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Downside to purchasing through Wirefly?

How does someone on a family plan go about upgrading a line on wirefly, though? I don't want it to mess with my plan or discounts or anything of the sort, and whenever I select that I'm on a family plan it requires me to order at least 2 phones.

Also: Would next day shipping get it to me on Saturday, or would it most likely be Monday? I'm on the west coast, Washington.
 
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How does someone on a family plan go about upgrading a line on wirefly, though? I don't want it to mess with my plan or discounts or anything of the sort, and whenever I select that I'm on a family plan it requires me to order at least 2 phones.
See above. Click RENEW/UPGRADE MY CONTRACT. Click SEE ALL PLANS. Select the first option "Everything Data Family - Add-on Line Upgrade." That's your family plan secondary line.

Note that if you currently have a non-smartphone family plan line that costs $9.99/mo., your monthly rate is going to go up with the EVO. For the EVO, Sprint requires the $19.99 Everything Data plus a $10 Premium 4G data feature (that's on the next page).
 
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I had heard that rumor, but the lowest I ever saw it on Amazon was for $149, which it currently is.

Who knows, I just figure it is worth saving about a $100 and waiting a day by going through Wirefly versus Best Buy or Sprint or Radio Shack.

With all the whining and crying from everyone about the $10 a month surcharge on plans for the EVO, I would think people would be doing flips to save 10 MONTHS OF SPRINT RIPOFF! :D :rolleyes:

it wasn't a rumor. it was $99 flat. i saw that deal as well. it quickly went up, though. within the same day...
 
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And I tried doing the family plan contract extension, but that requires me to upgrade two lines. I only want to upgrade one of the lines on my family plan.
I followed his instructions above and don't even have a Sprint valid number. When I got to the checkout page it had 2 phones in my basket(maybe because I had already did a pseudo order to check the price), but I just deleted the second phone and ended up with the one EVO with the family contract extension. I made it to the final checkout page without any issues.
 
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I am really tempted to bite the bullet and add 5 lines through Wirefly but I was talking to a Sprint rep today and he claimed that when I bought from Sprint my employee discount is applied instantly while if I try to add it to my account if I bought from somewhere else (WireFly, Radio Shack, Best Buy, ect) that it could take 2-3 months to be applied and they wouldn't apply retroactively. I was wondering if this was true as this would be a huge bummer if he is correct.
 
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