From post #82:
OK, I am going to help out all of you old SERO users to renew your contract and come out as good as you can. You will need to follow this tutorial in the proper order to get everything to work the way it should. I have four old SERO $30 plans and this worked for me.
1. At 22 months you are eligible to renew your contract. When you are eligible, login to your account at sprint.com and click on the "contact us" link at the top right of the page in the black bar. If you get a security warning about the content being delivered securely, choose No. Click on the "Email us" link and choose No if you get the security warning again. Search for something like "renew contract" and if you get the security warning, choose No. Now you should finally be at the web form to submit an email to Sprint ecare. For topic select "Plans, features, and services" and for subtopic select "Plan inquires." In the text box say that you have heard that there is a $70 service credit available for renewing your contract and you would like to take advantage of that. Put your real email address in the box and then submit email. Wait for a day or so for a response and if they offer the service credit, then just reply to the email that you accept. Not everyone is eligible for the service credit so you might not get it, but worth a try.
2. After the sevice credit issue is resolved one way or the other then you can get your new phone. Don't try to get the phone before the service credit because the credit MUST come first. Go to
http://delivery.sprint.com/m/p/sp...anding.asp and use the employee address for
Russ.S.Mcguire@sprint.com and his CID of 383. Don't worry about using his info, he is a VP or something and put the info on the web for people to use. If you don't beleive me, just google it. Now you can shop for phones. Pick any one that you want except the Palm Pre or the Instinct, they won't work with SERO. Blackberrys can work with SERO, but if you need my help with renewing, then you aren't ready for the hassle of a Blackberry on SERO. Once you have picked a phone, then choose the upgrade/replace option and you will be asked for your regular login you use to access your Sprint.com account. Go ahead and login and you will be asked to indicate which line you want to upgrade. Now you are in business and never have to talk to anyone. You should get free activation and free overnight shipping, sweet!
3. After your new phone arrives and you are looking for someone to call, dial *2 to get customer service. As you go through the prompts, choose "cancel service." Don't worry, you aren't really going to cancel, this just gets you to the retentions department. Before you call, figure out three phone numbers you call a lot, that aren't Sprint numbers. When you get retention and they ask you what you are calling about, say a friend (me!) told you about a feature they offer called "pick 3." They might ask you if you are thinking about canceling, so say yes you are thinking about it. They will then ask you for the three numbers. Once they add the numbers you will free unlimited calling to those numbers. If they offer it with a monthly fee, just say no thanks and hang up. Try again another time.
EDIT: pick 3 is no longer offered by Sprint, so don't bother with step 3
If you got through all this, you should now have a new 2 year SERO contract, a new phone of your choice at new subscriber pricing, a $70 credit on your account, and a new pick 3 option giving you a bunch of extra minutes. Good luck!
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