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Make $150 on Sony Ericsson T68i at Amaon

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Just found this unbelievable deal with two rebates of total $450,
T68i phone price $300, Linky

$200 rebate
$250 rebate

I'm not sure if we can use both or not, but from the fine print, both rebates are valid.
$200 MIR is valid from 10/22/2002 to 01/06/2003
$250 MIR is valid from 11/01/2002 to 01/06/2003
$250 rebate is hot enough for T68i, while $450 rebate will make this the hottest EVER!
 
Ja uber! I don;t know what to say except I'm checking this out right now. Just reading your post makes it crazy enough to believe. Checking the sites out now and will provide insight once I analyze this deal further.

EDIT: Unfortuntely I'm sure this won't work, not to get anybody down, but the problem here is that both rebates are nearly identical except for the department they are sent to. Amazon is not dumb and their puters surely track a rebate when it is sent in. Of course if you had to choose between the rebates, use the $250, it's newer and plus 2 rebates sent to the same company rarely works. But was just wondering, this phone kicks butt don't it? Bluetooth baby! need that 😀. Nice try there junior 😉.
 
T-Mobiler had this deal WITHOUT the rebates...so a Ericsson T68i w/ 1 year of service = $50 w/o rebates. Not bad.
 
I called Amazon this morning. CSR didn't know if both rebates work either. He just told me to sent both
and see what happens. I will and cross my fingers.
$250 back is still a steal though.
 
Anyone know why this phone shows up at Amazon but not at the tmobile.com website when I try to select products? Is it tru that tmobile started pulling these phones back since they dont run tzones at all. If I dont plan to get tzones anytime soon, does this phone still seem like a solid buy from amazon?
 
I just ordered the t68i and jabra bluetooth headset from amazon. However, due to the fact that they have two different pages for the t68i, I am getting the phone for FREE, and you can also!.

To sum it up, the page you can order the phone from says you pay $50, and the other page, which says you can have it for free, does not provide the ability to order. However, if you order, then email customer service, they will give the phone to you free. The "free" page was a link off of the jabra bluetooth headset page, which I ordered also.

Here's the letter I sent to amazon customer service after I ordered. Note the url with the free phone.
******************
While ordering the t68i phone, i got a page that said that
the phone was $250, and free after special offers. However, when I
ordered the phone, it was $299, and $50 after special offers. Here
is the page that has the $250 offer - however your system would not
let me order from this page.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006IZBP/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_1/103-2642620-9515838

Can you match the deal described on this page? Thanks.
*********************
Here is their reply.
*************
Greetings from Amazon.com.

My name is Cathy Ceely and I am a member of the Executive Customer
Relations team at the corporate offices here. Your recent e-mail
message to our Customer Service Department was brought to my
attention during a Customer Service quality review.

Thank you for contacting us regarding your order for the Sony
Ericsson T68i Phone (T-Mobile). I'm sorry that you weren't able to
place your order while the phone was available at the special price.

However, as I review this item on our web site, I see that we are
again offering this phone for free, after special offers. Therefore,
we have reduced the price on your order to reflect that price change
on our web site.
****************
 
Good phone, really want it.

Coverage is really patchy, although; I had a motorrola, I live 150 feet from I-10, bad bad reception, sometimes none; get on I-10, it worked great. I cancelled service within 14 days, they even offered me another better phone, a bunch of minutes, and shortened contract to 8 months. No matter how good a deal, it needs to work, then counts.
 
if you guys don't want to wait for such huge rebates (with christmas around the corner and all), best buy had these for $49 after a $50 rebate. just paying $99 out of pocket vs. $300 is something to think about. i was about to get this phone, but ended up with a decent retention plan from sprint and so i stayed with them.
 
Now only if I can find this phone for $50 without service activation....I already have T-mobile, just want to upgrade phones.
 
:disgust:

I got the t68i phone and jabra bluetooth headset from amazon. I have had it for one week and want to report in.

