Full FeedGet paid $100 to get a BlackBerry or Sidekick mobile phone from Walmart
Quickly becoming the place to buy cellphones on the cheap, Walmart is bringing its low-cost ways to the weary cell phone buyer. One has to wonder about some of the deals on their site offering up to $100 to take home some very decent phones. Have they gone too far?
$100 in your pocket #1: Sidekick Slider from T-Mobile
Walmart will send you a check for $100 after you agree to a two year contract with T-Mobile on their LetsTalk site. Is the Sidekick that bad a phone? Or is it the recent trouble Microsoft ran into with Sidekick owner information?
The phone was launched back in 2007, and only received 3 out of five stars for most reviews. The keyboard isn’t fantastic and it is a bit chunky by today’s standards. It is probably a safe bet that the incident that involved user data being lost is not likely to happen again.
$100 in your pocket #2: BlackBerry Curve 8330 (pink) from Verizon
This BlackBerry, first sold back in 2008 might be an older model, but it is one of the best. Featuring GPS, 2.0 mp camera and of course, the great BlackBerry messaging service. Getting paid to bring this one home is icing on the cake.
While there are other phones that offer you a bounty to order them, there are many that are free as well. Phones like the original BlackBerry Bold, considered to be the best BlackBerry ever by many, Samsung Instinct and lots more. If you are looking for a new mobile phone this holiday season, check out Walmart’s LetsTalk site.
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I agree that Walmart is just the place to pick up wireless bargains. I bought two cell phones from Walmart a little while ago and saw those offers on display. The catch is in the contract though. I decided not to go for a contract and rather got two Straight Talk unlimited phones. They cost $45 for unlimited talk, text & data. Over a two year period I’ll be saving about almost $1000 by using ST rather than the contract I was looking at (and it wasn’t even unlimited either!).
on December 22, 2009 at 05:51 PM - LINKSuddenly that 100 bucks doesn’t sound like much anymore, heh?