Black Friday predictions for TF300-700 - Transformer TF300T General

Hi forum. I'm earning some rewards gift cards through my employers health insurance monitoring program. I have another month and a half to go, and will end up with around $300. (it HAS to be used for a store like BBuy/amazon/target/etc. Can't get plain Visa gift card)
Anyway, I was thinking of saving it for Black friday at best buy, hoping they will carry the TF300. (don't want T700 due to wanting to run emulators + cost of higher res screen and materials) However, i'm hearing that stores are not supplying or stopping their supply of TF300 to replace with the 700. I figure the price won't drop anytime soon either.
Does anyone think stores will do doorbusters for TF300's for black friday, or will they be old inventory and pushed out by the next few months? (which obviously would mean they wouldn't carry them nationwide for doorbusters if the stock is non-existent) I would love to save money and find this for similar price to the $250 transformer on 2011 BFriday, but can't expect it 100% to happen again.
Thanks for any suggestions!

I guess I should specify that i'm looking for opinions to either wait till black friday, or buy sooner before inventory of the T300 disappears. (doubtful that there will be any big retail chain price drops before BFriday)

lonewolf40 said:
Hi forum. I'm earning some rewards gift cards through my employers health insurance monitoring program. I have another month and a half to go, and will end up with around $300. (it HAS to be used for a store like BBuy/amazon/target/etc. Can't get plain Visa gift card)
Anyway, I was thinking of saving it for Black friday at best buy, hoping they will carry the TF300. (don't want T700 due to wanting to run emulators + cost of higher res screen and materials) However, i'm hearing that stores are not supplying or stopping their supply of TF300 to replace with the 700. I figure the price won't drop anytime soon either.
Does anyone think stores will do doorbusters for TF300's for black friday, or will they be old inventory and pushed out by the next few months? (which obviously would mean they wouldn't carry them nationwide for doorbusters if the stock is non-existent) I would love to save money and find this for similar price to the $250 transformer on 2011 BFriday, but can't expect it 100% to happen again.
Thanks for any suggestions!
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Anything could happen but I don't think the TF300 that would have a huge price drop. Its still one of the higher end tablets and retailers don't have any margins on them. You're probably looking at older models if any that will be discounted. I do think the tf300 price will drop pretty soon but probably not close to your $300 gift card.

blakerw87 said:
Anything could happen but I don't think the TF300 that would have a huge price drop. Its still one of the higher end tablets and retailers don't have any margins on them. You're probably looking at older models if any that will be discounted. I do think the tf300 price will drop pretty soon but probably not close to your $300 gift card.
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That's what I thought also. I wasn't inferring that the price would get to $300 or less, I just mentioned that amount as my motivator to pick up one of these.
The wife wants and ipad, I want something android that is root/hack friendly, and is fast and has a great fan/development support. Plus the keyboard dock is tempting, i'm just not sure I can justify the extra cost just to end up using it for keyboard intensive DOS games like Tie Fighter. LOL

