Comments on: Blackberry Bold makes an appearance on Best Buy website

By: Lily

Lily — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:26:34 +0000

Hey Hey Hey … What do we have here.. Speaking about automobiles, You heard about the Electric Car?

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:26:17 +0000

At the Best Buy store here in Mesquite, TX the Bold has a retail price of $679

2 year upgrade price $349

2 year new plan/line $299 with a plan above $65.00.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:19:38 +0000

Ok, I’m not sure where the $299 came from for the price of the phone, but the new Best Buy Mobile buyer’s guide shows the Bold for $399.99

These guides are in store, so just pick one up. BOTH sections where they have the Bold are showed at $399.99 for a NEW 2yr.

Here is how it is listed…

2yr New Plan and Line
Rate Plan Below $65.00 $399.99
Rate Plan Above $65.00 $399.99
2yr Upgrade Price $419.99
Regular Price $659.99

Now if it is $299 then there is either a miss-print in the buyer’s guide, or people have the wrong information.

The only other way to tell is to see if the tag in store states $299.99

By: Crunch

Crunch — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:13:09 +0000

Any AT&T CORPORATE stores in Greater LOS ANGELES that will be able to sell one before 10/31???

Thanks!

By: AndGuz

AndGuz — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:20:51 +0000

@AlbertWesker
Hey bud; John McClane is actually the guy from Die Hard, not the presidential runner-up… Ouch.

Anyway; Go RIM, !#^%&!!!! At&T

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:23:57 +0000

yeah. back in the day we subsidized phones $75 for a one year contract and 150 for a two year. the whole purpose of the early termination fee is that they have given you the phone for such a low price, that they are going to make their money back plus more ONLY if you stay with the company for long enough. Cellphone 101.
This is why I never got the no-commitment prices that were more than $175 above the two year contract price. if you can pass the credit check, start the account, and hang on to it for no less than 30 days, then the return policy is up and you can just cancel the contract….bam.
so go ahead, get the lowest rate plan and the most expensive phone. then cancel. booyah. i always encouraged customers to do that. i was also the WORST salesmen in the world so i quit and went to law school.
woot.

By: Hops

Hops — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:26:49 +0000

Hey BG, will AT&T stores have Bold accessories on hand when they release it next week, (skins, screen protectors).

By: JustMe

JustMe — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:24:50 +0000

The sad part is there are “not so smart people” that will spend $700 on this phone…

Why I ask.. Dear god why? You’ve waited how many months for this brick in the wall? What’s another week or so?

Just keep it in your pants and get it on AT&T… OR switch to Verizon and get the STORM!!!

By: likeabite

likeabite — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:34:22 +0000

Ryan that’s a smart idea…never thought of that. I wonder how really relevant is this phone after the 8 month delay and its ridiculous price. I mean might as well have just gotten the iPhone since as soon as AT&T releases it NO_OBAMA is going to be right. The entire network is going to be down and there’ll be no point to either phone, lol.

He is wrong on the voting for McCain nonsense though. With all the defections by all these major republicans to Obama’s side, plus the in-fighting over stupid reasons like Palin’s wardrobe I’ll quit visiting BGR if McCain wins. A McCain aid just called Palin a “diva” so if that’s not an indication of where the election is headed then I don’t know where you guys have been.

By: netposer

netposer — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:33:05 +0000

@Ryan… so every phone at&t subsidizes is not discounted more than $175?

By: skyefalcon

skyefalcon — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:40:44 +0000

The Bold price is down to $659 on Bestbuy.com.

Bargain!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:27:40 +0000

i never got this. i sold for AT&T for two years and quit recently.
buy the phone for 300…cancel the contract two days later and pay the $175 ETF = $475 you paid for the phone. why would you EVER pay $680?
This is NOT AN ILLEGAL MOVE! I used to tell people to do it all the time. It works. It is their policy. The ETF is pretty much a safeguard for the investment they made in subsidizing the phone for you. take advantage and screw them over.

By: AlbertWesker

AlbertWesker — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:57:52 +0000

This is fucking bull…….$700.00 for this piece of shit……lol…..I want a BOLD more than anyone…is anyone going to buy at that price?????????

By: CHACH

CHACH — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:38:41 +0000

im going to be BOLD tomorrow

By: AlbertWesker

AlbertWesker — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:30:14 +0000

Same here, all local Bestbuys in Las Vegas, NV show available stock on the Blackberry Bold. I am not sure for almost $700.00 though. That is quite a lot of money.

