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Hello!! I thought my BB Note 4 experience is worth sharing. I preordered on 10/17. That day I asked about trade in of an old Droid 4. I told them I wanted to keep unlimited data and would be paying full price. Was told no problem on trade in for $200 gift card. Tonight, I go in to pick up the phone and they told me since I'm not going to get a new contract, I wont get the $200 gift card. I reminded them of who told me. Here is what they did to come through. They took the droid on a trade for $25. After that they discounted the price $175....No gift card, but a mark down. (I did try to get a Verizon price match, no luck.). I also had a 10% off card that came in a USPS address change kit I received recently for BB, for any one item. They took that, too....at full retail, so another $75 off. I wasnt done. I had a $10 rewards coupon. Took that, too. So, I ended up paying $465 and kept my unlimited data. Can't complain here.
I had a very good experience at Best Buy. Traded my Incredible for the $200 and used a data line with an upgrade due, but son already has a jail broke iPhone he wants to keep using.
They activated the N4 on his line and then put my S4 sim in the N4 and reactivated his iPhone. Did the juggling to keep unlimited data.
My experience initially with best buy was insane. I pre-ordered and went to the store only to find out their "beast" system had the wrong price for the verizon note 4 on the edge plan. It's normally 699, but the system had it for 749. Apparently I was the first person in the country to discover this and they call corporate and they had to update the system which didn't take place until 4pm est.
When I finally got my phone it was good. I got a 200 dollar gift card for trading in my old Galaxy s. I also get a 100 dollar line credit for opening a new line. I also took advantage of the double data plans on their family share plans verizon is offering this month.
All in all good experience. Excellent phone.
Just wish I could block app permissions..
-Wizzle
Okay experience for me. They price matched Verizon at $699 and gave me a $200 markdown and told me to keep my trade-in because it was easier for him to do it that way when purchasing at full price. Used BB credit card and now have $48 in points as well.
Best Buy DEBACLE with Note 4 Promotion
I too picked up my Verizon variant of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 yesterday at my local Best Buy here in Naples, Fl. After doing a considerable amount of research regarding the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 promotion (trade in "ANY" working smartphone and you are guaranteed a $200 rebate***. FINE PRINT - Trade-in value must be at least $10 or more) and then the Best Buy promotion (Trade-in "ANY" working smartphone and receive a $200 gift card. NOTE - Best Buy's definition of "ANY" working smartphone is at THEIR discretion). The whole promotion is a MESS!!!!
I was told by the general manager at my local store they would not accept a BRAND NEW product which was a FULLY functioning LG smartphone because it was not one of their acceptable trade-ins. At this point, I grabbed the counter display and read it word for word back to the GM. He stumbled and mumbled and all he could say was the Best Buy display was not correct and I would not be receiving my rebate ($200 gift card). I asked to speak to an executive at the Best Buy corporate HQ and he was hesitant to give me that number. As I was on the phone with the complaint department with HQ, the GM returns and tells me and the salesperson that apparently Best Buy has royally "screwed the pooch" by their incorrect and vague advertisement.
Long story short. I finally ended up receiving my $200 gift card but apparently at the time it was handed to me, a "panic'd" email had circulated to every Best Buy store in the country . So to all of you that pre-ordered a Galaxy Note 4 from Best Buy....DO NOT take NO for an answer if they tell you that you are not eligible to receive the $200 gift card. Be persistant and demand that they make good on their advertisemet (that is unless they have pulled all of the counter top displays that reads "ANY" working smartphone and does not have a value on it)
BB Experience
I also had a good buying experience at BB yesterday. I picked up the note 4 with the $200 trade in. The process was pleasant, and it took about 3-40 minutes.
We were there at 10 am Sharp, and they hadn't logged in our phones yet, so we never got or arrival pickup emails.
That said, picking them up was fine, except it data was almost maxed, and when I logged into my phone, it went nuts on play auto downloading all my apps. We put it on store WiFi right away, so that cured that issue.
The Samsung rep was great, and we also got 2 each of a Samsung canvas tote, travel mugs, flashlight, and a way cool pen with a pull out note4 feature banner!
We love our bb!
