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Old 02-27-2015, 12:20 PM   #1
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Hi Community,

I picked up a PW on sale at Radio Shack. The original sticker price was $119, so I assume it was supposed to be a special offers model.

However it does not have special offers.
I wondered if it might have been because it's registered to my under-13 son's account and they don't put adds on kids devices or something?

But I'd never heard of that, so I don't know what's up. Is there a way to tell from serial numbers or something if a device was initially a SO or not?

Or am I just out of touch for too long and I'm missing something obvious?

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Old 02-27-2015, 01:27 PM   #2
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If you want the special offers, and you have a non-SO model, you can turn them on and off via Manage Your Devices.
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Old 02-27-2015, 02:08 PM   #3
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If you want the special offers, and you have a non-SO model, you can turn them on and off via Manage Your Devices.
I know. I just expected to have them because of the price and was surprised that I didn't. Not complaining, just curious to look in the mouth of this little gift horse I seem to have been given.
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Old 02-28-2015, 06:13 AM   #4
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The person who bought the PW for $119 might have cancelled the ads and paid to upgrade to the "no special offers" on line.
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Old 02-28-2015, 12:11 PM   #5
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The person who bought the PW for $119 might have cancelled the ads and paid to upgrade to the "no special offers" on line.
It was a new sealed box from Radio Shack. I said original sticker price was $119 because it was on sale for less.
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Old 02-28-2015, 02:07 PM   #6
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Knowing Ratshack they probably had it mislabeled. If it isn't a cellular phone they probably didn't know what it was.
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Old 02-28-2015, 02:45 PM   #7
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Well lucky me then if that's so. Is there a way to tell from the box if it was supposed to be an SO unit or not?
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Well lucky me then if that's so. Is there a way to tell from the box if it was supposed to be an SO unit or not?
Not sure about retail like Radio Shack, but directly from Amazon the boxes are identical whether they are SO or not. At least my Voyages were generic - they been originally SO when ordered.
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It was a new sealed box from Radio Shack. I said original sticker price was $119 because it was on sale for less.
I'm guessing Radio Shack got their stock mixed up. Looks like you got a bonus.
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