Comments on: Looking To Save Some Cash? Wirefly To The Rescue

By: Daro

Daro — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:33:50 +0000

woa really?!?! how?! I REALLY WANT ONE BUT THEIR EXPENSIVE!! BTW i have a 2yr contract. how did they waive it?

By: Bill48105

Bill48105 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:10:16 +0000

@JBLmobileG1
Yeah must be just upscale walmarts, if there is such a thing. lol Any WalMart I’ve been in has poor selection of phones & thought they were full retail but been awhile since I’ve looked for anything besides groceries in there though.

By: JBLmobileG1

JBLmobileG1 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00:23 +0000

WalMart can sell the cliq outright but its not cheap (don’t recall the price). I also don’t know if all WalMarts carry them yet or if its just certain ones but I do know at my store we sell it for $148.88 with a 2year contract or upgrade. We offer good prices and there isn’t a catch to it all so why not goto WalMart? No mail in rebates and still really good prices. And for anyone who’s saying they are refurbs… we received them the day before launch. I have heard that before and its usually from customers coming from other stores.

By: FILA

FILA — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:11:50 +0000

just wait for the G1v2 :-)

By: kaio

kaio — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:34:38 +0000

Touche on the Walmart bit, but man.. I really hate Walmart.
Also, I think prices vary from store to store.

@Goofy393: This is true. The reps say it works for upgrades. Worst case scenario you have to email Bing saying you didn’t get your cashback and they’ll have to add it. I don’t know that the spread out pay of the phone would work with cashback, I think it’s 35% of what you pay in that transaction, not parts of your bill.

I like the Cliq over the myTouch (5MP Camera, physical keyboard). But there are drawbacks. It has nearly the same specs as the other T-mo Android offerings, and updates come from Motorola since they use a custom UI in there. Who knows if they just want to dump support one day? I haven’t seen the Cliq rooted yet either.

By: souljourney

souljourney — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:17:42 +0000

I have bought phones from Wirefly in the past. Had huge problems… for example evidently they were originally meant for a non-US market so Motorola wouldn’t warranty them, nor would the carrier. One phone I even had to find the language and set it to English… it was in Arabic!

Question… can Wal-Mart sell it outright, and for how much? Or just with new activation?

By: Bill48105

Bill48105 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:47:11 +0000

@JBLmobileG1
Wow didn’t realize Wally World carried them. TMobile should increase term fees to $350 like Verizon & make it free! /me runs

By: Goofy393

Goofy393 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:39:50 +0000

Does anyone know how to get around using Bing and logging into mytmobile.com. I do not want a new number, just the phone at regular price. When I use Bing.Com and log into mytmobile i no longer see the gold coin for the 35% discount. Also, with mytmobile, i believe I can spread the cost out over 22 months due to my postpay credit status. Any help would be greatly appreciated. BTW, any comments on the Cliq compared to the MyTouch? I am not sure which to switch to after a long marriage to BlackBerry.

By: JBLmobileG1

JBLmobileG1 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:38:12 +0000

This seems like a great deal and all but why go through all the hassles when you could just goto your local Wal-Mart? They have the Cliq for $148.88 with a new or eligable 2 year contract/upgrade. That’s $50 less than Tmobile and it instant savings.

By: Bill48105

Bill48105 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:50:44 +0000

Verizon early term fees jumping to $350?!?

Seems funny that TMobile adds the Plus plans with no contract & it seems Verizon does a huge F-U to everyone & does the opposite seeming to double their early termination fees to $350 according to this:
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/154280

That is $1750 for someone like me with 5 lines!

Suddenly the Plus plans seems so much better. Now TMobile, quickly expand 3G coverage and get them great phones out already & let the fun begin. I imagine this must be related to their Droid release but hopefully people have enough sense to not fall for it. Unless Verizon gives $300 off each phone with 2 year contract I really don’t see how they can justify it.