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Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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SeaborneClink posted:

Plus tax, correct. You'll also want to pick up two feature/dumb phones so you can register those imei's for the 'extra' lines in order to remove the required data features that go along with that process. Not sure if care is still willing/able to provide dummy imei's to do that for you. You could probably find two flip phones for $10/ea at target/best buy/craigslist.

Yea, no more dummy imei's. From the sounds of things either too many "turns out its not connectable" situations or people just deciding to inflate their tablet numbers.

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Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Duckman2008 posted:

While it's likely to be the latter, where did you hear no more dummy IMEIs? And how would ATT handle getting some phones active other wise?

Example: you put the IMEI of a Nexus 4 in the system and it only provisions for 3G feature phones (last I checked). Put random android HSPA+ or LTE IMEI and it works like a charm (for H+ only of course).

Or am I reading what you are saying wrong?

Check fast facts, its nestled away in there, I expect to hear more about it in the coming weeks. From what I've heard a customer will have to have the device with them and you'll have to use that IMEI. Not sure how that'll work for someone who wants to put an iphone on prepaid or something like that. Also I've only done/seen a few Nexus 4s but from what I can tell they activate right to H+.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Duckman2008 posted:

For ATT reps, in case you didn't know (I didn't until yesterday ) HTC is offering the One at $249 for employees, plus a trade in of up to $249 back depending on the phone. Good deal even with out the trade in, the terms say it has to stay on your personal line for 60 days although arguably they can't track it or won't track it.

Oh man, do you know how long thats good for? And where I can find that info to give my manager?

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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I've seen this happen to people from time to time. I'm pretty positive its some kind of firmware issue with the iphone. I even had a guy who's phone stayed connected to cellular data even when we turned it off on his phone. Its really weird.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Really? we haven't even rolled out any home security/connected home stuff in my market. The only thing thats not selling is the HTC First.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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SeaborneClink posted:

and they all drive to the store :smith:

"But I can give you their social!"

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Good news, HSPA+ and LTE phones now have data working on prepaid so that means iphones and others will now work on prepaid. 65 a month for unlimited talk/text and 1GB of data and 50 a month for 250 minutes, unlimited text and 1gb of data.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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OatmealRocks posted:

$65 for 1 GB of data. What a bargain.

Yea, compared to a lot of stuff out there its not. I work in a market where its just Verizon and AT&T, prepaids like Net10 and Straight Talk don't work in a lot of areas around here either. My hope is they'll offer more prepaid/different plans. But if you're someone who doesn't use a lot of data its still cheaper than having a contract plan on your own.

Sticky fucked around with this message at 03:48 on May 25, 2013

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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No its just 250 minutes.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Here are the new changes to prepaid that were announced today:

quote:

$60 per month: unlimited talk and text with 2GB of data, $10 per 1GB additional
$40 per month: 500 minutes, unlimited text with 200MB of data, $5 per 100MB additional
$25 per month: 250 minutes, unlimited text with no data, $5 per 50MB of data additional

Still not amazing compared to some of the other prepaid services out there but its LTE capable. But in my market where there's no Sprint or T-Mobile and Net10/Straight Talk aren't great its gonna clean up. I'm probably going to switch my personal line from contract to this when it becomes cheaper for me to do so.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Generally you need to get an unlock code from the service provider. In this case AT&T. Are you buying the phone on contract or just outright?

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Just a quick note. The ability to match prices is decided on a regional level. So my region does not allow any price matching of any kind. So we can't match att.com or any of the national retailers in our area.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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wwb posted:

I've got a Nexus 4 on AT&T. I do not recieve MMS messages, period. Any idea how to fix this?

Does the Nexus 4 have the actual IMEI thats attached to the account? If not that could be why.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Your state will regulate the ammount of tax you pay on the device. I know in my area you only pay the tax on the subsidized price of the phone.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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blargle posted:

I'm looking at coming to AT&T from Sprint, does the following plan make sense?

450 minutes, 3 GB data, no texting, 20% work discount: $56/mo + taxes

My questions are:

- Should I go to a COR store or order on Amazon.com?
- Is there a way around the activation fee?
- Can I get the refurb HTC One for $10 and sell it immediately to buy another unlocked phone? (Probably Nexus 5 or Moto X GPE)
- If I put my SIM in said unlocked phone, will it get LTE?

