$50 after discounts, promotions, and rebates Verizon Q9m for $399.99 full Verizon retail, 25% hardware discount (Auburn University Employee discount), plus $100 advanced device credit, plus $100 NE2, plus $50 MIR, brought my Q9m down to $49.99, plus tax ($109.98 with our 10% sales tax, minus $50 MIR). That's probably as cheap is they could possibly make it. That said, I added the data plan to qualify for the Advanced Device Credit (extra $44.99/month). With my 19% base service discount, that brought my monthly bill up to about $99/month, so technically I subsidized the phone with increased service cost.
Purchase date was 9/25/07. A few days later I bought the Verizon leather Q9m case (regularly $19.99, minus 25% discount) for $16.49. I know there's a few places with higher sales tax, but 10% is killing us here... |