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Costco Warehouse: Purchase iPhone 11/XR/XS (TMO) + Trade-In + New Line & Get

via One Time Bill Credit/Prepaid Card

Up to $580 Back

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Membership Wireless via Costco Warehouse [Warehouse Locator] is offering Up to $580 Back via Rebate (One Time Bill Credit + Virtual Prepaid Card) when you purchase an Apple iPhone 11, XR or XS w/ New Line Activation for T-Mobile + Qualifying Apple iPhone Trade-In (listed below) valid at participating Costco Warehouse Wireless Center locations. Thanks ffly45

Note, offer valid only at Costco Warehouse. Device/carrier selection may vary by locations.

Qualifying/Eligible Trade-In Devices (Up to $580; depending on condition)
  • Apple iPhone XS/XS Max/XR or X
  • Apple iPhone 8/8 Plus
  • Apple iPhone 7/7 Plus
  • Apple iPhone 6s/6s Plus
Also, get 1-Year Apple TV+ for Free w/ your new iPhone purchase [Info]

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Offer valid through November 14, 2019 or while promotion last. Qualified activation at Wireless Center + New Line of service and qualifying trade-in phone is required at time of redemption. Allow 6-8 weeks for rebate processing; max 4/account. Please refer to the forum thread for all internal discussion/advice on offer. Ask a Wireless Sales Expect for complete offer details/qualifications - Discombobulated

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Membership Wireless via Costco Warehouse [Warehouse Locator] is offering Up to $580 Back via Rebate (One Time Bill Credit + Virtual Prepaid Card) when you purchase an Apple iPhone 11, XR or XS w/ New Line Activation for T-Mobile + Qualifying Apple iPhone Trade-In (listed below) valid at participating Costco Warehouse Wireless Center locations. Thanks ffly45

Note, offer valid only at Costco Warehouse. Device/carrier selection may vary by locations.

Qualifying/Eligible Trade-In Devices (Up to $580; depending on condition)
  • Apple iPhone XS/XS Max/XR or X
  • Apple iPhone 8/8 Plus
  • Apple iPhone 7/7 Plus
  • Apple iPhone 6s/6s Plus
Also, get 1-Year Apple TV+ for Free w/ your new iPhone purchase [Info]

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
Offer valid through November 14, 2019 or while promotion last. Qualified activation at Wireless Center + New Line of service and qualifying trade-in phone is required at time of redemption. Allow 6-8 weeks for rebate processing; max 4/account. Please refer to the forum thread for all internal discussion/advice on offer. Ask a Wireless Sales Expect for complete offer details/qualifications - Discombobulated

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Yes, after the Costco associate takes out the phone, grab it and run out the store with it. If you are fast enough, this will work...
READ FOLKS

READ

Most of the questions asked here are either in the promotion posting, or are just stupid. Read before posting.

The document tells you which items will be accepted for trade. You can NOT do a IP6, or SE, or Samsung, etc.

It really does not matter how much they give you for the trade. The total rebate you will get will total $580.

Yes, this promotion is for people adding T-Mobile new lines. Duh! Think!

Simple math tells you that trading in an XS or XR is probably not going to make sense in most cases. So, if then don't. Duh!

Nobody has asked yet, but yes the phone must be paid for. And yes it must work. And yes it must not be broken. Duh!

And yes, you must have a Costco card to pay for the phone.

How much does ___ cost at Costco? Easy - go to the website. Prices are listed.
iPhone 8 through Apple gets you $220
iPhone XS through Apple gets you $500

iPhone 8 through this Costco deal gets you $580
iPhone XS through this Costco deal gets you $580

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torpy
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Quote from DeeJung08 :
the Kiosk said my plan only for 2 lines, can not add the 3rd, I had him check as t-mobile told me before in 2 occasions that I could add one more in this plan. He saw it said 3 lines account, but then later said 'Unlimited one 55+ not eligible.....
Yes, I had 2 lines on my 55+ plan as well and T-mobile said I was eligible to add a third line (which they did). However, Costco wont honor the promotion now because they said the line wasn't added through Costco. What a mess..
Nov 7, 2019
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DeeJung08
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Quote from torpy :
Yes, I had 2 lines on my 55+ plan as well and T-mobile said I was eligible to add a third line (which they did). However, Costco wont honor the promotion now because they said the line wasn't added through Costco. What a mess..
did you try with different Costco kiosk?
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yqjiang
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Quote from Darthchrisc :
for those of us playing the short game and plan on cancelling in three months, it MIGHT make sense for you to bring a few compatible phones and take advantage of the $125 byod costco card on new activations. I did the four new iphone promo and going back tomorrow to add four more lines to get another $500 in costco cash card. I figure each line is only another $20 for three months so pay $60 get $124 seems ok to me..
Good suggestion. But don't overdo it, or you could risk being blacklisted by either Costco or T-Mobile.

