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Universals on E bay

Why are there so many for sale - advertised new and going for about 70 euros.
Is there a problem with them.
Do they need to be unlocked.
I was going to buy one at that price as a spare/to try mods on.
Steve

I have one for sale if you are interested, it has been opened, but all items are still sealed and un used. £380 (Boxed & Mint condition) if you are interested, I live in Bedfordshire, the unit is unlocked and contract free.

Sound suspiciously 'Nigerian' no me.
If it's too good to be true & if it's on ebay.....
say no more, don't be a mug UNLESS YOU'RE 10,000% SURE!
Andy
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Put it this way, you won't get a BUST one for under 140 quid (and i'm NOT including the marked up postage costs). Without a box in good working condtion, £300. Boxed & Mint, >£400, so go figure at 70E.
I got mine Bust for £80 - dozy tosser mislisted it - ha my bargain. 1/2 hour later fixed the damn thing. Friggin mint condition t'boot.
BTW, I'll bet my bottom dorrar that the seller is Chinese....
And I'll place another bet, I bet the listing will won't last long....

hollytree said:
Why are there so many for sale - advertised new and going for about 70 euros.
Is there a problem with them.
Do they need to be unlocked.
I was going to buy one at that price as a spare/to try mods on.
Steve
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A new universal for 70 euros... mmmm i'll have ten units please; unlocked or not...
It is probably a scammer selling these 'items' under someone elses account.

I got mine on Ebay for 420 pounds. I'm in australia and you'd be lucky to get it for 600 pounds here. works like a charm. of course AFTER i upgraded with the JasJar ROM and burnt O2's software

I bought one on eBay for GBP 414, but the seller reneged -- he said he could not get the phone from his supplier. I quoted him eBay policy on selling items that are not already in possession of the seller. He was apologetic, and said this is the first time it's happened (his feedback shows previous Universal sales which were successful). He has a 99.7% feedback rating, with 358 positives and 1 negative from long ago. He said he's going to refund me, but has to wait for a bank transfer to clear PayPal, since he already transfered the money out of PayPal. Sounds suspicious. But I have PayPal buyer protection (for what it's worth), and I used my credit card. I will give him time, and if he still doesn't refund, I'll go through the non-selling seller process.
So I bought from a different seller for GBP 431, and I am waiting for it.
So many of these Universal auctions say "opened only to inspect" or "opened only to test", that it sounds suspicious.
Also, many of them say "unwanted upgrade", as if they were mailed a free phone and just want to get rid of it. Does O2 mail free Universals as upgrades?
Don't buy Universals on eBay unless the seller has 99+% feedback > 100, and the auction is covered under the "Free PayPal Buyer Protection". Look at their feedbacks, and what they bought/sold earlier. Pay with PayPal, and use a credit card as the funding source.

'free' at £75/month, min term 18months.
So if you consider £1400 free, then yes, they're 'free'.
Anyway, rules of ebay are:
1) It's a sellers market
2) Don't be greedy or you'll get a deserved bite in the ass
3) Supply & demand rules the roost.
4) research research research
5) READ FEEDBACKS & APPLY A BIT OF NOUNCE!!!
Hunt around for mislisted items - takes time but jeeeez the bargains I've scooped! Hence:
6) You put the effort in, you get the rewards out.
Andy

I had a look at those 70Euro Universals.
Seller from overseas? Check
Selling price way too low? Check
Seller doesn't take paypal? Check
1 day auction? Check
Seller's username appears randomly generated? Check
New seller account with feedback of around 10? Check
Feedback comments all left in a very short time interval? Check
Feedback comments brief and unlike genuine feedback? Check
Feedback left by 10 feedback, randomly generated usernames? Check
Initial bid from 10 feedback, randomly generated username? Check
So it rates 10/10 on the scammometer! But what the hell - bid on it anyway!

