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$249 refurbished iPhones

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mkrishnan said:
AT&T's site seems to only show the offer when it's available, and you get a blank store template page when it's gone. Apple has a refurbished iPod page, but they only have refurbs available (they continually go in and out of stock) if they show them on the page.

The refurbished iPhone 8GB has never been offered at $249 at Apple, though, AFAIK. Only at AT&T. $349 at Apple. It appears to be there now, though.

The AT&T price of $249 has also been offered in some AT&T Wireless stores. You might call local ones and ask.
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If I do manage to find one at the store, and pay by credit card and don’t sign up for contract would they charge my card more? and if I give it as a gift to somebody and they unlock it what happens?
 
stealthster said:
If I do manage to find one at the store, and pay by credit card and don’t sign up for contract would they charge my card more? and if I give it as a gift to somebody and they unlock it what happens?
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You don't sign up for the contract in the store since you can do it via iTunes, so that shouldn't change the price.

If you gift it to someone, and they unlock it, how would ATT charge you more for it later?

Don't get your hopes up though; I tried going around to some ATT stores and none of them had the refurbed phones there.
 
Mine arrived with an slight indentation on the corner of the case next to the headphone jack. Not the end of the world, but I decided to call ATT for a replacement and try my luck again.

They are sending another phone out and charging me another $249+tx for the cross-shipment, which is to be refunded when they get the original iPhone returned.

I wonder, is there anything that will be keeping me from keeping BOTH phones? This seems like a way to get more refurbished iPhones for $249 if you have already purchased one.😉
 
jwtseng said:
Mine arrived with an slight indentation on the corner of the case next to the headphone jack. Not the end of the world, but I decided to call ATT for a replacement and try my luck again.

They are sending another phone out and charging me another $249+tx for the cross-shipment, which is to be refunded when they get the original iPhone returned.

I wonder, is there anything that will be keeping me from keeping BOTH phones? This seems like a way to get more refurbished iPhones for $249 if you have already purchased one.😉
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I have to say you suck if you really want to keep both.

People who doesnt really need it is getting and selling it high price in ebay.
Im sad to see the ugly side of human again.
 
hidehide said:
I have to say you suck if you really want to keep both.

People who doesnt really need it is getting and selling it high price in ebay.
Im sad to see the ugly side of human again.
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true im too scared of karma to do something like that haha
 
chadamorrill said:
Well, I wouldn't worry too much. Obviously, other's iPhone are getting their warranties extended, so that shouldn't be a problem. If you don't hear back tomorrow, I might do the process again... or find a number to call. What is it 1800-SOS-APPL?? That's what it used to be anyway. There's no contact info on the email I got back, otherwise I'd give you the ph number/email address. Keep us posted.
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I just got off the phone with apple, and after quite a long time on hold they told me I need to contact ATT and get it re-serialized in order to get the warranty extended. They knew the phone was refurbished without me saying a word about it. Obviously, I'm not going to do that, and just drop the whole thing.

So those of you that got your warranty extended lucked out. Cheers! 🙂
 
4Gig iPhone

I got my for 199+tax,so it worth wait for that price and on top of that my company pay for my phone bill! 😀😀
 
hidehide said:
I have to say you suck if you really want to keep both.

People who doesnt really need it is getting and selling it high price in ebay.
Im sad to see the ugly side of human again.
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I really don't see why people like you feel entitled to lecture to anyone else. I'm just calling things as I see them. Maybe some people find this information more helpful than you do.

In any case, I have contacted ATT again and confirmed things. Normally, if you kept both phones, you would be expected to activate both on a rate plan. And if you didn't, then you would be responsible for the entire nonsubsidized retail price of the phone that wasn't activated. But in the case of iPhone, there are no price subsidies linked with the phone purchase. So BOTH of the phones are purchased no strings attached.

The bottom line here is that ATT does indeed have additional refurbished iPhones available for sale. You just have to be a purchaser of a refurbished iPhone within the previous 14 days.
 
jwtseng said:
The bottom line here is that ATT does indeed have additional refurbished iPhones available for sale.
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Well they don't appear to be online, or in my local area stores.

