128GB Samsung Galaxy S23 FE Unlocked Smartphone (Various Colors)

bbier

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I went to my local Metro, they had an S23 FE in stock for $99. However, the stipulation was that the owner first has to make a couple hundred on accessories with the sale because he's losing money on the deal. Lol!

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howardw4870

Nov 19, 2023 6:47 PM

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Quote from bbier

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I went to my local Metro, they had an S23 FE in stock for $99. However, the stipulation was that the owner first has to make a couple hundred on accessories with the sale because he's losing money on the deal. Lol!

That's pretty crazy that they pass the losses to the individual stores Frown

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MDJoviFan

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Get a Pixel phone. Plenty of deals coming up.

No microSD card there either ....

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scent

Nov 19, 2023 7:20 PM

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scentNov 19, 2023 7:20 PM

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This or Motorola thinkphone?

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TenseTest299

Nov 19, 2023 10:06 PM

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Dont get me started.. my old s10(the last with microsd) is finally dying and almost no new phones got em. Very sad.

I bought S10E unlocked in 2020 and it is already dying. It frequently disconnects from Wifi and the display screen is yellowish for some reason Frown

peterl1365

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Quote from bbier

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I went to my local Metro, they had an S23 FE in stock for $99. However, the stipulation was that the owner first has to make a couple hundred on accessories with the sale because he's losing money on the deal. Lol!

Basically all the Metro stores are franchises, so it's luck of the draw if you get an honest store/sales rep

hocaspocas

Nov 20, 2023 12:27 AM

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I got the deal a week ago from amazon with $100 for $599 but now this is at $399. Will have to return and re-purchase again

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mycuriouscow

Nov 20, 2023 3:05 AM

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This or Motorola thinkphone?

Bump..... I'm trying to make the same decision...

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barrera_j

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Quote from LunchboxBen

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One of my biggest reasons to not get an iPhone, and now Google Photos keeps whining about paying for photo storage, but I have a 256GB micro SD card. My Moto Ace 5G whatever is good enough, but I just want better picture quality. When I go to concerts, like Incubus, Dirty Heads and Sublime, I'm seeing great picture quality on phones around me, and mine just kinda sucks.

get a SONY phone

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barrera_j

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the SNAPDRAGON 8 GEN 1 just ruined this FE models... which were already glorified S22s to begin with

wait for an s23 deal.... even the base model will probably have better battery life than this garbage

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grizli

Nov 20, 2023 4:37 AM

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grizliNov 20, 2023 4:37 AM

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Ia this better than s20?

rockdd

Nov 20, 2023 5:58 AM

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Quote from howardw4870

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That's pretty crazy that they pass the losses to the individual stores Frown

Unless things have drastically changed, no, he's not actually losing money on the deal... Sounds more like salesmen talk. However, it could be argued that he'd be losing money with opportunity cost (e.g. might have been able to make more profit selling to someone who is willing to buy it with his huge accessories bundle).

Metro reimburses dealers for the promotions (assuming no fraud). From my own experience a number of years back, dealers make slim to no margins on the phones (after taking into account reimbursements from Metro for promotions). Dealers get commissions from activating the new line, add-ons, and good to huge margins on accessories.

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charlesp2000

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No sd card slot means don't buy it...

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SamW5482

Nov 20, 2023 6:20 AM

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Quote from rockdd

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Unless things have drastically changed, no, he's not actually losing money on the deal... Sounds more like salesmen talk. However, it could be argued that he'd be losing money with opportunity cost (e.g. might have been able to make more profit selling to someone who is willing to buy it with his huge accessories bundle).

Metro reimburses dealers for the promotions (assuming no fraud). From my own experience a number of years back, dealers make slim to no margins on the phones (after taking into account reimbursements from Metro for promotions). Dealers get commissions from activating the new line, add-ons, and good to huge margins on accessories.

upfront $$ loss per phone sold.
First month commission per line is 60% times plan. next 5 months commission is 35% times plan.
Late payments are subject to no commission paid by tmobile to dealer.
Devices swaps or port out after buying iphones or any phone is subject to a huge loss too since tmobile will not reimburse dealer the upfront capital invested to obtain phones, and sell at a discount. we buy phones at a higher price than customers pay for.

In a perfect world that you stay with metro by tmobile for 6 months and pay bill on time, the store will make
(.60 x 25) + [(.35 x25)]5 = 15+43.75= 58.75-18.50 = $40.25 per phone in 6 months. pathetic margins

The chance that the above scenario happens is very rare.

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howardw4870

Nov 20, 2023 6:50 AM

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Quote from rockdd

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Unless things have drastically changed, no, he's not actually losing money on the deal... Sounds more like salesmen talk. However, it could be argued that he'd be losing money with opportunity cost (e.g. might have been able to make more profit selling to someone who is willing to buy it with his huge accessories bundle).

Metro reimburses dealers for the promotions (assuming no fraud). From my own experience a number of years back, dealers make slim to no margins on the phones (after taking into account reimbursements from Metro for promotions). Dealers get commissions from activating the new line, add-ons, and good to huge margins on accessories.

Ah hmm probably technically a loss but they get a reimbursement later so it might not remain a loss after the rebate clears, acting basically an interest free loan in some ways for tmobile.

edit: read the the response before this -- okay that is really shady then since most people I think won't lock in for 6 months

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