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Mon, 06/25/2018 - 2:30am

Joining a new cell phone plan? Be prepared for a credit check, including a 'hard pull,' a standard part of getting a new credit card or loan. That was the case for new customers of the Kickstart Unlimited plan that Sprint recently offered.        

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