ROFL! :lol:
Yep, came across one of these & was about to flag it as a scam & as I was looking, it got removed!!!
Andy

spv-m5000 unlocked
gd day all i have them for you shippin via ems from israel to worldwide
spv-m5000 brand new unlocked
450 gbp + 15 gbp shipping
send me a private message if you want

Tried to sell mine on ebay a couple of times now , each time some idiot ruins the auction - so not sure who to trust now

I see these posting all the time for all sorts of high priced electronics. They are so easy to spot really if you follow the guidelines people posted above.
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So many of these Universal auctions say "opened only to inspect" or "opened only to test", that it sounds suspicious.
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IMO neither of those are suspisious. It means i have a better chance of getting a working unit. And just because someone got a free upgrade and does not state it does not make the listing any more legit.
I sold a spare XDA Exec on ebay which i acttually got as a cheap upgrade but not free. My wife prefers her existing phone. I knew it had a good chance of going out of the UK so for me to not check it would be madness. I wanted to list it as Sim Free i could not do that without physically checking. Plus i could not list it as working if i did not know that fior sure.
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Also, many of them say "unwanted upgrade", as if they were mailed a free phone and just want to get rid of it. Does O2 mail free Universals as upgrades?
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Yes this does happen a lot. O2 want to keep your business so at the end of your contract you are eligble for an upgrade to tie you up again for 12 or 18 months. They look at your history and if you have spent a lot of money with them on calls you get lots of offers. The more you have spent the better the offers. A lot of people are happy with there existing phone but know they could make a lot of money selling the new one.
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Tried to sell mine on ebay a couple of times now , each time some idiot ruins the auction - so not sure who to trust now
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Yes this is another bad problem with ebay. You have the option to remove bidders and to cancel the auction early to the highest bidder. You can only do this up until 12hrs before the auction ends. When i sold mine i waited to just before the 12hrs deadline and accepted the highest bidder i considered genuine based on their location and feedback that had an agreeable price for me. I was not out to make as much as i could get but just a fair price.
This worked well for me.

Dingo said:
I see these posting all the time for all sorts of high priced electronics. They are so easy to spot really if you follow the guidelines people posted above.
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See what postings?
So many of these Universal auctions say "opened only to inspect" or "opened only to test", that it sounds suspicious.
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IMO neither of those are suspisious. It means i have a better chance of getting a working unit.
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But it could be being used to sell a unit as "new" while hiding that it was "used".
And just because someone got a free upgrade and does not state it does not make the listing any more legit.
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???
(You probably meant "any less legit", but it still doesn't make sense. I said that they do state that they have an unwanted upgrade, something which sounds suspicious because it seems to be hiding something else. "Oh, I'm just selling this because it's an unwanted upgrade. I won't tell you anything else about it though.")
I sold a spare XDA Exec on ebay which i acttually got as a cheap upgrade but not free. My wife prefers her existing phone. I knew it had a good chance of going out of the UK so for me to not check it would be madness. I wanted to list it as Sim Free i could not do that without physically checking.
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All Execs are unlocked AFAIK.
Plus i could not list it as working if i did not know that fior sure.
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I always offer refunds on DOA equipment. Be sure to write down the serial number and put it in the auction, or someone might trade their defective unit for yours.
zoidster said:
Tried to sell mine on ebay a couple of times now , each time some idiot ruins the auction - so not sure who to trust now
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Yes this is another bad problem with ebay. You have the option to remove bidders and to cancel the auction early to the highest bidder. You can only do this up until 12hrs before the auction ends. When i sold mine i waited to just before the 12hrs deadline and accepted the highest bidder i considered genuine based on their location and feedback that had an agreeable price for me. I was not out to make as much as i could get but just a fair price.
This worked well for me.
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You're missing out on the sniper bids by ending early, but as you say, you weren't out to make as much as you can get.

leek said:
All Execs are unlocked AFAIK.
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I believe the german market units are providor locked. But don't quote me...
Richard

Hi,
I got my Vodafone V1640 for 330 GBP on eBay.
The seller accepted PayPal but anyway I spent a few days worried about not getting the phone.
It took 4-5 days till I received it.
Unfortunately it is locked to Vodafone UK and I want to use it with Vodafone Portugal.
No luck till now for the unlock code...
Cheers

I have over 900 + feedback on ebay and I always buy from those who have Buyer protection if its over £100. Bought my exec back in dec/jan this year from a guy who had 2 for sale for £385. The first had a screen calibration problem as if it'd been dropped. Sent him an email and he promptly sent me his other one just as soon as I sent him the first back. Since then absolutely no problems.
Also I always mention when selling that any1 with less than 5 + feedback will have their bids removed. I make sure I'm logged in for the last minutes of the auction in case I get sum1 with less then 5 feedback messing around. And I sure have had to cancel a few bids in the last few minutes. HTH

Consider this
£378 will buy a XDA Exec direct from O2's site brand new.
This is £150 for the XDA & 12 * monthly cost of £19
(which includes 50 anytime mins per month.)
Puts some of the £400-£500 Buy it Now deals in perspective.
Well in the UK at least.

