I just upgraded my phone to the s5 at my local best buy in Knoxville, TN. It cost me under $13 for an upgrade. Here is how it worked. I signed up at the beginning of the year for the $50 off a phone if you upgraded at Best Buy. They also have a promotion going now that you can get a $50 gift card that you will get via email like 15 days later (the gave it to instantly). Then they price matched Amazon at $112 and some change. So you take the $112 and subtract the $100 in gift cards and you get my $12. That's an awesome deal if you ask me!
Best Buy will price match up to 14 or 15 days so if you recently purchased one from them you can go back and get some of your money back. Hope this helped someone out.
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My best buy told me that they don't price match phones, only accessories.
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We have 2 in Knoxville, one will and one won't. They both have always told me over the phone they won't but this makes twice they have done it for me.
I read today that you can trade in any working smartphone and get a minimum $100 at best buy.
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f16pilot said:
My best buy told me that they don't price match phones, only accessories.
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It's up to managers discretion. I have 5-6 in my city and 2 of them price match amazon. I'm hoping the S5 Prime will be cheaper on Amazon than Best Buy so I can price Match and use my Best Buy card
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We have 2 in Knoxville, one will and one won't. They both have always told me over the phone they won't but this makes twice they have done it for me.
I read today that you can trade in any working smartphone and get a minimum $100 at best buy.
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I'm in Knoxville, which one did u go to. I'll make sure I go there when the prime version comes out.
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ryanalan82 said:
I'm in Knoxville, which one did u go to. I'll make sure I go there when the prime version comes out.
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North Peters, see Adam.
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oldpreowner said:
North Peters, see Adam.
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Thanks
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Must be a Knoxville kind of thing I'm not finding that here in Miami
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When I bought another phone last year the best buy sales guy actually told me they were matching the nexus 5 price from Google.
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They price matched mine with RadioShacks, 79.99
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On topic of price matching at best buy with amazon the price match fine print CLEARLY states they will price match Amazon as long as its sold by Amazon.
So just print out the ToS and show it to them if they say no.
Works every time for me.
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I did the same thing when it came out but paid way more since I got it a few days after it came out now I'm wishing I would have waited.
Vuciz said:
On topic of price matching at best buy with amazon the price match fine print CLEARLY states they will price match Amazon as long as its sold by Amazon.
So just print out the ToS and show it to them if they say no.
Works every time for me.
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It also states they won't price match contract phone prices.
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It also states they won't price match contract phone prices.
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My "extend your 2 year contract" pricing was $149.99 before tax.
On Sprint.
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My contact was up on Sprint. Sprint wanted $199. Amazon wanted $99 for renewal. I got it from Amazon. Plus I believe I'm getting a $25 gift card from Amazon after I activate the phone. So, $75 after rebate. Not bad. It ain't as good as $13, but its better than $199!
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I know is almost a month old, however I upgraded to the S5 tonight at Bestbuy here in Knoxville, TN. They price matched Amazon (contract phone), and received a $50 gift card from BB...so out the door was $59 after taxes... Not $13, but not bad either.
I went to Best buy because they had the S5 for $99 as an upgrade. I waited till Sunday because it was my only day off, price went back to $199 for Sprint and down to $99 for Verizon. So I asked about $100 for old phones. Girl checked pc and my 3yr old Galaxy S slider was only worth $5. I went to Sprint owned store and paid $199 but felt more like a loyal customer.
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Got mine for $99, gave my wife my S4, sold her S3 on Swappa for 190. Someone is not too bright for sure.
I got mine at Best Buy also but they told me they would not price match online stores. Brick and mortar stores with in stock phones only.