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xoom only COSTS Best Buy $550!! WTF.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ps-to-1199-99-but-it-costs-best-buy-just-550/
So this makes me think that the price will be significantly lower than $1200 or $800. If not at Best Buy, someone else who can deal with less than 40% margins will sell this thing in the $6-700 range.
F*** Best Buy and their either 45% or even more obscene 118% markups.
CNET fed Motorolas ego tremendously when they gave the Xoom best of CES award...
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CNET fed Motorolas ego tremendously when they gave the Xoom best of CES award...
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+1 Clearly it did...
They think they can place apple price point/margin(actually even more than apple!) without any track record to proove it... Its ridicules... They clearly want to gouge the first adopters, and a month later i can guarentee they will drop the price by 200$ (especially when ipad 2 is unveiled...)
Its a sad day that im considering and ipad 2 over xoom/other android 3.0 cause of PRICE.
$1,999 is a placeholder price.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/13/motorola-xoom-up-for-pre-order-at-best-buy-for-1-199/
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Update: We've heard rumblings that this is indeed just a place holder -- much like the way other companies price products they don't want to sell at ridiculous levels -- and the final price will indeed be the $800 we've heard most consistently to this point.
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Also, it isn't as if the Xoom will be the only quality Honeycomb device out there. If it cost too much for your taste, wait until cheaper 3.0 tablets arrive. Looking at the trend so far most Honeycomb tablets have almost the exact same specifications anyways.
Botero said:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ps-to-1199-99-but-it-costs-best-buy-just-550/
So this makes me think that the price will be significantly lower than $1200 or $800. If not at Best Buy, someone else who can deal with less than 40% margins will sell this thing in the $6-700 range.
F*** Best Buy and their either 45% or even more obscene 118% markups.
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That's crazy. When I worked at Best Buy a few years back, I found little (if any) markup on almost all laptops. Apparently they've decided that the Xoom is a different story.
I'd like to think that purchasing at a Verizon store will be a different story, but I'm sure there are all kinds of deals in place to keep prices uniform across the industry. It would probably be cheaper getting one shipped from Europe.
Oh well. I'm thinking the Galaxy 10.1 looks better than the Xoom anyway, so maybe I'll stick around to see how it turns out.
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That's crazy. When I worked at Best Buy a few years back, I found little (if any) markup on almost all laptops. Apparently they've decided that the Xoom is a different story.
I'd like to think that purchasing at a Verizon store will be a different story, but I'm sure there are all kinds of deals in place to keep prices uniform across the industry. It would probably be cheaper getting one shipped from Europe.
Oh well. I'm thinking the Galaxy 10.1 looks better than the Xoom anyway, so maybe I'll stick around to see how it turns out.
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The Galaxy 10.1 doesn't seem to come with a Sd card slot or even Hdmi port...yikes !
Arun01 said:
The Galaxy 10.1 doesn't seem to come with a Sd card slot or even Hdmi port...yikes !
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I hear ya there, SD card slot is a must in my mind for a tablet.
Love the design of the Tab 10.1 though, the backing looks so ergonomic.
If the xoom is locked down to modding like most other motorola stuff, the sd card won't be that big of a draw.
The markup is nuts, hence why I think you may be able to talk bestbuy into doing it out the door for 800, with the mobile service (that you can cancel).
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Didn't motorola state the SD slot on the Xoom wont work until they patch it at a later date? or am i thinking of another CES tab?
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The Galaxy 10.1 doesn't seem to come with a Sd card slot or even Hdmi port...yikes !
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Oh... I didn't realize that. Lame. It's a shame, because the device has a nice look to it.
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That's crazy. When I worked at Best Buy a few years back, I found little (if any) markup on almost all laptops. Apparently they've decided that the Xoom is a different story.
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BB is probably trying to make some margin on the first few suckers (oops, customers). Expect a big price drop in a few months like the Galaxy tab.
jerrykur said:
BB is probably trying to make some margin on the first few suckers (oops, customers). Expect a big price drop in a few months like the Galaxy tab.
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You do realize a tablet like this would be price controlled by Verizon correct? Verizon controls prices of phones, just like ATT, Sprint, and Apple do.
@Xevilious : little margin is still made on laptops
Yeah god forbid companies try and make a profit on the products they make or sell
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Yeah god forbid companies try and make a profit on the products they make or sell
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Sirchuk said:
