Sams Club Vip Pre-BF Sale (Invitation Only)

Quote from scottsiefker : I need to sign up for my free 60 day BJ's trial membership.

So does every guy in here.

It seems like all the providers are giving away the S3 for free, not necessarily Sams. It is the promotion from Samsung For eg. Tmo is here [t-mobile.com]. I am not a plus member and got the snail mail invite. Call yesterday and spoke to the cell phone guy at my local Sams. He told me that there is no limit on number of devices you can buy and that you reserve your spot and setup a time to come in on next Mon-Wed for the signing up process .. the devices will NOT be handed to us on this Sunday. Is there an activation fee when you sign up for the plan at Sams?

I need a iphone5 32gb for wifey and wondering how to get on this S3 deal and a iphone to go together on my family plan .. I am likely on the 'iphone for dumb masses' bandwagon and clueless about iphone and whether I can get two separate plans (one from Sams and other from Apple) and call Verizon about merging the two plans together and porting our numbers from Tmo. Any suggestions?

Quote from NoBantheSnowman : hmm?!

LOL!!!!

Can someone post the email? We have a business plus account, but didn't get the email. The sams club is stating I need that email or they won't let me in.

Quote from flydeep : Call yesterday and spoke to the cell phone guy at my local Sams. He told me that there is no limit on number of devices you can buy and that you reserve your spot and setup a time to come in on next Mon-Wed for the signing up process .. the devices will NOT be handed to us on this Sunday.

Ugh.. That sucks if that's the case for all the stores. I really want a new phone now since my current one is nothing more than a fancy paperweight. I might just end up doing the MIR thing with tmobile if it means I can walk out with a new phone in hand.

does anyone know if the hp 14 inch laptop on sale for 399 on black friday is going to be on sale at the vip event???

Quote from crzy12 : does anyone know if the hp 14 inch laptop on sale for 399 on black friday is going to be on sale at the vip event???

www.samsclub.com/vip

are the only items on sale Sunday.

Quote from flydeep : and that you reserve your spot and setup a time to come in on next Mon-Wed for the signing up process .. the devices will NOT be handed to us on this Sunday.

This is not what was relayed to me last night. I was told that if an individual is still in line once 10:00pm hits, they'll be given a ticket to come back between Mon-Wed and that Sam's will honor the VIP event price, providing there's inventory (we were specifically talking about cell phones).

Also, they have two separate inventories for the VIP event Sunday night and BF, and won't be dipping into their BF reserves to fill orders.

I just got back from my local Sams, here they are not signing up the folks on Sunday since it will take ~ 1/2hr per signup and the entire event is 2 hrs. So they are going to put a name tag and ask us to come later (Mon-Wed for signup and pickup). There is no activation fee and you can return the phone/cancel line within 14 days and you do not pay anything. Within 30 days you can swap out for another phone without penalty.

All regular advantage card members who got the physical invites are eligible for this event since they were targeted (some crap about being in the top 500 of I don't know what) .

No activation fee+$0.96/S3 phone with 14 day return+30 day phone swap seems like a good deal. They also had the Square trade 2 yr hardware warranty (no phone internals but cracked screen, spills, etc) for $49. The deductible if you claim is $50.

Quote from sharptongued1 : This is not what was relayed to me last night. I was told that if an individual is still in line once 10:00pm hits, they'll be given a ticket to come back between Mon-Wed and that Sam's will honor the VIP event price, providing there's inventory (we were specifically talking about cell phones). Also, they have two separate inventories for the VIP event Sunday night and BF, and won't be dipping into their BF reserves to fill orders.

Quote from flydeep : No activation fee+$0.96/S3 phone with 14 day return+30 day phone swap seems like a good deal. They also had the Square trade 2 yr hardware warranty (no phone internals but cracked screen, spills, etc) for $49. The deductible if you claim is $50.

Does anyone know if you can do the tmobile warranty plan with a phone purchased from sam's? Talking about the one that covers loss/theft.

For what it's worth I went to my local Sams and signed up for a Plus membership. I got the $20 gift card and an additional $25 as a corporate discount from my job. I was handed an invitation with my new membership and I talked to the person in charge on Sunday. She told me they're going to hand out tickets either in line or as people walk in.

In addition she said despite having 25 in stock they're only able to sell 10 TV's at that price. Perhaps not all of your local stores will do that, but mine is. I plan to get there sufficiently in advance. 2-3 hours of waiting is worth it for $300. Especially considering my TV budget is really $700-$800. I don't see anything else out there I feel like would be a better deal.

I think the second best deal would be the 55" Panasonic IPS LED 3D TV, but that's an additional $200.

Quote from flydeep : I just got back from my local Sams, here they are not signing up the folks on Sunday since it will take ~ 1/2hr per signup and the entire event is 2 hrs. So they are going to put a name tag and ask us to come later (Mon-Wed for signup and pickup). There is no activation fee and you can return the phone/cancel line within 14 days and you do not pay anything. Within 30 days you can swap out for another phone without penalty. All regular advantage card members who got the physical invites are eligible for this event since they were targeted (some crap about being in the top 500 of I don't know what) . No activation fee+$0.96/S3 phone with 14 day return+30 day phone swap seems like a good deal. They also had the Square trade 2 yr hardware warranty (no phone internals but cracked screen, spills, etc) for $49. The deductible if you claim is $50.

Which cell service do you have that is offering no activation fee?

Quote from SaintX : Haven't counted them but I've seen more in red (black Friday) than what we have in blue (VIP event). I'll try to check Friday night....kind of hard because we work with a smaller crew now.

Thanks for the response. I actually saw what you were talking about today. Swung by just to snoop around and check out the TVs. Walked by the warehouse area and saw red/blue shrink wrapped pallets

Quote from godofdeals : Can someone post the email? We have a business plus account, but didn't get the email. The sams club is stating I need that email or they won't let me in.

I think someone posted it earlier in this thread (or it was the other Sam's ad thread)

Quote from ncasolo : For what it's worth I went to my local Sams and signed up for a Plus membership. I got the $20 gift card and an additional $25 as a corporate discount from my job. I was handed an invitation with my new membership and I talked to the person in charge on Sunday. She told me they're going to hand out tickets either in line or as people walk in. In addition she said despite having 25 in stock they're only able to sell 10 TV's at that price. Perhaps not all of your local stores will do that, but mine is. I plan to get there sufficiently in advance. 2-3 hours of waiting is worth it for $300. Especially considering my TV budget is really $700-$800. I don't see anything else out there I feel like would be a better deal. I think the second best deal would be the 55" Panasonic IPS LED 3D TV, but that's an additional $200.

Which TV are you talking about?

I am looking at Verizon. There was a VZW rep onsite, my discussion was fruitful since I had the store manager, the VZW rep and sams mobile cust. rep together when I fired my questions. The store manager and the rep fumbled on lot of details and the VZW corrected them on many of their answers. It is surprising with how much conviction the store reps give false information although they do not have much clue.

I assumed that the no activation fee was across all carriers, it may help you call them directly.

Quote from PresarioXp : Which cell service do you have that is offering no activation fee?