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05-31-2011, 10:11 AM
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| WIND Refurbished $1 BlackBerry 9700 June 3rd
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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
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 $40 per month or more.”
| source: http://forums.redflagdeals.com/merge...-only-1044378/ http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/05/31/wi...00-for-a-buck/ | 
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05-31-2011, 10:18 AM
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How many of those do they have I wonder.
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05-31-2011, 10:34 AM
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i dont mind paying 100$ for a bold.
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05-31-2011, 11:09 AM
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Am I able to use the phone on Rogers? IIRC, I can only get EDGE?
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05-31-2011, 11:28 AM
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is this at all every location or certain ones?
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05-31-2011, 11:38 AM
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seems like its only available in the yaletown location http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122760617806916 | |
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05-31-2011, 11:39 AM
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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
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05-31-2011, 11:43 AM
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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
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05-31-2011, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Gh0stRider 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!)
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05-31-2011, 11:59 AM
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#10 | | The Lone Wanderator
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Originally Posted by Razor Ramon HG 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  | |
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05-31-2011, 12:02 PM
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#11 | | The Lone Wanderator
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Originally Posted by RC0310_EJ 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.
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05-31-2011, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Graeme S All blackberries have quadband 2G. So yes. I will be there early on Saturday morning to get one | Friday, June 3 · 9:00am - 9:00pm
WIND Mobile, Yaletown
116 Davie Street
Don't go on Saturday
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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!
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05-31-2011, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Form>Function 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
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05-31-2011, 12:44 PM
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still cheap with 3 month warranty
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05-31-2011, 06:19 PM
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#15 | | The Lone Wanderator
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Originally Posted by RC0310_EJ Friday, June 3 · 9:00am - 9:00pm
WIND Mobile, Yaletown
116 Davie Street
Don't go on Saturday
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.
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05-31-2011, 07:11 PM
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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!
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06-01-2011, 05:50 AM
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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
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06-01-2011, 09:23 AM
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these phones arent "locked"?
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06-01-2011, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by AutozamAZ-3 these phones arent "locked"? | they should be, but it's very easy to unlock
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06-01-2011, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by RC0310_EJ 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?
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06-01-2011, 09:33 AM
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maybe ths is a chance for me to get a berry
can wind do BBM/email only lines?
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06-01-2011, 12:16 PM
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is it yaletown store only
or can i goto aberdeen or richmond center as well?
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06-01-2011, 12:26 PM
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06-01-2011, 12:31 PM
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