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So my age is showing but I wanted to take advantage of a BOGO deal on a cell phone (my brother and I would each get a phone and split the costs) but the employee in the store said I couldn't do that because we aren't on the same family plan (I am with my mom and he is with my dad). Both phones would have to be given to people on the same family plan.

 

I said "well couldn't I just switch the SIM cards once I get both phones" and the employee said I could but he wouldn't recommend it.

 

I am totally being scammed into getting a worse deal right?  Anyone have any idea why switching SIM cards would be a bad idea? I haven't gotten a new phone in 5 years so I am not really sure if something changed with all this 5G crap. 

 

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Uhm. I don't know anything about this. As matter of fact I don't even understand. But here are my suggestions.

Do you have another siblings that's on the mom's or dad's family plan? Just give them the money, they can purchase with your brother & give it to you afterwards. Or vice-versa, let your brother give another siblings that's on your mom's family plan,  you & that siblings can make the purchase together then give the brother the phone.

Or give your dad your money & let your dad (along with your brother) purchase for it together then give it to you or let your brother give your mom the money & let your mom & you purchase the phone then give it to the brother afterwards you.

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6 hours ago, loveablejoy said:

Uhm. I don't know anything about this. As matter of fact I don't even understand. But here are my suggestions.

Do you have another siblings that's on the mom's or dad's family plan? Just give them the money, they can purchase with your brother & give it to you afterwards. Or vice-versa, let your brother give another siblings that's on your mom's family plan,  you & that siblings can make the purchase together then give the brother the phone.

Or give your dad your money & let your dad (along with your brother) purchase for it together then give it to you or let your brother give your mom the money & let your mom & you purchase the phone then give it to the brother afterwards you.

???

This is what I was going to do but that is where the problem with the SIM card comes in. I'm not sure if they made it more difficult to just simply switch it (like how you could just change their batteries easy back then but companies like Samsung made it so that I can't just pop it out)

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2 hours ago, Shut Up And Take My Money said:

This is what I was going to do but that is where the problem with the SIM card comes in. I'm not sure if they made it more difficult to just simply switch it (like how you could just change their batteries easy back then but companies like Samsung made it so that I can't just pop it out)

So you can't go to one if those "back" stores that can may if this illegally pop it out for you?

Or tell them that you gave your parent/siblings the SIM for your siblings/parent to use because of some important data that is on it?

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I'm not sure cuz I only use unlocked phones. Cuz I don't trust the ppl in phone stores at all. Like last time I went in once when the most recent galaxy is s8, I'm ready to drop 800$ on this. Right. And they're just like ehhh.. Okay but how about you get this <200$ phone Samsung non galaxy phone bc I assume you don't want iPhone, which I never said I just had eye on s8 😭 and these non flagship phones lasts 1 year max to me,

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maybe could get a few years off the next year when I bought s9+, that last a few years and until I got s21 this yr, which I regret cuz I'm kinda over it want to switch to iPhone but I should run this phone down first ig hhh or get s22 + or ultra in few months, the base version for galaxy at least just not feeling worth it. Cheap for a reason ig. 

Basically point is ig in my shallow exp I don't trust the ppl at phone stores. Bc they just give me cheap phones to get be back next year when I'm willing to drop almost 1k on a phone that will last me several. And then yall can get me b back in a few years, is still more money tbh unless I changed carriers. Which now I just use unlocked and use mint mobile. Bc in stores I never switched Sims or anything they just deactivate my old phone and change sim for me. Idgi it must be just how carriers operate But from what ik it's fine to switch a sim into a new phone as long as it's either unlocked or locked by same carrier.

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1 hour ago, loveablejoy said:

So you can't go to one if those "back" stores that can may if this illegally pop it out for you?

Or tell them that you gave your parent/siblings the SIM for your siblings/parent to use because of some important data that is on it?

Right now that's the plan because the employee made no sense lol thank you btw. I tend to overthink things

 

 

 

1 hour ago, deobizone said:

I'm not sure cuz I only use unlocked phones. Cuz I don't trust the ppl in phone stores at all. Like last time I went in once when the most recent galaxy is s8, I'm ready to drop 800$ on this. Right. And they're just like ehhh.. Okay but how about you get this <200$ phone Samsung non galaxy phone bc I assume you don't want iPhone, which I never said I just had eye on s8 😭 and these non flagship phones lasts 1 year max to me,

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maybe could get a few years off the next year when I bought s9+, that last a few years and until I got s21 this yr, which I regret cuz I'm kinda over it want to switch to iPhone but I should run this phone down first ig hhh or get s22 + or ultra in few months, the base version for galaxy at least just not feeling worth it. Cheap for a reason ig. 

Basically point is ig in my shallow exp I don't trust the ppl at phone stores. Bc they just give me cheap phones to get be back next year when I'm willing to drop almost 1k on a phone that will last me several. And then yall can get me b back in a few years, is still more money tbh unless I changed carriers. Which now I just use unlocked and use mint mobile. Bc in stores I never switched Sims or anything they just deactivate my old phone and change sim for me. Idgi it must be just how carriers operate But from what ik it's fine to switch a sim into a new phone as long as it's either unlocked or locked by same carrier.

Oh no what's wrong with the S21 that was the phone I was going to get. I have an S6 right now but it's been having some issues lately. I've also been looking into mint mobile because I like the prepaid style that they have.

 

Those employees made no sense because if we are all on the same carrier I didn't see what the problem was.

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