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RC0310_EJ 05-31-2011 10:11 AM
WIND Refurbished $1 BlackBerry 9700 June 3rd
 
Quote:
WIND celebrates Vancouver anniversary by selling “lightly loved” Bold 9700 for a buck
By Kate O'Brien on May 31, 2011 at 12:32pm in Mobile News


http://mobilesyrup.com/wp-content/up...bile-store.jpg

WIND Mobile officially kicked the doors open in Vancouver a year ago and today they announced they’ll be celebrating by selling a “lightly loved” BlackBerry 9700’s for only $1. Good deal for a refurbished Berry. The WIND fine print states that these “Lightly Loved” phones have been slightly refurbished by the manufacturer and carry a 90-day exchange policy”. This is specific to Vancouver WIND locations and is only on this Friday (June 3rd). WIND states that “All proceeds from the $1 phones will be donated to the Vancouver Covenant House.”

Update: We reached out to WIND for a bit more clarification on the this offer, specifically the monthly plan needed. They stated that “All people need to do is prepay two months of plan fees when activating a named account with a monthly fee of $40 per month or more.”
source: http://forums.redflagdeals.com/merge...-only-1044378/

http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/05/31/wi...00-for-a-buck/

flagella 05-31-2011 10:18 AM
How many of those do they have I wonder.

Vale46Rossi 05-31-2011 10:34 AM
i dont mind paying 100$ for a bold.

Razor Ramon HG 05-31-2011 11:09 AM
Am I able to use the phone on Rogers? IIRC, I can only get EDGE?

FerrariEnzo 05-31-2011 11:28 AM
is this at all every location or certain ones?

Sw0op 05-31-2011 11:38 AM
seems like its only available in the yaletown location

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122760617806916

RC0310_EJ 05-31-2011 11:39 AM
Rogers/Fido- Band 1,2,5/6 (2100/1900/850/800 MHz).

WIND - Bands 1,4,8 (2100/1700/900 MHz)

Edge on Rogers/FIDO, AWS on Wind/Mobilicity

Gh0stRider 05-31-2011 11:43 AM
blah...“All people need to do is prepay two months of plan fees when activating a named account with a monthly fee of $40 per month or more.”

so $81 +tax

RacingMetro92 05-31-2011 11:45 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gh0stRider (Post 7454538)
blah...“All people need to do is prepay two months of plan fees when activating a named account with a monthly fee of $40 per month or more.”

so $81 +tax
For a Bold that isn't so bad isnt it? Also, would you be able to use a sim card in this or is it CDMA (Wind users chime in please!)

Graeme S 05-31-2011 11:59 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Razor Ramon HG (Post 7454495)
Am I able to use the phone on Rogers? IIRC, I can only get EDGE?
All blackberries have quadband 2G. So yes. I will be there early on Saturday morning to get one :D

Graeme S 05-31-2011 12:02 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by RC0310_EJ (Post 7454533)
Rogers/Fido- Band 1,2,5/6 (2100/1900/850/800 MHz).

WIND - Bands 1,4,8 (2100/1700/900 MHz)
True only for 3G. For 2G, you're all good to go with Fidogers. Bellus, you're out of luck.

RC0310_EJ 05-31-2011 12:14 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Graeme S (Post 7454561)
All blackberries have quadband 2G. So yes. I will be there early on Saturday morning to get one :D

Friday, June 3 · 9:00am - 9:00pm

WIND Mobile, Yaletown
116 Davie Street

Don't go on Saturday :D

edit*: nevermind.. I think this deal is good for 1 month long!

Quote:
Come for the $1 hot dogs and stay for our BIG announcement of $1 deals all month long across participating WIND locations in and around Vancouver!

ruthless 05-31-2011 12:22 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Form>Function (Post 7454540)
For a Bold that isn't so bad isnt it? Also, would you be able to use a sim card in this or is it CDMA (Wind users chime in please!)
Wind phones use SIM cards

Gh0stRider 05-31-2011 12:44 PM
still cheap with 3 month warranty

Graeme S 05-31-2011 06:19 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by RC0310_EJ (Post 7454579)
Friday, June 3 · 9:00am - 9:00pm

WIND Mobile, Yaletown
116 Davie Street

Don't go on Saturday :D

edit*: nevermind.. I think this deal is good for 1 month long!
Yeah, my bad. Friday.

Also: this deal isn't going on for the whole month, they have $1 deals going on all month, so that means they'll be cycling through a lot of different promos to attract people.


I'm getting one so that I can get a cheap new phone that I can use on 2G with Rogers once I'm done the Wind time, and who knows....I might just give the number to my mom once I'm done; she's in the market for a new phone anyways. If it works out, they just got themselves another subscriber.

Simplex123 05-31-2011 07:11 PM
Wow this is a great strategy. Killing three birds with one stone. Pulling in customers by giving them a cheap phone, emptying out their inventory of refurbished/older phones and also allowing people to test the quality of their network.
Wonder how long it'll take them to sell out though.. Hopefully they'll last till lunch time!

FerrariEnzo 06-01-2011 05:50 AM
hmm.. it says "BIG announcement of $1 deals all month long across participating WIND locations in and around Vancouver!" but its only 1 location.. haha soo stupid

AutozamAZ-3 06-01-2011 09:23 AM
these phones arent "locked"?

RC0310_EJ 06-01-2011 09:26 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by AutozamAZ-3 (Post 7455749)
these phones arent "locked"?
they should be, but it's very easy to unlock

AutozamAZ-3 06-01-2011 09:31 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by RC0310_EJ (Post 7455753)
they should be, but it's very easy to unlock
is there a way of unlocking at home without the use of special devices or softwares?

Tim Budong 06-01-2011 09:33 AM
maybe ths is a chance for me to get a berry
can wind do BBM/email only lines?

RC0310_EJ 06-01-2011 09:48 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by AutozamAZ-3 (Post 7455761)
is there a way of unlocking at home without the use of special devices or softwares?
http://www.freemyblackberry.com/freecode.html

http://blackberrymep.com

http://www.unlockallcellular.com/bla...e-p-45193.html

Tim Budong 06-01-2011 12:16 PM
is it yaletown store only
or can i goto aberdeen or richmond center as well?

Gh0stRider 06-01-2011 12:26 PM
only at yaletown

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122760617806916

flagella 06-01-2011 12:31 PM
existing customers are not qualified?


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