Best retention plans for this time of year?

That article is rather skewed, IMHO. It does NOT mention any other carrier.
Nor does it state from where these new customers are coming.

"SprintingForService" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "thunder" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > Well I should say I have had the 650a/t and 3000 n/w, 8pm since may of
> > 02 and out of service agreement or contract since may of 03. At the
> > time I looked at other carriers and was going to change. So I called
> > sprint to cancel and this is the plan they shot me for $35 month. So I
> > stayed. Now I'm waiting to see who the rumored company that the
> > financial papers say that Cingular is buying out.
>
> I was taking a look at the inquirer earlier today and it looks as though
T-
> Mobile is the big winner on ported numbers so far.
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13513
>
> I'll be keeping an eye out for new plans as well.
>

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> Well I should say I have had the 650a/t and 3000 n/w, 8pm since may of 02
> and out of service agreement or contract since may of 03. At the time I
> looked at other carriers and was going to change. So I called sprint to
> cancel and this is the plan they shot me for $35 month. So I stayed. Now I'm
> waiting to see who the rumored company that the financial papers say that
> Cingular is buying out.

> >
> > >
> > > "John Salerno" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:[email protected]...
> > >> how is this plan: 500 a/t, 1000 n/w, 8pm nights, $35.99/month?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > Bad, I've had 650 a/t, 3000 n/w, 8pm nights for $35 since May of 03
> >
For those with retention plans did you all have to sign a two year
contract? Was one year available?

[email protected] (Student) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> > Well I should say I have had the 650a/t and 3000 n/w, 8pm since may of 02
> > and out of service agreement or contract since may of 03. At the time I
> > looked at other carriers and was going to change. So I called sprint to
> > cancel and this is the plan they shot me for $35 month. So I stayed. Now I'm
> > waiting to see who the rumored company that the financial papers say that
> > Cingular is buying out.
>
> > >
> > > >
> > > > "John Salerno" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > > news:[email protected]...
> > > >> how is this plan: 500 a/t, 1000 n/w, 8pm nights, $35.99/month?
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > Bad, I've had 650 a/t, 3000 n/w, 8pm nights for $35 since May of 03
> > >
> For those with retention plans did you all have to sign a two year
> contract? Was one year available?

No---I called to c/s first of december about a sudden loss of signal
at my home causing me not to be able to use my handset at the house.
Took over a month for them to fix whatever was wrong--but they gave me
a 750m/$40/ added to u/l n&w@8, w/$10 vision--no mention of changing
my contract which expires 6/04 (My contract was extended 6/03 when
they have me an extra 100 min and retained my old 8pm nights from the
original plan) so in 2 changes in the last 6-7 months went from $30
for 250/ 1250 n&w to above---as I have posted earlier this month, my
guess is that they will give you extra minutes fairly easy--I believe
they have two goals; 1) retain the customer, preferably with contact.
2)Bump up the monthly charges.

[email protected] (plane) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> [email protected] (Student) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> > > Well I should say I have had the 650a/t and 3000 n/w, 8pm since may of 02
> > > and out of service agreement or contract since may of 03. At the time I
> > > looked at other carriers and was going to change. So I called sprint to
> > > cancel and this is the plan they shot me for $35 month. So I stayed. Now I'm
> > > waiting to see who the rumored company that the financial papers say that
> > > Cingular is buying out.
>
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "John Salerno" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > > > news:[email protected]...
> > > > >> how is this plan: 500 a/t, 1000 n/w, 8pm nights, $35.99/month?
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > > Bad, I've had 650 a/t, 3000 n/w, 8pm nights for $35 since May of 03
> > > >
> > For those with retention plans did you all have to sign a two year
> > contract? Was one year available?
>
> No---I called to c/s first of december about a sudden loss of signal
> at my home causing me not to be able to use my handset at the house.
> Took over a month for them to fix whatever was wrong--but they gave me
> a 750m/$40/ added to u/l n&w@8, w/$10 vision--no mention of changing
> my contract which expires 6/04 (My contract was extended 6/03 when
> they have me an extra 100 min and retained my old 8pm nights from the
> original plan) so in 2 changes in the last 6-7 months went from $30
> for 250/ 1250 n&w to above---as I have posted earlier this month, my
> guess is that they will give you extra minutes fairly easy--I believe
> they have two goals; 1) retain the customer, preferably with contact.
> 2)Bump up the monthly charges.


