Best Buy selling Hero for $99 Wtf??

[Kevii]

I was one of the ones that bought the Phone through BB.com, called Sprint first to see if I could get a price match but no go. I saw that the price changed to 99.99 on that Sunday( which was two days later) I called BB up and they said sorry but it's not really BB, but a third party and they don't have to price match. I didn't take that for an answer and finally got consumer relations involved. Long story short: BB is sending 80.00 gift card and Sprint is giving me a 50.00 credit for keeping the service. Companies don't want to lose customers and with the recession they are willing to do what it takes to keep them.

LOL THATS RIDICULOUS. Did you tell them that its the best buy ONLINE STORE?

 

[lostdecoy]

I was JUST in Best Buy exchanging my Hero and can confirm this is valid in store for $99.99, not just online. I was shocked at the price, though I got it for that price on a fluke...I was ready to fork over $180 when I originally signed up to Sprint!

 

[kutsushita]

(PS - It said on the BB website that it's an online deal only, but they are also doing it in stores)

two of the stores i went in to over the past few weeks are carrying it in store priced at $99 as well, but you are also right about them honoring the price in stores no matter what the signing says.

 

[K-Rizzle]

What the lady told me was, that if they aren't offering it as a promo in store, Best Buy is a store that always offers price matching. So they will basically price match it to their own website, lol.

The one I went to was offering it in store though.

 

[cajunman4life]

Dude, that's crazy! I (happily) paid full price for the Hero.

Was there anything wrong with my 13 month old BlackBerry Curve? Absolutely not. Which is why it fetched me a decent sum on Ebay to help cover the cost of the Hero.

I paid full price because I was 13 months into my contract (been with Sprint 8 years total). But really, I'm not upset. I love the phone, and I'm able to stomache paying full price for the phone and Android.

My other option was iPhone + AT&T + early termination fee with Sprint. I think in the end I would have ended up paying around the same anyways, and I get to stick with Sprint (which is heaps upon heaps better than AT&T in my opinion).