[olug] [OT] Purchase new cell phones WITHOUT contract?

[Kevin]

I think you mean buying a warranty from squaretrade. Easy mistake and I
hear a lot about squarespace, probably from the same ads you do. :)
On May 6, 2013 3:07 PM, "Craig Wolf" <wolfout101 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wirefly.com would be an option...with a used phone, you should have the
> ability to buy a 1 year warranty from squarespace, even if it is from ebay.
>
> Craig Wolf
> (402)990-3010
>
>
> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>
> > (Delete this message if you're just looking for Linux/Unix
> discussions...)
> >
> > My wife and I are looking at moving to Ting wireless (www.ting.com) - I
> > estimate we'll drop to the $80-90 range with past usage of our two
> > smartphones (Verizon DroidX Gingerbread).
> >
> > Since Ting is a Sprint MVNO we can't bring our old phones over, but then
> we
> > wouldn't want to: they have been dying strange hardware deaths (touch
> > screen on my wifes dies and has to be powered off to reset, mine takes
> 30+
> > seconds to start a call, etc).
> >
> > I was all set to pull the trigger last night and buy two refurbished
> phones
> > via Ting, but my wife (The "Voice of Reason and Finance" in our house)
> got
> > worried that we'd be trading in our old DroidX's for something else that
> > only has a 30-day warranty.
> >
> > Looking at new phones via Ting and Amazon (which I assume will have a
> year
> > warranty), we're well into the $500-$600 range. :(
> >
> > Aside from buying the phone from Ting.com or Amazon, are there other
> places
> > to buy phones for Sprint that aren't tied to a contract and will have a
> > decent warranty?
> >
> > (I now return you to your regular Linux/Unix discussion.)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > DanL
> >
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