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8:31 pm
7-11 November promotion??? From a Redflagdeals.com post
'hi, guys,
Here is another great news about 7-11 cellphone promotion.
I wanted to by a 1600 this morning, and a manager of a 7-11 store told me that there will be a new promotion which will begin on November 15 for this Christmas. The cell phone will be a new model of Nokia, with MP3, camara, color screen, and it is a flip model. But he can not remember the model type clearly. Also free if buy 100 airtime. The manager said he also can not believe that , and he already ordered 100 yesterday.
If you guys can wait, that will be a really great deal!
I will wait...
Feng'
6:23 pm
I doubt it, you'll probably have to pay an extra $100 or so
7:04 pm
John said:
Oh man. Wish I'd waited for this then
I don't see the problem. In November, if you like the new offer, buy the phone with a new $100 voucher. Swap SIMs with your existing 1600 and sell the 1600, along with the new, unactivated SIM and $100 voucher to someone else. Or, if you can use the $100 voucher, sell just the 1600 and SIM.
There are lots of people with GSM phones who would pay money for just a SpeakOut SIM. There are also people who need a basic phone like the 1600 to replace an older one that's broken, etc.
10:04 am
Guys/Gals, there is no link. It was just a post (which is pasted in the original email above) from some guy who heard it from a store manager. I repeat, there is no link to this deal. Calls to stores just result in, 'check back in November'.
Cheers.
3:26 pm
I am currently searching a good pay as you go plan that also includes
normal rate for minutes when I am in another city and calling a local
number in that city, do you still recommend the 7 Eleven plan after all
this time.
10:38 am
@Roberta
i dont think that such a plan exists in canada
but by far, 7-Eleven or PetroCan have the best plans for roaming calls
11:43 pm
Roberta:
My Telus prepaid cell is just like what you discribed. I am from Toronto area, when I travel to Vancouver and calling a Vancouver local number, I was only charged the regular rate. Actually, I believe most of the prepaid cell phones are like that. The catch is when someone in the city you travel to call you, then that person will the long distance from that city to your home city and you pay the long distance from your home city to the city you travel to. This is true even for some monthly plan.
5:10 pm
this is only true for signaling channel. after your call is connected, all your conversation is done directly between your cell and your calling party locally.
this is a rip-off from the service provider.
no voice data will be passed to your home town and then re-routed to your current city.
Taigong said:
Roberta:
My Telus prepaid cell is just like what you discribed. I am from Toronto area, when I travel to Vancouver and calling a Vancouver local number, I was only charged the regular rate. Actually, I believe most of the prepaid cell phones are like that. The catch is when someone in the city you travel to call you, then that person will the long distance from that city to your home city and you pay the long distance from your home city to the city you travel to. This is true even for some monthly plan.
10:57 pm
Does it matter how the signal is transmitted? The only thing that matters is how you get charged (or ripped off).
ccie said:
this is only true for signaling channel. after your call is connected, all your conversation is done directly between your cell and your calling party locally.
this is a rip-off from the service provider.
no voice data will be passed to your home town and then re-routed to your current city.
Taigong said:
Roberta:
My Telus prepaid cell is just like what you discribed. I am from Toronto area, when I travel to Vancouver and calling a Vancouver local number, I was only charged the regular rate. Actually, I believe most of the prepaid cell phones are like that. The catch is when someone in the city you travel to call you, then that person will the long distance from that city to your home city and you pay the long distance from your home city to the city you travel to. This is true even for some monthly plan.
11:55 pm
March 31, 2007
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Taigong said:
Does it matter how the signal is transmitted? The only thing that matters is how you get charged (or ripped off).
It is a rip-off *because* of the way the signal is transmitted -- it's not really a long-distance call...
12:49 pm
I stopped by my local 7-11 in Calgary and had a quick look at the info in the Speakout display. It lists the Nokia 2760 as the phone model coming soon for Speakout. I couldn't find any info on the Nokia Canada website for that model so hopefully it's the same one as available in the US - http://www.nokiausa.com/A4568548
The highlights - it's a flip phone with colour display, VGA (640x480) camera, FM radio, bluetooth. No MP3 player as such; though it does support MP3 ringtones.
However, it's doubtful it will be free. The info lists it costing $125 to buy. So you'll probably have to pay $50 for it, when the Nov/Christmas promo starts.
My next q is - will it be unlocked?
Lu said:
7-11 November promotion??? From a Redflagdeals.com post
'hi, guys,
Here is another great news about 7-11 cellphone promotion.
I wanted to by a 1600 this morning, and a manager of a 7-11 store told me that there will be a new promotion which will begin on November 15 for this Christmas. The cell phone will be a new model of Nokia, with MP3, camara, color screen, and it is a flip model. But he can not remember the model type clearly. Also free if buy 100 airtime. The manager said he also can not believe that , and he already ordered 100 yesterday.
If you guys can wait, that will be a really great deal!
I will wait...
Feng'
7:41 pm
Here is an excerpt of an e-mail I just received from 7-11 HQ. I specifically asked about Speakout Canada.
I cant wait to get the 2760 🙂 it sure looks lovely!
Yes we will be running a promotion November 16th thru December 31st 2007
as follows:
Purchase ($100 plus applicable taxes.) SpeakOut cellular airtime receive
$75.00 off any available SpeakOut phone.Current handsets include:
Nokia 1600 bar phone, colour screen $75.00 (FREE with promotion.)
Nokia 2610 bar phone, colour screen and data capabilities. $100. ($25.00
on promo.)
Nokia 2760 fold phone colour screen VGA camera, FM radio, Stereo
Earbuds, and Bluetooth $125.00 ($50.00 on promo.)
9:38 pm
Yes, according to the manual http://nds1.nokia.com/files/su....._US_en.PDF
Alarm clock
To use the alarm clock, select Menu > Organizer > Alarm clock and from the following:
Alarm: -- to set the alarm on or off
Alarm time: -- to set the time for the alarm
Repeat: -- to set the phone to alert you on selected days of the week
Alarm tone: -- to select or personalize the alarm tone
Snooze time-out: -- to set the time out for the snooze alert
The phone will sound an alert tone and flash Alarm! and the current time on the display even if the phone is switched off. Select Stop to stop the alarm. If you let the phone continue to sound the alarm for a minute or select Snooze, the alarm stops for the snooze time you set, and then resumes.
If the alarm time is reached while the device is switched off, the device switches itself on and starts sounding the alarm tone. If you select Stop, the device asks whether you want to activate the device for calls. Select No to switch off the device or Yes to make and receive calls. Do not select Yes when wireless phone use may cause interference or danger.
10:37 pm
Thanks for the info Sapien.
I wonder if 7-eleven will have all colours available. I want the black one.
This phone is very much worth the deal. I can't wait.