$79 Hero Refurb/Preowned (no contract)

http://shop.sprint.com/NASApp/onlinestore/en/Action/DisplayPhones?INTNAV=ATG:HE:Phones
Note: Your phone will not be activated when it arrives. Please follow the instructions included in the box to activate it.
Web specials do not apply when upgrading to a pre-owned device. You’ll instead benefit from maintaining your current upgrade eligibility status.

I was just coming to post this.
I may buy one or two just to root and mess around with.
Worth a shot anyways.

It seems a deal! Better than the one I brought from craigslist, paid $100 without sdcard and headset.
BTW, I don't have to activate it, right?

I'm thinking about getting one. I dropped my Hero last week and scratched it up pretty badly (I was going to swap housing, but I don't want to bother with that). I'd use the refurb as my daily, with my other Hero as a testing device

cwzkevin said:
It seems a deal! Better than the one I brought from craigslist, paid $100 without sdcard and headset.
BTW, I don't have to activate it, right?
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I just ordered one. I had the option to have it pre-activated but I chose not to do that. I'm trying to get my husband on the Android bandwagon and this was a cheap way to do it. (He's currently in our family plan with a BB but wants to jump ship to ATT and Iphone. ugh, I know right?) If he hates it, I have a backup Hero and I did not have to extend my contract.

ordering mine tomorrow, went from a htc vogue with android hacked on to it, to a blackberry curve and now to an htc hero till my upgrade kicks in, never again shall i upgrade to a blackberry....piece of crap

looks like they must have sold out of the refurb heroes... :/

sadly wasn't able to order my phone that night due to mail holiday keeping me from getting my debit card on time but called sprint and was told they would have them back in stock on thursday

Where do you click to see a refurbished model?

oOMavrikOo said:
Where do you click to see a refurbished model?
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They're currently out of stock, but according to the post above you, Sprint should have them back in stock by tomorrow.

BlaqkAudio said:
They're currently out of stock, but according to the post above you, Sprint should have them back in stock by tomorrow.
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i emailed their customer support and im waiting for respond, ill keep you guys updated

I looked yesterday and today and could not find any Refurb'ed Heros, there were some others. Wish I had seen this earlier, would have been nice to get one for my daughter.

yeah i checked into it again, won't have any for a while :/ i suggest you look into ebay if you want to try, alot of reliable sellers.

Keep looking... it's definitely worth doing.
Mine came in a Sprint OEM "Certified Pre-owned" box, packaged as if it were new. The only thing missing was an SD card (heck, it would be just 2Gb which is worthless anyhow) and a printed full manual. The phone looks brand new, except for one minor flaw--a tiny dent on the speaker grille. Otherwise, you wouldn't know this was refurbished.
The battery is in a small plastic bag with a sticker closure. It was not charged, so the phone required the full charging time to get going.

i found some from ebay that were bought up from sprint by bestbuy.

I just looked on eBay for a private party selling a Hero. I hate buying from the jerks too lazy to post real pictures of the product. I'm not buying a new phone, so why would I ever buy anything without being able see exactly what I'm really getting?
Anyhoots I won an auction for one the guy says is 4 months old for $133. Just watched for auction ending in a few minutes that fit what I wanted, placed my bid, 10 minutes later I had won.
Not refurbished, and more than $79, but I'm sure my daughter will love it.

Nice job, sadly my paypal account is locked because i forgot about it and never put in my information, i went looking for people selling and accepting non paypal purchases, i ends tomorrow so hopefully i win, it's refurbished.

Here you go guys,
http://www.cowboom.com/search/results.cfm?keywords=htc+hero
should be about 11 up, most are bids but 2 of em can be bought directly and shipped out.

[INFO] ****ing Best Buy

Bought the Transformer and chose ship to store.
Got an email telling me it would be available for pickup from the 12th to the 22nd.
I called BestBuy to confirm and got a confirmation.
Got an email yesterday saying it would be available for pick up the 8th.
Got an email today saying it wouldn't be available for pickup.
Called BestBuy again, and the guy told me that it wasn't available anywhere and canceled my order.
I am pissed, waiting since the 26 and now no more tablet...Just going to go pick up an Iconia instead...
Did anyone else have this problem?