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If anyone bought their Nexus S within the last 30 days before seeing this deal.. bring your reciept and rewards zone coupon and best buy will give you back $100.00. They did for me =)
any rewards zone coupon? lol
when i bought my phone it added the points in my rewards zone. but the coupon just came out. They just honored it because best buy has a 30 day price guarentee =)
thank you
I am fighting with them now on this ...I tried to use the coupon yesterday and it didn't work but hopefully I will get it sorted it helps to know others were successful
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<.< 50 days for me lol LAME! That would put $200 back in my pocket (bought a NS for my wife and I on the same day)
I wish the discount was effective for off-contract phones, too.
Should have put coupon on the title or something similar. I thought the Nexus S was being sold at $99.99 for a second there.
Best Buy sold me mine for $50 back in January, on contract. Don't ask me how that price worked, but I didn't complain.
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I wish the discount was effective for off-contract phones, too.
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Really, I could go snag a benny from them right now. Given a choice I'll just keep the phone.
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Really, I could go snag a benny from them right now. Given a choice I'll just keep the phone.
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A... "benny"? 0.o
Benjamin. 100$
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A... "benny"? 0.o
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I do admit that was retarded...
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wheres the coupon at i will do it i am still in the 30 days
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wheres the coupon at i will do it i am still in the 30 days
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If your a member of there reward zone log in on there site and you can print it out.
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Log on to your rewards and click the tab rewards and promotions.. print the coupon out.. if it doesnt work at a the particular best buy just go to another one. Its a steal =)
bout flat out so this is irrelevant for me.
Just printed coupon and heading out to BB later to see if they'll refund me 200 bucks heh
Crazy! I bought it on 3/7 on bestbuy.com and now I have to return and rebuy it cos this coupon doesn't work on bestbuy.com ..
Dude this is awesome. I'm gonna go see if I can get a hundred bucks back from best buy.
At a sprint store. I went to complain once again about my second evo's lack of working data roam and saw it.
I have an upgrade available. Should I?
No, Sprint dropped the price to $49. Also, that means new phones are coming out so they are getting rid off these older ones.
What would be the price at best buy
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It's $29.99 on the sprint website right now. Web only special, just bought one for my wife to replace her aging HTC Hero.
really? shouldve taken a pic i seen it for $29.99 at that store
also online
By 80 out the door i mean after taxes
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really? shouldve taken a pic i seen it for $29.99 at that store
also online
By 80 out the door i mean after taxes
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online it's $33 "out the door" after taxes. activation fees get waived online and free shipping.
For me in California it is $83 still
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I got 3 of them for free from a sprint store with no activation.
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$0.01 with no tax or shipping from Amazon Wireless.
I just got mine from best buy for free.
Free at best buy this week. That's how i got mine.
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kos26 said:
Free at best buy this week. That's how i got mine.
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Same.
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its $80 at best buy on upgrade
online its $30
OT here, but I was told if I purchased this from Best Buy, which I did, I would be charged the activation fee unless I purchase directly from sprint.com. Thing is, Sprint.com has different phones different prices than Best Buy or Radioshack.
I would wait with the upgrade, IMO. There are going to be so many killer phones come around the holiday season. You can suck it up for a couple more months
The only phone coming out that's worth getting is the Nexus Prime. Hopefully they cover all the carriers with it.
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I am getting the Epic Touch with my upgrade
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I am getting the Epic Touch with my upgrade
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Are you sure the epic had horrid support from Samsung. My girl had one and having all those galaxy s phones did not help unlocking and getting aosp on it. Alot of the talented devs on sprint are here or on the evo 3d, just one thing to make note of
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Not only is the $280 you need to pay to purchase this phone online outrageous when compared to the other carriers, but my local store is asking for $50 more!!! Are they insane? What happened with T-Mobile and the S III? People don't want it that bad, guys!
Sorry for the rant.
tax, fees, etc.
T mobile cannot afford to subsidize these phones at the same rate as the larger carriers so you have to pay more on contract.
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That's what I paid for it on the day one. It was $330 plus tax and upgrade fee's. A total of $389
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ddurandSGS3 said:
tax, fees, etc.
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No, that's $330 plus all those.
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T mobile cannot afford to subsidize these phones at the same rate as the larger carriers so you have to pay more on contract.
