Get an Extra Discount

In article <[email protected]>,
"Rod" <[email protected]> wrote:

> TechGeek wrote:
> :: Yes, you need to submit proof that you work for that company, and it
> :: can't be done over the phone, the proof has to be done in person.
>
> This is wrong. Read what I posted earlier.

Just took a quick phone call to the dedicated sales rep for my company
at SprintPCS in my case; none of this "in person" stuff.

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"Robert M." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Sprint apologists trying to make it seem like everyone who is entitled
> to this discount has it already or its hard to get.
>

Show me a post where anyone said it was hard to get. There are none, and
you have regained your title as most clueless poster here.

Scott Stephenson wrote:
:::: I read what you posted earlier, and you were lucky. The policy is
:: that the verification be done in person. Like any other company,
:: Sprint has employees that take the easy way out. I'll guarantee
:: that if the employee that helped you was being monitored during the
:: transaction, they are now an ex-employee.
::
:: Tech Geek would know the policy- he works for them.

This is not policy. Knight-Ridder gets 15% off and Ford gets 25% off and
have never been asked to prove anything to get the discount. All you have to
do is call the business customer care and give them the info they request
that I stated earlier and your in. This wasn't done just once. I've done it
over 20 times in the past 2 years for people I know at both companies.

"Rod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Scott Stephenson wrote:
> :::: I read what you posted earlier, and you were lucky. The policy is
> :: that the verification be done in person. Like any other company,
> :: Sprint has employees that take the easy way out. I'll guarantee
> :: that if the employee that helped you was being monitored during the
> :: transaction, they are now an ex-employee.
> ::
> :: Tech Geek would know the policy- he works for them.
>
> This is not policy. Knight-Ridder gets 15% off and Ford gets 25% off and
> have never been asked to prove anything to get the discount. All you have
to
> do is call the business customer care and give them the info they request
> that I stated earlier and your in. This wasn't done just once. I've done
it
> over 20 times in the past 2 years for people I know at both companies.
>
>

And how is it you had the account information for 20 different accounts?

Scott Stephenson wrote:
:: And how is it you had the account information for 20 different
:: accounts?

How do you think? They gave me the info and I called in.

"Rod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Scott Stephenson wrote:
> :: And how is it you had the account information for 20 different
> :: accounts?
>
> How do you think? They gave me the info and I called in.
>
>

Based on all of this one would assume that you sell Sprint service. I say
so because of the following:

- The original customer can call on their own, according to you.
- If you were just a customer, you would have no more pull with Sprint than
the original customer.

If you are indeed in sales, then the customer did contact a Sprint agent,
and you have done the employment verification. Sprint would assume that you,
as an agent, have followed policy.

Scott Stephenson wrote:
:: "Rod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
:: news:[email protected]...
::: Scott Stephenson wrote:
::::: And how is it you had the account information for 20 different
::::: accounts?
:::
::: How do you think? They gave me the info and I called in.
:::
:::
::
:: Based on all of this one would assume that you sell Sprint service.
:: I say so because of the following:
::
:: - The original customer can call on their own, according to you.
:: - If you were just a customer, you would have no more pull with
:: Sprint than the original customer.
::
:: If you are indeed in sales, then the customer did contact a Sprint
:: agent, and you have done the employment verification. Sprint would
:: assume that you, as an agent, have followed policy.

Nope don't work or sell for Sprint PCS. Look at my e-mail address, all my
friends and the people I work with come to me for help with the cell phone
needs. If people trust you they will give up the info needed. All they gotta
do is write it down for me when I make the call and then they discard the
info when I'm done.

"Rod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>
> Nope don't work or sell for Sprint PCS. Look at my e-mail address, all my
> friends and the people I work with come to me for help with the cell phone
> needs. If people trust you they will give up the info needed. All they
gotta
> do is write it down for me when I make the call and then they discard the
> info when I'm done.
>
>

The email address doesn't prove a thing. Employees post their sprintpcs.com
email address here all the time.

Thanks for posting so no one will be fooled into paying the $12 00.
There are discounts for other orgs too though . Can someone please
post them .

