| I was recently in the market for a new cell phone, | | | | Verizon. Through TMI, at the time I am writing this |
| thanks to my 2 year old daughter ripping my phone in | | | | article, you can get it for free and they currently include |
| two pieces. It used to be a flip phone. Now it is a | | | | a FREE Bluetooth headset. That same headset at |
| non-working flip phone. My wife and I went to the local | | | | Verizon is $80. |
| Verizon store to research new phones. I also looked | | | | • Through TMI Wireless the Motorola Razor |
| at a website I previously came across on the internet, | | | | phone is free with a free Bluetooth headset, as is the |
| Fortunately I had viewed the site prior to going to the | | | | LG VX8100 with the Bluetooth headset, and the |
| Verizon store or I would have Verizon charges a lot | | | | Motorola V325 is free, they don't include a headset as |
| more than the website, which I found surprising at first. | | | | it is not Bluetooth compatible. Those same phones |
| It isn't just Verizon either, any of the large wireless | | | | through Verizon are $129.99 for the Razor, $69.99 for |
| companies do the same thing, probably because they | | | | the LG VX8100, and $79.99 for the V325. None of |
| just assume people will buy from them rather than | | | | these phones include the free headsets. |
| shop around. | | | | That is clearly a significant savings regardless of which |
| I will do a comparison to show the differences. I will not | | | | phone you get. I have Bluetooth with my new phone |
| compare the rate plans because they are the same | | | | and I would pay for it, so to get it free is a no-brainer. |
| between the actual carriers and the commissioned | | | | Those people who don't like ordering from the internet |
| websites. | | | | because they do not like paying for shipping you don't |
| Verizon: | | | | need to worry about it, TMI does free Fed-Ex 2 day |
| TMI Wireless: | | | | shipping. I do my comparison between the national |
| They don't both carry the same exact choice of | | | | carriers and TMI Wireless because that is the site I |
| phones but the ones that are the same are cheaper | | | | found the good deals on. I am confident you could find |
| through TMI. | | | | the same deals, if not better, on a similar website to |
| • The Motorola E815 costs $79.99 through | | | | TMI. |