Great experience. Got the $200 trade in credit for an old Droid X2 I had. The bestbuy rep also gave me the additional $50 for your trade in even though the promo expired 10/18
I traded a blackberry tour and got the $200. Kept my iPhone 5 and ended up doing the edge plan. Same as I was paying now but I can upgrade every year. Not too bad.
I managed to get a 200$ gift card for trading in my original droid X. I knew that thing was worth keeping. Its been in a drawer for 3 years.
Hadn't planned on dumping my Turbo yet, but the free Gear S2 was too good to pass up.
My confirmation says it will be shipped on or before 3/11.
I will go vr. I have a zenwatch I love.
I'll be going with the S2
S2 for me definitely worth more plus if I decided I could sell it make some money and still buy a vr
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Yeah I did the same. Do we think these will ship before the release date of the 11th? We pre-ordered so shouldnt we have it before everyone else?
apparently you verizon preorderers are lucky and they're shipping out tomorrow. guy on reddit posted this and he got a tracking number and everything for an edge.
Well I got charged today for 2 s7s so maybe
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What i dont get is verzion told me i could not get the S2 because i had unlimited data. Only thing is it gives me the option to select a s2 on the Samsung promo page. If i pick it will they sent it even if i have unlimited. Is it even useful without a data plan. Should i just get the vr. Help
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the watches are useful without a plan.. i use a moto 360 2nd Gen daily and i love it. no need for a plan for it. the gear vr seems cool tho, but it's only 100 bucks, so if anything, get the watch if you're interested in smart watches. tizen isn't so bad. I had the gear 2 before this and it was a sweet watch
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I ordered my s7 from verizon online. How do I get a copy of the receipt and imie to fill in to order my free vr headset?8
Checked my order status and it says shipped, so I should have it by Wednesday the latest. If the S2 is free, I'll be ordering that and selling it.
I walked into best buy preordered and walked out with my new platinum gold s7 and gear vr. Only cost my $52.08! Bill went up $3. Get to ditch my Verizon branded z3v.
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Checked my order status and it says shipped, so I should have it by Wednesday the latest. If the S2 is free, I'll be ordering that and selling it.
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Mine says "shipped" (3/7) now also
I got two coming tomorrow according to ups, one I'll get a gear s2 for wifey, and vr for me, I use. 360 2nd gen 46mm daily, couldn't replace it with a gear watch again.
I'll bet most aren't going to get a S2, there's only 35,000 available. Far less than the VR
Got my s7 today and registered for the Gear S2. We'll see what I get. So far loving the S7
Got my phone by UPS this morning, registered to get a Gear S2 this evening.
Ordered the S2, because I've wanted a watch. Got an "almost done" email. I'm not sure why, resubmitted via the link they gave me in the email. Now I'm registered for the VR. I have no interest in it. Used the contact us option and haven't heard back from them.
Planning on getting the S2. I currently have a Bluetooth S2. I chatted with the Verizon rep and they told me the free S2 was a cellular version and required a contract for the $5 a month data plan. can anyone confirm this?
Got mine about 3PM today. Went through setup quickly and then filled out the VZW promo on Samsung.com.
Got my email.
"Thanks, we’ve received your Offer claim for the Verizon Offer for your free
Samsung Gear S2!
Once we've approved your Offer Claim Form, we’ll send you a confirmation email*. "
So I will wait and see what shows up.
We bought our S7 on 3/18/16 from local Verizon store, buy 1 get one free deal, then they gave us two brand new Gear S2 3G smartwatch (Retail for $350 ea) for free, they both came with separate phone#, just need to pay $5 a month per 3G smartwatch service, they're on the same 16GB XL share plan we got. and also told me to fill out the Samsung form to claim our two free VR (promotion valid till 3/18), which I did but instead of getting the VR, Samsung gave us the option to get $100 credit per S7, so we went with $100 x2 total of credits so we can use it to buy something else from Samsung stores. Verizon also paid us bonus of $100 credit per phone to our bill for switching from ATT, then they would pay for all the remaining note 4 installment balance ($460 x2) from ATT LOL So yea we've got a load of stuff to switch from ATT to Verizon, best deal evar or what?! On top of that, now our cell signals, calls quality, and messaging speed got a big bump in our neighborhood.
That's a great deal. Wish i waited for the bogo.