Well I don't shop at Best Buy anymore. I have been lied to by their sales people about their extended warranty. They lied to me saying if I bought their warranty, they will replace an item if it broke. When it broke, guess what? They didn't replace it and they took a month to fix it.
Note: Use your American Express or Visa Signature card and get a free one year warranty on top of a one year warranty. You don't even have to register the product.
If you don't use the credit cards above or want a longer warranty, use Squaretrade. Make make sure you google an online coupon code for around 30% off. A 3 year warranty for the Asus Transformer is $40 with a 30% off coupon code from Squaretrade.

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Well I don't shop at Best Buy anymore. I have been lied to by their sales people about their extended warranty. They lied to me saying if I bought their warranty, they will replace an item if it broke. When it broke, guess what? They didn't replace it and they took a month to fix it.
Note: Use your American Express or Visa Signature card and get a free one year warranty on top of a one year warranty. You don't even have to register the product.
If you don't use the credit cards above or want a longer warranty, use Squaretrade. Make make sure you google an online coupon code for around 30% off. A 3 year warranty for the Asus Transformer is $40 with a 30% off coupon code from Squaretrade.
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Yeah I bought a tv from them with extended warranty. When the screen had a warped image they couldn't confirm the problem because they refused to plug an antennae into it. If they wouldn't do that then what did they do for diagnosis.

Shigster said:
Bought the Transformer and chose ship to store.
Got an email telling me it would be available for pickup from the 12th to the 22nd.
I called BestBuy to confirm and got a confirmation.
Got an email yesterday saying it would be available for pick up the 8th.
Got an email today saying it wouldn't be available for pickup.
Called BestBuy again, and the guy told me that it wasn't available anywhere and canceled my order.
I am pissed, waiting since the 26 and now no more tablet...Just going to go pick up an Iconia instead...
Did anyone else have this problem?
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what is BestBuy?.......?
I stopped shopping there longtime ago....I thought they went bankrupt.....oh I think they are in line at bankruptcy court. (behind other BB).
Sorry to hear man.

trgi21 said:
what is BestBuy?.......?
I stopped shopping there longtime ago....I thought they went bankrupt.....oh I think they are in line at bankruptcy court. (behind other BB).
Sorry to hear man.
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Pretty sure they are the biggest electronics store chain in the US and are nowhere near going bankrupt.

I stopped by Frys and bought an acer iconia...not sure when the transformer will be available...i would love to own a transformer but I am done waiting
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Shigster said:
I stopped by Frys and bought an acer iconia...not sure when the transformer will be available...i would love to own a transformer but I am done waiting
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tried iconia myself.....with a higher price tag, its screen is not as good as the transformer and I heard its battery life is really poor...plus you'll miss the docking station (which is the killer feature for me)

magicpork said:
tried iconia myself.....with a higher price tag, its screen is not as good as the transformer and I heard its battery life is really poor...plus you'll miss the docking station (which is the killer feature for me)
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With the Dock it comes out more expensive than the Iconia itself.
I bought a leather case for it with an integrated keyboard off ebay. Works well and now that I rooted and froze the bloatware that can't be uninstalled I got 20 hours of battery with moderate use (WIFI on all the time)
back on topic. It seems that a lot of stores are canceling orders or just pushing back the orders saying it is out of stock.

No problems with BBY here. The ****ing (as you put it) Best Buy website was amazingly quick. I ordered yesterday in the 24 minute rush and it had 0-1 days to process. This morning it still said InProcess, so I called them to change the shipping from free ground to overnight. ****ing Best Buy told me no, there is no way to change it. It turns out it isn't ****ing Best Buy, it was due to the fact that they had already shipped it and UPS had not passed back the tracking number yet.
So **** this and **** that, I'm getting my ****ing tablet very ****ing fast through the ****ing Best Buy website. **** yeah.
... and once more. ****ing Best Buy. I won't say rocks, but they did their ****ing job, thanks BBY.

Bought my tablet from Best Buy on launch day. Ordered it online at 530ish and got it two days later couldnt be happier. Took it a week later to best buy to see if itd fit a netbook case for it and all the more techie employees wanted to check it out excited for when they could finally get it in stock at the store themselves. Shocked even by how much better it was over the acer. I ended up getting the netbook case I liked. And not getting the million other accesories i couldve bought for it. yes i know best buy computer accesiories are overpriced but they have a large selection of everything and hire so many people. If you don't like it don't shop from them but i've never had a problem with their service.

