Sprint Requirements - Phone Upgrade Eligibility
Who is Eligible for an Sprint PCS Cell Phone Upgrade?
Not all Sprint PCS customers are qualified for a new cell phone upgrade. At this time, Sprint PCS allows customers that qualify to upgrade when they renew their contract.
Eligibility results are dependent upon but not limited to both the length of time since your last upgrade and your current rate plan as well as missed payments, suspensions on your account, usage history, payment record, etc..
Sprint PCS phone upgrade standard policy.
If you have established new Sprint PCS Service after April 25, 2004, you are automatically enrolled in the Sprint PCS Phone Upgrade Program if you have:
- Signed up on a $34.99 or higher monthly Sprint PCS Service Plan
- Signed a one- or two-year Sprint PCS Advantage Agreement
If you have activated Sprint PCS Service prior to April 25, 2004, you may be eligible for the renewal program if your current Sprint PCS Phone has been continuously active for at least 18 months and:
- Are on a $34.99 or higher Sprint PCS Service Plan
- Sign a new one- or two-year Sprint PCS Advantage Agreement
- Sign up for Sprint PCS VisionSM if purchasing a Vision-capable phone
Upgrade eligibility is solely determined by Sprint PCS at its discretion.
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Here are some Sprint Upgrade Policy loopholes and tips (via: consumerist.com – link)
•Get the Sprint Employee Referral Offer: “Get on the SERO plan! Sprint Employee Referral Offer. It’s a nice little plan designed specifically for friends and family of Sprint employees. They require that you have an email address of a Sprint employee, but that’s simple to get. Remember that business card the sales rep gave you, or should have given you if they’re were good. Take that name and use it, john.x.doe@sprint.com. To see the plans themselves or sign up, go to www.sprint.com/sero ($50/1250 minutes/7pm nights/unlimited vision)”
•Play the Extended Service and Repair Program Game: If you’ve lost your phone or dropped it in water, you can buy a new “broken” phone on ebay, activate it, and take that one into the store for ESRP benefits, according to our tipster. “Phone doesn’t work? Water damage? What are you to do! Buy a phone on ebay, it doesn’t have to work so long as it hasn’t been flagged as lost or stolen. Get the phone activated and take it into the store. They’ll fix or replace it usually on the spot because you have ESRP. Now keep in mind, if you do this excessive times, we’ll refuse to service you (the system counts how many times you’ve had a phone replaced/serviced).” (This might be illegal somehow, we don’t really know.)
•Buy your phone at the end of the month when the reps are desperate for commission on activations. ” Reps will always discount phones, they don’t make commission on the price of the phone, they make it on everything else. They’re also desperate for activations (best time to go activate is near the end of the month when they’re truly desperate). Add a few accessories or get that 2nd line, just return them later, you still get the awesome deal on the phone.
•Cancel without ETF By “moving” to the middle of the desert: This is an old trick, but the tipster says it works with Sprint. “Want to cancel but are stuck in a contract and don’t care about keeping your number? Change your billing to e-billing (to avoid a paper statement), call customer care and have them change your address to an address not covered by the network (go on the website, find a hole, do a google earth search and find an address around there). Then say, “oh my, well if you can’t provide service to me there, I’ll have to cancel.” Sprint is now obligated to cancel your contract without a termination fee because if they can’t service you, how can they charge you for service? Usually they want to cancel your number, but you might be able to convince them that Company B has coverage and you would like to port.
•Retention Specialists have power: Cancel everything that’s not required in your contract. There’s a retention offer waiting for you. Example: “there are retention offers for things such as text messaging (unlimited for $10 I believe), plans, services, etc. Just ask! ”
•Get a big discount for working for a big company (or saying that you do): “Get a discount because you work for the man! Are you an employee of a major organization? Tell Sprint you work for them then! You’ll get anywhere from 7-28% off of your monthly bill. Tip, Chase bank employees get the highest discount (I believe it was 28%). Even if you don’t work there, they don’t ask for proof that you do. “
