Getting out of contract w/out having to pay early term fee

[MoSpur]

I have a question for all of you that cares to read this. I am a current Nextel customer. I have been satisfied with their cell phone service so far, but their phone selection is weak compared to the rest out there. I know that is a dumb reason to want to drop them, but I like to have the newer gadgets when they come out.

Anyway, I am still under contract with them until 2008. If I choose to leave there is an early termination fee of $200 per phone. Of course I don't want to pay this fee. Nextel advised me that I could switch to Sprint with no charge and that my contract will end with Nextel and I will become a new customer with Sprint. If I do this, and choose to leave Sprint as well, will I be subject to an early termination fee if I return the new phones to Sprint within 14 days like a new customer?

Another words, technically I would be a new customer with Sprint, which means I have 14 days to decide if I want to term with Sprint w/out being charged an early termination fee. Do any of you know if this is true?

[SpursWoman]

I had added a line on my account for my mother and it took me 6 months to have Sprint/Nextel waive the $200 termination fee for the line when she passed away and I wanted to close that account. And that was with a death certificate.

Good luck with that one.

[lilmads]

Sprint is fulla ... I moved outta the US to St. Maarten where we dont even have Sprint service and they didn't waive the early termination fee. Good luck!

[PM5K]

Both of my ears got shot off and Sprint still wouldn't waive the early termination fee....

[MoSpur]

So its hard to end a contract with Sprint even if its within the 14 days is what you all are telling me????

[SpursWoman]

No way in they'd let you off the hook that easily.
















If that were the case, I'd do the exact same thing in reverse.

[Clandestino]

tell them you are in the military and going overseas.. then make up fake orders.. did that once to get out of a 3 yr contract

[bendmz]

Did you not read "THE FINE PRINT".....

[exstatic]

Contracts suck ass. I bought my phone and use Virgin Mobile, month to month. Not coincidentally, they have the best customer service in the biz.

[Nasir Jones]

Tell them you know Nasir Jones and they will automatically void your contract.

[SequSpur]

Sprint = nextel