So i would like to upgrade from my wizard to a tilt. I can get a Refurbished Tilt for $149 through ATT by extending my contract. I was advised to stay away from refurbs by the the local ATT franchise location. I get the feeling like he would rather have my business. So would you say its worth the savings? Im sure a refurb is as free from cosmetic and software/hardware issues as a new phone?
Your suggestions?
Thank you!
Josh
refurbs are fine, i have one, and plenty other ppl here use refurbs, $150 for a tilt?? you cant beat that
They say any device has a high percent chance of breaking in the first 30 days if it is indeed going to break. So when you get the refurb phone you will also get a 30 days????? warranty too. In theory, if it doesnt' break within that time frame then you should be mostly safe with that phone.
150 buck for a kaiser is an excellent deal. Dont miss it.. Don't bother on warranty or whatever, just dont miss the deal if the device looks okay and works just fine.
Regards,
Carty..
You should have bought it last week for free. I got my BRAND NEW tilt when they first came out for 179. The 150 deal for a refurb will only get cheaper. It's not an amazing deal.
ChumleyEX said:
You should have bought it last week for free. I got my BRAND NEW tilt when they first came out for 179. The 150 deal for a refurb will only get cheaper. It's not an amazing deal.
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I looked last week and it was not free. Where did you see it for free? That would be nice.
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So when you get the refurb phone you will also get a 30 days?????
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90 days, which is nice.
Well there was a post on here somewhere and on ATT's site. Of course it was free after rebate and a 2 year contract.
ChumleyEX said:
You should have bought it last week for free. I got my BRAND NEW tilt when they first came out for 179. The 150 deal for a refurb will only get cheaper. It's not an amazing deal.
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Yep, I got mine for free (actually I'm getting a penny back) through Amazon on their April 24th day.
howdy....it was I who posted that AT&T had the free refurb....great deal....actually, I bought a refurb for 199 and got them to credit the money back after I pointed it out....the sales rep didn't even know about it...it was a 2 day event....when I posted it there was 1 day left so hopefully some people saw it....my refurb phone I belive was never touched as it didn't even have a mark on it....such a deal.....
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James
I hate refurbs. I got one yesterday through a warranty replacement and it is scratched up beyond recognition. Granted, the 7201 chip was fast, but other than that, it was disgusting. There is a high possibility someone did something awful to/with it..
VirgilWoods said:
I hate refurbs. I got one yesterday through a warranty replacement and it is scratched up beyond recognition. Granted, the 7201 chip was fast, but other than that, it was disgusting. There is a high possibility someone did something awful to/with it..
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That sounds odd -- refurbs are *supposed* to be "like new". Have you contacted ATT?
I got a refurb for $199 on 2/6/08. Yesterday, the screen wouldn't come on (the green power light and bluetooth light were blinking normally). Did a soft reset. It started to boot normally so I set it down to wait for it to finish. When I picked it back up, it had the same problem. Soft reset again. This time it comes up w/ the boot loader screen.
I didn't want to mess w/ MTTY, so I took it in to the store down the street. They sent me to the warranty center about 10 miles away, and it they replaced it no questions asked. I'm pretty sure I now have another refurb, but that's OK.
I was running the latest stock AT&T ROM w/ some HTC software, but nothing exotic.
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That sounds odd -- refurbs are *supposed* to be "like new". Have you contacted ATT?
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I did, and they overnighted me a new one, which I just got 30 minutes ago.. It's in better condition than my own phone, and I'm anal when it comes to my gadgets!
Refurb Tilt
I'm very happy with my refurbished Tilt. It looks brand new, except for the scratches I caused from drops. I got it for the $150 price with the 2 year contract. It has been unlocked and a HTC rom has been loaded. Its an amazing phone. It has replaced my Moto e680 and my iPod, due to Resco Radio (streaming music over 3G) I've added an 8gb mico sd card, Moto S9 bluetooth stereo headset, and the adapter to charge and audio out to my car stereo through a cassette adapter.
