About a month ago my wife’s cell phone got broken and I had to figure out how to get a new phone without spending too much. Since we have an account with Rogers already, it made sense to check what they have available. My choice was “Samsung Gravity t456”. After talking to friends, checking reviews and prices on the internet I felt comfortable to buy the phone.
Now, after I picked the phone and place, question was – how can I save as much as possible on that purchase?
The first discount is offered right on the Rogers page, with a purchase of 3 year plan. So let’s throw some numbers.

Here I have to mention that 24.99 is a price after mail in rebate .Rogers didn’t do really good job about notifying customer about this, so I learned about this when I actually called Rogers to make a purchase.

Tip* Buy trough website or over the phone it will give you peace of mind and also one additional piece that you not going to get at the store – SIM card.

The next stop is Best Buy. With times I accumulated 3 cell phones out of use, in simple words each time when I purchased or upgraded a cell phone I didn’t throw it but rather thriftily putted into the box, just for a case, who knows. Well, the moment arrived! Ladies and gentlemen Best Buy announced “Trade In” campaign. I took my wife’s cell phone and traded it in for $8.00, unfortunately they didn’t take another 2 phones, but I think I will wait, who knows .
So let’s do some math:
$199.99 – Original cell phone price
$74.99 – Price with 3 year plan
$50.00 – Mail in rebate
$8.00 – Best Buy “Trade In” gift certificate
I get 74.99-50-8=16.99 actual spending on the dissent cell phone.
Conclusion: I’m pretty happy about how all this turned out.

References:
Best Buy mobile trade-in campaign
http://www.bestbuy.ca/marketing/tradein/en/default.asp

Rogers promotions
http://www.rogers.com/web/content/wireless-promotions?cm_re=Consumer_Wireless-_-Lower_Badge-_-Promotions