OK, **** Best Buy. After my call to Best Buy this morning when I was informed that my tablet was out of shipping it was then change to back-ordered. Bastards.
I called them and supposedly BBY is getting shipments from Asus daily and adjusted my shipping to overnight to compensate. We'll see.
If luck is with me, overnight will beat the free 5-8 day ground shipping.

Ordered from Best Buy morning of 4/26 for p/u in store (16g) on 5/11. Received the email that it wouldn't be available for p/u on 5/10 (day before I was to p/u). Called and was told there was NO estimated time I could get it. Ordered a 32g from Tiger Direct yesterday morning and it's in transit to me as we speak, I should have it tomorrow. Cancelled the BB order today. But I'm not even entirely convinced I would have ever received the BB order anyways. Who knows... sounds like some people have had some luck.

Well, it seems luck favors the bold. I was willing to tempt fate and take the Best Buy people at their word when they told me shipments were coming in frequently, multiple times a day even.
I have a tracking number as of a few minutes ago and I am impatiently waiting on them to get the physical box on the way. Way to go ****ing Best Buy.

cozylies said:
Ordered from Best Buy morning of 4/26 for p/u in store (16g) on 5/11. Received the email that it wouldn't be available for p/u on 5/10 (day before I was to p/u). Called and was told there was NO estimated time I could get it. Ordered a 32g from Tiger Direct yesterday morning and it's in transit to me as we speak, I should have it tomorrow. Cancelled the BB order today. But I'm not even entirely convinced I would have ever received the BB order anyways. Who knows... sounds like some people have had some luck.
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Ordered from Tigerdirect as well. Really glad I did, mine should be in hand tonight! Thank god, I really didn't want to have to resort to getting an Iconia instead.

darkhawkff said:
Ordered from Tigerdirect as well. Really glad I did, mine should be in hand tonight! Thank god, I really didn't want to have to resort to getting an Iconia instead.
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Yeah Iconia wasn't an option for me. Glad to report TD has come through!! UPS delivered my 32g Transformer to me @ work a few hours ago. Step 1 complete - now I need to get the dock.

darkhawkff said:
Ordered from Tigerdirect as well. Really glad I did, mine should be in hand tonight! Thank god, I really didn't want to have to resort to getting an Iconia instead.
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I'm excited to get one soon but is it really that serious? I mean I'm glad yours is almost there but I don't understand everybody's lack of patience. What did everyone do before it came out?

mine was available on walmart for 5 minutes
i got it just in time

I got mine from BB on May, 9 as they promised. I have no problems with this store, they keep their words always.

If you are buying a Note 10.1, save yourself some money

Since the 10.1 2014 launched I knew I was going to buy one, I wanted to find a good deal on it though. I got my Black 32GB for $480 shipped! $120 off retail ain't bad.... :good:
What I did:
Go to Amazon and select the Black 32GB, there will be Used ones listed below. Amazon Warehouse is selling "Open Box" ones for $533 in "Good" condition. I looked for one that had the description that said: "Packaging may be damaged" as the only disclaimer. Then during checkout, apply for the Amazon Rewards card and they will give you a $50 gift card instantly that you can apply to the order. You don't even have to use the Amazon card, you just have to apply for it. Free money! I had it shipped with Free 2 day Prime shipping and when it arrived it looked like it never was used. The box had a couple rips on it, thats it. The tablet is in perfect condition.
For my money, I think you can't go wrong.
Thought I would share the love

If I'm goon NH to open a credit card is rather open one that hat gives me a XXX amount of money as a sign up bonus.
Just saying that's another option.
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yeah I was wondering the same thing OP...
But I always think the ones that were sent back had some problem(right?!)
when the are sent back, does Amazon look into them and like restart and fix the item?! or they just put it in a box and send it to us? is it what's called refurbished?!
anyway another option for me is to wait for black friday...this tablet is a must have for me...so will get it one way or another

Deal Alert
Check out Ebay if you are looking to get one.
ww.androidpolice.com/2013/11/07/deal-alert-galaxy-note-10-1-2014-edition-on-sale-for-569-99-on-ebay-daily-deals-free-shipping-and-tax-only-in-maryland
Rew

