8700c housing available yet?

[phonemonkey]

I dropped my 8700c last night, unfortunately. While it still works, it landed first on a corner, then face down. There's a nice big, deep scratch on the corner (near the power button) and on part of the screen. The black coating is peeling away near the scratches.

Promobility has housings and parts for every other BB, but not a thing for the 8700. Does anyone know of any other sources? Does Cingular by any chance have a "special" parts department?

I can get a totally new device without service for about $450, but can't bring myself to do it just for a cosmetic issue. And as for the warranty, I'm not worried about voiding it by doing some surgery.

Thanks.

[KonTiki]

See about a broken screen one for parts maybe on ebay or maybe one of those dummy units that you can get on ebay for 50 or less, here is three of them:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=dummy+8700c

[phonemonkey]

Has anyone had any experience with the dummy units to see if they are really usable for parts? I've seen some for other phones that just are one or two big pieces of plastic, and not really like what a functioning phone would be.

[dc/dc]

Dummy units DO NOT work.

My T-Mobile rep tried it on his 8700 when he cracked his screen, and the screw holes don't match up. He ended up shipping to RIM for repair. Cost about $200.

[delmarco]

Dummy units are NOT OEM quality or stock replacement parts phone.
The plastic shells of dummys are extremely cheap and much lighter than the real thing.

Do not buy a dummy phone for that reason or you will be jipped!

[mws222]

mine is cracked too..everyone i contacted said at least 3 months for parts to become available...i wish i could get a little bit more out of a new one on ebay, cingular said they'd send me a new one for 210

[phonemonkey]

I opened up a TSupport case just to see what RIM's take is on the whole thing. They said all they can do is do an out-of-warranty repair for $190, or a out-of-warranty exchange for $230. Not exactly sure what the exchange is about (new unit?), but $190 to replace a $10 housing is pretty bogus.

I guess I'll live with it and see how the spare parts look in the next couple of months.

[dc/dc]

All I'll say is, you gotta pay to play.

[triniti]

The card door knocked mine out of my hands and hockey pucked it across the parking lot right outside the Cingular store 2 days after I bought it (get this) going to see if they had a leather case in for it yet! The Reps stood there in shock because they saw it all. I was sick. Brand new and worked perfect but now ugly! Couldn't even show it off anymore. I bought a new one for like $210 and just kept the guts to the other one. It's very easy to take apart and put back together. I also bought an Invisible Shield and put it on to make sure that this doesn't happen again. Works and looks great!

The BlackBerry Repair Shop has been in discussion with RIM for a few weeks and will have 8700 series housings available soon as per the owner and their homepage. Promobility told me they wouldn't have them available for 6 months.

As soon as BBRS has one available I will grab one and then sell the 8700 on eBay or wherever to recoup what I've spent. So you can either do the same thing or just wait it out until one's available for purchase. There is a link on their homepage to get on the waiting list to be notified.

Hope this helps.

[BBRS]

BlackBerry Repair Shop will have the housings in 1-2 weeks.

[vap0r]

very nice

[vap0r]

wow i just checked bbrs and the 7105 screens are 100$ thats insane

[baccess]

Just in case anyone else wants the contact info.

I don't have any experience with this group, I just wanted more information about them.

(I couldn't post a link, not enough posts myself, apparently)

[baccess]

BlackBerry Repair Shop will have the housings in 1-2 weeks.

Almost 2 weeks, any new news?

[CZBB]

promobility has them

[blake.blake]

im still looking for a complete houseing kit for my 8700c to change it to a G body.

any luck with this??

[Ronstopable]

i cracked my screen as well and called the cingular warranty dept. and had another sent to me for free. no questions asked. the rep said as long as the phone was in one peice thats all that matters

[gwar11d2]

Just got this e-mail from bberryrepairshop. Looks like they now have everything in stock:

Dear Valued Customers:



AT LAST!!!!!



Replacement parts for the BlackBerry 8700 series have arrived!

