Amazon Dumping BlackBerrys For Fifty Bucks
By Kevin Hill | 21 Jun 2007 23:06 | 3 comments

at and t curveI love Amazon for their books and, increasingly, everything else it seems. The latest Amazon deal is a BlackBerry Curve. Depending on different reports if you take the Curve off Amazon’s hands and sign up with an AT&T service plan you’ll either pay $49.00 or Amazon will pay you $25 when all the rebates are factored in.

Not a bad deal considering we Canadians pay like $350.00 for one. Although that said a buddy of mine walked into a Rogers dealership said he had been with them for a few years and was thinking of an iphone and ta-da they sold him a brand new Curve for $125. Nice, who wouldn’t get one for that price?

Amazon has done this before with BlackBerrys however, usually not so close to the launch of a device. There is speculation that Amazon want to unload their Berry stock before the iPhone turns up, even though Amazon have no plans to sell the little apple phone.

AT&T and Apple are about to start marketing the iPhone probably unlike any phone ever that has come before it and there is a fear that the Curve will get lost in the onslaught.

AT&T still lists the BlackBerry Curve on their site for $200 with a two year plan. But then a lot of people are going to ask why not go with the iPhone if you are on AT&T? Verizon’s superior 3G network would be a better alternative to those who want to resist the iPhone and stick with the curve.

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By: CarBob | Date: Fri, 06/22/2007 - 23:36

Just thought I'd mention that CNN are showing commercials for the BB Curve AND for the i-phone.

CarBob

By: ahndymac | Date: Thu, 06/28/2007 - 18:09

Google "Confessions of cingular sales rep" and Confessions of a Verizon Sales rep and read the entries. Basically tells you what the comp plan is for their sales reps - and how to get big discounts. I would bet that a lot of the Rogers schemes are the same and that you could negotiate it better. . . good luck.

By: TheatreHound | Date: Wed, 07/04/2007 - 03:00

.01 cent with a 75 dollar rebate Final -75 dollars (they paid me)

 
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