Online ESN swap - is there a charge?

I see that Sprint web site allows changing the ESN online.

But - there is no mention of any cost or charge related to this
service, but after calling Sprint, no one really understood my
question and talked about upgrade, etc, and a $18 fee. And then the
$36 fee was also mentioned for certain activations.

So, has anyone recently done a ESN swap online, and if yes, did you
get a charge on your next bill or bills?

I need to do a temporary swap - change my account to a different ESN,
and then after two weeks, do another swap, so need to do two swaps
(have a damaged phone, old phone, and will soon have a new phone).

Any info on ESN swap cost for online swaps appreciated.

"bwooster47" <bwooster47@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:59e78988-fed7-4dcb-8e69-327de09d45ee@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>I see that Sprint web site allows changing the ESN online.
>
> But - there is no mention of any cost or charge related to this
> service, but after calling Sprint, no one really understood my
> question and talked about upgrade, etc, and a $18 fee. And then the
> $36 fee was also mentioned for certain activations.
>
> So, has anyone recently done a ESN swap online, and if yes, did you
> get a charge on your next bill or bills?
>
> I need to do a temporary swap - change my account to a different ESN,
> and then after two weeks, do another swap, so need to do two swaps
> (have a damaged phone, old phone, and will soon have a new phone).
>
> Any info on ESN swap cost for online swaps appreciated.

I have friends on Sprintusers.com that do it all the time, no charge, but
really don't know the specifics. You can if you wish, goto irc.blitzed.org
#sprintusers if you're familier with the irc and ask them in real time.

Mike

On Jun 18, 10:48 pm, "Michael N. Paris" <mpari...@comcast.net> wrote:
> "bwooster47" <bwooste...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:59e78988-fed7-4dcb-8e69-327de09d45ee@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>
> >I see that Sprint web site allows changing the ESN online.
> > But - there is no mention of any cost or charge related to this
> > service, but after calling Sprint, no one really understood my
> > question and talked about upgrade, etc, and a $18 fee. And then the
> > $36 fee was also mentioned for certain activations.
>
>
> I have friends on Sprintusers.com that do it all the time, no charge, but
> really don't know the specifics. You can if you wish, goto irc.blitzed.org
> #sprintusers if you're familier with the irc and ask them in real time.
>
> Mike

Thanks - I did the swap, and then also used the online chat at
sprintpcs.com, who was able to answer the specific questions, so as of
now I believe that there is no charge for an ESN swap, the $18 or $36
amount is added only if a new phone is purchased from Sprint.
I won't know for sure until next month's bill, but all signs are that
online ESN swap has no charge.