Upgraded to Galaxy S3 - did I get jipped?

Yesterday I went to a TMO Store to upgrade my phone. I have been using the MyTouch 3G slide for the past two years and have been overdue for an upgrade.

I also received a "Loyalty mailer" yesterday where one of the options was to received up to $200 back (rebate/ visa card) if purchasing a new phone.

Anyway - so this is what the amounts were at the end of the day:

• $255.49 in-store payment
• -$200 mail in rebate
• $20 for 20 months Equipment Installment Plan (EIP)
• (Retail price of phone $599 - "not discount eligible")
• Ditched grandfathered plan ($39.99 for 1000 anytime, free N/W, $10 for 1000 texts, $20 for Loyalty Android Data plan, w/ 10% Corporate Discount) for $74.99 Unlimited Value plan (unlimited calls, text, 5g data)

Basically paying $450 total on a new phone doesn't seem right for a long-term TMO customer (10 years), out-of-contract and renewing for 2 years.

Is this the standard deal for customers like me? Or did I get jipped by the dealer? or does this sound about right?

Anyway - so this is what the amounts were at the end of the day:

• $255.49 in-store payment
• -$200 mail in rebate
• $20 for 20 months Equipment Installment Plan (EIP)
• (Retail price of phone $599 - "not discount eligible")
• Ditched grandfathered plan ($39.99 for 1000 anytime, free N/W, $10 for 1000 texts, $20 for Loyalty Android Data plan, w/ 10% Corporate Discount) for $74.99 Unlimited Value plan (unlimited calls, text, 5g data)

Basically paying $450 total on a new phone doesn't seem right for a long-term TMO customer (10 years), out-of-contract and renewing for 2 years.

Is this the standard deal for customers like me? Or did I get jipped by the dealer? or does this sound about right?

That doesn't sound good at all.  You could keep your current plan and get the normal discount on any phone you like which will be less than $450.  Plus it sounds like with your corporate discount you pay less per month currently than you would for the value plan.  I don't know why you'd switch.

Well, in my head in made sense to switch:

Current plan:

$39.99 anytime minutes & free n/w
$ 9.99 1000 texts
$20 Loyalty MyTouch data plan
= $69.98 subtotal, before discounts

and switch to:
Unlimited Value Bundle
$74.99 (5gb data)

but will likely switch down to the $54.99 bundle (2gb data)...

I guess the only sour taste in my mouth is the retail price I had to pay in order to get on the Unlimited Value Bundle.

I guess I should have done this before making the purchase, but today after trying to figure out side by side costs post facto:

$348 subsidized price
$84 month (with "current" grandfathered plan and including $35 5gb data plan)
x20 months = $2047.60

$599 retail price
$54.99 + $20 EIP = $74.99 unlimited value bundle
x20 months = $2098.80

The only difference is $51. Ugh.

Looks like my space cadet math was wrong (double counted the retail price + EIP). So, in the end I will have saved some $350.