On Sunday my wife shows me a coupon that came in my target red card statement. It said "50% off Nook HD or Nook HD+ accessory". I told here that I thought it was for an accessory. We went to the local Target to check it out. The employee rings up a 32 GB Nook HD+ for $299.99, scans the coupon, and it doesn't work. He tries the same thing with the Nook HD, same result. He calls a manager on the radio, explains that the coupon looks legit, she authorizes the sale, and I walk out of Target with a Nook HD+ 32GB for $154 and change, getting a 5% discount with my Target red card on top of the 50% off. :laugh:
The coupon was good through 12/29/12 if you can find one and get a target employee to honor it.
Looks like the wording was changed. The coupon I found says "50% off Nook accessory item for HD or HD+."
Would've been a killer deal of course but I don't think the wording can trick a Target manager anymore.
I wonder if the employee got in trouble for giving a Nook for half off.
I say no, since the manager authorized the sale then the manager would be on the hook not the employee. I mean if the manager didn't catch it then how could it be the employee fault.
Well I sure hope that nobody got fired. If anything the marketing department, who did such a poor job with the coupon wording should get fired.
It would definitely be on the manager (who is also an employee...) but I doubt they would get fired over the one incident unless it was part of a pattern of greater-than-average-for-retail stupidity.
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It took me over an hour to walk out with the Xoom, but I managed to do it without having to pay an activation fee and I got the Future-Proof Buy Back contract, where they give you 50% back free if you upgrade within a year (it starts prorating after that.)
Here's what I did. First, I started out by asking if I could get a gift receipt for this since it wasn't for me. They of course said, no problem. I acted a bit worried and asked if they were sure, and they said yes. This set me up for later when we got to the activation part. I told them that this was a gift for my boss, that a bunch of us had pooled our money together as a going away present since he was leaving the company. (This was all made up, the tablet is for me.)
When we got to activation, I asked if they could just hold off on that part because I didn't want the account to be under my name, I wanted it to be under my boss'. They suggested a gift card for the amount of the tablet, but I said, who wants to open a gift card as a present? I said that he would be definitely be in today right after work since he's a gadget freak and will want to use it immediately, so it's just a matter of a few hours. That sounded logical to them, so they bypassed that and went on with ringing it up. One down, one to go.
I then mentioned that I had read that the Buy Back program free promotion had been extended to Feb 26 and that it not only applied to smartphones, but tablets as well. But the machine rang it up at the regular price of $69.99. The problem is that their website only specifies the smartphone and not the tablet exception. I then pulled out a copy of the Best Buy press release from the 14th where the president of Best Buy Mobile states that tablets are included, too. The manager had to call the regional manager who ruled that the press release was valid, but it only applied to Best Buy Mobile stores, not the regular ones. The nearest one for me is like 150 miles away. So, he apologized but then said there was nothing he could do.
Just before the guy finished ringing me up, I took another look at the press release. In it, it said that the promotion applies to all 'Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile' stores. I got the manager to come back and read it. He then brought in the overall store manager who showed him that he could pull up the official press release by going to any stock site that lists Best Buy (I think the letters are BBY). He read the same thing and told the first manager to give the Buy Back contract to me for free.
Freaking brilliant! Thanks for the heads up!
I was told 30 for the buy back but there's always eBay
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It took me over an hour to walk out with the Xoom, but I managed to do it without having to pay an activation fee and I got the Future-Proof Buy Back contract, where they give you 50% back free if you upgrade within a year (it starts prorating after that.)
Here's what I did. First, I started out by asking if I could get a gift receipt for this since it wasn't for me. They of course said, no problem. I acted a bit worried and asked if they were sure, and they said yes. This set me up for later when we got to the activation part. I told them that this was a gift for my boss, that a bunch of us had pooled our money together as a going away present since he was leaving the company. (This was all made up, the tablet is for me.)
When we got to activation, I asked if they could just hold off on that part because I didn't want the account to be under my name, I wanted it to be under my boss'. They suggested a gift card for the amount of the tablet, but I said, who wants to open a gift card as a present? I said that he would be definitely be in today right after work since he's a gadget freak and will want to use it immediately, so it's just a matter of a few hours. That sounded logical to them, so they bypassed that and went on with ringing it up. One down, one to go.
I then mentioned that I had read that the Buy Back program free promotion had been extended to Feb 26 and that it not only applied to smartphones, but tablets as well. But the machine rang it up at the regular price of $69.99. The problem is that their website only specifies the smartphone and not the tablet exception. I then pulled out a copy of the Best Buy press release from the 14th where the president of Best Buy Mobile states that tablets are included, too. The manager had to call the regional manager who ruled that the press release was valid, but it only applied to Best Buy Mobile stores, not the regular ones. The nearest one for me is like 150 miles away. So, he apologized but then said there was nothing he could do.