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$280 is already insane. Don't let your stores charge $50 more on top of that or you'll be shooting yourself in the foot with one of the most anticipated devices of the year. My 2c.
cwalker29 said:
That's what I paid for it on the day one. It was $330 plus tax and upgrade fee's. A total of $389
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Ouch.
I went to Walmart and paid 198.00 plus tax which came to 214.34. And then 18 upgrade fee on the next bill. Plus, I got mine in release day. June 21st.
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Walmart for tmobile?
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Walmart for tmobile?
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Yes, Walmart sells T-mobile phones for new and existing customers. They have computers at their wireless center for each carrier. It allows them to perform upgrades just like you were at a T-mobile store.
I paid the 299 to Att since my voice plan did not qualify for the $100 instant rebate, didn't like that but I sold my iPhone 4 for 270 so it wasn't that bad of an upgrade for me
Hey at least your not buying it off contract. I bought it off contract from my local tmobile store for $680!! I'm still in shock recovering from that impulse buy, looking back I could gotten a way batter deal on Craig list. But this awesome phone is slowly helping me forget about my hard earned cash.
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That is crazy, def. would look elsewhere.
ikhtiaralam said:
I went to Walmart and paid 198.00 plus tax which came to 214.34. And then 18 upgrade fee on the next bill. Plus, I got mine in release day. June 21st.
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Hearing you paid only 214 for the phone kinda piss me off, but at the sometime I still got the phone on day one. If wal mart in Illinois had it I would had been all on it for those prices. Make me wonder why T mobile can't come up those prices themselves
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and grass is also green in case you didn't know.
How is this a thread? Yes as it was discussed for the last few weeks; T-Mo is selling the GS3 for $330. You can buy it from Costco and Walmart for much less.
Carry on.
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Hearing you paid only 214 for the phone kinda piss me off, but at the sometime I still got the phone on day one. If wal mart in Illinois had it I would had been all on it for those prices. Make me wonder why T mobile can't come up those prices themselves
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I don't know about you. but my walmart got it the same day as the first launch, so I had my phone on the 21st for 199.99 + tax.
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I don't know about you. but my walmart got it the same day as the first launch, so I had my phone on the 21st for 199.99 + tax.
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I paid $279.99 through T-Mobile after a $50 mail in rebate. My activation fee/upgrade fee was waived. T-Mobile does charge more for phones but you save money on the plans. Right now I have unlimited Talk/Text/2GB Data a month for $69.99.
I got my phone on the 21st and T-Mobile was the ONLY one in my area to get it from. Walmart/Costco/etc had nothing.
Im going to be paying 450 or 549 for the phone
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My local store ask for $10 more from original full price all total $685. I ask why she told me store manager say it. 10 bucks not the big deal because I drive almost 20 miles to get the phone gas money cost $10 already.but I just feel like raped by someone
I am in Tampa Florida
Sprint and TMobile have stated they will have the device late next week but can we get a firm unsubsidized price, I usually get good inside info but the buy outright price is more secret than Romney 5 point plan
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randy2 said:
Sprint and TMobile have stated they will have the device late next week but can we get a firm unsubsidized price, I usually get good inside info but the buy outright price is more secret than Romney 5 point plan
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If i knew I'd tell you, sadly nothing has leaked at all... I need an insider at the Tmo store
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Sprint and TMobile have stated they will have the device late next week but can we get a firm unsubsidized price, I usually get good inside info but the buy outright price is more secret than Romney 5 point plan
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Lol, really good point on Romney
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is possible to order Samsung Galaxy Note 2 from Sprint without contract? All I see from websites is you need 2 years contract to order phone?
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is possible to order Samsung Galaxy Note 2 from Sprint without contract? All I see from websites is you need 2 years contract to order phone?
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You should be able to just walk into store and pay the full retail of 600-700
649.99
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649.99
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I concur....
