T mobile wont sell me it

[Phonejock]

A T-mobile store mear my house got 4 Nexus 4s today and I tried to buy one for $500 which is a little pricey and they would not without a contract. They said with this shipment they cant sell without a contract and once they get more they could again. So close to getting one but yet far away.

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[Citizen Coyote]

I'm a little surprised they even mentioned the possibility of buying one off contract, but I guess it depends on the store.

 

[Qbancelli]

You can buy with a monthly 4g prepaid plan.

 

[zero3187]

They were probably lying to you. I imagine they easily could sell one of them to you off contract but they make more money if they sign you up for a contract.

 

[Phonejock]

I might try the monthly 4g idea anyone know cheapest monthly 4g plan?

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[KwietStorm]

I think it's 30 bucks but only with enough data to receive 2 emails.

 

[Jnorton2724]

I'm on a t mobile plan with 100 minutes, unlimited data and unlimited texts for $30. Idk if they have that in stores though.

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[willdogs]

I think it's 30 bucks but only with enough data to receive 2 emails.

Uh no.

30 bux a month. Unlimited 4g data (throttled after 5 gb) and text with 100 talk minutes.
Don't think you can get it in store. Only online or Walmart.

 

[whymista]

Uh no.

30 bux a month. Unlimited 4g data (throttled after 5 gb) and text with 100 talk minutes.
Don't think you can get it in store. Only online or Walmart.

Evevr heard of sarcasm or someone being facetious..................wow

 

[gunster]

Why don't you just use that $500 and buy a N4 8gb off of Amazon or something? Because haha yeah I can't imagine Tmobile selling one off contract

 

[whymista]

I say just go in there and take it.

Thats what I would do.

No no I wouldn't.

 

[Hubertsng]

Just buy it in contact and then pay a fee top cancel the contract. If you really want to buy it from Verizon

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[whymista]

Just buy it in contact and then pay a fee top cancel the contract. If you really want to buy it from Verizon

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Yea that actually makes sense. You get it for cheaper then you could just pay the fee for breaking the contract early.

 

[6tr6tr]

I think it's 30 bucks but only with enough data to receive 2 emails.

LOL. I have the $30/month plan and I get 5GB of 4G data (I consistently get above 8mbps) and unlimited texting. I also get 100 minutes of voice, but I use VOIP so I actually get thousands of minutes. Granted voice takes data, but a minute takes about 700K. So if I talk for 2000 minutes in a month - I've never been over 1000 - that would leave me about 3.6GB for regular data. Since I actually use about 800 minutes a month, I have 4.2GB for non-voice every month at about 8mbps (occasionally higher).

 

[djkleric]

Just buy it in contact and then pay a fee top cancel the contract. If you really want to buy it from Verizon

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T-mobile will more than likely do a hard inquiry on your credit to see if you can sign up for a contract. I would not advise doing this as it will bring down your credit score just to buy a phone that you can just wait to get with out a credit check.

 

[mastercookiez]

I know when I went to the AT&T store when I bought my Galaxy S3, I looked where the prices were next to each phone of display and it showed the "Off Contract" price. I went into a T-Mobile store the other day with a friend and T-Mobile shows the "Off-Contract" price next to the phones on display too. I'm just using a little common sense here but I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't show the "Off Contract" price if they wouldn't let you buy a phone with the "Off Contract" price. If you're having troubles with the T-mobile store people, just buy a phone from Amazon at the "Off Contract" price. I just looked it up and on the T-Mobile website, the Nexus 4 "Off Contract" is $549.99. Amazon is cheaper with the price of $489.99.

 

[Ry]

Tell them it's a gift for someone.

 

[whymista]

Tell them it's a gift for someone.

I must either be really fortunate to always run into nice salespeople, I awe them with my riding gear or they're afraid I'm going to rob them but I almost never have problems either getting the phone I want or after swapping out phones over and over getting another phone that is close in price but different so I'm not going home with defective model #4.

 

[falcor87]

I think it's 30 bucks but only with enough data to receive 2 emails.

To the people calling this guy out. There is another $30 plan with 30mb of data, and it's the only $30 plan available in store as the other one is online only.

 

[chestvrg]

I went to a tmobile store today in Miami (Int'l Mall), and at first they pretended like they didnt have it but then after I called the same store and someone acknowledged they did have it, they couldn't deny it....well...cut short....

They were asking me for a $200 deposit + $199 for phone + $130 for the first month WTF and they were only offering the $89.99 plan. I rather buy it from eBay for $529 fully unlocked and no contract headaches.