Cingular offering $150 discount on iPhone

[buymeaniphone]

Looks like Cingular might be marking down the price of the iPhone after all. This "glitch" showed up on this guys receipt when he traded in his Sprint BlackBerry 8703e for a Cingular BlackBerry Pearl. It's either a good fake or a pleasant surprise. check out the whole story here

 

[Allotriophagy]

I'm still not buying you one.

 

[yippy]

Fake, the math doesn't work. That receipt says he only paid $200 after savings. A $150 savings would then mean that the total cost was $350, which is way lower than what has been officially said by Apple.

 

[MacBoobsPro]

It looks like some sort of advert. Showing if and when you bought an iPhone you would be able to save $150 on a certain part of the deal. Because he bought a Blackberry they think he is most likely to want an iPhone when it comes out and so are trying to entice him.

 

[yg17]

And no matter how cheap it is, it's still not worth it. Everything could be free and I still wouldn't switch because Cingular is that bad

 

[roland.g]

Off topic. I'm sure you could raise the money for your iPhone quicker by some other means in less time than it took you to set up your site, paypal, etc.

P.S. I didn't donate.

Do yourself a favor, spend your iPhone money on your wife and/or kids instead.

 

[buymeaniphone]

I'm sure you could raise the money for your iPhone quicker by some other means in less time than it took you to set up your site, paypal, etc.

I'm open to suggestions.
I'm not as hard core as you think, this is just a fun experiment more than anything.

 

[Tourist]

Savings vs Discount

If it is legit, I would caution with the use of the word "Discount", firms like to use savings when they are comparing to something they wouldn't have sold you anyway,

The way I read it, the "savings" will be on the cingular (ATT) service, $150/24 months = $6.25 a month off whatever plan they intend to offer the iPhone on.

 

[MattyMac]

Fake or not...I hope they have some kind of a discout and I'm sure they will. Whether on the iPhone or the service plan itself, it doesn't matter to me.

 

[glassx]

the reciept is real, i just received a phone for my birthday from my mom and the reciept has the $150 iphone discount listed

 

[Stadsport]

Fake, the math doesn't work. That receipt says he only paid $200 after savings. A $150 savings would then mean that the total cost was $350, which is way lower than what has been officially said by Apple.

Uh, read the post. He didn't buy an iPhone, he bought a Blackberry, and the $150 iPhone discount appeared on his receipt by mistake.

 

[CEAbiscuit]

Fake, the math doesn't work. That receipt says he only paid $200 after savings. A $150 savings would then mean that the total cost was $350, which is way lower than what has been officially said by Apple.

And since when does math and logic apply when it comes to cell phones, carriers and the purchase price of the device?

 

[gkarris]

Womm

I just read an article in EGM about Word Of Mouth Marketing.

That's what's happening here...

It's an ad for the iPhone from Cingular. Then, it ends up being discussed all over the internet.

Free advertising for Apple and Cingular...

 

[alec]

If you really want one, you should just go down to the corner and offer 10 dollar tug jobs.