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Who are we kidding? We'll buy it no matter what the price is.
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649.99
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I concur....
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Not necessarily, the OG Note was apparently $750 retail price on AT&T.
Also, walmart just leaked some on contract prices for T-Mo and it looks to be $299 w/ contract
I gave up and got the white from Newegg for $649 and Fatwallet cashback (~4 extra percent off). If the AT&T version isn't screwed all to hell, I'll sell the international for a small loss and move on. Easy. Not interested in waiting until mid November.
If you are looking to get the Note 2 on T-Mobile and are worried about having to pay the full price. Call a tmo representative and talk about their 2 tier early upgrading plans. It renews your contract but you still got a much larger price off.
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If you are looking to get the Note 2 on T-Mobile and are worried about having to pay the full price. Call a tmo representative and talk about their 2 tier early upgrading plans. It renews your contract but you still got a much larger price off.
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I'm on the Value plan, so... no dice for me . But for those of you on a Classic plan, this is the way to go. Although if you want, you can say you want to talk to retentions and try to get the "Android Data plan" which is an old 5GB plan for $15 a line.
Best buy has a deal for new and existing ATT customers. The best deal I've seen since you also get a $50 gift card. You must activate before 7/12.
****.
That's a kickass deal. I was thinking of spending about 630 for the phone outright but 100 dollars with a 50 dollar gift card after activation sounds good.
I have a few hours to think about this haha
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That's an awesome deal for new phone.
Hope Sprint one drops the price like that too!
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drancid said:
That's an awesome deal for new phone.
Hope Sprint one drops the price like that too!
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This actually applies to both sprint and Verizon users via best buy!
But I just bought one yesterday for 200...
$50 gift card
If you read line 3 it says Excludes LG G3 now.
3.Purchase and activate a new cell phone at your local Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile specialty store or BestBuy.com between 6/29/14 and 7/12/14. Valid for Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint cell phones. Excludes LG G3. Mobile broadband not included.
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If you read line 3 it says Excludes LG G3 now.
3.Purchase and activate a new cell phone at your local Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile specialty store or BestBuy.com between 6/29/14 and 7/12/14. Valid for Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint cell phones. Excludes LG G3. Mobile broadband not included.
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I had signed early this morning for the promotion but didnt buy the phone yet. They sent me an email and it doesn't specify anything. Just says your $50 gift card is reserved when you buy and activate new phone.
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called best buy, says it apply's to the g3, walking in and paying $50 bucks plus activation for mine in a few hours
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called best buy, says it apply's to the g3, walking in and paying $50 bucks plus activation for mine in a few hours
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That would be great if they honor it. Let us know how it goes.
How do you activate before 7/12 if the G3 isn't released yet? Am I missing something? Should I be driving to BB right now?
I'm guessing AT&T and Sprint are in stock, but maybe not Verizon.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/promo/lg-g3-124125
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called best buy, says it apply's to the g3, walking in and paying $50 bucks plus activation for mine in a few hours
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Yep. Just did this. Great phone
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Yep. Just did this. Great phone
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I'm guessing you got the Sprint or At&t model. I think us Verizon users wont get the discount.
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I'm guessing you got the Sprint or At&t model. I think us Verizon users wont get the discount.
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Att
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Worked for me today buying a G3 on ATT.
Just picked mine up 50 bucks plus tax
Bought two today on Sprint at Best Buy for $99 each. No complaints here other than acclimating to Sprint's network. Not too shabby in my area though. Glad to be rid of at&t.
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Dam.....I just bought mines for 200 on AT&T
also saw on their website that if you do a payment plan on the phone you get a $100 gift card.
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colbyfink said:
Bought two today on Sprint at Best Buy for $99 each. No complaints here other than acclimating to Sprint's network. Not too shabby in my area though. Glad to be rid of at&t.
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Enjoy downloading 50gb a month on your cellphone (or hotspot) without any charges. Sprint might have crappy network signal at times but they make up for it with that IMO.