Hi guys,
I thought I would post a simple log of my quest for a Lumia 640 since it got pushed to the side by Tmobile a couple months ago. I was looking to upgrade my Lumia 810 that has been an amazing phone for the last 2 years, but recently has had problems charging.
Since news broke that TMobile stopped offering it soon after it began (less than 2 months) in June, I began looking for other ways to obtain it.
I wanted to stay with TMobile, but they no longer sold it. So I looked for other ways. AT&T, and MetroPCS also have it as well, and it seems it was sold in Walmart and Bestbuy. However Bestbuy only sold the AT&T version, and Walmart only sold the Tmobile version.
So long story short, I went to 2 different Walmarts near me in NJ, and found they no longer had the TMobile Lumia 640 in stock, and a quick search of other stores found it to be out of stock. I was crushed. What was I to do?
I was about to buy it through Bestbuy, but it was the AT&T version for $79. Maybe I could get it unlocked I thought, and after a little googling, I see the process looks relatively simple, and if not, then I will have to move my account and number to AT&T.
A few days later I noticed there was a price drop on the AT&T Lumia 640 down to $59! I thought, WOW what a great deal! So I checked Walmart and they had the price drop as well. BINGO I thought.
So I went and purchased it for $59. I followed the instructions exactly to get it unlocked, and submitted my request. I waited 2 days and of course...I hit a roadblock. My request gets cancelled. After contacting AT&T, I found that I have to wait 2 whole weeks from the date of purchase BEFORE I can submit a request. 2 whole weeks....
So I'm counting down the days that I can submit a new request, and pop in my faithful TMOBILE SIM...
...9 days and counting.
Anyone have a similar story?
I thought I would post a simple log of my quest for a Lumia 640 since it got pushed to the side by Tmobile a couple months ago. I was looking to upgrade my Lumia 810 that has been an amazing phone for the last 2 years, but recently has had problems charging.
Since news broke that TMobile stopped offering it soon after it began (less than 2 months) in June, I began looking for other ways to obtain it.
I wanted to stay with TMobile, but they no longer sold it. So I looked for other ways. AT&T, and MetroPCS also have it as well, and it seems it was sold in Walmart and Bestbuy. However Bestbuy only sold the AT&T version, and Walmart only sold the Tmobile version.
So long story short, I went to 2 different Walmarts near me in NJ, and found they no longer had the TMobile Lumia 640 in stock, and a quick search of other stores found it to be out of stock. I was crushed. What was I to do?
I was about to buy it through Bestbuy, but it was the AT&T version for $79. Maybe I could get it unlocked I thought, and after a little googling, I see the process looks relatively simple, and if not, then I will have to move my account and number to AT&T.
A few days later I noticed there was a price drop on the AT&T Lumia 640 down to $59! I thought, WOW what a great deal! So I checked Walmart and they had the price drop as well. BINGO I thought.
So I went and purchased it for $59. I followed the instructions exactly to get it unlocked, and submitted my request. I waited 2 days and of course...I hit a roadblock. My request gets cancelled. After contacting AT&T, I found that I have to wait 2 whole weeks from the date of purchase BEFORE I can submit a request. 2 whole weeks....
So I'm counting down the days that I can submit a new request, and pop in my faithful TMOBILE SIM...
...9 days and counting.
Anyone have a similar story?