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”Sprint's Samsung Instinct Now Costs $199 After Rebate
We previously heard that the Samsung Instinct was going to be $299 after rebate on Sprint—not too bad a price for what we said was the best Sprint and best Samsung phone ever. Turns out the iPhone 3G's $199 reveal sent Sprint back to their abacuses, which they used diligently to come up with an extra $100 mail-in rebate to equal the playing field with AT&T. The win for Sprint's deal is that current customers can supposedly buy the phone without renewing their two-year contract, which is pretty great for someone who plans on ditching carriers soon. [Phone News]Disappearing $100 iPhone Store Credit: The Solution
Putting aside any complaints about whether or not Apple should have given people that $100 gift certificate, we've been seeing reports of people getting a message that there's $0 balance left on their cards when they go and actually try and use the money. And by reports, we include myself, Jason Chen, because I ran into this problem last night. After reading up on the Apple Support Forums, it seems the solution is to apply for ANOTHER gift card (link), generate a new number, and use that one. We're not sure whether Apple's giving out the same number to multiple people or what, but this seems to work.
The $100 iPhone Rebate: The What and the Why
Steve Jobs and Apple announced the $100 Store Credit "rebate" for all iPhone owners that were eager enough to buy an iPhone when it first came out. The early adopters had enough faith in the company to buy early, even though it cost a good $500/$600. It's a great gesture, in theory, but let's analyze why they did this.
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Breaking: Apple Offering $100 Store Credit For All iPhone Owners
If you purchased an iPhone between June 29 and yesterday, Steve Jobs and Apple have just announced that they're going to give you a $100 store credit rebate for being an early adopter. No details yet on how you'll get your rebate, but it will be posted by next week. Full text of Jobs' open letter after the jump.
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Dealzmodo: TiVo Series 2 Free After Rebate
TiVo must be wanting to clear out its back stock of Series 2 machines, because we haven't see many of these free after rebate deals for a while. From now until September 8 (when the rebate expires), you can your own 80-hour Series 2 for $0 after mail-in rebate. Your service has to be activated by October 8, or else everything gets thrown out the window. [Bargainist]
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Dealzmodo: Toshiba's HD DVD Rebate Gets You HD For $299
Hey dudes, remember that Toshiba HD DVD rebate we told you about last week? The one where you get $100 off any HD-A2? Here's the rebate. More »
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Cingular Offers Blackberry Outage Rebates
Remember that time when your Blackberry didn't work? You know, when that important Glengarry lead emailed you interested in investment services? And when you didn't write back all Hell broke loose. You lost the client, your job, your wife/car/house/lap dog. More »
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