Does Sprint still allow phone purchases charged to your account?

**charlesspivak1** · 05-05-2012, 04:02 PM

For the last 2 years, I have purchased my Android phones (OG Evo and 3VO) by allowing it to be charged against my Sprint account, and then paying it off over the next couple of months. In the meantime of course, this gives me ample opportunity to use Craigslist or some other form of sales to offload whatever previous phone I had to make up the difference in order to pay it off.

So does Sprint allow for this still, or did they shut this down like they did the Premier Program?

**piizzadude** · 05-05-2012, 04:09 PM

got rid of it on October 5th or so

**charlesspivak1** · 05-05-2012, 04:10 PM

That being the case, have they implemented ANYTHING in place of it that might offset costs?

**piizzadude** · 05-05-2012, 05:05 PM

I doubt it, no one does it anymore for phones...accessories yeah, but not phones

**wolverinex** · 05-05-2012, 08:18 PM

You will pay for the full cost of the phone at time of activation .

**silversentra1999** · 05-06-2012, 09:46 PM

The offset you can get is a combination of buyback and getting 100 off your upgrade when you get a sprint phone connect

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**Hurleygm** · 05-06-2012, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by wolverinex

You will pay for the full cost of the phone at time of activation .

Correct. Bought my wife an iPhone last week and we had to pay at the counter.

**charlesspivak1** · 05-07-2012, 01:09 AM

So how does one get both a buyback credit and an extra $100 off the upgrade (which if memory is correct would be the full price of this phone) since they'll probably give me $100 at least for my 3VO and the other $100 you speak of, and all I'd be paying for is tax. Does this sound correct?

**Wolvan** · 05-09-2012, 05:51 AM

I got the phone I bought in December 2011 for my wife for Christmas charged to my account.

Of course, the person who did it for me was a friend who manages a wireless/internet provider company for corporations, but he hooks up his personal friends (and collects the commissions heh) on our phones. He charged it to my account and I just paid it off that way the following month (in January).

**Bjamar24** · 05-09-2012, 08:25 PM

I have charged about 4 phones on my account in the last 3 months....

**silversentra1999** · 05-13-2012, 10:20 PM

Well the both of you did it in non corperate stores. Which can do as they wish. They own the inventory so they can do that.a real sprint won't slow it. Our register system doesnt have the ability too.

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