On 27 Mar 2004 17:45:17 GMT, [email protected] (Cell merger) wrote:

>This is what sells for $12 on eBay.
>
>If you work for a large company, they may have negotiated deals with Sprintpcs
>for their employees. In case you haven't heard, call Sprint and ask.
>
>If you call Sprint and tell them what company you work for, you get a
>discount every month on recurring charges:
>
>Aflac Insurance -11%
>American Airlines 25%
>Anheuser-Busch - 20%
>AOL - 24%
>Army/USAA/Military/Air Force/... 5% - 12%
>Arthur Andersen 20%
>Bank of America 23%
>Bank One 23%
>Best Buy 13%
>Boeing 25%
>Capital One 12%
>Cerner Corporation 15%
>Chase 25%
>Chevrolet 12% - 25%
>Chevron Credit Card 25%
>Cisco Systems 9%
>CitiGroup 25%
>Costco 10%
>Delphi 18%
>Discover Card 12%
>Earthlink 18%
>Ernst and Young 15%
>FedEx Employees 23% discount
>Ford 25%
>General Electric (GE) 12% - 25%
>Hilton 13%
>Hospitals? 25%
>IBM 25%
>K-Mart 15%
>(KPMG) 12%
>Lane Bryant 8%
>Law Enforcement 25%
>Lucent Technologies 25%
>Metro 1 15%
>Northwest Airlines 25%
>Northwestern Mutual 13%
>Raymond James Financial 11%
>Samsung is 18%.
>Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) 10%
>Sears 25%
>Southwest Airlines 15%
>Stop & Shop Supermarket - 23%-24%
>SunTrust 18%
>Target 15%
>Time Warner 24%
>Tricon Global(Yum Foods) 11%
>United Airlines 25%
>United Parcel Service (UPS) 25%
>UPS 25%
>Xerox 15%
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Scott Stephenson wrote:
:: "Rod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
:: The email address doesn't prove a thing. Employees post their
:: sprintpcs.com email address here all the time.

I didn't say that it proved anything. I said look at it. As in the first
part before the @. People come to me all the time for help hence the
cellular-dude part of the address. And if you think or asssume that I'm an
employee think again cause I'm not. I also unlock Sprint PCS 2g phones for
use on Verizon Wireless but I guess I'm lying about that to huh? A lot of
people say that it can't be done or VZW won't activate them but they do.

Despite what some blind SprintPCS apologists have hinted at, nowhere
did I ever suggest that someone should ask for a discount they are not
entitled to. What often happens is that SprintPCS grants these discounts
to all employees as part of selling a batch of cell phones to
Maintainence or Administrative staff that the company pays for. Other
employees (staff, professionals, blue-collar) while having to pay their
own way for their cell phones, are entitled to these discounts, and in
my experience it's not something that most folks are aware of.

I don't understand why these SprintPCS apologists act like anyone is
stealing from Sprint by publicizing this info. Likely employees would be
far more likely to go with SprintPCS rather than one of the other top 5
carriers if they factored these discounts into their costs for cellular
service. I believe it helps SprintPCS to have this information not be so
secret.

Also some firms' employees may be eligible for discounts from more than
one carrier. I am personally aware of one organization whose employees
can get a discount from either SprintPCS or Cingular (IF THEY ASK).

Even an average $60 plan with a minimal 10% discount adds up to
$72 / year.

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
wrote:

> Thanks for posting so no one will be fooled into paying the $12 00.
> There are discounts for other orgs too though . Can someone please
> post them .
>
> On 27 Mar 2004 17:45:17 GMT, [email protected] (Cell merger) wrote:
>
> >This is what sells for $12 on eBay.
> >
> >If you work for a large company, they may have negotiated deals with
> >Sprintpcs
> >for their employees. In case you haven't heard, call Sprint and ask.
> >
> >If you call Sprint and tell them what company you work for, you get a
> >discount every month on recurring charges:
> >
> >Aflac Insurance -11%
> >American Airlines 25%
> >Anheuser-Busch - 20%
> >AOL - 24%
> >Army/USAA/Military/Air Force/... 5% - 12%
> >Arthur Andersen 20%
> >Bank of America 23%
> >Bank One 23%
> >Best Buy 13%
> >Boeing 25%
> >Capital One 12%
> >Cerner Corporation 15%
> >Chase 25%
> >Chevrolet 12% - 25%
> >Chevron Credit Card 25%
> >Cisco Systems 9%
> >CitiGroup 25%
> >Costco 10%
> >Delphi 18%
> >Discover Card 12%
> >Earthlink 18%
> >Ernst and Young 15%
> >FedEx Employees 23% discount
> >Ford 25%
> >General Electric (GE) 12% - 25%
> >Hilton 13%
> >Hospitals? 25%
> >IBM 25%
> >K-Mart 15%
> >(KPMG) 12%
> >Lane Bryant 8%
> >Law Enforcement 25%
> >Lucent Technologies 25%
> >Metro 1 15%
> >Northwest Airlines 25%
> >Northwestern Mutual 13%
> >Raymond James Financial 11%
> >Samsung is 18%.
> >Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) 10%
> >Sears 25%
> >Southwest Airlines 15%
> >Stop & Shop Supermarket - 23%-24%
> >SunTrust 18%
> >Target 15%
> >Time Warner 24%
> >Tricon Global(Yum Foods) 11%
> >United Airlines 25%
> >United Parcel Service (UPS) 25%
> >UPS 25%
> >Xerox 15%
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

