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expiredAjayRajula posted Sep 18, 2020 8:35 PM

T-Mobile: BYOD, Activate New Line of Service & Port In a Number, Get

$250 Prepaid Mastercard

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T-Mobile is offering a $250 Prepaid Mastercard when you BYOD, Activate a New Line of Service and Port In a Number. Thanks AjayRajula

Note, scroll down to "Current rebate promotions" and look for promo code 2020BYOD1 for details. You must complete port-in and register code within 30 days of activation; submit rebate using this form.

The same promotion and promo code applies to current Sprint Customers [Discuss] Thanks Tuxedo1

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Written by RevOne | Staff
  • Limited-time offer; subject to change. Qualifying credit, device, service, and port-in from AT&T, Verizon, US Cellular, Spectrum, Claro or Xfinity required. Complete port-in and register code within 30 days of activation. If you have cancelled voice lines in past 90 days, reactivate them first. Get $250 via Virtual Express Prepaid Mastercard Card. Must be active and in good standing when card is processed. Allow 6-8 weeks from fulfillment of offer requirements. Max 4/account. May not be combined with some offers or discounts (e.g., Carrier Freedom).
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details & discussion. -StrawMan86

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T-Mobile is offering a $250 Prepaid Mastercard when you BYOD, Activate a New Line of Service and Port In a Number. Thanks AjayRajula

Note, scroll down to "Current rebate promotions" and look for promo code 2020BYOD1 for details. You must complete port-in and register code within 30 days of activation; submit rebate using this form.

The same promotion and promo code applies to current Sprint Customers [Discuss] Thanks Tuxedo1

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • Limited-time offer; subject to change. Qualifying credit, device, service, and port-in from AT&T, Verizon, US Cellular, Spectrum, Claro or Xfinity required. Complete port-in and register code within 30 days of activation. If you have cancelled voice lines in past 90 days, reactivate them first. Get $250 via Virtual Express Prepaid Mastercard Card. Must be active and in good standing when card is processed. Allow 6-8 weeks from fulfillment of offer requirements. Max 4/account. May not be combined with some offers or discounts (e.g., Carrier Freedom).
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details & discussion. -StrawMan86

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Sep 21, 2020 3:44 PM
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RandomSDNeoSep 21, 2020 3:44 PM
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Quote from LoveLiveLaugh :
get hook up codes from here: https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/.../?sort=new
how long does it take for them to respond? i begged in Discord, reddit yesterday night but no response yet. went to local store and the employee was willing to give me but he said will have to pay $20 assisted fee.
Sep 21, 2020 3:45 PM
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RandomSDNeoSep 21, 2020 3:45 PM
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Quote from Grouchy16 :
Magenta .. fwiw do four lines to get the maximum benefit as you are doing a credit check for this
Also use hookup 20% off
credit check hard pull? some say soft pull. how do i know before hand?
Sep 21, 2020 3:45 PM
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poqw54Sep 21, 2020 3:45 PM
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Quote from needgeech :
Xfinity # should work. It says so much right there in the OP:

Qualifying credit, device, service, and port-in from AT&T, Verizon, US Cellular, Claro, Spectrum, or Xfinity required

Real question is will TMO throw up a flag for trying to start an account because of recently closed Sprint account. I closed mine on Aug 8th and it wouldn't let me start TMO account online or in chat. "Looks like you're a sprint customer. Please login to Sprint" Anyways the chat rep said if I called in or went into store it could be resolved. But was trying to do it the night before current TMO free line on us promo started on Friday, and thus missed out on the double dip free lines (2 free + 2 Paid) with 20% hookup as well. . .
Quote from Grouchy16 :
The question is will they consider him to be a new customer. I am in the same boat hence waiting for Tuxedo1 to visit the store and see how it goes
Exactly this. I just read on the sprint thread that i may need to wait 90 days to be eligible. I think it's only been two months since the sprint BYOD promo ended, which is when i cancelled my lines.
Sep 21, 2020 3:45 PM
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hpham_53Sep 21, 2020 3:45 PM
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There are 3 people in my house: me, wife, and daughter. My wife and I have the "Sprint curse" with our zombie Sprint accounts and can't do this T-mo deal online. I don't want to go to a store and have to pay $120 activation fee for 4 lines. So this morning I did the T-mo deal using my daughter's info. Back in May, I tried to open her own Sprint account but they denied because she didn't have any credit history at that time, and I had to add her line to my own account. I've been helping her build up her credit history, so now she can have her own account.

