Bargains make me happy. Canadian phone carriers are all corrupt AF and SO expensive, but my two year contract was almost up so I had to choose to upgrade or pay off my phone, as that’s how it’s mostly done here. When I went into the store the clerk told me to upgrade my phone would cost 30 something more dollars a month, over 100 bucks, and I wouldn’t get a better plan for it. I stared at him and told him I was going home to look into other options and would find another carrier, and he argued with me that it’s a premium phone and that’s a really good price. Uh, no it isn’t.
So my workplace has an employee discounts program for various things, and there were several various phone plans which I had never investigated, and to make a long story short, I got an employee pricing plan and upgrade. The price she quoted me was 60 dollars plus 1 dollar for the phone, which is even a savings from my previous plan, but when I went to pick it up the plan price had dropped (they change for various sale periods) and I got a Pixel 10 for 45 dollars a month plus 1 dollar for the phone, 30 GB more data,and international calling which I didn’t have before. And I still deal with my carrier and don’t have to change stores or anything, it’s just done through an employee pricing plan.
So TL;DR I got a good price and new phone, and I like all of that. I really love when I can get a good bargain.
I don’t find that they do that in Canada, although it’s the first time I’ve left my carrier. I’ll see. The phone company monopoly here is unreal. So this is a good deal.
The carriers here in Germany even (try to) call you after you’ve cancelled your contract to coerce you into staying
I wonder if I’ll have that happen.
Probably not if you’ve already switched
I think they have “we miss you come back” campaigns, but I’ll see.