"Robert M." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Despite what some blind SprintPCS apologists have hinted at, nowhere
> did I ever suggest that someone should ask for a discount they are not
> entitled to. What often happens is that SprintPCS grants these discounts
> to all employees as part of selling a batch of cell phones to
> Maintainence or Administrative staff that the company pays for. Other
> employees (staff, professionals, blue-collar) while having to pay their
> own way for their cell phones, are entitled to these discounts, and in
> my experience it's not something that most folks are aware of.
>

Funny, because in my experience with a good number of the companies listed,
these are clearly explained and advertised to employees as part of their
company benefits package.


>

One of the discounts says "Chevron Credit Card 25%"

Does this mean that if I have a Chevron credit card I can get an additional
25% discount or that I have to work for Chevron's credit department?






"Cell merger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> This is what sells for $12 on eBay.
>
> If you work for a large company, they may have negotiated deals with
Sprintpcs
> for their employees. In case you haven't heard, call Sprint and ask.
>
> If you call Sprint and tell them what company you work for, you get a
> discount every month on recurring charges:
>
> Aflac Insurance -11%
> American Airlines 25%
> Anheuser-Busch - 20%
> AOL - 24%
> Army/USAA/Military/Air Force/... 5% - 12%
> Arthur Andersen 20%
> Bank of America 23%
> Bank One 23%
> Best Buy 13%
> Boeing 25%
> Capital One 12%
> Cerner Corporation 15%
> Chase 25%
> Chevrolet 12% - 25%
> Chevron Credit Card 25%
> Cisco Systems 9%
> CitiGroup 25%
> Costco 10%
> Delphi 18%
> Discover Card 12%
> Earthlink 18%
> Ernst and Young 15%
> FedEx Employees 23% discount
> Ford 25%
> General Electric (GE) 12% - 25%
> Hilton 13%
> Hospitals? 25%
> IBM 25%
> K-Mart 15%
> (KPMG) 12%
> Lane Bryant 8%
> Law Enforcement 25%
> Lucent Technologies 25%
> Metro 1 15%
> Northwest Airlines 25%
> Northwestern Mutual 13%
> Raymond James Financial 11%
> Samsung is 18%.
> Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) 10%
> Sears 25%
> Southwest Airlines 15%
> Stop & Shop Supermarket - 23%-24%
> SunTrust 18%
> Target 15%
> Time Warner 24%
> Tricon Global(Yum Foods) 11%
> United Airlines 25%
> United Parcel Service (UPS) 25%
> UPS 25%
> Xerox 15%
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

It can be done. All one has to do is search on Google for this stuff.
There are web sites with masterlock codes and which phones go between
verizon and sprint.

Also, if you said that youdon't always need to do these things inperson,why
do others always have to bash. I believe you. I used to work in sales back
in college and we didn't give a crap about the company.



"Rod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Scott Stephenson wrote:
> :: "Rod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> :: The email address doesn't prove a thing. Employees post their
> :: sprintpcs.com email address here all the time.
>
> I didn't say that it proved anything. I said look at it. As in the first
> part before the @. People come to me all the time for help hence the
> cellular-dude part of the address. And if you think or asssume that I'm an
> employee think again cause I'm not. I also unlock Sprint PCS 2g phones for
> use on Verizon Wireless but I guess I'm lying about that to huh? A lot of
> people say that it can't be done or VZW won't activate them but they do.
>
>

"Supreme Enchanter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I used to work in sales back
> in college and we didn't give a crap about the company.
>

Why am I not surprised by this statement? It does point out not only his
'holier than thou' attitude, but it also shows that the 'me first at the
expense of everyone else' attitude lives strong in today's society. He and
Phil make a great pair.