If the xoom is locked down to modding like most other motorola stuff, the sd card won't be that big of a draw.
The markup is nuts, hence why I think you may be able to talk bestbuy into doing it out the door for 800, with the mobile service (that you can cancel).
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Since when did Best Buy negotiate prices on a product like this?
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Yeah god forbid companies try and make a profit on the products they make or sell
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I am all for companies making money. But I must say, knowing that the device cost BB 550$.. I am no longer okay with Verizon forcing me to buy unwanted 3g for a month cranking up the already high price an unnecessary, and frankly incredibly expensive 1GB of data.
setite said:
Since when did Best Buy negotiate prices on a product like this?
I am all for companies making money. But I must say, knowing that the device cost BB 550$.. I am no longer okay with Verizon forcing me to buy unwanted 3g for a month cranking up the already high price an unnecessary, and frankly incredibly expensive 1GB of data.
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well you have to take into consideration that BB is probably not going to make a killing on this product. If they were confident that they would sell a lot of Xooms, the price would be less. They would be able to make up for it in volume.
I agree about the mandatory Verizon data but from my understanding you have three days to cancel it and get your money back for that. I myself am going to keep the months worth of data...I've always been with AT&T and am curious about Verizon's service in my area.
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Since when did Best Buy negotiate prices on a product like this?
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You might be surprised what they will do if there is still profit to be made. You can negotiate on just about all big ticket items, especially at the end of the quarter when they want to increase revenue numbers. Never hurts to ask for something like 5 or 10 percent off. Worked for me on a digital camera I wanted and a stove. They took another $200 off my stove, even beat the internet prices I found.
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Old MuckenMire said:
well you have to take into consideration that BB is probably not going to make a killing on this product. If they were confident that they would sell a lot of Xooms, the price would be less. They would be able to make up for it in volume.
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As I said earlier pricing is controlled by Verizon
And that employee cost that you see, is not always the price that Best Buy pays for an item. Tablets that require internet activation are in an entire different realm of pricing structures (especially since this is a Verizon tablet).
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You might be surprised what they will do if there is still profit to be made. You can negotiate on just about all big ticket items, especially at the end of the quarter when they want to increase revenue numbers. Never hurts to ask for something like 5 or 10 percent off. Worked for me on a digital camera I wanted and a stove. They took another $200 off my stove, even beat the internet prices I found.
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Only way money is coming off the xoom is price matching verizon, which is going to be selling it at the same price
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As I said earlier pricing is controlled by Verizon
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trust me, BB gives it's opinion to Verizon on what it wants to sell any given item for in their store and Verizon takes that opinion into account when pricing. BB doesn't have to carry any given device.... and Verizon or any other carrier has to work with them on price(as well as many other aspects) if Verizon wants that device in store. You can be sure Verizon's pricing would be different if they anticipated BB would sell tons more of them than they will currently.
All I am saying is this: if this tab was going to sell like the iPad, the price would be less. Verizon nor BB have the luxury of making their profit thru volume with this device.
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trust me, BB gives it's opinion to Verizon on what it wants to sell any given item for in their store and Verizon takes that opinion into account when pricing. BB doesn't have to carry any given device.... and Verizon or any other carrier has to work with them on price(as well as many other aspects) if Verizon wants that device in store. You can be sure Verizon's pricing would be different if they anticipated BB would sell tons more of them than they will currently.
All I am saying is this: if this tab was going to sell like the iPad, the price would be less. Verizon nor BB have the luxury of making their profit thru volume with this device.
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I know Best buy gives its opinion, but at the end of the day, its out of my hand. There are certain things like I said, that are price controlled regardless of how much Best Buy buys the item from. I'm sure Verizon also wants best buy to sell tons of xooms. During this past holiday I saw more people sold on buying tablets than laptops, sure the initial price is high, relative to what you get, but I'm sure it will come down.
And for what its worth, even though people here are complaining about the high price, this device will be extremely popular.
That being said if I see anything more in best buys system I'll try and post/make note of it

