fido rentention plan

[nature boy]

what the.
ok, howardforums it is then lol.

[Duncan]

lol... sept 20th is when it drops

and i think retentions doesn't work now because of new policies. when you sign onto a contract, renewal or new, you have to pick a current offer. They wont let you renegotiate anything anymore. I think it's also a trickle down effect from the new rules. That's why you have to pick a max plan just to get a subsidized iphone. If you look at Fido's max plan, the $85 max plan is identical to the $65 smart plan and the $75 max is almost identical to the $55 smart plan but the smart plan has 500 anytime minutes while the max is unlimited.

It's their way of passing the buck over to the consumer and still keep their profits oozing in while adhering to the new rules

[geForce]

When did they start doing this max plan stuff? Daffy just got her Galaxy S4 a few months ago and she's on a $35 plan (one of their regular plans) and a 2 year contract. The subsidy on that plan isn't as much, but she's paying less in the long run because it's a cheaper plan and 1 year less.

[nature boy]

only iphones and higher end androids require a max plan on fido (i think). everything else works on a 2-year.

[joel]

i think they have 3 levels of phone subsidizing. some work on standard plans, some on data plans and then as you mentioned already some on the max plans.

[geForce]

[Duncan]

i think the max plans were only rolled out recently because of the new crtc rules

[nature boy]

no, max plans were there for a year already. i was looking at them when winnie's contract expired last year.
they plans for subsidy are minimum required though. if the phone you want says whatever price with a 2-year, you can get it cheaper if you want to pay for a max plan.

[Duncan]

I think they relaunched and revamped them recently to adjust for the new crtc rules though. jai was talking about a $65 max plan just a couple weeks ago, but they changed them already to a min $75

[joel]

[nature boy]

well i guess we'll see if prices drop more on friday when the iphone5c/s drops. usually all existing phones will drop slightly in price, and they have all these promo deals on plans.
i hope i hope i hope.

[jeSteR]

Pricing for the plans were revamped on Aug 10 in preparation for the new laws coming into effect. That's why I hammered hard on the retentions rep to let me switch all my phones onto the $39 smart plan before they canned it even though I still had a few months left on my contracts.

[nature boy]

so you're saying there won't be any deals to be had?

[Duncan]

only if you hammer hard? lol

i have a feeling with the new crtc rules, deals will be far and few between now... i'm contemplating just buying a phone outright next time i need to upgrade

[geForce]