Phone purchases in the next app update

mmfacemm · March 12, 2018, 8:12pm

I suggest making the first payment near the end of the month. That way you can make two in a short space of time eg March 25th and April 1st. So $200 phones should be easy enough to get.

Yes it is restrictive and it really hurts the appeal. But better than nothing especially if you do not have access to a postpaid account. It also works both ways as the price may drop before you pay it off. Phone prices tend to go down.

NotMeAgain · March 12, 2018, 8:22pm

i just submit the HSN trackfone order for 80 gold today. will follow up if there new update

mmfacemm · March 12, 2018, 8:23pm

Please do!

HungryHog · March 12, 2018, 8:57pm

kente, I like your attitude. I was looking at a phone about $250, but just found that they are sold out already. Two days ago they still have 65 pieces. Imagine that.... Well, I don't have 250 golds in a single account anyway. So forget it. I have an account with 201 golds. And two other accounts with 60 golds. I could have got that phone if they allow me to pay for it with two accounts, and if they could place the order instantly.

KentE:

Hungry-Hog:

This is so stupid. If a member has enough gold in his account, cn should buy the phone immediately and have that phone sent to member from vendor directly. Otherwise the deal is gone before the payments are completed. Now you have 2000 golds and there is a flash deal for iPhone X at 500 bucks, but after 5 months who knows what is going to happen?

I only makes sense if you want to buy a phone with a final cost below $100.

mmfacemm:

I got some answers to questions about phones.

Taxes and shipping
We will clarify the final price with tax and shipping once you have selected a phone and sent us the link

Price changes whilst still paying off.
If the price changes, we will let you know and you would adjust accordingly (if the price went down, you would only be charged the final, lower price.) If the price went up, we would notify you and you could make the decision to continue with the purchase at the higher price, or you could select a new device and we would purchase that for you instead.

Account number field in the payment details
Use the cellnuvo account number. This is the account that the gold will be deducted from.

Can I pay off a phone with multiple accounts
No - Whatever CellNUVO account number is on the top up request is the account the gold is deducted from- so all transactions for purchasing a phone have to come from the same CellNUVO account number.

It's not perfect, and it's not the best of all possible worlds for those wanting to buy phones. For any newer customers, however, they won't likely have the Gold available for immediate larger purchase-- & it would be foolhardy for CN to purchase the phone on spec. (The company I work for will do a special order for a client with a 50% non-refundable deposit, at which point we figure we'll eventually come out OK even if a client bails.)

But just think, Hungry-Hog: not long ago, you were campaigning for a way to cash out at a 90% discount. You may still take a hit compared to a temporary sale price, but that will most likely be in the 20% range. Seems like a pretty good alternative.

If you have enough Gold to pay for the phone you want, you might ask Support if they'd allow you to lock in a price by placing your Gold in "escrow" while making the 100/mo virtual payments. (I'm assuming the 100 Gold monthly limit is in place to average out the hit CN takes per month while in recovery mode.....).

jamielih · March 12, 2018, 10:12pm

So, it seems to me much of the foregoing is premised on 1 CellNuvo gold = $1 USD. Is that confirmed?

KentE · March 12, 2018, 10:17pm

Good point, and I don't know that it's confirmed. Yes, we all seem to be making that assumption. It works that way with 'pay cellular providers'.

mmfacemm · March 12, 2018, 11:29pm

No one has specifically confirmed it but everything else is 1 gold = $1 and I was given the impression the same would be for phones. My iphone was also 1 gold = $1.