Come monday the cost of phones is going up for agents, but staying the same for customers, which means less profit for stores. This means the rare instances where a store would lower a price (by five or ten dollars), is even less likely to happen. The free phone is the siemens c61, and it's free for a reason. With Cingular just spending these billions of dollars lately, don't expect them to throw out credits and freebees here and there. if anything happens, it's likely to be the opposite. I sell all my phones to all my customers at the same price, regardless of what their credit comes up as. However, a person requiring a $750 deposit per line flat out isn't going to activate a line unless it's a Take Charge prepaid plan.