Motorola
Verizon store vs. Radio Shack
(phone quality, warranties, deals, etc)
I'm not sure about the deals, but in my area they seem to be pretty much the same. It's just a little harder to get a corporate store to work with you if you got your plan at another dealer.
I also bought two other phones at the same time for a total of 4. That was enough to warrant a new RS credit account with no interest and a 10% discount. The phone was 288 after the discount, and $218 after the rebate. Not too Shabby. They can also take care of any warranties, software updates, etc.
Ha Ha. You'll be directed to a corp. store. Bring your receipt for any warranty issues! Don't need receipt if you have a phone only issue.
mcf04581 said:
There is actually a reason not to get it at radio shack. The phones are not updated with the current firmware and the problems have already started rolling in. I love it when a cust comes in with a radioshack v710 and is complaining about it.
Plus radio shack is expensive!!!!
Actually they MIGHT do the firmware upgrade for you - you'll have to leave the phone with them for 10-14 days, they'll ship it to a center in Ft Worth, TX, and they MIGHT call you when it comes in. No loaner while the phone is out, I might add.
Just try to get those clowns to answer a billing question for you - you'll get pawned off on a corporate store so fast it'll take your breath away.
First of all we were the first to get the V710 for one resson and that is as far as i know we do biger valume of phones then the vz stores and we have shorter waite time for phones no line no hassel. 2 id's and we are ready to go.
the waranty no matter how stupid it might sound or a sales pitch is prety good yes it does not cover allot of things such as physical damage and watter damage or lost or stolen but we change ur battery as many times as u want they are about $60 pop and the waranty is online $49.99. and that thing about our V710 being not as good as VZ are not tue i was the first one to buy it in my store in NYC do not have a problem with it and i do love it ...
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A few corrections to make for you (I'll ignore the atrocious spelling for now):
1. RS sells more VZW handsets than VZW does? Ummm... no. The AVERAGE number of handsets sold PER RADIO SHACK STORE (5k) in a given day, Sprint, Verizon, Cingular, Tracfone, whatever, is just over 1. I'd put good money that a majority of those phones are Sprint handsets. Verizon stores sell, on average about 5 a day, usually more in given situations, but 5 is average. If, by some miracle, you ever get promoted & go to AU, you'll find out for yourself.
2. The ESO does NOT replace your battery "as many times as u want". You are limited to 1 replacement every 12 mon...
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When did the battery-replacement thing change? It was one in 12 months for years, I can't imagine they changed it, unless they changed ESO vendors.
This is the best possible advice I can give you. Stay in school, get a good education, and then leave R$ & never look back. When I left, I took 2 of my 4 employees with me to VZW, leaving the DM with the employee I was pretty sure was stealing and a newbie I had trained. I h...
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