Alas, we were already Verizon customers. We did get the 'buy one, get one free' bonus, but we bought them on 3/23/2016. Salesman told us we were too late for ANY of the other bonuses. Hell, they wouldn't even give us freaking screen protectors! No account credit, no anything... I upgraded from the note 4, and my brother updated from the S6.
Congratulations! I'll bet you're still grinning!
The store manager told us the BOGO deal begin on 3/18, which is the same day we went to the store, it's also the last day of the free VR and other promotions, we happened to get locked in on a combination of multiple promotions on that date. My wife didn't care for the Gear S2 3G smartwatch which she said too big and heavy, she prefer to wear her traditional tiny Casio watch to match her wedding ring. Now I have an extra watch that I haven't even open or activate, still unsure if I should sell the spare one or not.
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The store manager told us the BOGO deal begin on 3/18, which is the same day we went to the store, it's also the last day of the free VR and other promotions, we happened to get locked in on a combination of multiple promotions on that date. My wife didn't care for the Gear S2 3G smartwatch which she said too big and heavy, she prefer to wear her traditional tiny Casio watch to match her wedding ring. Now I have an extra watch that I haven't even open or activate, still unsure if I should sell the spare one or not.
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Sounds like that salesman might've got you on the Gear S2 deal. Since you're paying $5/mo. for that service, you may not want to sell it because it must remain activated I believe in order to be a free deal. VZW may charge the residual of the device. Return it to store and see what he says.
If there's any left, do you promo on Samsung's website for VR or S2, no 3g plan needed.
I got the S7 for $100 and a two year contract thru Best Buy for Verizon. I also got the wireless charger, which I luv, at no charge. They will charge me $40 on my next bill for changing phones. Moved up from the Core Prime. What gripes me about the S7 is that some of the apps that moved from the Prime can't be moved to SD. I installed VUDU from Play and it can't be moved.
Isn't there a way to install apps directly to the SD card?
I didn't see one for Sprint so I figured I would start one. I ordered directly from Sprint. Got the black S8+. I was debating ordering from them or Best Buy but went for Sprint. Hoping I get it before April 21st.
I always go with best buy patiently waiting for the 21st
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I ordered directly from Sprint too. Would love to get it before the 21st but best hope is to have it on the 21st
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I ordered a black s8 yesterday from sprint telesales. I'm on the galaxy forever from sprint and apparently over the phone was the only way of processing my order because the system in store and online was trying to charge me the rest of the contract on my s7.
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I ordered a black s8 yesterday from sprint telesales. I'm on the galaxy forever from sprint and apparently over the phone was the only way of processing my order because the system in store and online was trying to charge me the rest of the contract on my s7.
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I was having the same exact thing! After multiple hours on the phone, online and in the store. Finally was elevated to retention department and they were able to fix the problem (I think they simply voided the lease). So frustrating since my wife's had no problem upgrading. Glad to hear (although unfortunate) that I wasn't the only one having this problem.
IS there not that many Sprint people around? Am I with the wrong carrier?
I'm around and getting ready to do the same thing (upgrade to the S8)
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Ordered the sprint s8+ from sprint
Spent 14hrs because of the whole note 7. Because I currently still have a note 7 I bought from samsung sprint was trying to get it off me
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Ordered the sprint s8+ from sprint
Spent 14hrs because of the whole note 7. Because I currently still have a note 7 I bought from samsung sprint was trying to get it off me
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Are you keeping the note 7? I sent mine back.
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Are you keeping the note 7? I sent mine back.
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No samsung bought it for 1000 to get it off the market so I'm sending it back and paying off my s8+ that way I can upgrade to the note 8
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No samsung bought it for 1000 to get it off the market so I'm sending it back and paying off my s8+ that way I can upgrade to the note 8
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What the heck? $1000 How did you manage that? DId they give you $1000?
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What the heck? $1000 How did you manage that? DId they give you $1000?
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Because I signed up to return it and never did. So they contacted me and offered me more. And sprint contacted them when I tried to upgrade to s8+ and my meid number didn't match my original note 7 so sprint couldn't do anything
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Because I signed up to return it and never did. So they contacted me and offered me more. And sprint contacted them when I tried to upgrade to s8+ and my meid number didn't match my original note 7 so sprint couldn't do anything
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So you just really got your refund on the note 7?
