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hi anyone purchased from them before? they are based on beijing china
i wanted to get a photon from them, its going for $241.
seems too good to be true, done some googling on them with "assuredoffer.com scam fraud" and nothing is coming up.
im chatting with their rep online and she assures be they are legit
they do have paypal options etc,
i just wanna come here 1st before i click the purchase button
thanks

See if there are reviews it does seem to good to be true
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i know i originally wanted the photon but the sgs2 looks to be even cheaper.
thing is i cant find anything about them, anywhere

here's a transcript with the chat lady
Welcome!
If you have any opinion or suggestion to our product or service, please feel free to contact us online at any moment! We will give you a detailed answer.
Amy 12:29:42
Hello, Can I help you?
I 12:30:00
uhh i was interested in the motorola photon 4g
I 12:30:09
i've never heard of you guys
Amy 12:30:22
hi
Amy 12:30:22
ok
Amy 12:30:22
have you ordered
I 12:30:27
nope
Amy 12:30:30
we are in beijing China,we ship items to all over the world
Amy 12:30:40
you can order by clicking 'add to cart'to order the items you want,after you order , you will get an order number ,and we will send you the order email.
Amy 12:30:40
we are legal company and our business is legitimate
Amy 12:30:40
you can shop with confidence in our site
I 12:31:07
hmmm, so the phone i wanted to get is a sprint phone
I 12:31:18
what are your shipping fees
Amy 12:31:32
yes
Amy 12:31:32
the shipping cost for one phone is 40 $
I 12:31:45
on top of its regular price?
I 12:32:00
ok
Amy 12:32:13
that is the regular shipping cost
I 12:32:43
ok got you, do have an estimate of how fast the shipping would be
Amy 12:32:44
Looking forward cooperation with you.
I 12:32:53
lets say ups
Amy 12:33:10
3-5 days for you to get
I 12:33:20
ok thanks alot
Amy 12:33:24
we can also offer you overnight shipping
I 12:33:33
ok good
Amy 12:33:36
you can get your order in one day
Amy 12:34:03
my pleasure
I 12:34:36
one last thing, the phone does come with a clean esn so that i can activate it on sprint right away right?
I 12:34:47
this is a new phone right?
Amy 12:35:17
it is new phone
Amy 12:35:17
with clean esn
Amy 12:35:29
you can rest assured
Amy 12:35:43
we never sell used items or fake ones
I 12:35:55
good because i was worried about that
I 12:36:16
is your customer service 24 hrs incase i have more questions
Amy 12:36:18
i understand
Amy 12:36:39
place the order by clicking 'add to cart' to begin with.
Amy 12:36:39
after you order , you will get an order number ,and we will send you the order email.
Amy 12:36:52
about 7 hours later we will be off work and gonna handle shpping for customers who order today
I 12:36:54
what about a ups tracking number
Amy 12:37:13
we will email you the tracking number at the same day you pay for your order,
I 12:38:34
are u going to remain on the line while i go ahead and order?
Amy 12:38:59
yes
Amy 12:38:59
we wil be online
I 12:39:36
ohhh another thing how do i get into VIP
Amy 12:40:02
for only one item you order,we can offer member price,
for more than one item you order on our site,you will get vip price for each item and some discount in the shipping
Amy 12:40:02
i will leave for a while
Amy 12:40:02
brb
I 12:40:22
ok
Amy 12:44:49
hi
I 12:44:56
hi
I 12:47:38
so i was reading abut your company online, says your a scam company
Amy 12:48:56
WE ARE LEGAL COMPANY
I 12:49:18
heres a link, look at the last response on the page
I 12:49:53
http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?p=141903
Amy 12:53:38
every one has the right to talk on the internet ,so No one is safe from slander.
Amy 12:53:39
WE ARE LEGAL COMPANY
Amy 12:53:54
AND OUR BUSINESS IS LEGITIMATE
I 12:54:34
ok so if for any reason i want to return it, or dont get my product how will i get a refund?
Amy 12:55:02
through the same way you pay to us
I 12:55:25
not to be skeptical but i've dealt with a lot of chinese companies and all of them have be trouble
I 12:56:25
ok im gonna ask some more people before i purchase it just to make sure
Amy 12:56:48
ok
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I wouldn't do it as iv been to China there are thousands of shops there that are a legal company blah blah blah they will say anything to get a buck out of Americans. Id look on eBay or in the mp here before ordering from any company based in China unless it was strait from the manufacture . But that's just me..
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^ thanks bro
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Looks like a scam to me.....I could put together a better and more believable website in 15 minutes. Plus, with $40 bucks for shipping, it's not even that great of a deal, especially for something that might be a scam.

