Back in June of 2005, my 2-year contract with Verizon Wireless was about to end, so I was looking around for something different.  I settled on a specific phone, the Palm Treo 650, instead of a particular carrier, because I liked the device and couldn't see much difference between carriers.  Like any good tech geek, I searched online for the best price.  It turns out I found the best price at Wirefly:  A mail-in rebate made the phone half its original price.  Again, like any good tech geek, I looked around for online reviews of their service.  I read a few negative things about them not mailing rebates and things like that, so I was a little hesitant to try them out.  But in the end, I went for it.  The deal is this:  You have to submit the mail-in rebate 5-7 months after your phone is activated.  That sounds like a ridiculously long time, but it's so they know you're not just buying a phone and getting a quick rebate.  In my case, I "spaced on the time" and missed that time window, so I ended up not getting the rebate.  This made me incredibly mad, solely because I'm a pretty reliable person and I tend to be good with that sort of thing.  But oh well.  Other than that, my experience with Wirefly was good enough that I'd be willing to use their service again in the future. 

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