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| Swapping Cell Phones to Save Money |
Submitted by:
anonymous 01/05/2009 4:29 PM
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 Bob Tedeschi of the New York Times has an interesting article on getting yourself free from your wireless contract. He highlights two websites, Celltradeusa.com and Cellswapper.com, that make it easy for consumers to get out of their wireless contracts by getting someone to take over the remainder of their contract.
"It's a little-known fact that cellphone carriers will let you swap contracts with another person, no matter whether you have one month or two years remaining on your commitment. They just will not help you do the hard work of finding someone who actually wants your contract and the vintage flip phone that came with it."
So why would someone want to take over a wireless contract? Because consumers who take over someone else's wireless contract can avoid paying activation fees and pick-up, often for free, recent cell phone models like blackberry's and KRZRs. For those contracts offering older cell phone models the person soliciting the swap often sweetens the deal by offering a cash incentive, say an extra $50 for taking over the contract.
I was unaware you could take over someone's wireless contract until I read this article and I will definitely look at this option the next time I'm in the market. The article also highlights one recent policy change by carriers that makes it even easier to take over someone else's contract:
"The major carriers have changed their transfer policies so that if you take on another person’s contract, you need not take on its exact terms. The duration of the contract remains, but if, say, you end up with a $100 monthly family plan with four lines, you can change that to a $40-a-month individual plan."
The article is packed with more details on swapping cell phone contracts. Check it out at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/01/technology/personaltech/01smart.html
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