How to Save Tons of Money When Buying a Cell Phone

Although not mentioned, we found similar deals at our local Best Buy,and they moved everything from old phone to new(they also seemed more interested in assisting with selection).

I found the same with Best Buy!  They were awesome in customer service!  Great Prices also!  They made me a very satisfied customer!  I will return often!

Actually, if you buy from an authorized retailer, you can get help transferring numbers.  Just order the phone from Wirefly, then after it’s activated, walk into the Verizon or Sprint store and ask them to help transfer the numbers.  They’ll still do this for you.  You don’t give up any of your rights as a customer when you order from an authorized retailer.  I’ve purchased my last several phones from Wirefly.com and it’s a piece of cake.

Also Wirefly now has a free app that backs up your contacts.  It’s not quite as easy as having somebody else do it for you but it stores them remotely so it still works even if you switch carriers.

Thanks for the money saving tips, I’ve been in the market for a new cell phone!

If you bail out of your service contract before it ends, you not only owe your provider an ETF, you WILL ALSO owe Wirefly an ETF. Yes, a double ETF! Go look it up.

The “catch” with Wirefly is not such a big deal.  It only applies if you bail on your contract in the FIRST SIX MONTHS.  That’s the way all authorized agents work.  If you cancel within six months, Verizon revokes the agent’s commission.  It’s just Wirefly’s protection against fraud.

There is only 3 mentioned above, but there are actually a lot more of these trade-in websites. Many promise high values for your device, but end up pulling a bait and switch telling you that the device is in worse condition then it actually is. A friend of mine used http://www.tradeinspot.com and was very happy so I decided to try for myself. Just mailed my phone out yesterday, so we will see what happens.