Thanks Motorola for paying for my depreciation!

I'm going to keep my Xoom. The way I see it, thanks to the $200 off coupon, we could sell these in a year and not lose too much at all.
We all know the Ipad 2 prices aren't gonna drop until version 3 comes out so that should keep prices pretty steady for the Xoom as well.
Anyone who got in on the $200 coupon deal and who's on the fence about keeping it, might wanna consider this as well.
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I'm going to keep my Xoom. The way I see it, thanks to the $200 off coupon, we could sell these in a year and not lose too much at all.
We all know the Ipad 2 prices aren't gonna drop until version 3 comes out so that should keep prices pretty steady for the Xoom as well.
Anyone who got in on the $200 coupon deal and who's on the fence about keeping it, might wanna consider this as well.
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who cares... seriously, why are you continuing this trend of topics that are utterly pointless.
and I'm returning mine because I didn't get in on the 200 dollar deal, and this tablet isn't worth 1000 after tax and all the crap I bought with it. Going back tomorrow.

Best Buy and Pricematching

I had to upgrade to my Evo before the April 1 deadline because of the Premier Program changes and I was able to jump in the best buy buyback program for free. And since I don't think I am the only one around here I was wondering.
When I look at what the retail price for phones on bb.com compared to sprint's retail prices, bestbuy is almost $100-200 more. (e.g. sprint Evo $450/ BB Evo $600) Has anyone tried to get them to pricematch sprint when buying a phone at retail price? If you go to bestbuy's pricematch policy the first FAQ is
"What is considered a local retail competitor? "
and the answer is ....
"A retail store located in the same market area as your local Best Buy store."
The reason I ask is this. On the same web page there is a link for a New York Price Match Class Action lawsuit about a similar situation where an individual bought a camera from Best Buy then found the same camera at a "local" camera retail shop for less, and BB wouldn't price match it. And this individual won. (Reference the Decision and Order Document. The conclusion is on the bottom of page 31)
Note : There is more to the story, but this is what started the wheel turning in the lawsuit. I recommend reading that specific document thoroughly so you can see how scandalous retail can be.
I can understand not matching contract prices, although in the past they have for me. But in this case we are talking "retail" price. I have up til August to get 50% for my Evo ($300) and I was thinking for future sake how i would attack the upgrade. I could either do an ETF (about $180) and lose my mobile #, but pay contract price ,or I could just cash in the Evo for the program and buy phone at retail.
Has anyone had any experience with this situation with BB?
Typed on my CyanoSavaged SuperEvo.
I'm not sure why you'd want to sell your phone to best buy when you can get more for it on here, craigslist, or ebay. There is a reason they want to buy it back from you at that price.
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I had to purchase my Evo at full retail price and i looked into this too. I was inclined to purchase it at Best Buy because they actually had it in stock where as the sprint stores near me put me on a waiting list (this was during the 2 week wait list stuff)
I hoped to price match because i knew people there from working there 3 years beforehand
They wouldn't price match for me either
I ended up getting my Evo at Radioshack after walking in randomly to see if they had them in stock. It was like 25 bucks more, but after being on a wait list for over a month i decided 25 bucks more than Sprints retail price was worth it
A little off topic, but on the price match subject at Best Buy. I just bought a new high end refrigerator from best buy, and before she rang it up she went online and checked all the major appliance sellers for the product and Lowes had it for $159 cheaper so they matched that price with out even asking. Of course, I had already shopped around and new of the lower price and was planning on making them price match. I prefer shopping at best buy for big purchases to maximize my reward points.