The online chat person said "brb"?
Sounds unprofessional to me...
Don't do it. Its worth any extra money, IMO, to deal with a reputable and legitimate business.
~ I'm a fungi

These people spam craigslist with endless listings. There are numerous sites where people say they were scammed by them -- things like "they said to send $200 more because it was held in customs", and then they were taken for the purchase price plus the additional money. I have no first hand knowledge, but generally if people take the trouble to go to a scam report site and list them, they must have been taken and mad. I would avoid this one.

Sign up for Serve by AmEx and get 10$ free

I don't know if this is allowed, so if It's not mod please remove.
American Express is currently running a promotion to attract more customers to their Serve service.
Serve is essentially American Express' version of PayPal. It's becoming popular fairly rapidly especially here on the XDA marketplace.
If you sign up before March 31st you get 10$ just for signing up. They'll send you a card in the mail which you can use at any location that accepts American Express cards.
You can sign up at http://www.serve.com/
You can also PM me your e-mail if you wanted to be really nice and let me get a referral commission
Just saying, anyone 18+ in the US should sign up for this. It's a FREE 10 bucks no strings attatched.

They asked me to send them copies of my social security and other documents so I just left it alone

When did they ask that?
I signed up and the most info they asked was last 4 digits of SSN.
Besides, its not like this is some shady company, its amex! Possibly the best card company in the US

thatbigmoose said:
When did they ask that?
I signed up and the most info they asked was last 4 digits of SSN.
Besides, its not like this is some shady company, its amex! Possibly the best card company in the US
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through an email they were saying they needed it to confirm it. Btw did you get your ten dollars?

I did this a while back, there's already a thread in this section about this. I can confirm it works though
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adolfo778 said:
through an email they were saying they needed it to confirm it. Btw did you get your ten dollars?
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You don't get it until you recieve the card in the mail and confirm it with the card #. I think mine just confirmed and went through just like that.. no other confirmations needed, says to watch the mail for my card.
jiggaman508 said:
I did this a while back, there's already a thread in this section about this. I can confirm it works though
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Oh there is? When I was creating the thread it didn't pop up in the suggestion thing :/.

HTC Champions is offering carrier employees a m9 at $299 off contract

HTC has a program called Champions for employees of carrier retail stores. They are offering them a M9 at $299 off contract. Furthermore if they buy a M9 from the discount program they can trade it in for the next One at no extra charge with their "One for Life" program. I posted the screen shot from the email on my G+ page: https://plus.google.com/+PatrickHill/posts/Mr462GhpLbw
So if you work in a carrier store go sign up for Champions and get your M9 for only $299

is this us only?

My store wasn't listed, but it's a small mom and pop shop that IS an authorized T-Mo dealer. Hope I'm able to be considered and that it isn't closed to only those who work at the retail stores.

I wish I was working at a carrier retail store. Ugh maybe next time... Wondering if a friend who works there can do the favor for none workers?

These deals are generally restricted to corporate retail stores by the phone manufacturers as they do actually verify that you're eligible before allowing you to make the purchase. Could be different for this deal but I'm assuming it's not.

I am a member of HTC champions. there is a strict verification policy to ensure that you are a corporate retailer employee. The community is meant to help dealers learn about HTC and interact with other corporate employees.

Is it a U.S. only offering?

Dog-G said:
Is it a U.S. only offering?
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yup

I wonder if this is offered through Best Buy Mobile ))

mccorkendale said:
I wonder if this is offered through Best Buy Mobile ))
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Yes it is and I already ordered mine as a Best Buy Mobile employee.

max53389 said:
Yes it is and I already ordered mine as a Best Buy Mobile employee.
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Did you use your work email if you have one? Just wanted to make sure cuz I just used my personal email to sign up but I dont know if they use the corporate email to verify or anything (I have one if they need it). And would you mind saying how long it took for you to get verified?

