T-Mobile prices

[wookiee2cu]

despite me being a decades-long client, i am just thinking out loud:

has anything thought about the pros and cons of jumping...to another mobile provider?

if TMobile is abandoning their loyal, long time clients who have been clients for many years, PLUS abandoning those who continue to keep buying top of the line phones via Jump on Demand, what's the benefit of staying, IF there is an incentive to jump to another provider?

again, just thinking out loud. i have been with TMobile for so long that i haven't looked at anyone else's plans and their pros and cons financially.

I switched from AT&T to T-Moblie about 6.5 years ago and haven't had any problems at all. One thing I did notice is T-Mobile doesn't put nearly as much bloatware on the phones as AT&T does. I find it hard to believe they want $800+ for the 512gb Ultra, I've only had to put down the sales tax amount when pre-ordering and I'm on Jump On Demand. Max I'd be willing to put down is $300, if those figures are true, T-Mobile may lose customers if other carriers are offering a much lower down payment.

 

[durandetto]

If they allow you to pay with nothing down then your monthly payments will just be more, they will get their money from you one way or another

That's how I would prefer it since I'll only have the phone for 7 months. With the high down payment and lower monthly over 7 months I could damn near lease a car.

 

[durandetto]

I switched from AT&T to T-Moblie about 6.5 years ago and haven't had any problems at all. One thing I did notice is T-Mobile doesn't put nearly as much bloatware on the phones as AT&T does. I find it hard to believe they want $800+ for the 512gb Ultra, I've only had to put down the sales tax amount when pre-ordering and I'm on Jump On Demand. Max I'd be willing to put down is $300, if those figures are true, T-Mobile may lose customers if other carriers are offering a much lower down payment.

Most other carriers have 0 down with a higher monthly payment. That's pretty much how it's been for the last 3 or 4 Samsung releases. T-mobile is the only one with the rediculous down-payment. They realized JoD is causing them to loose money so they're trying to get people to switch away from it. If they lose a few customers in the process they don't care, because they weren't profitable in the first place. I think they're finally gonna get me to move away from JoD this time. I have 5 other phones on EIP that I can finagle my upgrades out of. My kid will just have to get my hand me downs.

 

[Dualmonitors]

is it possible that there is a difference in pricing between "ultra well qualified customers" and "well qualified customers"?

for this early stage announcement, they only published the pricing for "well qualified customers" but not yet published pricing for the "ultra well qualified customers"?

 

[durandetto]

is it possible that there is a difference in pricing between "ultra well qualified customers" and "well qualified customers"?

for this early stage announcement, they only published the pricing for "well qualified customers" but not yet published pricing for the "ultra well qualified customers"?

I don't think there's any type of structure. It all depends on what rep you talk to. YMWV

 

[Dualmonitors]

I don't think there's any type of structure. It all depends on what rep you talk to. YMWV

really? how can a major company not have a pricing structure?

it would be willy nilly pricing otherwise!

 

[durandetto]

They have their set prices they post online, but as far as special pricing for loyal customers every rep says something different. Just go back to the last few Samsung launch T-mobile threads and see all the different prices people got. It's actually kind of rediculous.

 

[Dualmonitors]

They have their set prices they post online, but as far as special pricing for loyal customers every rep says something different. Just go back to the last few Samsung launch T-mobile threads and see all the different prices people got. It's actually kind of rediculous.

true, people did indeed post different prices they received.

might it also be true that some of those were "well qualified customers" and others were "ultra well qualified customers"?

Different prices but due to legitimate reasons aren't mutually exclusive.

 

[durandetto]

That's possible, but who knows since the reps aren't willing to elaborate on the pricing scales. I've been told by a few that I'm getting the best price offered and then I'm told I still have 1 year before I get the well qualified pricing by someone different. There might be a manual somewhere that gives them the different prices, but I don't think they all know where it's at.

My comment about the no set pricing wasn't meant to say T-mobile doesn't have a set pricing scale. It was more that the CS reps don't know what it is.

 

[msm0511]

My comment about the no set pricing wasn't meant to say T-mobile doesn't have a set pricing scale. It was more that the CS reps don't know what it is.

I'm not sure how TMo handles it, but the company I worked for had different tiers for reps about what they could offer. The general reps had one set of offerings. Team leads another. A 3rd for supervisors, and then another for lower management. That doesn't even take into consideration the retention teams.

 

[mustang7757]

I use to do Tmobile JOD but now buy unlocked , use my phone as trade in and pay the difference between 500 to 700 dollars.

 

[Dualmonitors]

I use to do Tmobile JOD but now buy unlocked , use my phone as trade in and pay the difference between 500 to 700 dollars.

since Jump on Demand started, i have been on it so i'm rusty by now, a good number of years later, about buying and trading in. it's been a while!

that said, your trade-in difference of $500 to $700 may well be different now that the S20 Ultra 512gb price is hitting $1,590!

initially, i thought the ridiculous $850 down of the announced JOD pricing for the S20 Ultra 512gb has got to be incorrect, then taking into account the fact that the $1,590 price of this new phone versus, say, a $1,100 S10+ phone, that's a whopping $500 difference! unless TMobile is willing to finance that difference, it would mean that the downpayment for JOD for this new phone would necessarily be $500 MORE than the downpayment for the S10+, right?

i don't recall how much i paid downpayment-wise for my S10+, but let's say it was $295, well, adding $500 to the $295 would equal $795, so the stated JOD pricing for the S20 Ultra 512gb with the downpayment of $850 is not as far off as it initially would seem.

i can't imagine who would put down $850 and have it dissipate into thin air 12 months later! that's much more costly than what we pay for our laptops, as our laptops last much longer than 12 months!

crazy pricing!

