so i caved in and went to sprint to buy the 700p. here's how it went down:

1. bought the phone for 340 before taxes and waived the activation fee
2. called sprint saying i bought it for 549 and it's going for 399 at verizon, they credited me back 150

total: ~200

i'm also on the sero program which has all this for 30:
Sprint Employee Referral Offer 500
Sprint Vision or Power Vision Included Free
- Unlimited Web access
- Unlimited email and instant messaging - AOL, MSN and Yahoo
- Unlimited Sprint PCS Picture Mail(sm) with Video Mail
Night & Weekend Minutes are used from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m., Monday through Friday and all day on Saturday and Sunday.
Unlimited Mobile To Mobile Calling
Plan minutes are anytime minutes
Anytime Minutes Per Month 500
Weekend Minutes Unlimited Night & Weekends
Contract Term 2 years
Monthly Service Charge $30.00**
Additional Minutes $5 for every 50 minutes for 501 - 1000; Above 1000 minutes, $0.10/min
Long Distance Charge $0.00
Roaming Charge $0.00/min - Included
Activation Fee $0.00
Early Termination Fee $200.00

then soon, i'll be calling sprint for 25% off for working at HP, 500/unlimited free text, 15% loyalty, and possibly nights starting at 6pm.

more info here: http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthr...uid=0&t=243068

pix will be up later.

 

I have the Treo 650 and I love it! Let me know how well your new one works!

 

posting from the treo, this is too cool!

 

mr5parkle, seems like you got a great deal. where did you buy your phone from? i want to get the 700p too, and this looks like a the best way to do it.

 

Does the Treo 700p pair with the 3G TL?

 

I love my new Treo 650. It does not stop me amazing me. Tons of apps.

I didn't think that I could take decent pictures on a cell. This one does. And can act as an Ipod with a 20$ SD card.

Having owned Palm and Dell Pocket PC, it is the first PDA that I actually use for true.

Happy 650 owner here.

 

I gotta say, 700p not withstanding, I'm still more happy with my 650 than with the 700w, which a close friend has and I've used a fair bit.

I can't wait for the 700p to come out in a GSM flavor. I'll have to re-evaluate my cell phone situation then.

 

Why p over w?

 

well, i decided to return it. b/c i got a better deal from a sf store, 195 otd with the sero program. i also managed to get nights starting at 7pm, 10% monthly for "loyalty", 25% for working for HP, 500 free text all by calling sprint and asking for it. i also got 100 back in service credit on top of everything.

sunnyg- i got the 340+tax deal in sac on truxel
Sprint Store
3810 Truxel Rd - Suite 300
Sacramento, CA 95834
(916) 419-4700
try to talk to a guy named nick, but also goes by reginald.

jcl_cls01- i don't have a 3g tl so i wouldn't be able to answer that question.

if anyone needs the contact for the sprint store on geary in sf, pm me. he can really hook it up on other things too besides the 700p. and the sero plan ends on june 30th, so if anyone wants a cheap plan with free internet, better jump on this quickly.

 

How do you get the Sero discount though? I do not know anyone who works for Sprint. Do I just make up a name and hope that the name I give them is an employee??

 

I was in the Sprint store looking at which phone I was going to get through Sero and when I was done, the employee gave me his business card, on the bottom it had his email address, took it upon myself to use it

 

if you walk into any sprint store, and just tell them you're very interested in a phone, but want the sero, i'm sure they'll give it to you just b/c they all work on commission. when i bought the phone originally in sac, i told them i needed the sero program and he said it wasn't a problem and never asked me who i knew, just applied it to my contract.

 

^ OK cool. I'm hoping they extend it b/c I'm not quite ready to get a new phone... probably later in the year. If they don't, oh well... guess I'll have to be on the lookout for the next deal.

LOL @ Jeff's reply. Never thought of that.

 

hows the volume on the earpiece. One thing I don't like about the 650 is that it's hard to hear people at times. Did they upgrade the speaker in there?

 

nope, had to install phone technician to boost the sound.