Free 8525 if you have a premier account

[hfam95]

Order the phone, a voice plan ($32.99+), and a data plan ($20.24+) and the price of the phone changes to 0.00

I was trying to get a tytn but ebay and other sites weren't being friendly.

[shogunmark]

you can also get the moto S9 headset for $104 with free shipping :D ... i love the premier site :D

[wnirenberg]

Sorry if this is a stupid question but what site are you reffering to?

[hfam95]

att (cingular) premier. Your company or school must qualify.

[CRB]

:D thxxxxxxxxxxxxx do you think i can cancel the PDA data plan after a month if i dont like the speed of the data? and just keep the voice plan with the phone?

[todd_jg]

:D thxxxxxxxxxxxxx do you think i can cancel the PDA data plan after a month if i dont like the speed of the data? and just keep the voice plan with the phone?

I am pretty sure that cingular gives you 30 days to try anything - any handset, any service.

[shogunmark]

i know a couple of people that have ordered phones with plans and data to get them cheap, then as soon as they activate their account they can go into OLAM (Online Account Manager) and cancel the data plan... and dont get charged for the phone, etc..

[Arktronic]

Very nice! If only I needed another line...

[shogunmark]

Very nice! If only I needed another line...

well... get a free phone, wait 30 days, sell the phone on ebay for 300-400 and pay the cheaper ETF... i cant see loosing :D

[afguard17]

I got my 8525 like 2 months ago and I was premier eligible but when I saw the price I laughed and didn't add the data and voice to see it go to 0.00.

What kind of argument do you think I can make to cingular to see if they will refund me the phone price? I was able to get the phone for 225 before mail in rebate (100 Dollars) through cingular's tech support. However, do you think I have a shot at getting that 225 back because I have been workign for a company that was and has been certified to qualify for this program.

[CRB]

I got my 8525 like 2 months ago and I was premier eligible but when I saw the price I laughed and didn't add the data and voice to see it go to 0.00.

What kind of argument do you think I can make to cingular to see if they will refund me the phone price? I was able to get the phone for 225 before mail in rebate (100 Dollars) through cingular's tech support. However, do you think I have a shot at getting that 225 back because I have been workign for a company that was and has been certified to qualify for this program.

i dont think you will be able to get the 225$ back, cause phone prices go down over time as newer models come out :). imagine everybody wanting thier money back on a phone that is offered for free now...

[cruelneo]

hey in premier how many upgrades can you do???

[shogunmark]

hey in premier how many upgrades can you do???

depends on the agreement with your company, etc... i believe that att employee's can do 4 upgrades per line per 12 months...

[echo5golf]

Unless there are different deals for different companies, which there may very well be, the deal that I see is a free 8500, I don't see the same free option for the 8525

[cib911]

I also checked my Premier account, and it didn't show any deals like are being talked about on the 8525. I then called AT&T Premier cust. service and was told that the Premier accounts are different for all companies and educational institutions. Each "store is unique".:(

[hfam95]

yeah they are different. Some have ETF and some dont. You have to add the phone and data packages for the phone to go to $0.

[MrDSL]

Just checked my premiere and it changed to zero after adding everything also but I bought my 8525 when it first came out so I'm not upset.

I'll be waiting for the replacement before I try and upgrades..

[hfam95]

some have reported using different emails and getting multiple phones (1 per email) and then combining them on a family plan.

[lanimret]

I used 1 email address (my wifes) and bought 4 phones for different family members. Each one had different billing info, and I called at&t and had each one added to the family plan of that family member. Of note is that as these all required having a pre-existing numbers ported to them I had to go down to the local AT&T shop and pickup new (3g capable) sim cards. They noted in my account and I got these free of course.

I kept the data plans, so I can not speak to that.

My only suggestion in dealing with AT&T is if you are canceling an old (out of contract) line, deal with that after you have done the porting. Imply that you are simply switching the numbers as you want to use this new phone as your primary. Once that is all taken care of, cancel the old line. Otherwise they may give you a bit of grief about inter-company number porting, its BS, but that doesn't stop them.