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I'm not sure why you'd want to sell your phone to best buy when you can get more for it on here, craigslist, or ebay. There is a reason they want to buy it back from you at that price.
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$300 for an EVO which is nearly 2 generations old hardware is a VERY good amount to receive for it.
They only fetch $200-250 average on craigslist, and that's begging the buyer to pay more.
I have purchased a phone from best buy at retail price and they matched the price to sprint for me. I don't know why they would not. That seems kind of stupid.
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I have purchased a phone from best buy at retail price and they matched the price to sprint for me. I don't know why they would not. That seems kind of stupid.
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A lot of times it depends on the sales person. Same thing when you walk into a Sprint store for an upgrade, exchanges, or just service.
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I'm not sure why you'd want to sell your phone to best buy when you can get more for it on here, craigslist, or ebay. There is a reason they want to buy it back from you at that price.
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Evo's go for about $200-$250 here in the Phoenix area, you will occasionally see the $300, but I doubt that is where the negotiating settles at.
I have purchased a phone from best buy at retail price and they matched the price to sprint for me. I don't know why they would not. That seems kind of stupid.
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Obviously you didn't read the Class Action I referenced. In the reading the customer was told he could not price match because the identical camera was sold at a local retailer that specifically sold photography equipment, not an electronics chain store like Ultimate Electronics or Circuit City for example. Also they were practicing within the Best Buy chain that they would not price match it it was not cost effective, like a percentage of profit over cost.
Now I know from being a part time manager in the past at an Autozone store that we were not allowed to price match oil/antifreeze products against Wal-Mart, Target, etc., specifically for the reason they were big box stores. But we "could" pricematch other auto part retailers (Checkers, Napa, etc.) This is why I asked the question, because I was wondering if Best Buy has ever said that when buying a phone retail. Because I could see something said along the lines of, "Well they have lower retail because they receive your monthly payment."
In a "for profit" business, I don't think it would be stupid on their end not to price match as they give back considerably higher buy back on phones over Sprint. Also Best Buy may not buy as many phones as Sprint so their bottom line could be slightly higher.
The best buy buy back program is a scam. I'm glad you got it for free; its like saying hey you pay me $250 upfront to purchase this $1000 laptop, and when you trade it back you only get 500. This is stupid and Best buy wins. I used to shop at best buy all the time until realizing that their markup on everything is like 30% higher than normal retail value. I purchased my heroc on launch day at best buy and paid 100 bucks for it with upgrade. I believe at the time sprint had it for 199 with upgrade. I think their full retail price is much higher on phones because they just cancel out the rebates. I purchased my evo at radio shack for 99.88 but their full retail price was also much higher than sprint's as well. Hmmm
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Yeah, there is no way I would have purchased it.
However, the situation was at the time was that I had an upgrade that I was going to lose in April whether I used it or not. So now with the EVO3D and the Nexus S coming out, I would like to take advantage of it if necessary.

