- 11-09-2005, 06:41 PM #1Junior Member
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I have a question say i wanna get a nextel i730 online and a plan with it, too i buy it for 49.99(with the contract). i know this phone is worth alot, can i trade it in for another nextel phone or for a boost one(boost i730), because the dealer can take the sim card out of it and put it in another phone and the dealer knows how to unlock the boost phone. i wanna trade it into a nextel dealer as soon as its activated and it comes to my house. can i do that?, i like the boost i730 because of the boost logo on it. the nextel one looks good only on the color but i hate the color gray when its around the small toolbar screen, and nextel has that but a nextel dealer said i cant change the gray part around the toolbar screen.
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- 11-15-2005, 12:00 PM #2
The i730 boost is coming down in price.. You should see it below $99 the i450 is out of stock and they have reduced the i730 to make up for it. You can buy it and sell the starter kit out of it. Retail stores get $35 for it. Just a thought.
- 11-15-2005, 04:55 PM #3Junior Member
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Originally Posted by mighty sc
- 11-15-2005, 10:45 PM #4
that varies store to store.. Nextel's official policy is www.Sprintbuyback.com and they will issue a credit on your bill for the trade in. Most direct stores use this. I just checked the i730 is $25. Now compared to my store, we give $50, we are an authorized service center (not owned by nextel). If it were brand new never used you might get more.
- 11-16-2005, 07:44 PM #5Junior Member
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Originally Posted by mighty sc
- 11-17-2005, 01:27 AM #6
As I said it varies by store! My store would NOT sell you a Boost phone on Nextel. But the store down the street from us would. Now they don't take trade ins but we do. So you would have to check around.
A Boost phone on Nextel means limited repair and tech support and is frowned upon by Nextel and Boost.
- 11-18-2005, 09:35 PM #7Junior Member
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Originally Posted by mighty sc
- 11-19-2005, 05:36 PM #8
1st It is a dealers contract not to do it. Boost limits the inventory we buy and only add more when we activate them on boost, so that we can not use them on Nextel. Boost reduces the cost of the equipment thinking they will make it back on the airtime. Normally on Nextel a dealer looses the money because he will get a commission. So the Boost phone is cheaper because Boost lost money on it. They do not want us selling it on Nextel because they will not make it back on the airtime. Nextel doesn't offer any kind of support like warranty or repair on Boost phones. As a service center I can not even get parts for them and unlocking them will technically void the warranty directly from Motorola. So Nextel doesn't want the head ache of you buying this phone and getting very mad and canceling because you can not get it fixed. "It was sold to me by a Nextel store!", you will argue and you will demand a replacement or you will cancel. .. So that is why Nextel doesn't want it. You say B.S. and I say it is not. It happens in my store at least once a month with either a Boost phone or an aftermarket housing that someone bought elsewhere and we say replace it or go back to where you got it. Sorry
- 11-20-2005, 05:45 PM #9Junior Member
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what about when people get nextel on boost mobile(service). does nextel limit it to prevent that, and why does nextel and boost mobile have same name and model for phones and speaker phone feature?.
- 11-20-2005, 07:56 PM #10Junior Member
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Originally Posted by mighty sc
- 11-21-2005, 09:09 AM #11
Nextel bought most of Boost. They are from Australia.
We activate all of our Boost phones before they leave just in case the person is buying them to convert them to Nextel. So we still get credit for activating.
- 11-21-2005, 06:43 PM #12Junior Member
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Originally Posted by mighty sc
- 11-22-2005, 09:40 AM #13
Well if you were on Boost you can "upgrade" to Nextel like you said you would have to change your sim and phone. Nextel considers this an intercompany change just like switching from Sprint PCS to Nextel. The thing that sucks is the sales rep doesn't get any kind of commision so you end up paying a lot more for the phone because you are an intercompany customer. Here is the exact wording "Boost to iDEN ports are considered migrations and not subject to a $35 upgrade fee."
- 11-25-2005, 01:57 PM #14Junior Member
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What about getting nextel(phones) while on the boost network? is my warranty still viod there? What does boost mobile or nextel say about that? will i run into warranty issues their?
- 11-25-2005, 01:59 PM #15
Yes Nextel will only work on phones active on their system. So you are limited to sending it back to motorola or getting a friend to put their nextel sim in it and take it to a service center.
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