Adding a 3rd phone extends the contract on existing phones?

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That seems logical if you bought a new phone in the process and took the
discount.

"Kathleen Anderson" <spiderwebwoman@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:bUZKc.2397$4L7.816@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...
> Up until last December (2003), I had two phones (one for me, one for my
> daughter) on a shared minutes plan which began in April of 2003. I believe
> the contract would have expired either this past April, or at most, next
> April (2005). I still have to dig out the paperwork for the original
> contract.
>
> In December, I added a 3rd phone to this plan (for my sister). I gave my
> number and my phone to my sister and took a new number and new phone for
> myself, and signed a "2 Year PCS Advantage Agreement".
>
> The arrangements with my daughter and my sister are not working out, and I
> was hoping I could cancel their phones, either now, or at the latest, next
> April. So, I logged on to the Sprint site to check the plan status and
find
> that all three phones have an expiration date of 12/20/05! Can that be
> right? Does adding a new phone and number really extend the contract on
> existing phones?
>
>
> --
> ~ Kathleen Anderson
>

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Kathleen Anderson <spiderwebwoman@mvps.org> wrote:

> The arrangements with my daughter and my sister are not working out, and I
> was hoping I could cancel their phones, either now, or at the latest, next
> April. So, I logged on to the Sprint site to check the plan status and find
> that all three phones have an expiration date of 12/20/05! Can that be
> right? Does adding a new phone and number really extend the contract on
> existing phones?

NO NO NO NO NO.... I added a second line and saw the same thing - it is
the way the website works, and I confirmed that my original line is still
OUT OF CONTRACT. When you log on to the website the contract end date
displayed is the end date *for the phone number you entered.* You can call
*2 to confirm this. I consider this to be a bug on Sprint's website, or at
best a horrible design decision, and I reported it a couple weeks ago when
I activated my new line. I'd complain to Sprint if I could figure out who
to complain to.

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On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:42:47 GMT, "Kathleen Anderson"
<spiderwebwoman@mvps.org> wrote:

>Up until last December (2003), I had two phones (one for me, one for my
>daughter) on a shared minutes plan which began in April of 2003. I believe
>the contract would have expired either this past April, or at most, next
>April (2005). I still have to dig out the paperwork for the original
>contract.
>
>In December, I added a 3rd phone to this plan (for my sister). I gave my
>number and my phone to my sister and took a new number and new phone for
>myself, and signed a "2 Year PCS Advantage Agreement".
>
>The arrangements with my daughter and my sister are not working out, and I
>was hoping I could cancel their phones, either now, or at the latest, next
>April. So, I logged on to the Sprint site to check the plan status and find
>that all three phones have an expiration date of 12/20/05! Can that be
>right? Does adding a new phone and number really extend the contract on
>existing phones?
**************************
There have been three phones added to my account, all without
contracts. However, the Sprint PCS web site shows all three with
contacts. A call to Sprint PCS Customer Service cleared my concerns.
Apparently, there is a discrepancy between that is shown on the Sprint
PCS web site concerning accounts and contracts and what is true. I do
not have contracts on those three phones. However, the Sprint PCS web
site shows that I do.

-- Frank :-)

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Steven J Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:
> Kathleen Anderson <spiderwebwoman@mvps.org> wrote:
>
>> The arrangements with my daughter and my sister are not working out,
>> and I was hoping I could cancel their phones, either now, or at the
>> latest, next April. So, I logged on to the Sprint site to check the
>> plan status and find that all three phones have an expiration date
>> of 12/20/05! Can that be right? Does adding a new phone and number
>> really extend the contract on existing phones?
>
> NO NO NO NO NO.... I added a second line and saw the same thing - it
> is the way the website works, and I confirmed that my original line
> is still OUT OF CONTRACT. When you log on to the website the contract
> end date displayed is the end date *for the phone number you
> entered.* You can call *2 to confirm this. I consider this to be a
> bug on Sprint's website, or at best a horrible design decision, and I
> reported it a couple weeks ago when I activated my new line. I'd
> complain to Sprint if I could figure out who to complain to.

I called *2, and was told the following:

The contract on my sister's phone (which was originally mine) expires 04/05.
There is no contract on my daughter's phone :-)
The contract on my phone expires 12/05.

Thanks all, for the advice to call.


--

~ Kathleen Anderson