You are receiving this email because you have contacted us in the past and have been on our waiting list and therefore you are getting pre-sale notification of our new inventory.



These pieces are now included on our website and as a “thank you” for your continued patience we are offering a 5% discount for any order made in the next 15 days online. Simply go to www.bbrepairshop.com, place your order and enter the keyword “LIST” in the coupon code (limit 5 items per customer please). Quantities for these parts are limited, so we will only honor this discount on items that are in stock.



Pricing for the BlackBerry 8700c Housings are:



· $89.99 if you purchase the BlackBerry 8700c replacement housing as a stand-alone order - http://www.bbrepairshop.com/Parts8700.html

* $104.99 if you purchase the BlackBerry 8700c Housing Replacement Kit (Includes repair instructions, Precision Torx driver for "do-it-yourself" BlackBerry Repair - made by Wiha Tools and secondary repair tool) - http://www.bbrepairshop.com/Parts8700.html
* $119.99 if you take advantage of BBRepairshop’s exceptional, 24-hour turn-around service for the Housing Replacement Service for the BlackBerry 8700c (recommended; it is a fairly complicated task and in order to reduce the risk of you damaging your unit, we can have your device fixed and back in your hands in no time) - http://www.bbrepairshop.com/repair-8700.html



Pricing for the BlackBerry 8700 (applies for all models of the 8700 series) LCD’s are:



· $149.99 if you purchase the BlackBerry 8700 replacement LCD as a stand-alone order - http://www.bbrepairshop.com/Parts8700.html

· $164.99 if you purchase the BlackBerry 8700 LCD Replacement Kit (Includes repair instructions, Precision Torx driver for "do-it-yourself" BlackBerry Repair - made by Wiha Tools and secondary repair tool) - http://www.bbrepairshop.com/Parts8700.html

· $179.99 for the Replacement LCD Service for BlackBerry 8700 (recommended; it is a fairly complicated task and in order to reduce the risk of you damaging your unit, we can have your device fixed and back in your hands in no time) - http://www.bbrepairshop.com/repair-8700.html



Please contact us if you have any questions via email: sales@<hidden> or Toll-Free: (877) 423-4922 Option 1.



Thank you again for your patience and your business,





David Van Tongerloo

BBRepairshop.com

9894 Bissonnet

Suite 875

Houston, TX 77036

877-423-4922 Toll Free

dvt@<hidden>

[jasoninaz]

promobility.
net/
html/
blackberryparts.
shtml

[jasoninaz]

sorry.. not allowed to post urls yet so you will have to assemble the above link.

[phonemonkey]

The prices from both BB Repair Shop and Promobility are rip-offs. To pay 40% of what the device cost to get rid of some scratches -- absurd. I'd sooner wait for a new model, or bite the bullet and buy a whole new BB (and get the wobbly keyboard problem fixed, which a new housing still won't do).

Even the replacement LCD prices are too high. The housing shouldn't be more than $50 and a combined housing+LCD kit shouldn't be more than about $120.

[jameskirk]

i could use the 8700g housing ... anyone hear anything about them getting it in? i had a little displex disaster ... :oops: and i would pay those rip off prices for it ... eh

[geekboy2000]

I received my replacement 8700c front housing from ProMobility a few days ago, and it was absolutely flawless. Replacing it was a snap, and it's as good as new. I dealt with Lucy at ProMobility, and couldn't have asked for a better rep. I had asked about scratches, etc, and she said she'd be sure to send me one in "like new" condition. She did. No complaints here, and though it was $40, it was worth it.

Mark

[sd5187]

Wanna get a laugh? I typed in the URL wrong. Here is the link:

:: ProMobility :: (http://www.promobility.net/html/blackberry.shtml)

I found (what must be) an old Blackberry sales page with Blackberry 6710 "as low as $599". It even has the 957 and 950 for sale at!!

:)

[junior1790]

950 for 199.99 we are all in luck!!