AT&T Offers Cash Back To Recent 3GS Buyers

Were you or someone you know one of the unlucky people who bought an iPhone 3GS before Apple dropped the price, AT&T wants to make it up for you. News has it that AT&T is goign to offer a "one-time Customer Price Protection" for anyone who bought a 16GB or 32GB iPhone 3GS in the month before the price drop on June 7.

You can either get $50 credit for the 16GB or $1500 credit for the 32GB off your bill OR you can exchange a new 3GS or 3G and have the whole purchase price put towards the purchase of a new iPhone. You need to get the credit within 30 days of purchase, though, so don't waste any time if you want to cash in; if you bought from May 7 to May 14th, you have until June 14. Below is what the internal AT&T memo said:

This one-time Customer Price Protection will allow customers who purchased iPhone 3GS 16GB/32GB through a Local Dealer from May 7, 2010 until June 7, 2010 to receive a bill credit for the difference in the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price in May 2010 and the new Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price plus sales tax. This special one-time credit from AT&T will be provided to customers of Dealer regardless of what price the customer actually paid for their iPhone.

• Customers who purchased iPhone 3GS May 7th through May 14th will have until June 14th to visit the original location of purchase and receive this one-time bill credit


• Customers who purchased after May 14th will have 30 days to complete their price protection transaction by returning to the original location of purchase


• The Price Protection Credit applied to the customer’s account will equal:
  

  
  

  $50 for the 3GS 16GB

  
  

  $100 for the 3GS 32GB

Return/Exchange Policy:

A customer who purchased iPhone 3G/3GS through a Local Dealer from May 7, 2010 until June 7, 2010, who would like to exchange it for iPhone 4 and pay the price difference, will be able to do so.

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