Price Change?

DroidAbuser · Jun 18, 2012

Anyone notice the price change of the Maxx? Was 199 which I thought was going to be the new permanent price due to the HD coming out but now back up to 299? What's up with that?

Also regular Razr back up to 199 instead of 99.

Thoughts on why the price went back up?

tdperry · Jun 19, 2012

DroidAbuser said:
Anyone notice the price change of the Maxx? Was 199 which I thought was going to be the new permanent price due to the HD coming out but now back up to 299? What's up with that?

Also regular Razr back up to 199 instead of 99.

Thoughts on why the price went back up?

One thing I noticed when I went in the local store is that it is now shipping with a 32GB card. Guess that raised the price of the MAXX by a cool c note. :rolleyes:

Didn't pay much attention to the RAZR as I wasn't interested in the smaller battery it has.

rjglenn · Jun 19, 2012

It was on sale and the flyer I saw said that the sale would end on June 17.

Old Man · Jun 19, 2012

rjglenn said:
It was on sale and the flyer I saw said that the sale would end on June 17.

It was a "Dads and Grads" sale, although the MAXX price had dropped to $199.99 before that sale began. And VZW is currently showing the Razr MAXX as $299.99 with a pre-installed 16GB card, so the price going back up is apparently not due to it coming with a larger 32GB card.

I wonder if having no newer phones to offer before the 6/28 plan changes other than the Galaxy S3 pre-order is a factor. It may be simple supply and demand economics, they see a large demand for new 4G phones before the plan changes go into effect and the MAXX is what they can supply, so its price goes up.

rfalso · Jun 19, 2012

Motorola's web site still has it at $199

juny20 · Jun 19, 2012

And, demand is still high on the phone. Supply and demand...

Droid RAZR MAXX sales: iPhone 4S no longer king at Verizon

jazz1266 · Jun 19, 2012

rfalso said:
Motorola's web site still has it at $199

Anyone know will Verizon price match Motorola's web site?

vr4 · Jun 19, 2012

the link to purchase from motos site takes you to verizon with a price of 199

j13smiley · Jun 19, 2012

wtf???

so if the inc 4g does not release this week (i'm not feeling very lucky right now) i was going to order a maxx on friday... now they raise the price $100. thanks verizon... :rolleyes:

DroidAbuser · Jun 19, 2012

jazz1266 said:
Anyone know will Verizon price match Motorola's web site?

Not likely. I called today to see if they would match Amazon's price of 199 and they said no (even spoke to manager). Only thing I was able to swing was getting the 30 dollar upgrade fee credited. So I ordered from Amazon.....F' VZ !

vr4 said:
the link to purchase from motos site takes you to verizon with a price of 199

Not sure what was going on earlier but I just walked all the way through the purchase process and it stayed on Moto's website the entire time up to checkout? And the price was not 199 it was 299?

Maybe they changed it.......not sure?

jazz1266 · Jun 20, 2012

I ordered the Maxx yesterday morning from Verizon for $299.00. Called back in the afternoon and ask for price match to Motorola's price of $199.00. To my surprise they gave me a $100.00 credit.

j13smiley · Jun 20, 2012

it appears amazon now has it for $99.... i'll just order it there i guess...
Amazon.com: Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX 4G Android Phone, Black 32GB (Verizon Wireless): Cell Phones & Accessories

Old Man · Jun 20, 2012

j13smiley said:
it appears amazon now has it for $99.... i'll just order it there i guess...
Amazon.com: Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX 4G Android Phone, Black 32GB (Verizon Wireless): Cell Phones & Accessories

Look at that carefully, it's apparently $99.99 with a two year contract for a new account or with an added line on an existing family account, however it is $199.99 as a qualified upgrade with a 2 year contract extension (although still better than $299.99) and $649.99 as a replacement with no contract changes.

I also think the 32GB reference is throwing some people since it seems to be referring to the total of the 16GB internal memory and supplied 16GB SD card rather than to it coming with a 32GB SD card.

j13smiley · Jun 20, 2012

Old Man said:
Look at that carefully, it's apparently $99.99 with a two year contract for a new account or with an added line on an existing family account, however it is $199.99 as a qualified upgrade with a 2 year contract extension (although still better than $299.99) and $649.99 as a replacement with no contract changes.

I also think the 32GB reference is throwing some people since it seems to be referring to the total of the 16GB internal memory and supplied 16GB SD card rather than to it coming with a 32GB SD card.

agreed...

i also have all my phones on a business plan so it doesn't help me anyway.

rfalso · Jun 21, 2012

Motorola site is back up to $299. Maybe I'll hold off and wait for the Razr HD.

jazz1266 · Jun 21, 2012

rfalso said:
Motorola site is back up to $299. Maybe I'll hold off and wait for the Razr HD.

There's always Amazon

boatman · Jun 21, 2012

Unless my old eyes and brain are failing me, last week when I was looking to upgrade, the razrmax was $199.

yesterday when i went to pull the trigger, it is now $299.

Was it really 199 last week, and now its 299?

j13smiley · Jun 21, 2012

yes, went up on Monday... there are threads in the maxx forum...

boatman · Jun 21, 2012

thanks. sorry for not lookin in the maxx forum on this. will check it out.

boatman · Jun 21, 2012

was looking at doing an upgrade with this prior to 28th and was stunned to see that while I was contemplating between this and the s3 the price jumped $100...

any ramifications on buying from amazon. I have never done an upgrade outside of vzw

vr4 · Jun 25, 2012

Just called vzw and they wouldn't price match with Amazon. Going to try again in a couple hours and if no go either buy from Amazon or Costco

boatman · Jun 25, 2012

don't waste your time calling vzw. they do not price match this. nor can they give a credit for this amount ($100). I tried, so did others. Newegg, amazon, etc. are large purchasers of the phones, and can do what they want. vzw reps don't have authorization to over ride.

marvinrock · Jun 26, 2012

I just upgraded to the MAXX Sunday from Amazon at $239, the awesome thing about Amazon, is if any "authorized retailers" drop the price on it within 14 days of it shipping, they will refund you the cost! So I'm watching like a hawk for 4th of july sales.

Authorized retailers below -
AT&T
Best Buy
Car Toys
Costco
LetsTalk
RadioShack Wireless
Sprint
Target
T-Mobile
Verizon Wireless
Walmart
Wirefly

infg37 · Jun 26, 2012

i bought my MAXX during the Father's Day Special...it was my gift to myself lol...i paid $280 ($199 for the phone, $37 for the outter box (which i took back cuz i didnt like the feel and got a hard silicone cover) and $30 for the upgrade fee (which is lame)

marvinrock · Jun 28, 2012

marvinrock said:
I just upgraded to the MAXX Sunday from Amazon at $239, the awesome thing about Amazon, is if any "authorized retailers" drop the price on it within 14 days of it shipping, they will refund you the cost! So I'm watching like a hawk for 4th of july sales.

Authorized retailers below -
AT&T
Best Buy
Car Toys
Costco
LetsTalk
RadioShack Wireless
Sprint
Target
T-Mobile
Verizon Wireless
Walmart
Wirefly

Currently Costco has the upgrade price back at $199 and Amazon will refund you the $30 if you paid extra. Just give them a call at 1-877-429-8502 (seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Central Time) and tell them your order number, and that Costco has it for $199 upgrade price, and boom, $30 refund (use that for the stupid activation fee!)

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