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Does anyone have unlimited text messaging for free?
If so how did you get it? Do you know the code I can call in and get it? Is it a charge and then a credit or free all together?
x3d33x
08-17-2005, 09:26 AM
I don't believe you can get it for free, atleast not if you don't have a bill well over $100.
I just tried to get it with no luck.. but I really need it so I'm forced to pay for it now.
fl00d_pr0z
08-17-2005, 09:45 AM
I have it for free, it was offered to me when I called a few weeks ago. It's a 0.00 charge on my account for me.
JRider
08-17-2005, 09:48 AM
People who are grandfathered in with older Vision plans also receive it free. I signed up for Vision before Sprint had true SMS, so I am grandfathered to receive unlimited texting with my Vision.
Dale
08-17-2005, 10:01 AM
I have it for free, it was offered to me when I called a few weeks ago. It's a 0.00 charge on my account for me.
Really? That's awesome! What did you do to get it for free? Ask a CSR out???
x3d33x
08-17-2005, 10:05 AM
I have it for free, it was offered to me when I called a few weeks ago. It's a 0.00 charge on my account for me.
You sure it wasn't just for a month or two? It was offered to me last month but it expired after a month.
fl00d_pr0z
08-17-2005, 10:22 AM
LoL No, I didn't have to ask the CSR out. I had called to ask a question, and after she answered it she said that she could add unlimited texts to my account for free. I asked if it was the one month trial thing they were doing and she said no. I E-mailed them also, and they confirmed it is free for the whole time I'm with Sprint. I just got lucky :D
fl00d_pr0z
08-17-2005, 10:25 AM
thepartydj: Others have said that they once gave out their phone number for another user/person to use to show that a code is valid or for whatever reason and their account got really screwed up. So for that reason, I won't do it. Sorry
a_c_s
08-17-2005, 10:49 AM
I have it free also but it was grandfathered on all the lines per my old vision plan...other than a poster in this thread, I have never heard of anyone getting it for free that was not entitled to it per an old plan, and even many of them only get 100 texts a month...most reps will tell you the code does not even exist anymore...while it apparently does, it is probably hard to find and apply...unless you are on a high end plan, you are going to have a difficult time convincing a rep to hook you up unless you get really lucky like Flood...
Dale
08-17-2005, 11:01 AM
Ya. I was even willing to sign a 2-year agreement for free SMS. The rep that wrote back said noway. Maybe I'll try in December when the contract to my main line expires. By that time, I think the Sprint/Nextel merger/integration thing should be well on its way.
x3d33x
08-17-2005, 11:13 AM
I just upgraded to the unlimited today..and found out I was only being charged $2.50 for the 100 plan! *** (I just got the 100 plan last month so it should have been $5).
Weird... now I'm a little upset I switched.
Sprint:
"I have gone ahead and added the $10.00 Unlimited Text Messaging option
to your plan. I have also removed the $2.50 Text Messaging option from
your plan."
fl00d_pr0z
08-17-2005, 11:28 AM
The 2.50 might have just been your prorated rate.
Repro
08-17-2005, 11:30 AM
I was on the free vision/sms trial and called to cancel. I was offered the Pictures Pack (usually $15) for $10 and then that also allowed the CSR to add unlimited sms for $5.
The CSR said that the $10 Pictures Pack had everything the multimedia pack had except Sprint TV. She did say that I would not have the $5 download credit, but from reading other posts I am not sure if that is correct.
I even had it verified with eCare and the only difference between that and the Multimedia Pack I had on my month trial would be Sprint TV.
Along with the main phone having the Pictures Pack for $10 and unlimited sms for $5, my add a phone now has the Pictures Pack for $5 and the unlimited sms for $5
x3d33x
08-17-2005, 11:31 AM
The 2.50 might have just been your prorated rate.
Hmm yeah now that I think about it I was probably still on the free one month trial for the first half of the month.
PSkinny121
08-17-2005, 11:52 AM
I'm also grandfathered in with old Vision. Too bad my phone doesn't send SMS messages!
mradlauer
08-17-2005, 11:55 AM
I have the old $5 unlimited text...I dont mind paying for it since I use about 2000 a month. I just added my girlfriend to my line and got her unlimted text for $2.50!! I was pretty happy about that, I thought I was gonna have to pay full price for vision and text, but they gave it to me for half off.
Repro
08-17-2005, 12:20 PM
I hope you did get it 1/2 off. Before I finally got it for $5 on both phones, I was told that it was $2.50 on both phones. Found out they did that by making it 100 sms on each phone. :(
mradlauer
08-17-2005, 01:11 PM
oh ya, I made sure!! in fact I was canceling the MM pack and going back to just the pictures pack, then adding pictures to my new phone. The rep said that since I canceled the MM pack that I got just 2 weeeks ago that they would be charging me $10 and $5 respectively for text...I told her NO that I had always paid $5 for it and there was no reason to change it otherwise...she typed loudly for a few then said that it would be $5 and $2.50. Overall I was satisfied...
My GF was on t-mobile before and was paying over $70 a month for everything, now we share and our total bill is just over $100. I really did it to save her some money.
EeZeEpEe
08-17-2005, 04:59 PM
I was on the free vision/sms trial and called to cancel. I was offered the Pictures Pack (usually $15) for $10 and then that also allowed the CSR to add unlimited sms for $5.
The CSR said that the $10 Pictures Pack had everything the multimedia pack had except Sprint TV. She did say that I would not have the $5 download credit, but from reading other posts I am not sure if that is correct.
I have the same thing and I don't have the $5 credit anymore. I noticed when I purchased a game that it didn't get credited so I emailed them and they said that I no longer had the $5 credit. Funny because before they offered me Vision Picture Pack for $10, I was asking if I could get it at that price and was willing to lose the $5 credit but they said there was no way to do that. Now that I got it for $10 it would've been nice if they told me that...lol.
zeitgeist
08-17-2005, 05:20 PM
People who are grandfathered in with older Vision plans also receive it free. I signed up for Vision before Sprint had true SMS, so I am grandfathered to receive unlimited texting with my Vision.
Me too.
CSWORKER
08-17-2005, 07:18 PM
The 2.50 might have just been your prorated rate.
no its now 2.50
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