I pre-ordered from sprint.com
Can't wait! - S8 midnight black
I am selling my Pixel XL (128mb) when this comes in. WELL - I'll live with it a little bit and make the decision.
The Pixel XL is honestly really great. Just boring.
And I am excited to get to a "truly one handed" phone with a large screen (if infact the S8 can be that for me).
Does Sprint have any history of delivering early or anything?
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I pre-ordered from sprint.com
Can't wait! - S8 midnight black
I am selling my Pixel XL (128mb) when this comes in. WELL - I'll live with it a little bit and make the decision.
The Pixel XL is honestly really great. Just boring.
And I am excited to get to a "truly one handed" phone with a large screen (if infact the S8 can be that for me).
Does Sprint have any history of delivering early or anything?
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I received my S7 Edge a little over a week early, so Im hoping for the same with this phone.
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IS there not that many Sprint people around? Am I with the wrong carrier?
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I'm with T-mobile, but over the weekend a Sprint rep tagged me down while I was walking by, he was arguing with me that 256GB micro SD card doesn't exist, because they were offering 128GB micro SD card lol
I pre-ordered in black, online at 1 am on the 30th. Hoping they ship early, but being on sprint and with a Samsung phone I doubt it.
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Just wanted to share some of the information I put together while putting in two pre-orders for S8's today at a Best Buy Mobile store.
First off, I was informed by the Assistant Manager that helped me at Best Buy Mobile that the $50 "gift card" for the S8 and $100 "gift card" for the S8+ would lower the amount of the installments over the period of the 24 month installment plan (I assume the same for the lease option too).
For instance, if I go with the 24 month installments on the S8 ($50 deal), I would get $2.08 off for 24 months bringing the monthly price down from $31.25 to $29.17. If I got the S8+ ($100 deal), I would get $4.16 off for 24 months bringing the monthly price down from $35.42 to $31.26.
Now based on what I have read on other forums I am still left wondering if I am actually getting a gift card for the phone or if it will be applied like mentioned above.
In addition I called Sprint to ask about the special offer "Get a $10/mo. loyalty credit on lease or installment billing when you stay on your current plan." that shows on my account. I was informed that I would not be eligible to receive this credit if I got the phone from Best Buy and the only way would be to order it through Sprint or through "telesales". I feel like the person was lying to me and just trying to get a sale.
The Assistant Manager at Best Buy Mobile checked with her local rep who told her that I would get the $10 loyalty credit and that it doesn't matter where the phone comes from; if your plan is eligible the credit will hit your account within a few billing cycles. I asked about the waived $30 upgrade fee that Sprint is offering. The rep said I would not get that (which I'm OK with if everything else checks out).
Anyway, if all this works like I have been told by Best Buy, my two S8's I ordered will be $19.17 a month and if I would have got an S8+ it would come to $21.26 a month.
The question is what is true and what is not true?
Preordered from sprint.com the first day it was available. Getting a $10 a month loyalty credit, or $240 off over 2 years.
Moving from a S4.
I ordered mine from Sprint today. I normally would have used Best buy but they don't offer Galaxy forever.
I had the same problems ordering as others here. They tried to charge me for the rest of my lease from my S7.
Once I called they cancelled the rest of my lease to fix the problem.
At this point it seems Sprint has the best pre-order deal.
I didnt see one of these here...
Just ordered. Expected delivery date April 21.
same just pre-ordered mine too
expected store pick up april 21st
now the waiting game begins.......
I pre-ordered mine from best buy. $100.00 cheaper.
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I pre-ordered mine from best buy. $100.00 cheaper.
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heading out to Best Buy today to order mine and check out the BOGO program as well.
Got my pre-order in on the first day. Hoping AT&T ships early.
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I pre-ordered mine from best buy. $100.00 cheaper.
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Sadly I did too but paid full retail and there is no discount, only if you finance it you get discount. I cancelled and ordered direct from samsung to get it a day earlier and get the VR that day too BB delivery is 21st and Sammy is the 20th. Wont have to mess with submitting the receipt and waiting for the VR separate too this way.
PRE-ordered...still waiting
I ordered it by the time it lunch...but looks like that I still have to wait a long time to get it on my hand....
