Sony Vaio Laptop Trade-in and Recycling Program (double the trade-in value)

The store in Las Vegas told me today their last day for the promotion is the 21st.

Quote from aleki : Yep. Laptop was ~$1200. Got my $342 estimate back and rest from the Charge. The stores always tender the trade-in seperately, and put the amount on a gift card; they are just forcing us to buy a laptop because they know they can get away with it. Best thing to do is have them place an order online and shipped to your house, and when it comes to the total, just make sure you get the depleted giftcard back. Once you get home, call to cancel the order, and everything gets returned to you

Just a heads up for those of you who did the "return to gift card" thing, you might have to call Sony to unlock your gift card because they place a 30 day lock on gift cards that have been used.

I did this for one of my trade-ins. I ordered online at the store and canceled when I went home. When I tried to buy something today with the gift card the balance still shows up fine when inputted it in, but when you check out it will say something like "gift card has 0 value" and reject it.

Quote from Kurohio : Just a heads up for those of you who did the "return to gift card" thing, you might have to call Sony to unlock your gift card because they place a 30 day lock on gift cards that have been used. I did this for one of my trade-ins. I ordered online at the store and canceled when I went home. When I tried to buy something today with the gift card the balance still shows up fine when inputted it in, but when you check out it will say something like "gift card has 0 value" and reject it.

Good to know.
Fortunately, they goofed mine up and sent me a replacement GC instead. Hopefully everything's good when it comes time to jump on a deal

Is there anything worthwhile to get from Sony right now? What are their black friday sales?

has anyone gotten a response from sony for the online trade-in? i sent mine in last monday.

Quote from SpAcEmAn SpLiFF : has anyone gotten a response from sony for the online trade-in? i sent mine in last monday.

They received mine on the 9th and I still haven't heard from them. Actually when I checked using my tracking number today their site said $0 trade in value from the $276 they originally estimated but it also states it has not been reviewed. Still kind of worried though.

Quote from mcs82 : They received mine on the 9th and I still haven't heard from them. Actually when I checked using my tracking number today their site said $0 trade in value from the $276 they originally estimated but it also states it has not been reviewed. Still kind of worried though.

geez i wouldve expected a company like sony to be more quick

I bought a Sony Vaio for $700 last year and it still works but needs the restore disk and they said they would accept it for "recycle value" only. Like I am that stupid.

Quote from mcs82 : They received mine on the 9th and I still haven't heard from them. Actually when I checked using my tracking number today their site said $0 trade in value from the $276 they originally estimated but it also states it has not been reviewed. Still kind of worried though.

same, they received mine on the 13th... i called today and they said the reason it said zero is because their system changes it to zero after a certain period of time automatically but assured me their system still showed the same original trade in value on their end....

they said that they have "two weeks" once received to process it, which would be friday for you....

if there is a crazy deal on black friday, im just going to purchase it, then tell them to apply the gift card balance to the purchase and refund that much back to my card, if not, il just return it, if they charge me a restocking fee, il just file a claim on my credit card.... not playing this game....

Quote from BigTymer1 : if there is a crazy deal on black friday, im just going to purchase it, then tell them to apply the gift card balance to the purchase and refund that much back to my card, if not, il just return it, if they charge me a restocking fee, il just file a claim on my credit card.... not playing this game....

Think they will? I hope so. Maybe I will do the same. I was planning on using it for BF as well and when I talked to someone earlier in the week the guy had the nerve to say I was being unrealistic to have expected it! I wish I would have remembered his name and sent some feedback to his manager. I was so shocked by him calling me unrealistic that I just wanted to hang up before cussing him out.

geez... i wanted to trade in my 2 v570s that I got from lenovo outlet.

traded in my nv59 laptop i got from here a few years back. i got $376 for it @ the Sony Plaza store on Madison Ave in Manhattan. Ended up getting the Vaio T Series Ultrabook for $699. I paid the difference and also got 5% off(corp discount). Nice laptop so far. But if anything better comes out within 30days best believe return/exchange will happen

Quote from mcs82 : Think they will? I hope so. Maybe I will do the same. I was planning on using it for BF as well and when I talked to someone earlier in the week the guy had the nerve to say I was being unrealistic to have expected it! I wish I would have remembered his name and sent some feedback to his manager. I was so shocked by him calling me unrealistic that I just wanted to hang up before cussing him out.

What pisses me off even more is i actually drove 50 miles out to a sony store to do it in store, picked out the laptop i wanted and then they told me their system was down and couldn't do the trade in and i would have to come back on a later date.... so i just decided to send it in rather tha do another 100 mile round trip.... its taking way too long

Is purchase from Sony Outlet Eligible for this promotion?