Motorola Razr is now $189.99 from Amazon with a new contract

That's pretty much always the case with new phones - same as with the
v600 and others. Nonetheless, I still don't feel that I overpaid by
getting an unlocked one for $585 last November. Even at the new $190
price I'd have to either pay $200 to dump T-Mo (which I prefer over
Cingular) or $390 for the phone plus $40 to unlock it. So at most, in my
situation at least, I paid $155 for being an early adopter. Like you, I
knew that the price would tumble within months but since I knew T-Mo
wouldn't offer it any time soon the premium was worth it to me. If T-Mo
did offer it I might have waited a bit longer.

From:Jack Zwick
jzwick3@mindspring.com

> In article <d079fn$t81$1@avnika.corp.mot.com>,
> "talksense" <imranraf@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If anyone is tnterested, link is below:
>> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ex...23050?mode=wir
>> eless-phones&keyword=Motorola+Razr&tag=mobileisgood-20
>
> Law of supply and demand. The earlier adopters have now overpaid, and
> prices are coming down. As I predicted and still predict, it will be
> free with contract by the time it is a year old.

Man, nice deal....I wish Amazon would write Cingular contacts in my area.
For some reason, it's not available in my zip.

"talksense" <imranraf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d079fn$t81$1@avnika.corp.mot.com...
> If anyone is tnterested, link is below:
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ex...obileisgood-20
>
>

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005, at 20:36:39 [GMT GMT] (07:36:39 Friday, 4 March 2005
where I live) "Jack Zwick" wrote:

> As I predicted and still predict, it will be
> free with contract by the time it is a year old.

Already free with contract in Australia.

--
Since when was a phone for talking?

I got a Black Razr for 99 buck at bestbuy, was just an add a line not
a new contract.

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 22:44:39 GMT, "Aaron Heck"
<amheck@takethisout.attglobal.net> wrote:

>Man, nice deal....I wish Amazon would write Cingular contacts in my area.
>For some reason, it's not available in my zip.
>
>"talksense" <imranraf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:d079fn$t81$1@avnika.corp.mot.com...
>> If anyone is tnterested, link is below:
>> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ex...obileisgood-20
>>
>>
>

I got a Black Razr for 99 buck at bestbuy, was just an add a line not
a new contract.

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 22:44:39 GMT, "Aaron Heck"
<amheck@takethisout.attglobal.net> wrote:

>Man, nice deal....I wish Amazon would write Cingular contacts in my area.
>For some reason, it's not available in my zip.
>
>"talksense" <imranraf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:d079fn$t81$1@avnika.corp.mot.com...
>> If anyone is tnterested, link is below:
>> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ex...obileisgood-20
>>
>>
>

johny five <johny_five_2002@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:ekc0m1d14cl1a8ctijfkp35bhbbq0rgq8o@4ax.com:

> I got a Black Razr for 99 buck at bestbuy, was just an add a line not
> a new contract.

I would bet 10 to 1 that you signed a new contract for that line you
added, whether you were told about it or not. Best Buy is one of the
places where sales people are often as clueless as it gets (or pretend to
be). They just tell you, yeah sure, just sign here, here, and over there
and you got your shiny new phone... One of the places you sign is a
contract for the new line.

Don't know about Cingular, but with t-mobile if you have a family plan-
each line has it's own contract and they may not end on the same date. So
even if your main line contract expires soon (or has already), you'll
still be under contract on that other line you added until a year or two
(depending on what you signed) from the date you bought it.

LEM
(leave all digits out of e-mail address if writing directly)

johny five <johny_five_2002@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:ekc0m1d14cl1a8ctijfkp35bhbbq0rgq8o@4ax.com:

> I got a Black Razr for 99 buck at bestbuy, was just an add a line not
> a new contract.

I would bet 10 to 1 that you signed a new contract for that line you
added, whether you were told about it or not. Best Buy is one of the
places where sales people are often as clueless as it gets (or pretend to
be). They just tell you, yeah sure, just sign here, here, and over there
and you got your shiny new phone... One of the places you sign is a
contract for the new line.

Don't know about Cingular, but with t-mobile if you have a family plan-
each line has it's own contract and they may not end on the same date. So
even if your main line contract expires soon (or has already), you'll
still be under contract on that other line you added until a year or two
(depending on what you signed) from the date you bought it.

LEM
(leave all digits out of e-mail address if writing directly)

Somewhere around Thu, 27 Oct 2005 02:10:13 GMT, while reading
alt.cellular.cingular, I think I thought I saw this post from LEM
<unp23@lem.freeshell45.org>:

>johny five <johny_five_2002@yahoo.com> wrote in
>news:ekc0m1d14cl1a8ctijfkp35bhbbq0rgq8o@4ax.com :
>
>> I got a Black Razr for 99 buck at bestbuy, was just an add a line not
>> a new contract.
>
>I would bet 10 to 1 that you signed a new contract for that line you
>added, whether you were told about it or not. Best Buy is one of the
>places where sales people are often as clueless as it gets (or pretend to
>be). They just tell you, yeah sure, just sign here, here, and over there
>and you got your shiny new phone... One of the places you sign is a
>contract for the new line.
>
>Don't know about Cingular, but with t-mobile if you have a family plan-
>each line has it's own contract and they may not end on the same date. So
>even if your main line contract expires soon (or has already), you'll
>still be under contract on that other line you added until a year or two
>(depending on what you signed) from the date you bought it.
>
Yeah, Cingular is like that, too. I have only my last added line left on my
contract, so I'm effectively also under contract, I guess.

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