I'm on my second refurbed tilt (the same deal as yours, $149 with the extension of my contract).
My first refurb tilt's screen died and I had to send it back. The weird thing I noticed is that when I received my replacement refurb, it had more plastic protection pieces than my first refurb. I'm not sure what that means, but I've had no issues at all with my second refurb.
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I hate refurbs. I got one yesterday through a warranty replacement and it is scratched up beyond recognition. Granted, the 7201 chip was fast, but other than that, it was disgusting. There is a high possibility someone did something awful to/with it..
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OK im not too sure if it is the same with you guys over in the good ol' US of A but I work for orange and I know that our refurbs are completely new apart from the acutal circuit board. All of the casing, screen, software etc is all put on as new
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I got a refurb for $199 on 2/6/08. Yesterday, the screen wouldn't come on (the green power light and bluetooth light were blinking normally). Did a soft reset. It started to boot normally so I set it down to wait for it to finish. When I picked it back up, it had the same problem. Soft reset again. This time it comes up w/ the boot loader screen.
I didn't want to mess w/ MTTY, so I took it in to the store down the street. They sent me to the warranty center about 10 miles away, and it they replaced it no questions asked. I'm pretty sure I now have another refurb, but that's OK.
I was running the latest stock AT&T ROM w/ some HTC software, but nothing exotic.
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Maybe you should look into the Thread for the Sleep Of Death.
My first refurb AT&T Tilt had a completely screwed up keyboard.. The whole area around the right soft key on the keyboard was raised and it was nearly impossible to type any of the keys nearby and the screen pressed the softkey constantly, waking it up and hitting the right softkey on me randomly.
After much fuss with AT&T to actually order a replacement phone for me (TWO times they supposidly did it but didn't in reality!) the replacement seems to be good.
I'd like to find out if folks have trouble SIM unlocking a refurb phone.
No, I didn't have problems getting the unlock code from AT&T. But the code didn't work. After a lot of fuss AT&T told me to go back to the DSC (Device Support Center) and get another refurb (warranty exchange). Now I'm on my 2nd refurb and got another unlock code from AT&T. The code still doesn't work.
Apparently I followed the instructions to the tee. (FYI, I got my original brand new fully paid for Tilt unlocked following the instructions so I know the drill).
So I'd like to find out if any of you have similar experience in unlocking a refurb. Thanks.
i used to think that refurbs were no big problem, but when my original brand new tilt GPS stopped working warranty sent me a refurb to replace it, long story short it didn't work and neither did the other three they sent me to replace each one before, i even got one with a cracked LCD, i would say go to the att store and get a new one where you know that is has never been touched by anyone stupid and you are gauranteed to get a working phone. my att store credited me the money towards the phone when i told them i could get the same phone on newegg for 150, they charged me 150 and i got a free bluetooth headset with it as well. look around on sites like new egg and when you go into the store tell them that you found the phone cheaper elsewhere and ask why you should buy from them and use your upgrade when you can get the phone cheaper online and use your upgrade with att for something else. 9 times out of 10 they let you have the cheaper price
Maybe I'm just being paranoid but I ordered an Nexus One engraved today morning at around 1am. I wake and I find out that it has been shipped and will arrive tomorrow. Is engraving really that fast (They do mention that it will ship within 72 hours)?
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Maybe I'm just being paranoid but I ordered an Nexus One engraved today morning at around 1am. I wake and I find out that it has been shipped and will arrive tomorrow. Is engraving really that fast (They do mention that it will ship within 72 hours)?
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It should take 1-2 days longer. I would call google.
1) No, it does NOT take 1-2 days longer. They still ship out the same day almost all the time
2) It's because it's not engraved on the back. It's "silk-screened" on (printed on, not engraved in)
I ordered mine on Thursday and got it Monday with the engraving.