[INFO]US Customers-email ASUS here to request the same $91 dock offer that the UK has

This is the email to use requesting a similar discount program for us U.S. customers
[email protected]
Here is a sample email I used:
Hello,
I just wanted to say that I purchased an EEE Pad Transformer two days ago here in the U.S. from Walmart. I am extremely disappointed that ASUS is not extending this offer to U.S. customers. It was a nightmare to find any EEE Transformers in stock at launch (and still is) and the docks are non-existent. The entire point of purchasing the transformer is to use it with the dock, but now I have to wait for what will likely be months to buy one separately just because ASUS failed to provide the promised stock to their distributors. I feel it would only be fair for ASUS to extend the same keyboard discount to us U.S. customers who have purchased a EEE Pad but were left without the option to buy a dock.
Thank you for your time
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You've already got the tablet part almost half the price we paid for it. I doubt they will do the same deal for you but I suppose it's worth a try.
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You've already got the tablet part almost half the price we paid for it. I doubt they will do the same deal for you but I suppose it's worth a try.
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While I feel your pain on the pricing, it's not our fault you have insane taxes. Perhaps more importantly, since taxes are a large part of the UK price difference vs. the US, it shouldn't cost ASUS that much to offer a similar deal.
computerpro3 said:
While I feel your pain on the pricing, it's not our fault you have insane taxes.
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Our taxes are at 20% and yet the tablet is more than 20% more expensive. Also the Asus uk offer needed people to buy it before the 22nd, before the us release. Still, good luck getting the offer.
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Hey don't get me wrong I hope you DO get the offer. I'm just saying I doubt you will. Like I said there's no harm in trying though. ... And yes our taxes suck but then unfortunately we're used to it nowadays.
Worth a shot, Will do this when I get home.
I switched US out for Canada thanks for the template !
Emailed them before I saw this thread
I get the feeling there are two very different pricing strategies at work.. North America gets the tablet cheaper but take the hit on the dock and vice versa Good luck though..
I received my invoice for the dock and paid before the 22nd, being one of the early adopters- but I can't get any confirmation they received payment. I doubt I'll get it soon if it is being spammed by guys in the US looking for a cheap dock
Seriously though, those in the States are getting a fantastic deal on the tablet, but I guess that isn't good enough. For once we get a relatively good deal in the UK and everyone else wants in! Maybe they are giving us a good deal as they know the tablet itself is overpriced compared to elsewhere.
Asus US Keyboard Dock
Asus, Listen up.
Major points to be had here and encourage accessory sales
What an amazing Tablet and not so amazing launch. Project Manager should be canned for this one. This is such a fine product and yet no one knows about it from the company that invented the netbook mass hysteria....
I purchased my tab at Best buy with ship to store option. They haven't even given me a courtesy email or anything at this point as to why it still shows “in process” I wish Asus and their employee families god speed with the recent Tsunami /Earthquake in japan. The imagery is surreal and devastating. Please extend a reasonable price on the docking accessory to the US . $149.99 is steep compared to $90 that they paid across the pond as a purchase promotion.
What would jump start accessory sales in the US is to do the following: Sell the dock for $99.99 shipped. Asus then will take $20 from each unit sold and donate to Japan Tsunami Relief. Everyone wins. I bet asus still makes a profit on these and helps in a big big way to make the world a better place for all.
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Already discounted by $200 at Major retailers.

