My Cell Phone Upgrade Ordeal
Well, it appears my shitty little v220 is starting to cough and wheeze and sputter and die. I’d really like to upgrade to a nice shiny HTC Touch, but I also don’t want to pay $500 for it.
So, I called Rogers to see what sort of upgrade options they could give me after hearing about people I know and people online getting such great deals when upgrading their phones.
No dice: the customer service guy was a bit of an asshole and said he could only give me the phone for $350. When I said I think I’ll just switch to Telus, he basically just said that’s fine. No attempt at retention at all. I broke off the call at that point.
The problem is that I’m not very good at complaining about things, so I’m a little worried that I won’t be able to bitch my way into a good deal.
I know Joe basically did this to get his upgrade, so does anyone have any pointers or anything? I’m not too broken up about it cause I could just cancel altogether and go with Bell or Telus, which both have really great deals on that phone in particular ($99 for new customers who sign for 3 years).
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on 30 Jan 2008 at 4:17 pm # Joe
Don’t settle for new deals. Call them up and ask if they can spice up the deal. Tell them you are currently with rogers and rogers has offered the phone but you did not like the service and am still deciding to switch.
Come to the darkside. It is your destiny.
on 30 Jan 2008 at 4:18 pm # Joe
If they say thats the best they can do ask them if there is a department that can authorize it.
on 30 Jan 2008 at 4:18 pm # Curt
Hehe, that’s just it. I’m actually pretty happy with Rogers and would like to stay around, but if they won’t budge, then I’m not too opposed to switching, I guess.
on 30 Jan 2008 at 4:22 pm # Joe
Just be aware. Telus does not have great data plans. But I am sure the same can be said about Rogers and the CDMA version of the touch is different. faster cpu, double the ram… but no wifi.
on 30 Jan 2008 at 4:24 pm # Joe
You can always see what telus is willing to offer. They can give you a ticket number so the offer will be valid for a certain number of days; then go back to rogers and let them know what the compition is willing to do for you.
on 30 Jan 2008 at 4:28 pm # Curt
CDMA? Which provider has the CDMA version? I’d kinda prefer it to have WiFi, if possible.
on 30 Jan 2008 at 4:46 pm # Joe
Telus is CDMA, Rogers is GSM. 200mhz is killer though. You wouldn’t be able to run ScummVM games or watch AVI’s @ that speed.
on 30 Jan 2008 at 4:46 pm # Joe
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on 30 Jan 2008 at 5:20 pm # Curt
Aha, that makes sense. That also makes the decision a bit tougher cause GSM is clearly better, but I’m not sure if I’ll be travelling abroad anytime soon. I almost prefer a factory unlocked GSM version of the phone, but that costs big bucks for sure.
on 30 Jan 2008 at 6:17 pm # Curt
I’m beginning to think that I might not bother upgrading at all at this point and simply wait out my contract so I have alot more leverage towards the end of it.
And besides, the iPhone might be out in Canada by then.
This whole hardware discrepancy is a bit of a turn off altogether.
on 30 Jan 2008 at 6:31 pm # Curt
Now I’m almost dead-set on waiting because by the looks of it, Telus will be switching to GSM sometime soon:
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on 31 Jan 2008 at 7:30 am # Neil D
Hey, if you want to switch to Telus and don’t want to be sucked inf or a full 3 year contract you can take over mine! Only like $25 to transfer the account, then you can try and snag whatever phone you want, lol.
Been looking to try and ditch Telus for a while, but can’t afford the $700 cancellation fee…
I get horrible reception here in Montreal with Telus, so many dropped calls. But from what i hear Telus is good in Toronto. It’s an idea.
Atleast that way you will only have about 2 years on the contract.
on 31 Jan 2008 at 2:14 pm # Curt
I thought about it, but I’ll pass. I’ll just wait until May so I have alot more leverage to get what I want out of them.
Thanks for the offer, though.
on 31 Jan 2008 at 4:09 pm # Neil D
Well if anyone else wants it or knows someone else that may want it, let me know. lol…