I had bought two AT&T numbers on Ebay last week then sold them to a forum member. This morning I bought another two numbers, and together with my winding-down two AT&T numbers I placed an online order for 4 BYOD SIMs with a Magenta plan. The order went through just fine but I forgot/didn't see the steps to provide my port-in numbers. That got me in panic mode.

I tried asking a T-mo chat rep to help me with adding the port-in numbers, but she couldn't help me much because T-mo hasn't provided me with an order number yet. While she was trying to figure out what to do, I got a call from a T-mo rep to confirm some info and process the order. I asked the phone rep about my porting issue and she said it wouldn't be a problem. Once I've received the SIMs (being shipped via 2nd Day Air), put the SIMs in the phones, make a call to 611 from any of those phones, select the option to activate and it'll automatically prompt me for the phone number, acct#, PIN to port in. She said I just need to make one call and provide the port-in info for all 4 numbers. I hope that info will be useful to someone.
Sep 21, 2020 3:47 PM
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hpham_53Sep 21, 2020 3:47 PM
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Quote from RandomSDNeo :
credit check hard pull? some say soft pull. how do i know before hand?
I have "hard pull" alerts for all of my family members. This morning I placed an order using my daughter's info, it did a credit check and approved but I got no alerts.
Sep 21, 2020 3:48 PM
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IndigoTent5448Sep 21, 2020 3:48 PM
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Is there an activation fee if I order the sim cards online?
Planning to port 4 lines from verizon.
Sep 21, 2020 3:54 PM
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hpham_53Sep 21, 2020 3:54 PM
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Quote from IndigoTent5448 :
Is there an activation fee if I order the sim cards online?
Planning to port 4 lines from verizon.
If you order online, they charge $10 + tax per SIM but the activation fee is waived. If you go to a store, they don't charge for the SIM but most likely will charge $30 activation fee per line. That's what the agent at my local store told me.
I placed an order online this morning for 4 SIMs and was charged $40 +$3.68 for taxes.

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56XNOSep 21, 2020 3:54 PM
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Quote from hpham_53 :
There are 3 people in my house: me, wife, and daughter. My wife and I have the "Sprint curse" with our zombie Sprint accounts and can't do this T-mo deal online. I don't want to go to a store and have to pay $120 activation fee for 4 lines. So this morning I did the T-mo deal using my daughter's info. Back in May, I tried to open her own Sprint account but they denied because she didn't have any credit history at that time, and I had to add her line to my own account. I've been helping her build up her credit history, so now she can have her own account.

I had bought two AT&T numbers on Ebay last week then sold them to a forum member. This morning I bought another two numbers, and together with my winding-down two AT&T numbers I placed an online order for 4 BYOD SIMs with a Magenta plan. The order went through just fine but I forgot/didn't see the steps to provide my port-in numbers. That got me in panic mode.