Its hard to image wht the guys on youtube can get it sooooooooooooooo early
Just got back from Best Buy and got my order in for the S8+ in black. No money out of pocket right now but as soon as I receive email to pick up the phone they will also send me the coupon for the 100 off and links to claim the VR and 256g memory card. Plan on paying in full then. (couldnt believe they would not accept any payment today??) Hope all this goes well and surprising how this new S8+ is looking to cost less out the door than I remember my S7E costing.
Can't wait.
Anyone know why it is or isn't better to order direct from Samsung?
Me I just want the phone, the akg headphones, and the 256gb sdcard cause my s7a is acting like a windows 98 computer aka being extremely slow cause of the android 7 update. And cause the headphones I think are noise canceling headphones. And cause I kept filling up my 64gb sdcard. I don't really care about the vr or the controller for vr cause I'm waiting for the Microsoft hollowlense headset that's coming out holiday season this year for pc and xbox that and I only used my vr that I got with my original s7e all of 5 times in the first 2 months of owning it then it just sat on my floor collecting dust. If it wasn't for my s7a being extremely slow I wouldn't be upgrading right now. I personally originally wanted to wait for the note 8 but that's not happening now. Now I'm just going to wait for the note 10 in 2019 after I get my s8+ this year. Now I really can't wait till I get my s8+ cause I'm going to get the 256gb sd, akg headphones, and the vr bundle aka the Samsung Immersive VR Experience Box.
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Anyone know why it is or isn't better to order direct from Samsung?
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Delivery a day sooner,(20th) and get vr same day instead of mail in. Plus can finance with paypal instead of "leasing" or carrier financing that way you can unlock it for straight talk, cricket etc. Cricket unlimited is 55$ for unlimited lte and 2 year paypal finance is 24$ a month. Way better than paying carrier over 100 for their gimmicky plans or 3mbps speed limit. Cricket is att towers btw and the device does NOT need to be network unlocked to use a cricket sim card.
Any of you guy aware about claiming the Gear VR from Samsung? ATT guy told me that I should to Samsung site to claim the GearVR. However the Samsung sites says to come back after getting the phone.
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Delivery a day sooner,(20th) and get vr same day instead of mail in. Plus can finance with paypal instead of "leasing" or carrier financing that way you can unlock it for straight talk, cricket etc. Cricket unlimited is 55$ for unlimited lte and 2 year paypal finance is 24$ a month. Way better than paying carrier over 100 for their gimmicky plans or 3mbps speed limit. Cricket is att towers btw and the device does NOT need to be network unlocked to use a cricket sim card.
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Plus the goodies ship without you having to go online and fill out all the samsung promo garbage
Anyone know for sure that AT&T isn't going to remove the included headphones I've seen in multiple unboxings?
delivery a day sooner with Samsung.com ?
funny, I preordered att 8+ at bestbuy. status shows "get it by April 20"
I ordered Samsung Direct and it says 20th on my order too. I just hate AT&T sooooo much! But I am stuck with them as its my company phone
I don't see why they would remove the headphones cause if they did that then bby wouldn't be able to offer that package then either cause almost every bby has a att experience center in it now. Besides the headphones are part of a specific vr bundle aka the samsung immersive vr experience bundle box. They can't not offer the headphones and still offer the 256gb sd card cause both things are included in the box you get with the samsung immersive vr experience box. Basically if you pre-order the s8 or s8+ and choose the samsung immersive vr experience box bundle you are saving $1,380-$1,480 cause that's how much it would be to piece all of it together including buying either the s8 or s8+ out-right and your getting it all for only $100 plus whatever you have to pay in installments. Personally I would rather have to only pay $100 plus my installment payments and not have to pay $1,580
I was referring to basic wired ones not part of promo. Usually Samsung includes a pair with most phones, but AT&T is too cheap and removes them along with changing box
I hate that AT&T changes the nice looking black box to their fugly one, the other carriers leave the box alone why AT&T, WHY?!
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delivery a day sooner with Samsung.com ?
funny, I preordered att 8+ at bestbuy. status shows "get it by April 20"
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Terrific! The earlier the better. I hope everyone gets theirs the same day
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Att does not give earbuds? Screw that Im cancelling and getting a Tmobile one and getting it unlocked.