Pretty good deal even for retail prices. 2 new phones for $489 is pretty tempting.

But for how long does the promotion run? Enquiring minds want to know.

Hopefully, this will help clear out defective Tours and hasten the arrival of new batches will less problems.

I am going to wait until most of the bugs have been worked out.

If I buy 2 BB's do they have to be for the same account or would I be able to give one to my brother? How long is this promo going on for?

I was about to snag a couple of 8330's from eBay when I heard about the new BOGO deal. I'm not eligible an upgrade yet, so I called VZW to see if the BOGO deal applied to phones purchased at full retail price without a contract - sadly, it does not.

It seems VZW *never* gives a good deal to the customers they already have. The only thing keeping me with them is the awesomeness of their network.

See here is where the problem lies... Independent retailers get the shaft on this one. Big red kind of throws a bone our way but when it comes down to it the bogo special hurts. It's already tough selling a phone and making a profit when competing with online and telesales but when an entitled consumer comes in and demands a free phone the salesman doesn't exactly get a warm fuzzy feeling...

Also keep in mind that both phones must be on a new or eligible to upgrade line and add the $29.99 a month BB access fee.

199 with a contract???
if no contract it is nice
anybody can help buy a 9630??

I went through the checkout trying to get a tour and a netbook, but it didn't look like it was doing the BOGO? Is that just an in-store part of the promotion?

Just thinking out loud. Could you unlock the second phone and use it on Sprint? My wife has Verizon 8130 and I have a Sprint 8330. She is due an upgrade and I use my for work. Maybe I could upgrade hers and use the second one for me on Sprint?

Thats a good deal that will boost Rim's numbers, although not their profit, and Verizon's number of people with data plans.

I bought my Tour from Best Buy and it has no issues. Very solid battery door, trackball and screen. Made in Mexico.

When I did the BOGO last time they ran it they only required one line to be upgrade eligible, I had no problems with them doing it that way.

BOGO has been running for a couple of months if not longer...at least for me that is. When I got to VZW's site, I see the BOGO mentioned at the top. I went to their site yesterday to print out to bring to store, and it was offered as well. Maybe its my company discount? I called CSR 2 weeks ago and they said its only for eligible upgrades or new activations.

Doh! My girl just bought one a couple of days ago! I think I might have her call her corporate rep and set me up with an account. I've been thinking of switching over to vzw anyway... think they'll offer her the deal? Literally got her tour as a new contract upgrade like 3 or 4 days ago...

so worth it

My blackberry is only 1.5 months old and the girlfriend got hers this week that kind of sucks. We did get 170 combined in mail in rebates but still buy one get one is better.

If your G/F's phone is only a week old then return it and get the BOGO offer if you have another line that is elig. to upgrade that is..

I love when people comment about how VZW never gives there current customers deals just new customers. Like AT&T or T-Mo or any other carrier don't do the same thing. Hell my Directv service does the same thing. Get over it that's the way of the world. If you were elig. to upgrade 2 lines then that offer would apply to you as well.

mine isn't even a week old. I want my free one! "I'm Baaa-ack"

just checked and nothing on their website.

Ok I gave in. Upgraded from our Pearls to 2 tours!! Trackballs work on both, my son's battery door is a little loose but he threw a case on and is rocking his.Setting them up as we speak.

I did the upgrade after seeing this and I called the store near me and wanted to see if I could get this deal there instead of ordering online...YES but they gave me a better deal it ended up being $150 for 2 BB tours

First you need to have 2 lines that are eligible for a 2 year upgrade, and have to be the same account, if they are billed separately but under the same name they will do it but they act like they are doing u a big favor.

So one account gets billed $250 for the phone and the other gets billed $100 and then you get a $100 dollar rebate for each phone, Now the cost b4 taxes is $350 minus $200 for the rebate and $150 is what I will pay for both phones.

Online I almost placed the order for $199 so im glad I waited, The rebates wont take long I have done it many times and they are pretty fast at turning the checks around

and i think I like the tour better than my storm

Read this post and went to my local VZW corp store and asked if I was able to get the netbook for free if I purchased the Tour and they said yep...So I walked out with a new tour and free netbook. Of course I had to sign up for a data plan on the netbook. But worth it I think.

It is precisely that offer which got me to jump. Because the Tour is priced *higher* than a Storm, when Mom snags her Tour later this month, I get a new Storm out of the deal. (It helps that I actually *prefer* the Storm to the Tour.)

I just bought two BB Tour (buy 1 get one free) fo 249.00.
After $100.00 rebate it will be $149.00
The problem with this deal is that they charged me taxes on the 'RETAIL' price for both phones...which added an addtl $100, opposed to $50.00 if the taxes were on the sale price.
Is that right? If they advertise a sale price...shouldn't I only pay taxes on THAT price?