Just before the guy finished ringing me up, I took another look at the press release. In it, it said that the promotion applies to all 'Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile' stores. I got the manager to come back and read it. He then brought in the overall store manager who showed him that he could pull up the official press release by going to any stock site that lists Best Buy (I think the letters are BBY). He read the same thing and told the first manager to give the Buy Back contract to me for free.
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Where on the BBY website is the press release. Trying to get to it before they remove it.
treymcm said:
It took me over an hour to walk out with the Xoom, but I managed to do it without having to pay an activation fee and I got the Future-Proof Buy Back contract, where they give you 50% back free if you upgrade within a year (it starts prorating after that.)
Here's what I did. First, I started out by asking if I could get a gift receipt for this since it wasn't for me. They of course said, no problem. I acted a bit worried and asked if they were sure, and they said yes. This set me up for later when we got to the activation part. I told them that this was a gift for my boss, that a bunch of us had pooled our money together as a going away present since he was leaving the company. (This was all made up, the tablet is for me.)
When we got to activation, I asked if they could just hold off on that part because I didn't want the account to be under my name, I wanted it to be under my boss'. They suggested a gift card for the amount of the tablet, but I said, who wants to open a gift card as a present? I said that he would be definitely be in today right after work since he's a gadget freak and will want to use it immediately, so it's just a matter of a few hours. That sounded logical to them, so they bypassed that and went on with ringing it up. One down, one to go.
I then mentioned that I had read that the Buy Back program free promotion had been extended to Feb 26 and that it not only applied to smartphones, but tablets as well. But the machine rang it up at the regular price of $69.99. The problem is that their website only specifies the smartphone and not the tablet exception. I then pulled out a copy of the Best Buy press release from the 14th where the president of Best Buy Mobile states that tablets are included, too. The manager had to call the regional manager who ruled that the press release was valid, but it only applied to Best Buy Mobile stores, not the regular ones. The nearest one for me is like 150 miles away. So, he apologized but then said there was nothing he could do.
Just before the guy finished ringing me up, I took another look at the press release. In it, it said that the promotion applies to all 'Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile' stores. I got the manager to come back and read it. He then brought in the overall store manager who showed him that he could pull up the official press release by going to any stock site that lists Best Buy (I think the letters are BBY). He read the same thing and told the first manager to give the Buy Back contract to me for free.
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you crafty son of a bish. nice one
Here is the link in case anyone needed it
http://www.bby.com/2011/02/14/best-buy-extends-buy-back-program-offer-to-future-proof-smart-phone-purchases-for-free-through-feb-26/
I haven't used any of it yet. Do they just remove the credit from my play account? I want to purchase a book from another device but don't want to risk my chance of a refund for the n7 by purchasing something with the credit.
Thanks!
I'm curious as well since I will be taking mine back due to light bleeding and some pixels hanging in almost black conditions. I also had two stuck pixels but I was able to massage them back into shape....still all scary enough to wanna return and wait for the problems to be resolved since the failure rate is high for sure.
Really is too bad since I love the new OS design and feel although still not iOS smooth scrolling / dead on touch interaction feel. I absolutely love the new chrome selection zoom tool and recent tabs from my other devices.
I'd assume you keep the original credit but that you don't get a second credit from the new device on that account.
I think people who had 2 N7s only got 1 credit unless they used the other one on another account.
what i did when i got the replacement unit was to log in with a different account first, before wiping and going back to my own account
now i got 25 for me and 25 for my son's account
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what i did when i got the replacement unit was to log in with a different account first, before wiping and going back to my own account
now i got 25 for me and 25 for my son's account
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thats what i did, but only because my replacement has the same issue as my original.
as for the OP, im willing to bet you get to keep it. Google has too much going on to give a care if you have a $25 credit or not. Im surprised they dont give a credit to all new Android devices, i bet the play store would boom
I'm curious, also. I just returned my Nexus 7 16GB to the local store I bought it at. I was experiencing screen lift and flicker. I explained my problem to the store manager. They had a few more units in stock, but I said I wanted a refund because I wanted to wait until Google/Asus ironed out the hardware and software issues. He was good enough to give me a full refund without charging me a restocking fee because it was defective.
I spend a little less that half the $25 credit on a few apps (SplashTop HD and Tablet Talk). What happens to the balance? Will they charge my credit card for the apps I bought with the $25 credit?
I reviewed the terms and conditions of their offer, and it didn't mention any consequences for returning the tablet instead of exchanging it. Hopefully I'm good.
I just got my second N7 today and logged in with a different Google account, didn't get a $25 credit though.
Edit: Deal dead. Price increased to $160.
