Cingular Nokia 3360 and Handsfree set, Make $50 after rebates.

[eugovector]

This seems like a good deal to me, please tell me if you think otherwise so I can return it. However, it seems pretty hot to me.

@ Buy.com

Cingular Nokia 3360 $90
-$90 instant rebate

Safechat handsfree kit $60
-$60 instant rebate

shipping ~$6

Basically, I got the phone and kit shipped to me for $6, PLUS there is an additional $50 mail in rebate. Minus the $37 activation fee, I still clear $13.

Now for the calling plan. I'm not a heavy user, but I do travel so I went with the 250 national plan. 250 anytime minutes, 1000 Nights and Weekends (9pm-7am). Plus free longdistance and no roaming? $30.

Perhaps someone who is more familiar with this plan can enlighten me:

Seems to me, wherever I can get a signal, regardless of who owns the tower, I'm in the free. So if I visit my parents in Iowa, where there is no cingular coverage, and I place a call, it doesn't cost me a dime?

If all this is true, seems damn hot to me. Your thoughts?

 

[jeffmin]

I don't know how the reception is in your area, but my circle of friends knows Cingular as SingleBar (as in a single bar of reception out of a possible 4). Outdoors it seems okay, but once you step inside any sort of edifice, it could be a tree house or lean-to, and your reception gets cut off. My dad got a 1-year service contract with them for himself, and within the first week he simply gave it to me so he could get an AT&T Wireless. Crappy phone for me, but at least I didn't have to pay for it.

Otherwise, the numbers don't lie. That's a pretty sweet deal.

 

[jsm0net]

heh, at school my reception is terrific. around my house it is so-so, but improving.

hmm, in my area cingular uses gsm chips, thus 3390 and 3395 models, and 3360's are exclusively at&t. looking at their site, cingular actually does use 3360's in some areas. make sure your area supports it, though.

 

[k000]

On buy.com website, while choosing the phone, they ask for your zipcode. I am sure that they check the applicability of the phone for the zipcode.