Rew482 said:
Check out Ebay if you are looking to get one.
ww.androidpolice.com/2013/11/07/deal-alert-galaxy-note-10-1-2014-edition-on-sale-for-569-99-on-ebay-daily-deals-free-shipping-and-tax-only-in-maryland
Rew
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Great find!
But a word of caution to anyone going the eBay route, Samsung will not honor their warranty unless you purchase the device from an authorized dealer.
If you're planning on tripping the KNOX counter with root though, you won't have to care.

alias747 said:
Since the 10.1 2014 launched I knew I was going to buy one, I wanted to find a good deal on it though. I got my Black 32GB for $480 shipped! $120 off retail ain't bad.... :good:
What I did:
Go to Amazon and select the Black 32GB, there will be Used ones listed below. Amazon Warehouse is selling "Open Box" ones for $533 in "Good" condition. I looked for one that had the description that said: "Packaging may be damaged" as the only disclaimer. Then during checkout, apply for the Amazon Rewards card and they will give you a $50 gift card instantly that you can apply to the order. You don't even have to use the Amazon card, you just have to apply for it. Free money! I had it shipped with Free 2 day Prime shipping and when it arrived it looked like it never was used. The box had a couple rips on it, thats it. The tablet is in perfect condition.
For my money, I think you can't go wrong.
Thought I would share the love
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Do you still receive all the perks? Thanks

swamks said:
yeah I was wondering the same thing OP...
But I always think the ones that were sent back had some problem(right?!)
when the are sent back, does Amazon look into them and like restart and fix the item?! or they just put it in a box and send it to us? is it what's called refurbished?!
anyway another option for me is to wait for black friday...this tablet is a must have for me...so will get it one way or another
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Not necessarily at all. It's like people that buy stuff at Best Buy. They just decide they don't want it and send it back. I have used mine a ton since I got it and it works perfect. So I don't know how it could be a bad one. It's not refurbished, that would have to be done by the manufacturer. This would be constituted as "open box".
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Do you still receive all the perks? Thanks
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This is a good point and opens up a new discussion. My theory: I think that people are being very dishonest and buying these tablets to simply get the free perks and then are returning them. I mean heck, you get $75 in free movies/music/apps! Mine when I got it still had all the Perks papers in the box. However, when I went to register on the site it said it was already registered. I opened a ticket with Samsung chat today and the rep said that in 2 days I should get an email from an elevated team that will give me the perks. I was very vague in my dialog. I simply said I bought it from Amazon and it would let me register the device on Samsung.com but would not let me register for the perks. He took all my info and left me waiting to hear from the other team. But I have a copy of the chat transcript that says I will get my perks in 2 days. I think they will have to honor that... In any case, I really don't care that much if I don't get them. Honestly all I wanted was this awesome tablet. And for the price I got it, it's a steal. If I get Perks too, then yay for me!
So you could def get lucky and buy one that the person didn't steal the Perks out of... A gamble I guess.

alias747 said:
Not necessarily at all. It's like people that buy stuff at Best Buy. They just decide they don't want it and send it back. I have used mine a ton since I got it and it works perfect. So I don't know how it could be a bad one. It's not refurbished, that would have to be done by the manufacturer. This would be constituted as "open box".
This is a good point and opens up a new discussion. My theory: I think that people are being very dishonest and buying these tablets to simply get the free perks and then are returning them. I mean heck, you get $75 in free movies/music/apps! Mine when I got it still had all the Perks papers in the box. However, when I went to register on the site it said it was already registered. I opened a ticket with Samsung chat today and the rep said that in 2 days I should get an email from an elevated team that will give me the perks. I was very vague in my dialog. I simply said I bought it from Amazon and it would let me register the device on Samsung.com but would not let me register for the perks. He took all my info and left me waiting to hear from the other team. But I have a copy of the chat transcript that says I will get my perks in 2 days. I think they will have to honor that... In any case, I really don't care that much if I don't get them. Honestly all I wanted was this awesome tablet. And for the price I got it, it's a steal. If I get Perks too, then yay for me!
So you could def get lucky and buy one that the person didn't steal the Perks out of... A gamble I guess.
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Make sure you check your gmail under the promotions tab. I thought some kind of funny business was going on with my tablet since I also got the "already registered" message when trying to claim my perks, but it turns out their page for it can be hit or miss (found lots of complaints online). Meanwhile the perks were sitting in my promo folder all along...

