Anybody help me out with my Sprint issue?

[The Franchise]

Ok....this might be a little long but here we go.

My fiance and I are under the Everything Family Data plan for Sprint. She has the Palm Centro and I have Samsung Instinct (not that this matters). Anyways....I work for the local government here and I had a business phone through them (Blackberry). They are going to a new cell phone plan where they will pay me $105 a month if I use my personal phone as a business phone. Everything sounds great....but here is the problem.

1. The blackberry that I had with them is through Verizon. Therefore I can't transfer it over to Sprint.
2. The Samsung Instinct that I have won't allow me to connect to my work e-mail. Therefore I can't use this for work purposes.

There are only two options that I have right now.

If I upgrade my Instinct....I have to pay $500-$600 for a Blackberry because I'm not eligible for an upgrade. My other option is to add a line to my plan and get a Blackberry at $200. This is obviously going to cost me more than what I want to spend.

I know there are some people here that either work for Sprint or used too. Do you have any other options that I can do?

Yes....anti-freeze....REPOST and all that other "Kill Yourself" type stuff.

[The Franchise]

And why do I have a feeling that I would be getting dicked over by doing that? lol

[phisherman]

here's the main question, can you check your e-mail from anywhere?

if you have the ability to check your e-mail from anywhere on the internet (through MS exchange that is), the instinct will work for you.

[The Franchise]

Has anybody bought an unlocked phone off of Craigslist or E-bay before?

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by phisherman

here's the main question, can you check your e-mail from anywhere?

if you have the ability to check your e-mail from anywhere on the internet (through MS exchange that is), the instinct will work for you.

My IT guys gave me mail.solanocounty.com

and I get this error.

An unsupported request has been made of the server. If the problem persists, please contact support.

[The Franchise]

I'm just full of questions today.

If I do buy a phone off of E-bay or Craigslist......will Sprint allow me to get the insurance for it and will they cover it?

[The Franchise]

Bump.

[SithCeNtZ]

Originally Posted by pestilenceaf23

I'm just full of questions today.

If I do buy a phone off of E-bay or Craigslist......will Sprint allow me to get the insurance for it and will they cover it?

Depends. If you already have insurance on your plan it will switch over to the new phone but if you don't you can't add it. Don't do Slag's idea either, because it wont work and you will probably end up with a blackberry that is locked out of the sprint network.

[SLAG]

Originally Posted by SithCeNtZ

Depends. If you already have insurance on your plan it will switch over to the new phone but if you don't you can't add it. Don't do Slag's idea either, because it wont work and you will probably end up with a blackberry that is locked out of the sprint network.

My main suggestion was to buy one off of Craigslist- a Sprint Branded one

You can always add insurance when Adding a new phone to your account, you just have to call customer service and add it

and if he WAS to do my idea how the HELL would it NOT work and howcould it get locked out of the sprint network?

Pest-

http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=53

for all things sprint - enjoy

[SithCeNtZ]

Originally Posted by SLAG

My main suggestion was to buy one off of Craigslist- a Sprint Branded one

You can always add insurance when Adding a new phone to your account, you just have to call customer service and add it

and if he WAS to do my idea how the HELL would it NOT work and howcould it get locked out of the sprint network?

Pest-

http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=53

for all things sprint - enjoy

I work for sprint while going to school so I have first hand accounts of how this sometimes goes down. People do the whole buy a phone with another name then cancel and try and activate it on another line of service....well everything is tracked in the servers and sometimes best buy, if they feel for whatever reason that you just cheated them out of money, will flag the phone and wont let that phone be activated on the network for like 3 months after you cut your line of service. So if he wants to risk it he can. I guess I can't say for sure that it won't work, but I think it would just be easier for him to buy one on ebay or whatever and use that. Cheaper and without all of the risks.