SYNOPSIS:
--------------------
Phone is adequate, bluetooth headset is good but unable to make voice dialing work, tmobile service is awful here in SF Bay Area.

DETAILS:
--------------------
Delivery
I got the phone 4 days after I ordered. However, before they would send it, I had to call Tmobile to confirm details of the plan I chose. The phone came mostly charged and ready to go. The headset was not charged.

The Phone
The plethora of menu items on the phone is a bit staggering, and a host of abbreviations is not cleared up very well by the documentation. However, I was able to get the phone to work with the headset - had to have both sets of instructions open to figure out how to make them talk.

The Headset
In order to answer the phone with the headset, you either press the button on the headset, or say the "magic word" that you set up on the *phone*, which activates the headset. Then you say "answer" or "busy" to send them to voicemail.

There is about a 2 second delay between when you click the headset or say "answer", which is a pain - you have to wait to make sure the other person is actually there before saying "hello." Sound quality on my side has been medium, not perfect, sometimes fuzzy. Sound quality for the person on the other end has been reported as good. Volume is more than adequate, and can go quite loud. Fits comfortably on the ear, but after a couple of hours, it starts to get a little uncomfortable.

Voice Dialing
Supposedly, you are supposed to be able to use the voice dialing from the headset by clicking the button on the headset, then saying "redial" or any of the voicetags you set up on your phone. However, I have not been able to get that to work.

Another interesting thing about voice dialing with the phone alone is, you only have one voice tag per phone entry, so if your entry has both home and mobile numbers, you have to say the person's name (your voicetag), then say "mobile" or "home". However, you have to wait a second before saying "mobile" or "home" - it is two separate voice tags for the phone, not one, so you can't just say "Mom home".

Why I Am Returning the Phone - Tmobile SUCKS
I think, however, that I am going to return the phone because the T-mobile service is so bad. I get decent coverage, though not as strong as with my Cingular account. In my suburban neighborhood, I get absolutely no signal with tmobile. With cingular, i get 1 out of 5 in the street, but none in my house.

With tmobile, I find that almost 50% of the time, the first time I dial a number, I get that very annoying three-tone error sound, followed by "all circuits are busy now, please try again later." Even worse, on my way to work this AM, between 8:30 and 9:00 AM PST, I tried to call the east coast. I got the "curcuits are busy" message the entire time. I dialed about 30 times.

I was warned by a workmate that tmobile leases it's lines, and is last in the priority list, so they often have bandwidth problems. My experience today seems to confirm it.

I am going to return the phone to Amazon, cancel my tmobile (and they better not try to charge me the fee for breaking the contract), and getting the same phone with AT&T or Cingular. Heck, I'll pay $100 for the phone if I have to.
 
Wow, hippiefr33k, great post! For a junior member with only 2 posts, you far exceed many of your peers. 😀 From what I've heard about T-mobile, the company is pretty decent in large cities and in the immediate suburbs that surround them. T-mobile is only using GSM (the technology that European and Asian countries use) right now, and GSM is still relatively new here in the states, so its networks aren't very widespread at this moment. Give it some time though, and it's gonna be great.
 
Originally posted by: hippiefr33k
:disgust:

I got the t68i phone and jabra bluetooth headset from amazon. I have had it for one week and want to report in.

SYNOPSIS:
--------------------
Phone is adequate, bluetooth headset is good but unable to make voice dialing work, tmobile service is awful here in SF Bay Area.

DETAILS:
--------------------
Delivery
I got the phone 4 days after I ordered. However, before they would send it, I had to call Tmobile to confirm details of the plan I chose. The phone came mostly charged and ready to go. The headset was not charged.

The Phone
The plethora of menu items on the phone is a bit staggering, and a host of abbreviations is not cleared up very well by the documentation. However, I was able to get the phone to work with the headset - had to have both sets of instructions open to figure out how to make them talk.