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Since the 10.1 2014 launched I knew I was going to buy one, I wanted to find a good deal on it though. I got my Black 32GB for $480 shipped! $120 off retail ain't bad.... :good:
What I did:
Go to Amazon and select the Black 32GB, there will be Used ones listed below. Amazon Warehouse is selling "Open Box" ones for $533 in "Good" condition. I looked for one that had the description that said: "Packaging may be damaged" as the only disclaimer. Then during checkout, apply for the Amazon Rewards card and they will give you a $50 gift card instantly that you can apply to the order. You don't even have to use the Amazon card, you just have to apply for it. Free money! I had it shipped with Free 2 day Prime shipping and when it arrived it looked like it never was used. The box had a couple rips on it, thats it. The tablet is in perfect condition.
For my money, I think you can't go wrong.
Thought I would share the love
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YOU MAY BE OVER LOOKING SOMETHING
Below is a copy of the Standard Limited Warranty and according to the warranty by purchasing it used you don't have a warranty.
So if it was registered........... There goes your savings as you now need to purchase a warranty.
I would buy an extended warranty with damage protection anyway because micro USB ports are known to be fragile and I would want to experiment with root. Still a savings though.
What is covered and for how long?
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. (“SAMSUNG”)
warrants that SAMSUNG’s devices and accessories
(“Products”) are free from defects in material and
workmanship under normal use and service for the period
commencing upon the date of purchase by the first
consumer purchaser and continuing for the following
specified period of time after that date:

vdc530 said:
Great find!
But a word of caution to anyone going the eBay route, Samsung will not honor their warranty unless you purchase the device from an authorized dealer.
If you're planning on tripping the KNOX counter with root though, you won't have to care.
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is there even a way for Samsung to know where you purchased it? You can technically say it's a gift and they would have to cover you

499 tax free for 16 MB model at Military Exchanges...got mine today, good stuff, except can't play with it until tomorrow...on a road trip right now.

Just an update, I got an email from Samsung today and I got my perks! So I am not sure if the tablet truly was already registered for it or if the site was just having troubles but they sent me codes.
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Be careful I bought one of these last week and it didn't have an s pen. A bit ticked off but amazon gave me credit to buy an s pen at my local store. There's 2 very minor scratch on the bottom but not very noticeable unless you really look. Also some light bleed. Otherwise the tablet is fine. Considering it has some scratch I would assume it was a returned used unit. Still not a bad deal but I'm a bit concerned. I was able to register the device so I'm good with warranty coverage I assume.
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does anyone know if big retail stores(bestbuy,target etc) have discounts for Black Friday or Cyber Monday?! anything for GN 10.1 2014 edition?

aznmode said:
Be careful I bought one of these last week and it didn't have an s pen. A bit ticked off but amazon gave me credit to buy an s pen at my local store. There's 2 very minor scratch on the bottom but not very noticeable unless you really look. Also some light bleed. Otherwise the tablet is fine. Considering it has some scratch I would assume it was a returned used unit. Still not a bad deal but I'm a bit concerned. I was able to register the device so I'm good with warranty coverage I assume.
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Yeah I hear ya, that's why I looked for one that only had the description that said the packaging was damaged. They were right on, my tablet is perfect. Minimal light bleed and not a scratch on it. I think that all units are going to have a little light bleed, its just the nature of the beast. The missing s-pen is a fluke I'm sure.
I am assuming the same things about warranty, they would never know if I bought this used if I am the first one to register it... So warranty should be fine

John Lewis Price Drop - Now £369

Just noticed they have dropped their price to £369
http://www.johnlewis.com/samsung-ga...-android-10-1-16gb-wi-fi/p753447?colour=White

Thanks
Cheers!
I just rang them and will get a further reduction. I've had one return, and 2 price matches
In all I've had 110 GB Pounds back off John Lewis since I bought it a month or so ago. Not bad for 2 years gurantee.

I just got mine on Saturday (replaced on Sunday) would I be able to get the price match?

EpicDom said:
I just got mine on Saturday (replaced on Sunday) would I be able to get the price match?
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Yeah call them up when you get a chance and they will refund you £30 - I haven't done this personally as I didn't buy from JL but people on this forum got refunds when JL dropped price from £450 to £400 and @bu11d0g is saying he has got price match refund from the initial £480 price.

