Who's Buying The Alcatel Idol 4s With Windows Today?

[patcherd]

For the most part I am satisfied with TMO. I have had good service overall with them for the last 16 years.

 

[editguy]

I'm not so sure he wasn't the manager. Even so, for him to so openly try to dissuade someone from buying a Windows phone because, "Windows phones are dead." I thought that was very tacky and unprofessional.

I know salespeople have a difficult job, but to start adding a $20 "automatic fee" onto anything sold in the store is just a blatant "screw you" to the customer. No, I'll be making my purchases online.

Every time I've bought a Windows p[hone from T-mo I've had them try to dissuade me from buying it. The last time I had top threaten to walk out. I know we're not the only ones. That's why I buy unlocked if the phone I want is available. Concerning the extra fee, I would take it higher and see if that really is corporate policy. If it is, people need to spread the word that the "Uncarrier" is acting like a carrier.

 

[editguy]

For the most part I am satisfied with TMO. I have had good service overall with them for the last 16 years.

Me too. Fourteen years and no problems except for the retail stores not wanting to sell me the phone I want.

 

[eddieDOTexe]

Originally posted by editguy

Originally Posted by kdk24z
I'm not so sure he wasn't the manager. Even so, for him to so openly try to dissuade someone from buying a Windows phone because, "Windows phones are dead." I thought that was very tacky and unprofessional.

I know salespeople have a difficult job, but to start adding a $20 "automatic fee" onto anything sold in the store is just a blatant "screw you" to the customer. No, I'll be making my purchases online.

Every time I've bought a Windows p[hone from T-mo I've had them try to dissuade me from buying it. The last time I had top threaten to walk out. I know we're not the only ones. That's why I buy unlocked if the phone I want is available. Concerning the extra fee, I would take it higher and see if that really is corporate policy. If it is, people need to spread the word that the "Uncarrier" is acting like a carrier.

I already did, it is a corporate policy. Ordering online is the only way to avoid it. But then you get stuck having to pay $10 for a "SIM Starter Kit". Ugh, I GUESS that's better than $20...

 

[editguy]

I already did, it is a corporate policy. Ordering online is the only way to avoid it. But then you get stuck having to pay $10 for a "SIM Starter Kit". Ugh, I GUESS that's better than $20...

Were you already a T-mobile customer, or a new customer?

 

[argenys]

My local T-Mobile store finally got a couple in stock, so I went to go and buy one. When the guy was ringing it up there was a $20 customer service fee. I asked what that was for and the guy said, "Oh, that's an automatic service charge for anything we sell in the store." WTF!?!

Considering this guy told me, "Why would you want to waste your money on a Windows phone? Windows is dead when it comes to phones." - why in the world would I drop an extra $20 likely for him as a commission when he was trying to NOT sell me the phone? I told him, "No, just cancel it. I'll go and buy it online and they also have free shipping right now."

How can you buy it without the $20? New customers its for the Sim and existing customers it's for the upgrade. I was charged $20 and I didn't buy it in store.....

 

[RumoredNow]

Cleanup on aisle 5. Stage 1 sarcasm drippings.

No sarcasm intended. For what my wife and I payed on T-Mo for the two of us I now have 5 lines. Every line added gets a deeper and deeper discount instead of just multiplying the same price. I even get credits toward service for referring people and have done so. I've saved an additional $50 in the last few months. All the signal issues I had on T-Mo (can't make/receive calls inside my house without WiFi, can't count on a connection outside of cities around where I live), those issues are resolved with the new carrier. So instead of making me invest in alternate delivery methods like WiFi and signal boosters for their otherwise intermittent service (or going without in crucial travel situations) my service is just delivered first hand and more reliably saving me worry as well as money.

Trade offs: I pay an upgrade fee if I choose to buy a phone from them - and if I don't I am not forced to find a branded one to get the special WiFi calling feature to make up for the service they fail to deliver and pay a premium in the 3rd party market for the "special device" since there is no WiFi Calling App from T-Mo in the Windows Phone App Store. If I do buy a phone from them it is locked down hard for 6 months. However, their phone prices are super-competitive and they have frequent sale prices on devices. It's way easier to get a fully network compliant Windows Phone for me now than when I was on T-Mo.

 

[jasqid]

So I got my 4s the other day. Haven't found the Hulu, groove music or halo offers i read about. Anyone get those?

 

[anon(9275303)]

Go to http://www.alcatelonetouch.us/alcatel-mobile-promos. I had to use Chrome to successfully enter the codes in. It wouldn't work for me using Edge, Internet Explorer, or Opera. I got the free copy of the game and a free month of Groove added to my Monthly Pass subscription. I don't qualify for the Hulu offer as I am already a Hulu subscriber at the commercial-free monthly rate.

Sent from mTalk on my Alcatel Idol 4s for Windows

 

[eddieDOTexe]

Originally posted by editguy

Originally Posted by eddieDOTexe
I already did, it is a corporate policy. Ordering online is the only way to avoid it. But then you get stuck having to pay $10 for a "SIM Starter Kit". Ugh, I GUESS that's better than $20...

Were you already a T-mobile customer, or a new customer?

Both

 

[Sedp23]

It's a new thing with the Magenta Morons. It started about a month ago and it blows.

Can't u call and get it credited towards ur bill? They charged me $20 for the sim card and they credited it to my bill

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[anon(9275303)]

Interesting. I ordered online and am an existing T-Mobile customer. I was only charged the $469.99 for the phone +sales tax. No fee at all. My phone came with a sim card set, but I already had an existing T-Mobile nano sim that I'm using.

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[eddieDOTexe]

Originally posted by IndyJG
Interesting. I ordered online and am an existing T-Mobile customer. I was only charged the $469.99 for the phone +sales tax. No fee at all. My phone came with a sim card set, but I already had an existing T-Mobile nano sim that I'm using.

Sent from mTalk on my Lumia 550

That's odd I can't get rid of the sim kit from my cart..

 

[kdk24z]

I guess I avoided all the mess now by purchasing a L1520 from someone on here at the marketplace section of the forum. I don't even have it yet, and I'm ALREADY loving it! :smile:

 

[kdk24z]

It's not that I don't still want the Alcatel phone, but OH to get my hands on a L1520 again! I tried one out for a couple of days and LOVED it!

 

[patcherd]

While the camera is not Lumia quality everything else I find on the Alcatel beats my 950 handily.

 

[argenys]

Minus the screen as well as it had a qHD instead of the FHD. Not huge but still noticeable. I'm ok with it because of the price. But miss it when using the VR for porn.

 

[fatclue_98]

Minus the screen as well as it had a qHD instead of the FHD. Not huge but still noticeable. I'm ok with it because of the price. But miss it when using the VR for porn.

Don't you know you can go blind?

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[eddieDOTexe]

Originally posted by fatclue_98

Originally Posted by argenys
Minus the screen as well as it had a qHD instead of the FHD. Not huge but still noticeable. I'm ok with it because of the price. But miss it when using the VR for porn.

Don't you know you can go blind?

Sent from Alcatel Idol 4S with Windows via mTalk

Playing w self + Screen in your face = eyesight improvement.
Didn't they teach you in school about double negatives?

 

[Kacchan]

Minus the screen as well as it had a qHD instead of the FHD. Not huge but still noticeable. I'm ok with it because of the price. But miss it when using the VR for porn.

Lol ha no shame. I am not mad at that

Sent from Liam's idol 4s with windows10