Starting tomorrow, Verizon Palm devices to go mail-in-rebateless?

By on Mar 4, 2010 at 5:09 PM
Exclusive March 4, 2010

One of our Verizon Wireless connects just handed us some pretty interesting info: starting tomorrow, Palm devices on Verizon Wireless will not require a mail-in-rebate.

Our source said that this is a pretty telltale sign of the devices not performing well on Big Red as, “we make a ton of money off people not sending those rebates in.” We’d agree. So, if this all pans out, starting tomorrow, you’ll be able to pick up a Palm Pre Plus or Palm Pixi Plus on Verizon for $149.99 and $79.99 respectively, with instant rebates out the door.

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  • Ron Smood

    First !

    • Joe

      why? seriously, WHY do people do this stupid shit? You were the first person to comment on something, congratulations, what do you want, a medal? You sir, are a ruh-tard.

      • Vagina Hound

        Why does it bother you that someone said “first”?

      • darshone

        first comments are pretty lame, but not nearly as lame as that stupid fucking movie u and everyone else who lacks originality quote seeking a laugh

      • http://www.webcamwithmicrophone.org John Smith

        i cant believe people really do that.

  • peter cuevas

    that’s actually a good thing imo

  • Kal-El

    Yea… I actually think this is the first step in the process Palm and Verizon talked about a week ago in getting better product movement for the Pre / Pixi

    • Gauntlet Down

      Margins take a hit.

  • Laz

    VZW should use this practise on all their phones!

    • Coffy

      Rebates are there for the reason that the account where all the rebate money is generates interest that interest pays for the store to be there. Also it pays those employees at that store. If you don’t want a rebate don’t go to a store do it all your self online. Less overhead means better pricing for you.

  • OGHowie

    Too little too late? Makes me sad since I want Palm to succeed.

  • Don Louie Cantone

    I hope all the carriers follow this but don’t limit it to Palm or smartphones

  • joe cool

    Just buy it from best buy

    Will u ask ur connect about that tour/bold hardware update??????

  • fr4nk1yn

    Dear Palm,

    Not a week after I “camped” for my Pre I saw forum posts about the “Pre 2″. I flamed those people mercilessly.

    Were you listening though? ’cause I’ve come full circle.
    I’m a BIG fan of WebOS but not so much the Pre.
    Yeah, your “not concentrating on releasing new device releases [but] getting the current devices on as many carriers as possible”. A good thing certainly but with the new “sexy” Android and soon WM7 phones, with OSs not near as polished as WebOS, you better have a SnapDragon, 4.x inch AMOLED, 5(+!)mp auto-focusing camera, 1gb of RAM, 16gb storage w/ MicroSDHC slot and a killer onscreen keyboard ready to be announced and ready to release in a few months.

    We all have phone A.D.D. and the bar is being set high.
    The Pre isn’t going to cut it this year. Besides new phones = new sales.
    Customers, bloggers, analysts and inverstors will like that. A lot.

    I have my one year upgrade waiting on you. Don’t disappoint.

  • zanzabar

    and not just that but 4 some odd reason, palm factories are going at it again, with the pre and the resource-wasting-afterthought device called pixi. NO MORE PRE and PIXI please palm. unleash the power of webOS on a different device, with a large screen and better specs. all that webOS needs is a larger device.

  • capt

    seriously, people still buy phones with mail in rebates, didn’t we all learn how much of a screw job this was years ago. poor bastards.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

  • chad

    verizon seems to be kicking ass and not slowing down. I used to hate verizon, but they are making some really good business decisions.

    • majic07

      I’ll bet you that this was not VZ idea. Basically VZ still wants their money and they probably told Palm that if you want your phone to sell you guys need to do somthing about it. By doing an instant rebate it cuts into their sales margins and there is no way VZ was going to stand for that. So basically Palm is eating this not VZ. It’s not some new space age idea to do instant rebates, when I worked at at&t we had been doing this for the past 2 years on a store level in the market I worked in. It did work very well. The process was the customer had to purchse ($80) in accessories in order to get the instant rebate which would be items they needed for their phones anyway. This way when they walked out they had everything they needed for their new phone.

  • I’ll just enter any username because I don’t have to verify it

    I hope Palm sticks around long enough to develop WebOS.

  • Boy Geniu5

    Palm = greatest phone company in the world!

  • http://(null) Dallas

    that’s not bad.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: North Cleveland United States

  • Mackdaddymay May

    File this under the who gives a crap folder.
    But serious, it would be nice if WebOS was available on some decent handsets…like maybe some HTC hardware. The Pre is just a piece of crap.

  • Zorro

    Fatastic

  • Blackberry Bold

    Great, but most of people could have gotten palm pre from Bestbuy or other online websites without having to do with mail and rebates. I guess if you have a brain to use a smart phone, then you would at least go to online and see which retailers are selling it for cheaper price.
    Palm should have released this phone on all carriers from the beginning. Too little too late.

  • Rikki Steele

    So I use a pre. I generally sell android. As I see it, people are not hugely worried about rebates especially with all of the hot bogo action that is going off right now. The webOS platform is quite a bit more polished than android but with google nav, “free tethering”, and a comparatively huge app selection the android platform is easier to sell. People want the endless supply of fart apps like what you get on iphone. That just isn’t available on webOS. I agree that palm really need to add some developer incentives, come with sexier hardware and better advertising. There is just no need for palm in the current marketplace.

  • Dale McNamee

    I was never a fan of mail-in rebates. I prefer an upfront discount on the phone,

  • jk

    If I have to pay full retail for a pre plus, where can I get the best price on one?

  • http://Cuong2.shutterfly.com Gte219v

    If Palm wants to increase their sell and if Verizon wants to save Palm, one way I believe will boost consumer buying is to allow customer buying palm phones without required to purchase data package (& allow to put a block on it). I know I will buy one immediately!

    • Jake

      who the fuck would buy a smartphone without a data package?

  • yoyo

    @Jake: a double tard.

  • Nicki

    Dang it! I just BOGO’d the Pre on Monday! LOL If I would have had patience – I could have gotten out of the rebate! (It’s a very cool phone btw!)

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