GearDeal: New AT&T Oyster Pink Blackberry 8110 – .01 with no rebate to file

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GearDeal: New AT&T Oyster Pink Blackberry 8110 – .01 with no rebate to file

Posted on 16 October 2008 by Wayne Schulz

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Can I let you in on a secret? Buying in a retail cell phone store is ~~about~~ the most expensive place you can shop. Take for example the new pink Blackberry Pearl (8110) that AT&T just released. You can walk into the AT&T store ~~wait for two hours while 15 people in front of you pay their cell phone bills, argue about late fees and demand to see the manager~~ and pay $149 with a 2 year contract. Then you can fill out a rebate form and wait three months ~~for it to be rejected~~ to get $50 back making your cost $99. Or you can visit Amazon.com and select the exact phone. Pay .01 without any need to send in a rebate form. I’ve bought all my phones for the last 5 years through Amazon and found them to be the cheapest and most convenient unless of course you enjoy hanging out in cell phone stores with a bunch of deadbeats paying their bill.

Amazon – AT&T Oyster Pink 8110 Blackberry – .01
Amazon – AT&T 8820 Wi-Fi Blackberry – $99 (AT&T charges $249 for this after rebate!)

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Wayne Schulz - who has written 2131 posts on Gear Diary.

Wayne is a diehard Blackberry user and consultant specializing in Sage MAS90 Accounting Software. He lives in Glastonbury CT with his two children. When not helping them with their homework or pushing the latest school fundraiser off on his co-workers, he is active hiking, Scuba Diving and investigating all manner of technology.

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ignar
I like Amazon and have used their cell phone stores a few times, but recently their offerings for Sprint are pretty weak. It’s disappointing since albeit all the problems with customer support and limited phone selection of Sprint, I still like Sprint most for its good reception (at least in my area), loud and clear voice quality, and cheap/fast/expansive data coverage. Amazon on the other hand offers good deals on other carriers as Wayne suggests, and I will go to Amazon without hesitation over other web stores.
questionfear
does this work if you already have AT&T? (And a corp discount?)
paschott
Heck, I’d just wonder if it works if you are already an AT&T customer, with or without corp discount. I’ve seen the Tilt for new customers for a really low price, but as an existing customer it seems the best I can do is a refurb unit for $150 if they are ever available again. I’d consider resetting my contract by 2 years, but not signing a new one and switching everything over – that just seems like an unnecessary hassle.