 

[mustang7757]

since Jump on Demand started, i have been on it so i'm rusty by now, a good number of years later, about buying and trading in. it's been a while!

that said, your trade-in difference of $500 to $700 may well be different now that the S20 Ultra 512gb price is hitting $1,590!

initially, i thought the ridiculous $850 down of the announced JOD pricing for the S20 Ultra 512gb has got to be incorrect, then taking into account the fact that the $1,590 price of this new phone versus, say, a $1,100 S10+ phone, that's a whopping $500 difference! unless TMobile is willing to finance that difference, it would mean that the downpayment for JOD for this new phone would necessarily be $500 MORE than the downpayment for the S10+, right?

i don't recall how much i paid downpayment-wise for my S10+, but let's say it was $295, well, adding $500 to the $295 would equal $795, so the stated JOD pricing for the S20 Ultra 512gb with the downpayment of $850 is not as far off as it initially would seem.

i can't imagine who would put down $850 and have it dissipate into thin air 12 months later! that's much more costly than what we pay for our laptops, as our laptops last much longer than 12 months!

crazy pricing!

I look at it this way if I pay the difference with my trade in 500-800 depending model and storage , it's better then 1200 -1500 , now if you doing the JOD and did put down payment for the more expensive model 800 whatever it is for it, you still paying full price of the phone 1500.00 . That's a ouch for me plus with Samsung your getting 200.00 gift reward that should be in the equation.

Dont get me wrong its expensive either way you look at it but if you want the latest try find best way to do it cost wise .

 

[Kilroy672]

I'm hoping by the middle of next week T-Mobile will start leaking out the official prices, promotions and down payments. Until then we all we can do is speculate

 

[DanielLoreti]

So without a trade in (I want to keep my Note 9), what's a realistic amount for a down payment I should expect to be putting down for a 128GB Ultra on regular Jump not JoD? I am not in their upper credit tier either.

 

[mustang7757]

So without a trade in (I want to keep my Note 9), what's a realistic amount for a down payment I should expect to be putting down for a 128GB Ultra on regular Jump not JoD? I am not in their upper credit tier either.

Depending also if you have any other devices on your account that your paying , it could be around half the device or little less I'm thinking .

 

[Dualmonitors]

TMobile's financing limit is $800-ish. so for a $1600 phone, there has to be a hefty down payment.

however, here's another option via Samsung.com:

- pay the $210 purchase option price on an existing S10+ 128gb

- pre-order the S20 Ultra 128gb or 512gb from Samsung.com, where their pricing is roughly

$999 for the 512gb UNLOCKED (same pricing for TMobile version), and

$799 for the 128gb UNLOCKED.

that means that we must turn in our S10+ for trade in, and that we'll also receive $200 in Samsung instant credit for accessories.

this is essentially the same as the downpayment at TMobile for JOD of $850!

however, the difference is of course that we'll have to pay also the $210 for paying off our existing phone.

DON'T FORGET please: there is NO MONTHLY payments if we do this. monthly payments is a LOT more than $210 for the next 12 months, right? it would be at least $40/month x 12 months = $480 plus fees.

Bonus for next year (12 months from now): the trade in value for the S20 Ultra will be even more than the $600 trade in value currently for my S10+!! Plus, there is no "buy option" payment of the $210 that i have to pay currently to pay off my S10+ at TMobile because i'm on their JOD.

 

[Dualmonitors]

Update: yikes, i was wrong with my $210 pay off for the "purchase option" price.

the $210 is correct as a lump sum payment, but, IN ADDITION, there are the remaining number of months on your LEASE!

in my case, it's 7 more months so it is $470. therefore, the total "buy out cost" of the S10+ after using it for a year on JOD will be $511 (including tax).

so the math will be more costly for buying the phone from TMobile and then moving onto Samsung to buy the phone outright from Samsung but using the S10+ as a trade in (value $600).

still, the $510 is a "one time thing". meaning, for 2021, 12 months from now, my next trade in will not have the $510 payment anymore and my S20 Ultra 512gb will have a trade in value of at least $600 (probably a touch more).

in essence, one ought to think of the $510 "buy out cost" from TMobile to be a one time thing and that this amount may be amortized in our own minds over the course of, say, at least a couple of years if not 3-5 years, since from now on, getting phones would be through samsung using their trade in program.

 

[DanielLoreti]

https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/f6umc8/comment/fi734mu

Anyone see this?

 

[echo_808]

https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/f6umc8/comment/fi734mu

Anyone see this?

Was gonna post it here too but I just did it in the pre-order thread.


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