Thank you. I received the tablet under complex circumstances anyway. I actually didn't know I'd receive it since I got a cancellation email and was waiting for the refund from paypal (still waiting) to buy one again. I was initially going to wait, but then I got an email saying my tablet was being dispatched and effectively got charged for this tablet and right now my bank account looks like I've bought the tablet twice. I figured since it was too late to cancel and it would be arriving anyway I decided to keep it. I kind of regret it now lol but I do hope I'll be able to price match with them. Thank you for bringing this to my attention by the way!

White is all sold out online, but call your local store and you might be lucky. They will put it aside for you. My local JL had 3 white only left.

Okay I was told to do a price match form so hopefully they'll get back to me. If not I guess I'll call them up again.

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White is all sold out online, but call your local store and you might be lucky. They will put it aside for you. My local JL had 3 white only left.
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Thanks for this info, otherwise I wouldnt have bothered walking into the store where they had loads in stock so bought a white one ... however the assistant first brought out a box with one seal broken (can't say for sure if she knew or not but I will give benefit of the doubt) but when I told her about it she seemed a tad shocked and got me another straightaway. Don't get why samsung don't just have that plastic film like on ipads or other devices as it would be plainly visable if it had been opened/tampered with. Oh well i have mine now so all is well :good:.

Geordie Affy said:
Thanks for this info, otherwise I wouldnt have bothered walking into the store where they had loads in stock so bought a white one ... however the assistant first brought out a box with one seal broken (can't say for sure if she knew or not but I will give benefit of the doubt) but when I told her about it she seemed a tad shocked and got me another straightaway. Don't get why samsung don't just have that plastic film like on ipads or other devices as it would be plainly visable if it had been opened/tampered with. Oh well i have mine now so all is well :good:.
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Glad you got what you wanted ?
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Thanks for that infomation, I filled out there online price match form last night, and got a conformation e-mail today telling me they have credited me the £30. Very happy (and somewhat surprised)

Bought mine online from them a couple of weeks ago and picked up in store. Emailed them earlier, reply this evening saying they are crediting my card with the £30 refund... great!

Happy days!
Yay, submitted a price-match claim last night and this morning received an email saying they are refunding £30 :victory:

Got mine today! it kills my tab 3 8.0. The screen is something to behold.

Just wanted to confirm that they've also verified my price match and I should be getting my £30 back. Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. It makes me feel more relieved that I've made the right decision purchasing this.

I bought mine last week from JL for 399.. just emailed them to see if I can get my 30 quid back too .. my missis wasn't too happy at me when I shown her how much it is now lol

Ordered mine today. Paid for next day delivery but it says wednesday Doh!

Guitarfreak26 said:
Ordered mine today. Paid for next day delivery but it says wednesday Doh!
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I guess you bought the black version? I can't wait for them to get white back in stock

Ive submitted a price match form, hopefully ill be lucky! loving the tab and this might be time to root it so i can move some games to my SD

Wasn't sure where to put this but since it says 'John Lewis' on the tin I might as well. I got this tab from John lewis so if I were to return it or if it broke within the 2 year warranty with the Knox counter tripped, would they check it or would they just repair/replace it no questions asked. Thanks in advance
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Saga Continues
Update:
So I called up my local John Lewis to check the store stock, they tell me they have the Note 10.1 2014 in stock so she says its reserved for you now so come into store and pick it up within 3 days. Me being all excited I head out for JL straight away. I get there, find an assistant...she pops into the back and walks out with a brown wooded box so I get even more excited - on closer inspection its a Tab 3 10.1, I tell her its the wrong one, she apologieses and pops back into the stock room and returns empty handed once again apologising that there is no Note 10.1 left. So that was a wasted journey and go home sad and empty handed.
So try 2...I call up on wednesday and once again I'm told they have stock and its on hold - I repeat many times "Note 2014" and even mension I've already had a wasted trip and she goes " I have personally placed it on the shelf myself", I was catching a domestic flight home and as soon as I land I make the way to the shop and the exact same thing happens, obviously I was a tad annoyed by this stage, I didnt really mind the first time as mistakes happen but twice!
The assistant understood my annoyance and in the end he said whenevever it comes back into stock I will get a £30 discount...so in total the tablet will cost £340...I left tabletless once again but atleast I will get a good deal whenever I do buy it. Patience is a virtue haha.