 9:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Shizam76

Did I miss something a while ago? I haven't looked at AT&T's site for a LONG time for upgrading. I have always gone ebay for that. Today I looked. For a 2 year contract price of a Samsung Impression (for the wife) the premiere site wanted $125 bucks.

Regular site only wanted $75, they give a mail in rebate.

Why is this set up like that? Seems it should be the opposite.

could be a factor in the discount you get every month... basically the bottom line

crood · 10-26-2009, 2:55 PM

But then, it's not really a discount then. Is it? It's just shifting the price.

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hme83 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 800 Phone(s): Nokia E70-2 & 6820, SE W580i Provider(s): at&t Thanks: 7 Thanked 21 Times in 17 Posts	Re: AT&T Premiere Phones It may just depend on the model you are interested in - there may be models where the FAN upgrade price is at least as good as the price for "regular" customer upgrades, and there may also be special "deals" on specific models that are offered only to FAN accounts. Quite awhile back though, I did suddenly notice a large number of users stating that they could not upgrade for the same price as a "new" customer; turns out that those who were complaining were all on Premier accounts, and at least at that time the regular upgrade price was the same as that for a new customer - so I think at least generally speaking, the Premier upgrade pricing is not as good as those for the regular customers. (Of course my perception of this being "generally" true may be off as well - as it could be that most of the users I saw complaining were interested in only a small number of available models. ) __________________ 'There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle. ' - Albert Einstein

10-26-2009, 2:55 PM	#6
crood Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 286 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: AT&T Premiere Phones But then, it's not really a discount then. Is it? It's just shifting the price.

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