By: dave

dave — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:22:07 +0000

have you guys checked the bestbuy website since its turned midnight, now all my local stores have the bold in stock, it went from unavailable to add to cart and pick up in store available

By: KaM

KaM — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:12:58 +0000

What are you talking about NO_OBAMA, If we have McSame in the white house we are f*cked. I dont know how you can still be a republican after you see how the past 8 years Under DubYa(W) have been.

America needs change not McSame! So vote for Obama/Biden’08

By: Fanboydestroyer

Fanboydestroyer — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:12:40 +0000

It is already available @ Best Buy in Kennesaw, GA. It was there Sunday, when I bought a Touch Pro (which rocks, by the way!)

By: NO_OBAMA

NO_OBAMA — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:07:36 +0000

Instead of “spreading the wealth” as Obama would say… he should say “SPREAD your CHEEKS”, because we all are *ucked if he is elected.

By: mangenius

mangenius — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:55:02 +0000

Seriously?? I asked this question about a month ago…

is this phone still relevant?

By: AlbertWesker

AlbertWesker — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:22:56 +0000

“We will have Obama in office and I will have my brand new Blackberry Bold in my hands. I mean if John McClane dies and leaves Palin in office we are fucked. The only good thing she is good for is giving us American’s something to look at while we whack off.”

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LMFAO……..holy crap………..you guys really make me laugh……

By: supermartin

supermartin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:17:11 +0000

Take it from me-Bold user since August 26th, its big, bulky, and fugly, but functions well (as long as you have the latest upgrade)!
Go get one NOW

By: Dante

Dante — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:44:41 +0000

i was so excited when i saw it on the website this morning, that after class i went straight to the store near my house and i got my friends hands on experience with the floor model… it was a nonworking model but it was still pretty exciting! i also talked to one of the the guys there and it seems that the story of why they have the bold so early is because rim mistook the real att dealers with them.. so they wont really have the bold in stock till the 4th

By: Bloodiedwraith

Bloodiedwraith — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:31:36 +0000

I looked it up in the systems – the Bold is $599 without a contract at AT&T corporate stores.

By: AlbertWesker

AlbertWesker — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:11:43 +0000

What does ATT have to do with the fact that Obama sucks?
At $299 they are just redistributing your income to those who can’t afford them so they can buy a Razr for $1. The Obama Marxist way.

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LMAO, I love you my conservative friend. Just when I thought we were a dying breed. Keep on fighting the left wing liberal aka socialists aka communist party.

By: SmellyG

SmellyG — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:49:42 +0000

All Los Angeles Best Buys are a no go for the Bold. A few stores say they should be getting theirs in a day or two some others say November 4th. So go figure. By the time it does finally arrive no one will give a sh*t.

By: DubYa

DubYa — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:28:53 +0000

The Bold is a sweet phone, but $700 bucks? Sounds like Best Buy is just trying to suck every last penny out of the early adopters.

By: Tom Brown

Tom Brown — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:07:24 +0000

We will have Obama in office and I will have my brand new Blackberry Bold in my hands. I mean if John McClane dies and leaves Palin in office we are fucked. The only good thing she is good for is giving us American’s something to look at while we whack off.

By: jimmyc

jimmyc — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:06:34 +0000

BestBuy is notorious for inflating non-contract handsets to make the subsidized price look that much better. And they price match so the $679 is nothing more than marketing, as it will be cheaper elsewhere, ATnT

By: theta think

theta think — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:54:43 +0000

Now for more misplaced political commentary on the Blackberry Bold post on the gadget blog…

The Bold and the Storm will both quality, expensive devices be great phones and very similar with one having an option for Wi-Fi and other a touchscreen. Both on the two biggest and best networks in America. You’d expect to pay more, stuff isn’t free.

Kind of like the Presidential candidates who BOTH voted to nationalize (Bailout=Government investment=Government stake/ownership=Socialism) banks, brokerage house, insurance firms and other various financial instruments. With the traditional heart of economies manufacturing and certain industries (automobile, airline) possibly heading into a similar fate. The American economy isn’t free, someone has to pay for billions a month.

But with all that rambling needed just to have a competent political conversation, maybe we should just stay on the topic…