I tried asking a T-mo chat rep to help me with adding the port-in numbers, but she couldn't help me much because T-mo hasn't provided me with an order number yet. While she was trying to figure out what to do, I got a call from a T-mo rep to confirm some info and process the order. I asked the phone rep about my porting issue and she said it wouldn't be a problem. Once I've received the SIMs (being shipped via 2nd Day Air), put the SIMs in the phones, make a call to 611 from any of those phones, select the option to activate and it'll automatically prompt me for the phone number, acct#, PIN to port in. She said I just need to make one call and provide the port-in info for all 4 numbers. I hope that info will be useful to someone.
Hpham, why did you order 4 lines? Shouldn't we get 3 lines and add a free line later?
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Grouchy16Sep 21, 2020 3:56 PM
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Quote from RandomSDNeo :
how long does it take for them to respond? i begged in Discord, reddit yesterday night but no response yet. went to local store and the employee was willing to give me but he said will have to pay $20 assisted fee.
Folks put the codes there, no need to beg. Just sort by newest post .. then take type 1 codes and try
Sep 21, 2020 4:01 PM
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CalvarySep 21, 2020 4:01 PM
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can anyone recommend any cheap phones to use for this on either ebay for amazon? Need to buy 2
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RandomSDNeoSep 21, 2020 4:02 PM
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Quote from Grouchy16 :
Folks put the codes there, no need to beg. Just sort by newest post .. then take type 1 codes and try
thanks, so if a code is taken will the website tell me?
also, will it tell me if it is 20% code?
should i enter my porting in number on the website for this code? tia
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justdoit007Sep 21, 2020 4:04 PM
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Quote from hpham_53 :
There are 3 people in my house: me, wife, and daughter. My wife and I have the "Sprint curse" with our zombie Sprint accounts and can't do this T-mo deal online. I don't want to go to a store and have to pay $120 activation fee for 4 lines. So this morning I did the T-mo deal using my daughter's info. Back in May, I tried to open her own Sprint account but they denied because she didn't have any credit history at that time, and I had to add her line to my own account. I've been helping her build up her credit history, so now she can have her own account.

I had bought two AT&T numbers on Ebay last week then sold them to a forum member. This morning I bought another two numbers, and together with my winding-down two AT&T numbers I placed an online order for 4 BYOD SIMs with a Magenta plan. The order went through just fine but I forgot/didn't see the steps to provide my port-in numbers. That got me in panic mode.

I tried asking a T-mo chat rep to help me with adding the port-in numbers, but she couldn't help me much because T-mo hasn't provided me with an order number yet. While she was trying to figure out what to do, I got a call from a T-mo rep to confirm some info and process the order. I asked the phone rep about my porting issue and she said it wouldn't be a problem. Once I've received the SIMs (being shipped via 2nd Day Air), put the SIMs in the phones, make a call to 611 from any of those phones, select the option to activate and it'll automatically prompt me for the phone number, acct#, PIN to port in. She said I just need to make one call and provide the port-in info for all 4 numbers. I hope that info will be useful to someone.
FYI, Tmobile always ships pre-activated sims with temp nos
just insert them into your device, and you are up and running right away.
you can call in and port-in your nos on sim receipt
also, they auto-begin billing on shipment + 2 days (since they do 2nd day air delivery).
there is no way to change bill cycle or activate service on-demand after receiving sim/device.
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hpham_53Sep 21, 2020 4:05 PM
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Quote from baonguyen312 :
Hpham, why did you order 4 lines? Shouldn't we get 3 lines and add a free line later?
The attachment shows how the cost is broken down. You order 4 lines but the 3rd line is free. Although I said in another post that you have to activate the 3rd line to get it because it's not automatically added, that applies to people with existing account.

Here's an analogy: A store has a sale "Buy Two, Get the 3rd One FREE". If you go into the store and checkout with 3 items, they'll only charge you for two. But if someone had bought two items before the sale, the store will not search them out and give them another item free. If those people go back to the store and ask for a free item, then the store will honor the deal and give them one free.
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justdoit007Sep 21, 2020 4:05 PM
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Quote from Grouchy16 :
Folks put the codes there, no need to beg. Just sort by newest post .. then take type 1 codes and try
where? can you link?

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IndigoTent5448Sep 21, 2020 4:06 PM
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Quote from hpham_53 :
If you order online, they charge $10 + tax per SIM but the activation fee is waived. If you go to a store, they don't charge for the SIM but most likely will charge $30 activation fee per line. That's what the agent at my local store told me.
I placed an order online this morning for 4 SIMs and was charged $40 +$3.68 for taxes.
Thanks for your response. how about getting sim cards from apple store (for free) then call to tmo to activate the lines?

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