They probably have some stock for defective phones, but I don't think they have any more left for "sale."
 
ubersalad said:
Who actually "need" it?
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Actually I dropped my old giveaway cell down in the bilge of my boat while I was working on her a couple of days before the iphone deal. I was able to fish it out of there, take it apart, dry it out in the oven and still use it, but the screen wouldn't light up and you could hardly hear with it. Tuesday was my payday and I was going to buy a new cell as soon as I got paid anyway. I was just going to buy another "crap" phone to tide me over because my sister and I have been watching and waiting for the iPhone price to come down to a reasonable level since it first came out. Got her email telling me about the deal right before I got off of work, went right home and ordered it.

Yes, I needed a new phone, and thanks to this deal I didn't have to buy yet another "crap" phone to tide me over till the iPhone price finally came down.
 
jakedaniel said:
Actually I dropped my old giveaway cell down in the bilge of my boat while I was working on her a couple of days before the iphone deal. I was able to fish it out of there, take it apart, dry it out in the oven and still use it, but the screen wouldn't light up and you could hardly hear with it. Tuesday was my payday and I was going to buy a new cell as soon as I got paid anyway. I was just going to buy another "crap" phone to tide me over because my sister and I have been watching and waiting for the iPhone price to come down to a reasonable level since it first came out. Got her email telling me about the deal right before I got off of work, went right home and ordered it.

Yes, I needed a new phone, and thanks to this deal I didn't have to buy yet another "crap" phone to tide me over till the iPhone price finally came down.
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Denied. You don't "need" it, just get the crap phone.
 
Walter MacLovin said:
I was gonna wait until the iPhone 2 comes out in June but $249...I mean, come on!
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Everyone is saying iPhone 2 in June... I'm hopeful to and really hope this is true and that were not all just getting our hopes built up for a September release. That would stink.
 
RqThrottle said:
I just got off the phone with apple, and after quite a long time on hold they told me I need to contact ATT and get it re-serialized in order to get the warranty extended.
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Posting again in case someone has the same issues I had. I ignored Apple's customer support to call AT&T (Apple support was TERRIBLE). I faxed the paperwork again, and 48 hours later the warranty was reset to a full year. If you first don't succeed, try, try again.

Regards,
 
hey guys,

just wanted to let everyone know. the cingular store in Manhattan, ny (46th and Madison) has the refurbished iphones. Just picked mine up for 249!! been a week...so far so good!

btw, do i have to take any extra steps to ensure my one year warrenty with apple? or is it taken care of during the activation and what not...?

thanks
 
ubersalad said:
Denied. You don't "need" it, just get the crap phone.
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Actually, I do need it. I needed it, I bought it, and I LOVE it. I went on ebay the night I bought it and bought a bluetooth earpiece for it for only 60 bucks, never used still in the box!. You should see my iPhone, sitting next to the comp in it's dock, charging up the phone and earpiece at the same time. The feeling I got showing it off to the friends at work who are stuck with "normal" phones was, and is, priceless. Just thinking about it, I'm smiling right now. I wish you knew what it feels like, but you don't. You missed out. You were denied. I know you're upset about it, but maybe you'll have better luck next time, right?
 
woot! got my warranty confirmation earlier today. took less than 36 hours to get everything finalized. now have one until 3-20-09.
 
I'm Lost ... Some please save me.

Everyone is stating they are receiving theirs ... But I cant place an order online.

Can someone please guide me through place an order for the $250 deal. steal.

Thanks
 
llyk3n0other8 said:
I'm Lost ... Some please save me.

Everyone is stating they are receiving theirs ... But I cant place an order online.

Can someone please guide me through place an order for the $250 deal. steal.

Thanks
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it was only a one day deal because they sold out or got back ordered. but keep a look out on att's website as they may come up again.
 
Not really...it'll be the same as first time around. Those that have subscribed to RSS feed of macrumors will be the one buying them all!

*Marcumors, I do accept Paypal for the shameless plug above.
 
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