A lot of times those discounts are for new customers only, or people who qualify, or something like that. "Suggested Retail" is marketing speak for "We made it up." On Thu, 17 Jan 2013, Mike Miller wrote: > I was just looking at their web site. Check this out: > > http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/Cell-Phone-Detail.aspx?cell-phone=Nexus-4 > > Suggested retail: $549.99 > Instant discount: -$300.00 > Mail-in rebate card: -$50.00 > Free Shipping $0.00 > $199.99 > > They did give me the $50 rebate card. But it's hard to understand how Google > is promising to sell it unlocked for $350, but T-Mobile has a "suggested > retail" price of $550. > > Harder still to understand is how they would charge me the $300 instead of > giving me the instant discount. Is it just incompetence? > > I called T-Mobile and talked to a rep -- just got off the phone. They say > that the price I was charged is correct. I told them I would return the > phone. They said OK. The problem is incompetent and poorly-trained staff, I > believe, and probably a really crazy and foolish team planning their discount > schemes. Just weird. > > They might feel like they have me because I transferred my old Sprint number, > killed my Sprint account and now I'll have no cell phone. But I have no real > need for a cell phone. I mostly use Google Voice numbers that will ring in > my home or office, so I get calls, and if I miss them, Google Voice will show > me the message on my computer, or tablet, or whatever, so I'll get it. > > Mike > > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013, Yaron wrote: > >> I would definitely go over to t-mobile and give them some crap for that >> because, yeah, that makes ZERO sense. >> >> On Wed, 16 Jan 2013, Mike Miller wrote: >> >>> I ended up buying the Nexus 4 today, but it looks like T-Mobile charged me >>> $500 for it even though I was signing a 2-year contract. I probably >>> should have said "no" to that "deal," which in retrospect makes no sense. >>> If Google sells an unlocked Nexus 4 with 16GB memory for $350, how can I >>> be paying $500 *and* signing a 2-year contract? Isn't the contract >>> supposed to bring the price down? I might just return it, on principal, >>> pay their $50 restocking fee, and live without a phone for awhile to see >>> if I really need one. >>> >>> Mike > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > --