Are there any decent phones for purchase outright? (no expensive monthly plans)

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Nov 30th, 2021 11:44 am

Feegus [OP]: Deal Addict; Sep 6, 2008; 4113 posts; 1989 upvotes; BC

Nov 30th, 2021 11:44 am

Are there any decent phones for purchase outright? (no expensive monthly plans)

Costco still has a cpl Moto G plays etc but those are pretty low end.
If I'm not wanting to sign up for any 2 year plans where else should I be looking to score an outright purchase on a new phone?

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Nov 30th, 2021 1:30 pm

coriolis: Deal Expert; May 22, 2005; 20619 posts; 6066 upvotes; GTA

Nov 30th, 2021 1:30 pm

Google store, Costco, staples, Amazon, RFD BST, B&H photo.

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Dec 1st, 2021 11:34 am

Melkor: Deal Fanatic; Sep 29, 2003; 5534 posts; 4957 upvotes; Hamilton, ON

Dec 1st, 2021 11:34 am

coriolis wrote: ↑ Google store, Costco, staples, Amazon, RFD BST, B&H photo.

You wouldn't happen to know if Costco in-store has more phone selections than the website would you? I just broke my Samsung S20

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Dec 1st, 2021 11:35 am

coriolis: Deal Expert; May 22, 2005; 20619 posts; 6066 upvotes; GTA

Dec 1st, 2021 11:35 am

Melkor wrote: ↑ You wouldn't happen to know if Costco in-store has more phone selections than the website would you? I just broke my Samsung S20

Usually there is 1 or 2 in a blister pack but they're usually the low end Motorola ones from what I recall

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Dec 1st, 2021 11:41 am

TehRFDAnomaly: Deal Addict; Dec 6, 2017; 1554 posts; 1042 upvotes; Manitoba

Dec 1st, 2021 11:41 am

Marketplace, lots of peeps dumping their perfectly fine phone for new ones.

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Dec 1st, 2021 12:24 pm

Feegus [OP]: Deal Addict; Sep 6, 2008; 4113 posts; 1989 upvotes; BC

Dec 1st, 2021 12:24 pm

TehRFDAnomaly wrote: ↑ Marketplace, lots of peeps dumping their perfectly fine phone for new ones.

second hand Christmas presents are no bueno

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Dec 1st, 2021 12:42 pm

TehRFDAnomaly: Deal Addict; Dec 6, 2017; 1554 posts; 1042 upvotes; Manitoba

Dec 1st, 2021 12:42 pm

Feegus wrote: ↑ second hand Christmas presents are no bueno

There are lots of BNIB though...people getting new plans but keeping their old phones.

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Dec 1st, 2021 4:16 pm

M1K3Z0R: Deal Fanatic; May 11, 2009; 7123 posts; 3680 upvotes; Debtario

Dec 1st, 2021 4:16 pm

If you're going for a used phone/BNIB phone from a stranger, watch out the IMEI isn't blacklisted. Even if it is clean at the time of sale, there is no guarantee that it won't get blacklisted in the future.

Depends what you are after, but there's usually a deal here and there on phones, sometimes older gen flagships from the states etc. Do your homework when buying internationally, might be carrier locked.

"I possess a device, in my pocket, capable of accessing the entirety of information known to man. I use it to look at pictures of cats and get in arguments with strangers"

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Dec 1st, 2021 4:26 pm

ji2o0k: Deal Expert; Oct 28, 2004; 23091 posts; 4710 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 1st, 2021 4:26 pm

Bestbuy open boxes are another good option!

Stock is really hit n miss but if you are lucky - there are some good finds there. Or if you are programming savvy, you can run a screenscraping script to check the webpage & notify you if it gets re-stocked....

A recent example - Iphone 12 Pro Max 128Gb for $999.99 - that was a decent deal if you are into Iphones

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