I think sprint is very lenient when selling phones. I used to sell phones at Circuit City back in around 1999-2000. I made a pretty signifant commission on every phone that I sold.... I remember it being over $30 a phone. And I would sell LOTS of phones. Sometimes I made a ton of money. I was very aggressive. Bad credit? I would find a way to sell you a phone.
I would be happy that you got the phone and not worry about how Sprint was able to sell it to you.

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