It'll be more like $62 with some taxes actually. Your discount will come off your minute plan, not your data.

If your work discount waives your activation fee thats really the only way around it, you can try and call customer care for that kind of thing but if you're only bringing over one line its not likely, but it also depends on the store that you go to, just don't get your hopes up.
You can buy the refurb phone and sell it for another device absolutely but there is no way for you to get that in a store, you'd have to order it through att.com and I don't even know if Amazon deals with them. And on the last one its really going to depend on the phone and the settings within, but I have set up unlocked phones and have had LTE working on them.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Duckman2008 posted:

I actually got a Saturday off, and it looks like o picked the right one. That being said, I haven't noticed anything with data issues all day in Philadelphia.

We had some problems late night/over night here so hopefully it didn't impact much. Last weekend we got hit by a huge storm and had no service at all in the town where I am which made for a fun/exciting sunday.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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myron cope posted:

My sister/brother-in-law have AT&T phones through work. They're looking for a security system and I told them about Digital Life. Can they get it billed separately from the work phones? Since they can't just add it to the phone bill. I literally have no idea how it works. I figured I'd ask here since according to you guys it's the big push right now.

Yes it can be done, just have to create a separate account I think, and for the love of god if they live in upstate new york have them come see me.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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I was at a thing the other day with a bunch of other reps and it does sound like there is some kind of action being taken. Or at least looked at. But who knows.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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I don't have PM's unfortunately, and won't go into more detail in the thread obviously. In other news my Region is being combined with another one and our new VPGM is going to be visiting our atrociously slow and shockingly well kept store Friday.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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gently caress it, PM is more secure unless you're reading them on your COU. Just went platinum, been meaning to do this for a while anyway.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Hey Beefstorm, can you possibly put a spot in the OP or reserved space listing who the reps are/how long with the company/our positions?
like Sticky- RSC with 1+ year with company

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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echobucket posted:

I'm on a mobile share plan (6gb). I have two iPhones on the plan. When I upgraded the phones to iphone 5ses all of the sudden it shows two plans on my AT&T account page. It looks like each of us has 6GB of data. Is this just a weird artifact of the upgrade or is something else going on? My last bill didn't have double charges. It just had the two upgrade fees as extra charges.

Did you order these online, over the phone or in store? Usually its just an artifact in the system because you have to switch from a non LTE data plan to an LTE capable one.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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echobucket posted:

My AT&T account rolled over to a new month and it's still showing like I have 2 mobile share plans. Is this normal?



Uhh. Usually this doesn't happen but whoever did your upgrade at apple hosed up.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Cromlech posted:

I went to go get a new iPhone 5s yesterday at a retail shop using my brother's upgrade (family plan). Of course, they didn't have any in stock. The rep told me that despite being on a family plan, in order to order an iPhone from AT&T, I would need to use my personal upgrade that isn't up in a year and that my only option in regards to using my brother's upgrade would be when the 5s came back in stock at an AT&T store. That sounded really fishy, is that actually how it works?

Technically you can't order a phone and do a cross upgrade with it so the upgrade could still be done but it would be done on your brothers line and you would have to change the phones manually. You could go to a corporate store and have them remove the parked equipment and then activate it to your line. Someone tell me if I'm wrong though.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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echobucket posted:

Is my bill going to be crazy high or did I just end up with 6gb per phone by accident? It would be wrong of me not to say anything if that was the case right ?

More than likely it was not done intentionally. I would call customer care to verify that both phones are on one 6gb plan just to be on the safe side. If they're not then they'll be able to take care of it right there for you.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Duckman2008 posted:

I'm very highly ranked for the year, and was told by the area manager that I shouldn't expect a promotion because I haven't sold digital life lately (not from lack of trying). Thankfully other areas view things slightly differently, but yeah, the focus on specific metrics is crazy.


No, its pretty uniform across the board. The pressure on managers to get these things out the door is insane. We had our first one in a month and a half out the door yesterday and were getting celebratory phone calls from some higher ups.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Home security, at least for me isn't much of a concern but holy gently caress that water shut off package would have saved my dad tons of time and money.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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CharlesM posted:

Hey all. I read the first page and last few pages of the thread but I still have some basic questions.