Has anyone been offered free M2M minutes on a low minute plan, at the
end of contract peroid, along with maybe more minutes too?

"plane" wrote:
> Has anyone been offered free M2M minutes on a low minute plan, at the
> end of contract peroid, along with maybe more minutes too?

I've got 300 AT + u/l NW for $30. Last August I was offered free 8 pm
NW for a new 1-year contract, plus free u/l PCS2PCS for a new 2-year
contract. (This was unsolicited; my previous contract still had a few
months to go.) Reluctantly, I took both offers because they suited my
needs. Obviously, Sprint was testing the waters on extended NW start
times (this was before the big 7 pm NW campaign) and/or trying to lock
in customers before LWNP took effect in November. Of course, neither
of those was mentioned at the time. ;-)

My daughter took the same deal at the same time on her (separate)
plan. Then, in October, she moved out of state and requested a phone
number change. Sprint forced her to restart her 2-year contract, but
promised everything else would stay the same. (I thought this was a
bit unfair, as she was only 2 months into a new contract, but they
insisted that was the only way their billing system could handle a
change of area code.) When her next bill arrived, the free PCS2PCS had
become an additional $5/mo charge. Turns out, because the free PCS2PCS
promotion had ended in her new market area, there was no way for the
frontline CS droids to code it on her updated account. It took some
major aggravation with 3 supervisors before they "found" a code to
give her back her free PCS2PCS.

I realize you are asking about an end-of-contract offer, which is
somewhat different, but my point is this: There *is* a way for them to
give you free PCS2PCS minutes, although a low-level CS rep may not be
empowered to do it.

(BTW, in retrospect, I wish I had waited for my previous contract to
expire and then tried to negotiate for more AT minutes. When I see
what some others have gotten from Sprint PCS, I feel "suckered," but
they won't do that to me the next time. Live and learn. OTOH, I am
happy with Sprint PCS phones and service in the east-coast metro areas
where I use it.)

"Robert Freed" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "plane" wrote:
> > Has anyone been offered free M2M minutes on a low minute plan, at the
> > end of contract peroid, along with maybe more minutes too?
>
> I've got 300 AT + u/l NW for $30. Last August I was offered free 8 pm
> NW for a new 1-year contract, plus free u/l PCS2PCS for a new 2-year
> contract. (This was unsolicited; my previous contract still had a few
> months to go.) Reluctantly, I took both offers because they suited my
> needs. Obviously, Sprint was testing the waters on extended NW start
> times (this was before the big 7 pm NW campaign) and/or trying to lock
> in customers before LWNP took effect in November. Of course, neither
> of those was mentioned at the time. ;-)
>
> My daughter took the same deal at the same time on her (separate)
> plan. Then, in October, she moved out of state and requested a phone
> number change. Sprint forced her to restart her 2-year contract, but
> promised everything else would stay the same. (I thought this was a
> bit unfair, as she was only 2 months into a new contract, but they
> insisted that was the only way their billing system could handle a
> change of area code.) When her next bill arrived, the free PCS2PCS had
> become an additional $5/mo charge. Turns out, because the free PCS2PCS
> promotion had ended in her new market area, there was no way for the
> frontline CS droids to code it on her updated account. It took some
> major aggravation with 3 supervisors before they "found" a code to
> give her back her free PCS2PCS.
>
> I realize you are asking about an end-of-contract offer, which is
> somewhat different, but my point is this: There *is* a way for them to
> give you free PCS2PCS minutes, although a low-level CS rep may not be
> empowered to do it.
>
> (BTW, in retrospect, I wish I had waited for my previous contract to
> expire and then tried to negotiate for more AT minutes. When I see
> what some others have gotten from Sprint PCS, I feel "suckered," but
> they won't do that to me the next time. Live and learn. OTOH, I am
> happy with Sprint PCS phones and service in the east-coast metro areas
> where I use it.)