The Headset
In order to answer the phone with the headset, you either press the button on the headset, or say the "magic word" that you set up on the *phone*, which activates the headset. Then you say "answer" or "busy" to send them to voicemail.

There is about a 2 second delay between when you click the headset or say "answer", which is a pain - you have to wait to make sure the other person is actually there before saying "hello." Sound quality on my side has been medium, not perfect, sometimes fuzzy. Sound quality for the person on the other end has been reported as good. Volume is more than adequate, and can go quite loud. Fits comfortably on the ear, but after a couple of hours, it starts to get a little uncomfortable.

Voice Dialing
Supposedly, you are supposed to be able to use the voice dialing from the headset by clicking the button on the headset, then saying "redial" or any of the voicetags you set up on your phone. However, I have not been able to get that to work.

Another interesting thing about voice dialing with the phone alone is, you only have one voice tag per phone entry, so if your entry has both home and mobile numbers, you have to say the person's name (your voicetag), then say "mobile" or "home". However, you have to wait a second before saying "mobile" or "home" - it is two separate voice tags for the phone, not one, so you can't just say "Mom home".

Why I Am Returning the Phone - Tmobile SUCKS
I think, however, that I am going to return the phone because the T-mobile service is so bad. I get decent coverage, though not as strong as with my Cingular account. In my suburban neighborhood, I get absolutely no signal with tmobile. With cingular, i get 1 out of 5 in the street, but none in my house.

With tmobile, I find that almost 50% of the time, the first time I dial a number, I get that very annoying three-tone error sound, followed by "all circuits are busy now, please try again later." Even worse, on my way to work this AM, between 8:30 and 9:00 AM PST, I tried to call the east coast. I got the "curcuits are busy" message the entire time. I dialed about 30 times.

I was warned by a workmate that tmobile leases it's lines, and is last in the priority list, so they often have bandwidth problems. My experience today seems to confirm it.

I am going to return the phone to Amazon, cancel my tmobile (and they better not try to charge me the fee for breaking the contract), and getting the same phone with AT&T or Cingular. Heck, I'll pay $100 for the phone if I have to.
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I've had the T68i in the bay area for about a month and a half now and got the same Jabra Bluetooth headset for about 3 weeks. Anyhow, I've gotten the voice dialing to work about 1 in 3 tries. It's just the timing that you need to get used to.

I have service from ATT and their service is so-so. I get quite a bit of dropped calls when I'm driving, and of course reception varies by which room you're at. heheh

Overall, I'd say it's not bad but don't expect the great connections that ATT's usually have around here.
 
Here's a follow up:

I called tmobile yesterday about not being able to call the east coast. They said it was a known problem, and that it would be fixed in 24 hours. It is now fixed. I will give them a few more days. Perhaps the service will turn out to be ok, but I was really mad yesterday when I posted and said I was returning the phone.

I got the jabra headset to do voice dialing. The problem was that i had set the phone's bluetooth setting to "Automatic", but it was supposed to be "On".

The "two-voicetag" phone dialing of the phone (e.g. "mom" - wait - "home") is still a little hard to get used to, but not too bad. And the slight delay when picking up or dialing with the bluetooth headset also takes some adjustment, but I think it is going to work out ok.

Thanks to this list, I have a new phone, cheap, and am happy to be truly wireless (no headset wire!).
 
One correction:

In my original post, I said that to activate the headset, you have to say the magic word. Well, now I'm not sure what the magic word does. All I have to do when someone calls me is say "answer" and it answers, or "busy" and it sends them to voice mail. I will figure out what the magic word does someday.
 
I have T-Mobile service and I like it...but when I went to order the phone from Amazon..it said the phone wasn't available in Ohio :| WTF..I can use their service but can't buy the phone I originally wanted..ended up settling on a t-300 which is pretty neat also.
 
hippiefr33k,
According to what I have heard on the NET, the RF reception for the t68 ain't that good. So it might not be T-mobile, but rather the phone you are using. I have nothing solid to back this up, just something I remember hearing.
 
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