When I ordered the phone from Verizon the day it was released it was 299.99. If you ordered it on the internet it would have given you an instant 100.00 rebate without having to send it in. Ordering it with a sales rep it comes with a rebate form that you have to send in to get the 100 dollars off.

I was not able to order on the net because they had an issue with the phones just not showing up when you were logged into your account. Thus the sales rep gave me the $100.00 off instantly and not as a rebate just as if I was to order it online.
I also on that day received my $50.00 2up2 credit.

So the total came to:

$299.00
- 100.00 instant rebate
- 50.00 2 up 2
+ 8.37 or so taxes
0.00 overnight free shipping Saturday delivery.
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$158.37 Total paid on the 11th.

After reading that many of you received $100.00 credit for 2 up 2 I called them them back today complained that I didn't get $100.00 for 2 up 2 and I've been a customer since 1994 with 2 lines. They gave me an additional $50.00 credit today.

$108.37 new total paid

Hope that info helps.