SERO plan
This is a very good plan if you don't mind Sprint service, it's at least $10 cheaper than any competitor.
The good:
$30 a month, plus junk fees and taxes (most likely somewhere around $35 total).
Free phone, no activation fee, free next-day shipping, no rebates on many phones.
500 anytime minutes, free nights/weekends after 7pm.
Free Sprint/Nextel mobile-to-mobile, free roaming, free long distance
UNLIMITED text, web, data, picture mail (Sprint Vision or Power Vision service depending on phone. Can also get Treo's and other data phones with this plan.)
The bad:
2-year contract, $200 early termination fee
No family plans and no extra lines can be added - one line per plan
Decent phone selection but it changes all the time, so keep checking if the one you want isn't there.
Some have been able to add 6pm n/w, 10% loyalty credits, first incoming minute free (FIMF), and other goodies by getting a friendly CSR. Try emailing customer care from your sprint.com account, you might get lucky. You can also get your corporate discount (if any) applied to the plan through ecare but it might take some persistence to get it done since they're not supposed to apply this to a SERO plan. Check for your co's. discount here, but note that not all accounts show up there.
Use 'savings@sprintemi.com' as the email address until they disallow it.
Otherwise, you can enter any valid Sprint email address in the form of 'first.last@sprint.com' to check phones and order, but you need a legit Sprint employee email. Might be better to PM one of the Sprint posters here to get a legit referral.
Also see the huge FW thread, search for SERO in Hot Deals.
Also see the huge SD thread, search for SERO in Deal Talk.
Update 5/24/07: Now includes unlimited text thru 6/30/07! Killer deal!
Update 1/16/08: Looks like unlimited text and 7pm n/w are here to stay. Some have reported that the 'savings@sprintemi.com' address does not work all the time, or they ask you for a real employee email. You can either google '@sprint.com' for addresses to use or visit a store and get a rep's business card (and permission to use).
There are various codes out there that you can enter when ordering to get a $50 statement credit (given as $25 credits over a couple of months). Currently, URANG works but it will eventually expire and be replaced by another. The SD thread usually keeps up with the current working code.
Update 7/13/08: As of 7/11, Sprint is no longer offering the SERO $30 (or $50) plan, so this deal is officially dead. Was a great ride while it lasted...
This thread has become a quagmire of people requesting referrals, begging for referrals, threadcrapping and bragging about the deal they got when Sprint messed up. That is not what this thread is about. It exists to help each other find the best deal and how to avoid problems when dealing with Sprint's customer servce. If this kind of above posting continues, I will lock this thread.
esquared
Anandtech Senior Moderator
This is a very good plan if you don't mind Sprint service, it's at least $10 cheaper than any competitor.
The good:
$30 a month, plus junk fees and taxes (most likely somewhere around $35 total).
Free phone, no activation fee, free next-day shipping, no rebates on many phones.
500 anytime minutes, free nights/weekends after 7pm.
Free Sprint/Nextel mobile-to-mobile, free roaming, free long distance
UNLIMITED text, web, data, picture mail (Sprint Vision or Power Vision service depending on phone. Can also get Treo's and other data phones with this plan.)
The bad:
2-year contract, $200 early termination fee
No family plans and no extra lines can be added - one line per plan
Decent phone selection but it changes all the time, so keep checking if the one you want isn't there.
Some have been able to add 6pm n/w, 10% loyalty credits, first incoming minute free (FIMF), and other goodies by getting a friendly CSR. Try emailing customer care from your sprint.com account, you might get lucky. You can also get your corporate discount (if any) applied to the plan through ecare but it might take some persistence to get it done since they're not supposed to apply this to a SERO plan. Check for your co's. discount here, but note that not all accounts show up there.
Use 'savings@sprintemi.com' as the email address until they disallow it.
Otherwise, you can enter any valid Sprint email address in the form of 'first.last@sprint.com' to check phones and order, but you need a legit Sprint employee email. Might be better to PM one of the Sprint posters here to get a legit referral.
Also see the huge FW thread, search for SERO in Hot Deals.
Also see the huge SD thread, search for SERO in Deal Talk.
Update 5/24/07: Now includes unlimited text thru 6/30/07! Killer deal!
Update 1/16/08: Looks like unlimited text and 7pm n/w are here to stay. Some have reported that the 'savings@sprintemi.com' address does not work all the time, or they ask you for a real employee email. You can either google '@sprint.com' for addresses to use or visit a store and get a rep's business card (and permission to use).
There are various codes out there that you can enter when ordering to get a $50 statement credit (given as $25 credits over a couple of months). Currently, URANG works but it will eventually expire and be replaced by another. The SD thread usually keeps up with the current working code.
Update 7/13/08: As of 7/11, Sprint is no longer offering the SERO $30 (or $50) plan, so this deal is officially dead. Was a great ride while it lasted...
This thread has become a quagmire of people requesting referrals, begging for referrals, threadcrapping and bragging about the deal they got when Sprint messed up. That is not what this thread is about. It exists to help each other find the best deal and how to avoid problems when dealing with Sprint's customer servce. If this kind of above posting continues, I will lock this thread.
esquared
Anandtech Senior Moderator
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