The Sprint G4 at BB is $650 to buy it outright. It's $600 at Sprint outright. Two questions, does BB price match to Sprint if buying the phone outright? And would buying the phone outright from BB include the $100 giftcard? If so, getting the G4 for essentially $500 would be a coup.
Probably have to talk to your local best buy. They should price match but they might also discount the value of the gift card if they do. Or they could price match and give you the gift card which would be ideal.
Just out of curiosity, why buy at full price instead of using easy pay? Essentially the same thing right? You can always pay off the phone with sprint at any time.
Because a long time ago in a galaxy far far away I signed up with Sprint using a credit union discount that gives me 25% off my bill. When the S3 came out and people renewed their contracts Sprint took a look at their plans and forced them to submit paperwork to prove the discount. Well, nobody had the right credentials to get that type of discount anymore so they lost out. I'm worried buying the phone through Sprint will tip them off to my discount.
(I've successfully transferred service to my current S3 that I had bought off ebay without a hitch).
Plus I think buying the phone outright and activating it myself online would save on the $36 activation fee as well.