I went to the Montclair, New Jersey HTC event on 4-9 to pick up mine.

I should really get a part time job at a store so I can get these kind of perks. I sell enough phones usually just by talking to people about phones and helping them decide then some of these sales reps I usually school any of the young sales reps that try to help me when I'm in a store.. I actually cut into one guy's sale at AT&T because he was telling this customer sh** that just was false and set him straight real fast.. haha

Are we sure this is US only? I really hope not. I'm Canadian and my store was listed when I signed up... It even allows Canadian addresses (listing provinces and allowing postal codes, etc). I'd be deeply disappointed if we're left out of this. Does anyone know?

kusso92 said:
Did you use your work email if you have one? Just wanted to make sure cuz I just used my personal email to sign up but I dont know if they use the corporate email to verify or anything (I have one if they need it). And would you mind saying how long it took for you to get verified?
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Sorry for the long response time.
I pretty sure that you have to set it up through your work email. You just find your store in the list and I think you also get verified with your work email.
I'm not too sure how long it took to verify but on the discount page it mentioned that if you recently created an account, it could take up to 2-3 days to process if you just started as it's a different website that you buy from and separate from HTC Champions.
I set up HTC champions well over a year ago and kind of fuzzy on the exact details but use your work email for everything HTC and you will be fine.
Edit: Found this on the promo page
Please allow for up to 48 hours if you are newly registered to Champions.
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So that's the time you might have to wait and I honestly don't see this selling out quickly as it's not a very popular phone.

Did anybody get a shipping notification?

samven582 said:
Did anybody get a shipping notification?
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Judging by the content of your post history and your impatience I would bet you're someone who doesn't work at a carrier store, who got into Champions, got an order in and are now waiting to see if they will actually ship it or if you will get busted and it be cancelled... If that's not the case I apologize but if that is the case (which I would think someone who worked at a carrier store would be more knowledgeable than the content and questions you've asked in your posts.. for example.. asking if the GS5's all had yellow screens or if it was just yours.. if you had worked in a carrier store you could have compared it to many others in stock or that you sold) then I hope you do get busted and the order doesn't ship. I didn't post this for people to take advantage.. I posted it for legit carrier employees who might not even know about the program... Again.. If I'm wrong I apologize.

graffixnyc said:
Judging by the content of your post history and your impatience I would bet you're someone who doesn't work at a carrier store, who got into Champions, got an order in and are now waiting to see if they will actually ship it or if you will get busted and it be cancelled... If that's not the case I apologize but if that is the case (which I would think someone who worked at a carrier store would be more knowledgeable than the content and questions you've asked in your posts.. for example.. asking if the GS5's all had yellow screens or if it was just yours.. if you had worked in a carrier store you could have compared it to many others in stock or that you sold) then I hope you do get busted and the order doesn't ship. I didn't post this for people to take advantage.. I posted it for legit carrier employees who might not even know about the program... Again.. If I'm wrong I apologize.
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Judging by the content of your post history and your impatience I would bet you're someone who doesn't work at a carrier store, who got into Champions, got an order in and are now waiting to see if they will actually ship it or if you will get busted and it be cancelled... If that's not the case I apologize but if that is the case (which I would think someone who worked at a carrier store would be more knowledgeable than the content and questions you've asked in your posts
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Bad day at work? Or you had a case of the Mondays? What ever it maybe and judging for your post and tone it looks like you're taking out your frustion on me. If you have a problem with I said you should PM me instead of trying to publicly humiliating me on XDA.
Now the reason why I ask is because I know someone who works at a ATT and was able to convice him to order one for me since he is part of HTC champion. Since you made this thread for people who work in retail carrier stores, I figured I would ask
for example.. asking if the GS5's all had yellow screens or if it was just yours..
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Going through your post history you answered a similar question on how your HTC m9 screen was "green" and it was the resullt of glue? How did you know this? What is your evidence?

samven582 said:
Did anybody get a shipping notification?
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Ordered mine yesterday morning... got a shipping notification last night .

Bought a M9 from a ATT employee today. $495. Great deal. Since they make a $200 profit
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Samsung Promotions Any Success?