Bad news though...even if you have a defective phone and need to return it, its an additional $45 According to HTC anyway. I wanted to send mine back for a replacement (3g issues, of course) but decided it wasnt worth $45 plus shipping plus loosing my customizing over the chance that another would be better. Its really a no-win situation they put you in.
Thanks for the information.
gospeed.racer: I did not know that HTC would charge you a fee to fix/replace a defective phone if it's engraved. That really sucks because the warranty should cover it regardless of it being engraved. I just hope mine does not have any issues.
I am sure if you fought hard enough they would help you, but I was pretty pissed when I was talking to them and they were standing firm. I can understand that the replacement would not be engraved, but the phone was (at that time) less than 24 hours old and had (has) issues. I was very close to calling mastercard and inquiring about a chargeback.
Well... I received mine yesterday and it was engraved. That was quick.
As far as I can see I have not come across any issues. Still messing around with it.
hmm, i dont think that information is correct. i had mine engraved and had it replaced because of dust issues under 14 days and was not charged anything however i was sent a brand new unit and lost my engraving. not to mention. the new unit has the same issue of dust but i can live with it. i miss my engraving though
Same case here......
I ordered my phone ytd nite but when I woke up,I received the "order shipped" email!!
Are they that "efficient"???
I ordered mine engraved but got it normal
Jason_0415 said:
Same case here......
I ordered my phone ytd nite but when I woke up,I received the "order shipped" email!!
Are they that "efficient"???
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As already stated in this thread, yes, that is normal.
This has been posted like 3 different times before. This is normal. I had to return my old T-Mobile nexus one and I didn't get the engraving back, but I personally didn't like it. Now I have an att nexus one and its literally perfect.
I bought a nexus one today from someone locally, and at first I didn't noticed any dust under the screen, but when i got it back to work and looked at it more, i noticed a little bit. The N1 person told me that they wouldn't be able to send me a new one because it had the engraving of the other person that had bought it. So this thread gives me hope that they might just send me a new one!! I really hope they do, haha The screen has a few more dings in it than i noticed when first looking at it. I got it for 400 bucks, tho, so hopefully that was a good deal.
Just got my replacement n7 today. My first n7 had dead pixels and a bad digitizer. The replacement has screen lift and dead pixels so I called Google and they said that I could RMA it and that they needed the cssn number... Apparently the cssn number on my replacement does not "exist" now I have to wait for them to call me back once they get it sorted out *sigh* I just want a working non defective n7 lol. And to top it off I have to put another 250 charge on my card and wait upto 14 business days before I get the other charge lifted.... The hassles of buying online lol
Sent from my Rooted, LazyPanda S-Off, White "Destroy Mode" Evo
Any ideas what to do? I charged it to 100% the other day and 2 hours later it was dead (on standby no use at all) and wouldn't charge. I finally got it to though. I'm going to China for 2 years next Saturday and really can't have issues now!!
This may sound unethical, but it's 2 weeks old and has been in a case and screen protector since the minute I got it. If I bought the same model from Best Buy or other retail store would they look at software serial number? It's brand new condition.
Obviously I would tell them it's defective so it still goes back to the manufacturer. I wouldn't just return it. I'm an Elite Plus member there, so I'm not a shady person, just desperate.
Just return it as defective and buy a new one.
So, managed to drop my new Pixel 5 this morning after never once damaging my Pixel 2XL over the past few years...
Does anyone know of anywhere I can buy an OEM replacement in the UK please? I've seen I can have it repaired for £200 using Google's preferred repair partner, but I'm able to do the work myself so was hoping the screen (and adhesive) would be available from somewhere.
Thanks in advance.
a little bit late.... ok this is sad i feel with you.....
usually i order stuff like phone parts at AliExpress. But i just discovered, that the P5 replacement screen is really expensive :-(
~~150,- Eur - thats really hard.....maybe it is because the P5 is a new phone.