Can I join my parent's family plan without signing a contract if I bring my own phone or pay full price? I would be porting my number from Sprint. I would like to get a Nokia Lumia 1020. I just don't want to sign a contract and find out halfway in I hate the service or their network starts sucking, etc (Sprint I'm looking at you).

Thanks guys.


Yes to all these things. Just go to a corporate store to do it. Make it clear that you want to buy the phone at retail, the full 500 or 600 dollars and make sure its on zero commitment.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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We have no heat.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Beefstorm posted:

Do I assume you are talking about in your store?

Yes. We also need a new roof.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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The day it happened it was 24 degrees out and about 50 in store. Company got us heaters and brought over zip ups and sweaters in team colors. So they've done a great job taking care of us.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Beefstorm posted:

You need a new roof? What happened to that?

I guess when the contractors hired to replace the roof heating/cooling unit went up to go really take a look at it they discovered a massive pool of water and the roof sagging over the middle part of the store. They can't hoist the roof unit up there with the risk of it collapsing so we need a new roof.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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CharlesM posted:

That's excellent as it's what I plan to do also.
By the way: was there ever actually a red Lumia 1020 for AT&T?

I don't think we ever carried one. I think it may have only been available internationally.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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You should be able to add lines to your family plan still. Unless you have 5 lines already in which case you've hit the limit on lines allowed on that plan.

Online it can be a little confusing sometimes. Go into a store and talk to a rep if need be.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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So we have heat in our store. Roof remains a concern however. We are forecast for a couple feet of snow through the weekend. But business is picking up for the holidays at least.

Sticky fucked around with this message at 05:57 on Dec 12, 2013

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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CharlesM posted:

Alright, I've done the unthinkably stupid and dropped my Lumia 1020 on a concrete floor about two weeks into ownership. :( Is my best option to use my SquareTrade warranty and pay the $70 deductible? Would it be feasible to repair for cheaper?

I would probably do just that. A phone like that is much less common than an iPhone and parts aren't always well stocked by places that fix them (at least at places around here). The option thats probably less of a headache in the long run is to just pay the deductible and be done with it.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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CharlesM posted:

Sorry for the double post, what's the best place to get a cheap phone while I send mine out for repair? Can I get a cheap go phone at retail?

Yea a place like best buy, radio shack or a COR store will have stuff. Nokia Lumia 520 would be a decent option if you want to spend the money.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Duckman2008 posted:

Very nice dude.

I am actually at $8,000 in revenue and am still not tiering out (I'm also way below my 55 new line goal anyway). High goals blow.

For reference to normal people, a normal revenue goal is something like $2500-3000.

Our revenue goal got lowered from 5000 to 4000 and I'm the closest to hitting in the store and I'm 400 dollars away.

Sticky
Jan 1, 2006

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Beefstorm posted:

And the heat is down in my store...of all days.

WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE


edit:

Duckman2008 posted:

Every time ATT makes a step or two forward in public opinion, they knock themselves right back:

http://nyti.ms/JDNYZh

Personal opinion not withstanding I view this as kind of a double edged sword, there are going to be some people who will love this idea because hey free data and there are going to be people who hate the company for it and I think both sides are valid. That being said its probably a Supreme Court case waiting to happen.

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Jan 1, 2006

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Craptacular! posted:

We have old, non-mobile-share plans for two smartphones, one has the 2GB/$20 data plan while my phone still has the legacy "unlimited" plan at $30. We pay overall about $110/mo.

The problem is, I don't actually use anymore than about 1.3gb in any particular month, and there had been a push around here to get me to drop down to something cheaper since we're spending $120 more a year on my phone and not actually getting anything we use for it. Now I see in the OP that 2GB/$20 was dropped even before the old plans were dropped for Mobile Share.

Mobile Share doesn't make any sense for us since it would cost $135-155, and we don't text (I've transitioned to Google Voice for the rare person who insists on communicating like a teenager) and we'd maybe use tether once a year, so that's a no-go.


I guess my only question is if we called a Customer Service tech could we get my phone moved to the same 2/$20 plan we already have active on another phone on the account? We're trying to find some way to cut our bill a little but it looks like any change would just make it larger.

Are in contract? Would it just be easier for you to go to go phone? $60 a month for unlimited talk, text and 2gb?

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