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Originally Posted by greggebhardt
Did your store tell you that they would not sell you a 8800 without a contract? If you have an account with Cingular, they can not refuse to sell you a 8800 if you are willing to pay full price.
I have always been able to buy any phone without extending my contract. I bought the Pearl the day it was introduced outright with no contract extension, I did the same with the 8700C.
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They can refuse selling it if they have a small amount of quantity at launch. It depends on what dealership you deal with or if it is a corp. owned store.
I know from experiance that when a new product hits the sales floor, if they have less that X units (the amount depends what store it is) they will want to only sell it on a new data or voice act. Usually buying the product outright shouldnt be an issue though seeing that the stores make as much margin on an outright sale as a new voice activation.