I'd go to the store, with that text in hand, and complain.

On Fri, 18 Jan 2013, Mike Miller wrote:

> That price seems to be for anyone who goes to that web page.  I am a new 
> customer, switching from Sprint to T-Mobile, and I am signing a 2-year 
> contract.  I can cancel within 14 days, so I will do that if they don't give 
> me my $300.  Then I'll wait, and wait, and someday I'll get something, 
> probably.  I'd rather live without a cell phone than be treated like that.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2013, Yaron wrote:
>
>> 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
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