From time to time, Da Hustler will review new products and services on your behalf, to see if they measure up to be considered legitimate, or if they are just another fake hustle. Today I will be reviewing the site Wirefly.
What is Wirefly? It’s a site where you can view and buy wireless phones and plans. They also do comparisons between the top wireless companies so that you can get the best deal. According to themselves, they are the number one seller of wireless phones and plans, but I don’t see any awards or mentions by Consumer Reports, J.D. Power & Associates, etc., so for now I will just take them at their word.
As you know, Da Hustler loves a deal, so being able to get the best price on one site is very cool to me. However, it will take some time to get used to the interface because it is very busy (or am I getting old?). There is so much information, but it almost seems like it is crammed on one page at a time. Despite this, Da Hustler uses sites like these to make sure he is paying the lowest price possible for anything. In fact, before I won the T-Mobile promotion last month, I HATED my wireless phone bill, and wanted to do anything to cut it down. I wasn’t expecting free, but you know I didn’t pass it up either! 
The only problem I see with Wirefly is that it doesn’t have all of the complete and up-to-date information displayed on the site. When looking up prices for plans at T-Mobile, the lowest one I saw was for $29.99, but on T-Mobile’s site you can find a plan intended for kids for $19.99 (50 anytime minutes, free weekends, etc). The best way to approach these sites is to compare them against the original vendor, then see which plans fit your needs. Also, go into the store to actually test the phones, then hop online to see who has the best deal. It’s a litle bit of work, but money saved is money earned!
Wirefly is owned by a company named InPhonic, and they just recently struck a deal with Brightstar to streamline their processes. InPhonic and Brightstar claim that this new alliance will help customers, but reading the press release, all I could see is fatter pockets for the owners. so that remains to be seen. If they are able to do more of what they are doing now, and maybe even get exclusive deals with the major players in the cellular phone industry that would lower prices and plans even further, then that’s some news I wouldn’t mind reading!
This has been a sponsored review.
5 Comments Received
August 21st, 2007 @9:04 pm
This is strictly my opinion!
I used to work for T-Mobile as a customer service rep. Wirefly 9 times out of 10 was underhanded in their dealings with customers. They omitted information, and often refused to correct their discrepancies leaving the customer between a rock and hard place.
Deal carefully with companies like this as they are independent and often have their own contracts in addition to the main one between yourself and the carrier.
August 21st, 2007 @11:16 pm
Hey Blog, I really appreciate you writing this because people need other’s experiences! Also did you notice on one of those links that a user responded on their post? He said some similar things that you said.
August 22nd, 2007 @2:19 am
No problem I always advocate buyer beware
No didn’t see the postings, which link?
August 22nd, 2007 @2:40 pm
Sounds like a decent service. With the cell phone industry booming, they may be on the right track…
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