buying new phone
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Just as a point of reference:
At our store an EnV2 goes for around 300 or so (can vary, currently 312) at Walmart across the street the phone goes for roughly 500 without a contract.
Target and best buy will be similar.
I don't think I've ever seen a full retail phone at any of the big box, franchise, or mom-and-pop cell phone store that wasn't higher to compensate the company / sales rep for their time. They make zilch selling you a full-retail phone, and being on a straight commission structure means selling a $410 dare for $410 without a contract lands them nothing for their time. So they bump the full retail price up an extra $50 or so to actually make money on that transaction.
The corporate store, corporate Internet site, or corporate telesales routes don't jack up the price ...
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