I'm trying to register my devices (s8 & S8+) for the Samsung Promotions but I keep getting IMEI or Mac-Address not found... I have tmobile phones, anyone else have success in registering their phones?

Might have to wait until Friday which is technically the release date. The Lg promotions for the g6 had the same issue.

Yeah mine isn't working either. I'll wait until Friday or Saturday and try again.

Got mine done with no issues but when I hit the order button for the vr, headphones and sdcard it said my cart was empty. Called samsung via home phone and on hold for 25 minutes. She said she would straighten it out, got a call back in 15 minutes and she took my credit card information via phone, received an email stating the order went through. Asked her when she thought they would ship and she said after the 20th.

I would highly recommend doing it from the phone rather than their web site. Mine went through okay but I wanted the headphones bundle. Even though I had that selected, it processed it as vr only it looks like. Still stuck waiting for them on the phone.

wtf.. You may want to check your email. I tried and kept getting errors. I wanted to pay the extra $99. I get an email that says my submission was approved. It was approved for just the headset. On the website it wouldn't take my im/wifi mac on Samsung pay it kept saying socket errors. Somehow it went through for the just the headset. I'm on the phone now...

no issues registering for, and then ordering, the full immersion package through the Shop Samsung app. Just got the confirmation email that my order is being processed and I will get another email when it ships via 2-day air. One strange quirk, though... after I initially registered for the $99 promo option, I got an email saying that they had received my promo request and it could take up to 2 weeks to be processed, at which time I would receive another email with next steps on how to complete the order. That was yesterday. Today, I went back into the Shop Samsung app and saw the order option in the promo tab and it worked like a charm.

What are you all using for proof of purchase in the shop samsung app?

I thought this promotion was supposed to be free! What's this $99 all about?!
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theprfct10 said:
I thought this promotion was supposed to be free! What's this $99 all about?!
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$99 is for getting AKG headphone and 256GB MicroSD card which apparently have a combined retail value of $300-$400 something. Also this is in addition to the VR bundle you anyways get for free

Submitted through app, said I was under review, just checked through the website and it says approved.

Mine is worked fine. I used samsung shop app

The app says I've been approved but no where does it give me the option to buy it.

idksomuch said:
The app says I've been approved but no where does it give me the option to buy it.
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Same

Also had success in the samsung shop app after a failed attempt on the website.

I really wish they'd do this kind of promotions in europe...

Applied 30 minutes ago, went with the upgraded package, did it on the comp, instant approval, went to click the buy button, and the page didn't load with no way to get back to it. 10 minutes later I get an email confirming the approval and a link to buy the upgraded package. Clicked the link and it added it to my cart. Interesting thing is it seems that you can order more than 1 (or at least change the quantity), only ordered 1 though so don't know if you can actually get more. Checked out and got an order confirmation. Says it's expected to ship in 2-3 days with expedited shipping.

Someone who doesn't want their vr? In Europe we get nothing

Thanks dude didn't, thing about ordering threw the app. I did the first part on the website and thought I would have to wait the two weeks for the immersive bundle. Props

Th3rdBorn said:
What are you all using for proof of purchase in the shop samsung app?
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The pdf document from the T-Mobile site, your eip agreement.

Registration for free Gear VR

Can someone else explain time how the registration works exactly? I filled out my forms and they were approved via email. It says 6 to 8 week shipping period, but I've been hearing some people say you have to add it too your cart and actually check out? And what about tracking numbers? Can anyone confirm?

I think that's mainly when you pay for the Immersive bundle which has more stuff.

Yashraj said:
I think that's mainly when you pay for the Immersive bundle which has more stuff.
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So if I just got the free one I shouldn't have to do anything else but wait?

Best to call the 1-800-SAMSUNG # shown in the SAMSUNG PAY app. I just did mine this morning was as able to provide my IMEI #, and pay the $99 ($107.17 after tax / shipping charges) to get the full bundle ordered. Now the wait!!

senor360 said:
Best to call the 1-800-SAMSUNG # shown in the SAMSUNG PAY app. I just did mine this morning was as able to provide my IMEI #, and pay the $99 ($107.17 after tax / shipping charges) to get the full bundle ordered. Now the wait!!
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I check the status and this looks up and I don't understand the "new graphic goes here" thing

Graphic
Duck Quan said:
I check the status and this looks up and I don't understand the "new graphic goes here" thing
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When I had it on my phone, it was showing a tiny tiny picture of what I believe was a phone. They're possibly updating the website to put in a correct graphics to represent the phone? Not sure.

