F-U AT&T LOL! : )

Ok so the girl I'm dating wanted an iPhone but she wasn't upgrade eligible for the discounted pricing ($199/$299) according to ATT, even tho she was coming off corporate liability and onto an individual liability and she had to sign a new 2 year contract.

We proceeded to fight with the ATT reps for another 20 min about how this makes no sense. Then I just blurted out, what's to stop her from walking into a Verizon store switching carries and doing their 30 day free trial, but instead of waiting 30 days just walk back to an Apple store later that day and then get an iPhone for the $199/$299 price? All the ATT rep could say was well there is nothing stopping you.

So that's what we proceeded to do and I'll give you the whole low down.

BEFORE YOU START THIS: Make sure you will not incur the early termination fee from ATT if you switch carriers!!!! More on this below.

1. Walk to a Verizon store and tell them you want to switch carriers, pick a cheap ass phone and start service. This will cost you about $13 dollars



2. Wait for your number to port to the Verizon phone



3. Make all the phone calls you want because according to Verizon's 30 day test drive you can talk all you want and they'll pay for the calls



4. After about an hour or so walk over to an Apple store



5. Tell them you are an existing Verizon customer and you want to switch carries to get the iPhone



6. The Apple rep will enter all of your info and attempt to switch carries and activate your phone, BUT they will receive an error that says "This number is an existing ATT number and belongs to NMI" Whatever that means



7. On your cell call ATT customer service 1-800-331-0500. Tell them that you've switched your service to Verizon and now you are coming back to ATT and that you are about to get a new number with ATT and that you would like your current number to port over to the new line and have your current number replace the new number. Have the ATT rep on the line hold.



8. Instruct the ATT rep to start a new ATT line and you'll only have to pay the $199/$299 price.



9. Once this is done talk to the ATT rep and ask them to port your current number to replace the existing number. They will say "The system isn't allowing me to do that right now" but but be very courteous and ask them to have a supervisor or higher technical support to port the number and have them call you when this is done (they should be able to within 24 hours)



10. Walk out the Apple store with a big smile, because you got your new iPhone having only paid the $199/$299 price



11. By tomorrow morning or so the ATT rep will call you and let you know that your old number has ported over and replaced your new number.



12. Smile again as you've found a loop hole to get your iPhone at the discounted price : )

Make sure you do not incur any early termination fees because the early termination fee is $175

Got any questions email me: richmlee@gmail.com