Yeah, no matter what you do, there always seems to be a better offer
just around the corner; I believe that the M2M is a std feature with
the 2 year plans, and of course to the 7pm thing the 2 yr contract is
required. As i had mentioned earlier, they gave me more than double
the minutes I had, no contract ext, and I was so surprise that they
gave me the minutes(which,I think, like you is the most important
part) that I forgot to ask about a m2m bonus--that request will occur
at contract time in June.

Personally, this *unlimited* m2m is one great deal, which I don't
have, as I have it on my verizon plan(free) and in East Tn Verizon has
the best coverage, and most of the folks I call are on verizon---I
have wondered on these posts, if the unlimited m2m may be modified at
some time in the future---I believe that verizon at one time had
unlimited m2m, and now is limited to 1000 min other than those on the
same plan--which I guess is really enough.

Is M2M the same as PCS2PCS?

"plane" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Robert Freed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > "plane" wrote:
> > > Has anyone been offered free M2M minutes on a low minute plan, at the
> > > end of contract peroid, along with maybe more minutes too?
> >
> > I've got 300 AT + u/l NW for $30. Last August I was offered free 8 pm
> > NW for a new 1-year contract, plus free u/l PCS2PCS for a new 2-year
> > contract. (This was unsolicited; my previous contract still had a few
> > months to go.) Reluctantly, I took both offers because they suited my
> > needs. Obviously, Sprint was testing the waters on extended NW start
> > times (this was before the big 7 pm NW campaign) and/or trying to lock
> > in customers before LWNP took effect in November. Of course, neither
> > of those was mentioned at the time. ;-)
> >
> > My daughter took the same deal at the same time on her (separate)
> > plan. Then, in October, she moved out of state and requested a phone
> > number change. Sprint forced her to restart her 2-year contract, but
> > promised everything else would stay the same. (I thought this was a
> > bit unfair, as she was only 2 months into a new contract, but they
> > insisted that was the only way their billing system could handle a
> > change of area code.) When her next bill arrived, the free PCS2PCS had
> > become an additional $5/mo charge. Turns out, because the free PCS2PCS
> > promotion had ended in her new market area, there was no way for the
> > frontline CS droids to code it on her updated account. It took some
> > major aggravation with 3 supervisors before they "found" a code to
> > give her back her free PCS2PCS.
> >
> > I realize you are asking about an end-of-contract offer, which is
> > somewhat different, but my point is this: There *is* a way for them to
> > give you free PCS2PCS minutes, although a low-level CS rep may not be
> > empowered to do it.
> >
> > (BTW, in retrospect, I wish I had waited for my previous contract to
> > expire and then tried to negotiate for more AT minutes. When I see
> > what some others have gotten from Sprint PCS, I feel "suckered," but
> > they won't do that to me the next time. Live and learn. OTOH, I am
> > happy with Sprint PCS phones and service in the east-coast metro areas
> > where I use it.)
>
>
> Yeah, no matter what you do, there always seems to be a better offer
> just around the corner; I believe that the M2M is a std feature with
> the 2 year plans, and of course to the 7pm thing the 2 yr contract is
> required. As i had mentioned earlier, they gave me more than double
> the minutes I had, no contract ext, and I was so surprise that they
> gave me the minutes(which,I think, like you is the most important
> part) that I forgot to ask about a m2m bonus--that request will occur
> at contract time in June.
>
> Personally, this *unlimited* m2m is one great deal, which I don't
> have, as I have it on my verizon plan(free) and in East Tn Verizon has
> the best coverage, and most of the folks I call are on verizon---I
> have wondered on these posts, if the unlimited m2m may be modified at
> some time in the future---I believe that verizon at one time had
> unlimited m2m, and now is limited to 1000 min other than those on the
> same plan--which I guess is really enough.

"webbynow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> Is M2M the same as PCS2PCS?

Yes... M2M is a Verizon option to call between Verizon phones and PCS2PCS is
a SPCS option to call between SPCS phones.

Bob