Better than B&N's official fire sale price, especially if counting sales tax.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Barnes-Nobl...Tablet-Slate-BNTV600-Android-NEW/390607782562
the deal is back just so you guys know
Bought one for the girlfriend... the box was opened, not shrink-wrapped like mine I bought new at Target. No fingerprints on screen, but edges looked like there were a few nicks. If I were you I'd pass on this. Think I'm going to return it.
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Bought one for the girlfriend... the box was opened, not shrink-wrapped like mine I bought new at Target. No fingerprints on screen, but edges looked like there were a few nicks. If I were you I'd pass on this. Think I'm going to return it.
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it states 100% brand new, and that is what I expect. If not I will be returning mine as well...
ididitforthenookie said:
Bought one for the girlfriend... the box was opened, not shrink-wrapped like mine I bought new at Target. No fingerprints on screen, but edges looked like there were a few nicks. If I were you I'd pass on this. Think I'm going to return it.
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Talked to B&N customer service. They looked up the device's serial number. Device was registered before, and it's a refurbished. Bastards are selling these as 100% new... don't buy. Called customer service, and told them it was a refurbished product and I wanted a pre-paid shipping label to return it for a full refund. The person on the phone didn't sound surprised when I told them it was used. Nor did they apologize, but I'm supposed to receive an email with a shipping label today.. we'll see if it comes.
Buy at your own risk... some other negative feedback coming in recently that is same situation as mine.
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.
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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
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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
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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...
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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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?
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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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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
My phone got wet in the shower and will no longer charge with the OEM charger. It will charge with 3rd party chargers, but the moment I plug it in, it triggers a short and powers down the phone then intermittently charges, albeit slowly. I can power on the phone once the 3rd party charger is connected, but it charges at a snails pace.
So, 35 emails, back and forth, between myself and multiple google support employees (from March 26 through April 9, 2019) and I finally get the Advanced RMA going. In all fairness, I drug out the process because Google wanted to put an authorization hold for the original cost of the phone, which was $1,010.68 and I dont have any credit cards, except the Google Store card that I used to make the purchase (Google Store card cannot be used for RMA). I kept asking why they had to do an authorization hold for that amount when my phone no longer carried that value. I also pointed out that the newer 3 XL 128GB was recently on sale for hundreds less! After getting no where with my question and having multiple reps ignore it, I was able to have a family member put down a credit card and I asked the most recent rep to move forward. At that time, the rep asked me to explain how the phone stopped charging, so I did. In her reply, she tried to persuade me to do the Standard RMA as opposed to the Advanced RMA, and used my concerns of having a $1k hold on a credit card as a reason to go with the Standard RMA. She went on to explain that if I did the Advanced RMA and the techs determined that the damage was caused by neglect, normal wear and tear, etc. that they would charge me for the repair, but if I did the Standard RMA they would quote me on the repair cost and that I would have the option of having the phone returned to me if I didn't agree. My phone has been babied from day 1 in the same Tech21 case that is sold on the Google Store website, and is in pristine condition. I cant be without a phone for 2 weeks, so I reluctantly bit the bullet and let them put the hold on the credit card on 4/9. In hindsight, I think Google was trying to get me to send in my phone for repair as opposed to sending me a refurb because they knew they didnt have refurbs in stock.
Today I check the status and the order is still pending, so I go through chat to ask what the delay was. At first, I was told that they are awaiting authorization from my bank -- I called BS, because the moment I submitted the replacement order, the card holder received a notification of the charge amount. After explaining that, I was asked to wait while he got in touch with the shipping department. He eventually told me that the item is not in stock and no longer being sold so my order would be cancelled!?!? My reply was, "It's an RMA. What the hell?" He apologized and said that he would give me a $50 credit!?!?! I asked what I was supposed to do with a $1k phone that wont charge that is still under warranty... no response... no offer to send me a different color, no offer to send a Pixel 3 in its place, no offer to have me bring it to UBreakIFix and have the repair comped under warranty, nothing but a $50 credit to buy more Google crap -- NOPES!!!
At this point, I have no choice but to seek legal action.
Folks, if you have a Pixel 2 XL 128 GB, your SOL if something happens to it. You may be able to send it in for repair, but will have to be without a phone for 2 weeks or longer. I'm most upset about all this because I feel like this was the best phone I ever owned.. up until the point that it stopped charging. The worst part about Google is that they really stick it to the customer after they get their money. The experience after the sale is awful. Some may have had a more positive experience with their RMA, but as of today, there are no options to RMA a black Pixel 2 XL 128 GB.
Please reply if you have successfully completed an RMA for this exact phone after 4/9/19, because this whole situation seems very fishy.
What a surprise... This morning I received an email stating that my refurbished phone has shipped... I hate to think the person I was chatting with is so dense that he had no clue what the hell he was taking about, but he was wrong about my order being cancelled.
If anyone else gets an RMA processed, post your experience here! I'd love to know if this dude was way off or if they made an exception and supplies are limited to how fast the repair techs churn out refurbs...