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When I had it on my phone, it was showing a tiny tiny picture of what I believe was a phone. They're possibly updating the website to put in a correct graphics to represent the phone? Not sure.
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I went to the website on my phone and put it in desktop mode and that solved the issue. My VR is just waiting to be shipped

Just wait. If it's accepted it'll come, eventually. My gift from the Note 7 took like 3 weeks or something.
Also - you'll prob use the VR twice and it'll collect dust lol

Ship time?
Duck Quan said:
I went to the website on my phone and put it in desktop mode and that solved the issue. My VR is just waiting to be shipped
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So we are looking at a 6-8 weeks wait time, right? At least the little flyer T-Mobile gave me said that.

senor360 said:
So we are looking at a 6-8 weeks wait time, right? At least the little flyer T-Mobile gave me said that.
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That's what the Samsung website says. I have no idea why it would take so long so I'm hoping it will come before then. I'm an impatient person so I'll probably be checking the status every day. I'll let you know if I find out anything else

How long is the free promotion available?

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AT&Tsucks said:
How long is the free promotion available?
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Well the $99 package is sold out from what people are saying, but the free VR headset and controller is available to claim through 5/14, but I believe it's only for those that pre-ordered. Someone correct me if I'm wrong please.

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Well the $99 package is sold out from what people are saying, but the free VR headset and controller is available to claim through 5/14, but I believe it's only for those that pre-ordered. Someone correct me if I'm wrong please.
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Ok cool, and yeah it's only for those who pre-ordered which I have. I signed up for promotion but I accidentally pressed on $99 one and now I can't revert back to free one. Do you know to get free gear VR and controller?

Free Gear VR
AT&Tsucks said:
Ok cool, and yeah it's only for those who pre-ordered which I have. I signed up for promotion but I accidentally pressed on $99 one and now I can't revert back to free one. Do you know to get free gear VR and controller?
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If you din't want the $99 bundle, then for sure call the 1-800-SAMSUNG # and explain to them what is going on and for them to correct what's needed so you can make sure you get your free VR headset at the very least. Sooner than later. With how fast these bundles sold, I'm afraid they won't have enough free headsets for those that pre-ordered.

I pre-ordered from Best Buy on 3/31. When I picked up the S8 on 4/21 the receipt from Best Buy showed the date as 4/21. I uploaded that receipt when I registered for the free gift. Anyone know if Samsung will know that the phone was pre-ordered and not simply bought on 4/21?
Has anyone submitted a receipt similar to my situation and had their registration for the free gift approved? Thank you!

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I pre-ordered from Best Buy on 3/31. When I picked up the S8 on 4/21 the receipt from Best Buy showed the date as 4/21. I uploaded that receipt when I registered for the free gift. Anyone know if Samsung will know that the phone was pre-ordered and not simply bought on 4/21?
Has anyone submitted a receipt similar to my situation and had their registration for the free gift approved? Thank you!
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Same here. Just received email saying the purchase did not take place during the approved window. This sucks.

Is this offer open to the UK too?
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VinylJStar said:
Same here. Just received email saying the purchase did not take place during the approved window. This sucks.
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You can likely print out your phone upgrade agreement from your carrier, that should show when your account was updated the day your pre order was placed. How that helps.

VinylJStar said:
Same here. Just received email saying the purchase did not take place during the approved window. This sucks.
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I pre-ordered from Best Buy and got the same message from Samsung when I uploaded the receipt they gave me with the phone. Luckily I pre-ordered online so I went to bestbuy.com, logged into my account, and clicked "Order Status" at the top of the screen. Then I clicked the order number for the purchase of my S8 and that took me to a page showing the order details, including the date that I pre-ordered. I clicked the print button on that page and it printed a full receipt with the order date and pickup date. I just uploaded that receipt so hopefully that will take care of it.
For anyone who is interested, the Order Details screen URL was www-ssl.bestbuy.com/profile/orders/order-details?orderId=<your order ID>