Now I feel really dumb. I fell for the pre-order rush to get a $200 discount which I used for Samsung extra's I didn't really need or want. This is less than a month after official release. I would have preferred to just save the extra $200. I wonder if the same thing will happen with the S7+ which I have on pre-order.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BX7N9S...olid=24FMRG9JDTKWN&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
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Now I feel really dumb. I fell for the pre-order rush to get a $200 discount which I used for Samsung extra's I didn't really need or want. This is less than a month after official release. I would have preferred to just save the extra $200. I wonder if the same thing will happen with the S7+ which I have on pre-order.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BX7N9S...olid=24FMRG9JDTKWN&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
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The trade-in value for my Note 10+ & the $200.00 made it worthwhile for me. I didn't see any trade-in offer with your link.
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us early adopters already picked up the unit like we always do. by hook or crook us early adopters will eat ramen noodles or whatever it takes to be among the first to get these toys.
but now , with the world still reeling from a global pandemic, lots of regular common folk don't have disposable income for a $1000+ dollar phone, hence samsung reducing the price. its a smart move and remember, samsung are in business to turn a profit, not make us early adopters feel good about our purchase.
$250 off at Best Buy and it looks like they're still honoring trade-ins.
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$250 off at Best Buy and it looks like they're still honoring trade-ins.
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N9860 is $1074 on eBay. That's with SD.
marctronixx said:
us early adopters already picked up the unit like we always do. by hook or crook us early adopters will eat ramen noodles or whatever it takes to be among the first to get these toys.
but now , with the world still reeling from a global pandemic, lots of regular common folk don't have disposable income for a $1000+ dollar phone, hence samsung reducing the price. its a smart move and remember, samsung are in business to turn a profit, not make us early adopters feel good about our purchase.
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I completely agree with you. Early adopters know what pitfalls they are in for. Whether early software bugs or full retail price at launch, there is a cost associated with being first to the table. I feel no remorse about jumping in head first, do so every year. Sammy is out to make a profit and they got my sold without saying much.
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I completely agree with you. Early adopters know what pitfalls they are in for. Whether early software bugs or full retail price at launch, there is a cost associated with being first to the table. I feel no remorse about jumping in head first, do so every year. Sammy is out to make a profit and they got my sold without saying much.
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Lmao you're like me, Samsung has me opening my wallet every year and they don't even have to do much. I always trade in so it never really hurts me because I put 50 dollars a month away towards the next phone and just put 50 dollars into the savings account on the 1st just this month when I pay most of my bills. There's some of us who just have to be first in line and we could care less about the price usually but I could see how it would bother some people though because when I was ordering at the time I wanted to see what the price was without the trade in and the phone itself was 1,299 without the military discount and after taxes it was almost 1,500 dollars so I'm guessing not many people have that much to dump right now. All in all it was worth it to me I love this thing but there's too many people nit picking about stupid crap such as the battery but with the speed this thing charges at its like no big deal.
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us early adopters already picked up the unit like we always do. by hook or crook us early adopters will eat ramen noodles or whatever it takes to be among the first to get these toys.
but now , with the world still reeling from a global pandemic, lots of regular common folk don't have disposable income for a $1000+ dollar phone, hence samsung reducing the price. its a smart move and remember, samsung are in business to turn a profit, not make us early adopters feel good about our purchase.[/QUOT
yep, Id rather pay extra and have my devices day 1 as always lol.
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I'm not entirely mad myself. It happens with tech, even video games. discounts happen due to poor first month or first week sales. I still made out with the sudo BOGO($1000 off 2nd phone) deal with Verizon since I switch both my lines. Then again we'll see in the next few weeks how much the gap closes in on me.
If you received yours late and are still in the 14 day window you can price match. I received mine last week and with the new 200$ off pricing I was able to price match to Best buy for an additional refund. I believe the item has to ship, but you simply go to chat and let them know that you would like to price match to best buy's 200$ off price. They will ask for a link directly to your exact model of N20U and once you provide that they approved my price match. 2 Hours later I received a notification of refund. I ended up getting an even better deal by getting it late. All discounts, free accessories, cancel credit and price match!
Samsung will price match Best buy. I got $200 credited back which after education discount, trade in, and cash back, I am around $700 out the door for 512 GB note 20 ultra
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Samsung will price match Best buy. I got $200 credited back which after education discount, trade in, and cash back, I am around $700 out the door for 512 GB note 20 ultra
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Wow, nothing like that in my country yet
Telling me it isn't the same model...
SM-N986UZKAXAA
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SM-N986UZNAXAA
EDIT:
Game him the amazon link
SM-N986UZKAXAA
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Elec...ords=note+20+ultra&qid=1600122256&sr=8-3&th=1
Edit 2
Got my email saying $214 would be credited to my account. Thank you op!
Combine this with the great price they gave me for my wife's pixel 3a plus the first responders discount and I feel pretty good
Anyone have any luck price matching past 14 days? I'll try tomorrow and see if Samsung will, doubtful, but doesn't hurt to try right?
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advocate2 said:
Now I feel really dumb. I fell for the pre-order rush to get a $200 discount which I used for Samsung extra's I didn't really need or want. This is less than a month after official release. I would have preferred to just save the extra $200. I wonder if the same thing will happen with the S7+ which I have on pre-order.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BX7N9S...olid=24FMRG9JDTKWN&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
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You shouldn't feel any type of way about it. It's the enthusiast tax. If you want it on release date with the earbuds to boot it's OK to pay a $200 premium. Worst case just sell your buds live and recoup most of your money if it makes you feel better :cyclops:
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I'm guessing the price match only works for the unlocked models and not the carrier models correct?
eddie33081 said:
If you received yours late and are still in the 14 day window you can price match. I received mine last week and with the new 200$ off pricing I was able to price match to Best buy for an additional refund. I believe the item has to ship, but you simply go to chat and let them know that you would like to price match to best buy's 200$ off price. They will ask for a link directly to your exact model of N20U and once you provide that they approved my price match. 2 Hours later I received a notification of refund. I ended up getting an even better deal by getting it late. All discounts, free accessories, cancel credit and price match!
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What is cancel credit?

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