"If we in our sole discretion determine that you have engaged in abuse, misuse, or gaming in connection with the welcome offer in any way or that you intend to do so (for example, if you applied for one or more cards to obtain a welcome offer (s) that we did not intend for you; if you cancel or downgrade your account within 12 months after acquiring it; or if you cancel or return purchases you made to meet the Threshold Amount), we may not credit Membership Rewards® points to, we may freeze Membership Rewards® points credited to, or we may take away Membership Rewards® points from your account. We may also cancel this Card account and other Card accounts you may have with us." Quote from Amex RAT Team
Last edited by yqjiang November 6, 2019 at 07:02 PM.
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tlinus
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can some one please tell me if Costco must open all the new iphones to activate the port in number. I was in costco today and the guy told me that he needs to activate the number right away, since I am still 3 weeks from the end of my cricket prepaid billing cycle, I want to activate it later. The guy told me it is their policy. so i want to hear your experience. also I want to know if activate it later, would that delay my rebate process
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torpy
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Quote from DeeJung08 :
did you try with different Costco kiosk?
No, not yet. My Costco is the only one that has an iPhone 11 left
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Marathi
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Quote from coinguy :
In Whatsapp Settings-->Chats-->Chat Backup-->Backup from android phone. When your backup is done, activate Whatsapp in iPhone and restore from backup.
sorry bro,
when you take a backup on Android phone, it goes to GoogleDrive !
When you install Whatsapp on iPhone, it checks ONLY on iCloud and nowhere else !!!
No matter what you do, iPhone can't restore from anywhere except iCloud !!!
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Quote from tlinus :
can some one please tell me if Costco must open all the new iphones to activate the port in number. I was in costco today and the guy told me that he needs to activate the number right away, since I am still 3 weeks from the end of my cricket prepaid billing cycle, I want to activate it later. The guy told me it is their policy. so i want to hear your experience. also I want to know if activate it later, would that delay my rebate process
Yes. Even said me while opening 4 lines and gets activated at one shot while we complete the process. Even i had my cricket till 27 but ported out.

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Quote from tlinus :
can some one please tell me if Costco must open all the new iphones to activate the port in number. I was in costco today and the guy told me that he needs to activate the number right away, since I am still 3 weeks from the end of my cricket prepaid billing cycle, I want to activate it later. The guy told me it is their policy. so i want to hear your experience. also I want to know if activate it later, would that delay my rebate process
I personally think you indeed need to activate it at Costco. You only lose tens of dollars at previous carrier, but otherwise $580 would be at risk.

I think some paperwork and online submission are all tied to the completion of the new line activation.
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calisoldier83
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Quote from Silvers :
stupid t-mobile! i had frozen my credit for the past 12 months and unfroze it to get in on the deal. I have an excellent credit score (860+). T-mobile credit check system coughed up a $150 security deposit for my background check effectively killing the deal for me. I could only get $150 back if i stayed on for 12 months and would have to forfeit in case i cancel service prior to that!!

has anyone heard this, that credit check fails or goes bad once you freeze / unfreeze your credit? I last applied for a credit card 24 months back!!
Nope. Credit was frozen but forgot. After unfreeze the rep called T-Mobile and verified everything in about 5 minutes. No deposit or anything everything was smooth after that.
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Marathi
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Quote from chaoss :
I don't understand what you are trying to do. If you want bill credits, have them order the phone and pay full price. If you want the cheaper price, buy the phone on the spot.
You are confusing him...lol !!!
"Full price" as in "pay fully up front at the register"
"Installment/bill credit" meaning you pay only tax up front and then everything else is managed monthly over 24 months !
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SidHunterSid
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Not sure if I am missing something, but this doesn't seem like a slick deal to me. I think I have seen T-mobile's BOGO device deals several times in the past. Here, we need to trade in a device and sign up for an expensive T mobile plan.
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Quote from Blade107 :
Can someone please walk me thru the process of getting into the website for the traded phone?

I've got a set of instructions but too many codes to enter. I just shipped the 6s with the provided label today.

Now it's the part where I go to the link and validate the trade in?

Thanks guys
I don't understand what's so difficult to understand...lol
See the attached page, everything is clear.
go to the website, provide the promocode and your personal info !
It will ask to upload a pic/photo of Costco receipt (for the new phone e.g. $681.xx)
and it will also ask to upload the pic of new iPhone's box (backside) with IMEI# and stuff!
That's it !!!
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Quote from sam19777 :
How can you save thousands with Simple Choice? For a 8-line account, you are paying roughly $175 for simple choice after 12% corporation discount (it will be higher if you don't have this). For Magenta, you are paying $240 but you get unlimited 4G speed data and a bunch of benefit including 4G hotspot data, in-plane wifi and free Netflix. Compared $22/month vs $30/month, most people don't care to pay $8 extra for unlimited 4G data. On Simple Choice if you want extra data, you are paying like 2GB/$15.
most of people with Simple Choice also has lot of other free stuff as well if you add all those together and if count the cost since Tmobile One has been launched it's almost 50-70% savings in monthly bill.

to give u an example

- 10 USD Family stateside international calling at account level- which is billed 15 USD add on per line in newer plans--so

- every new line is just 10 USD
- 10 USD north america feature to call from Canada and Mexico
- a lot of free music/video apps dont count towards your data limits
- also 2-3 free tablet/voice/sync up lines of 6GB from promos back in 2015-2016
- also recently lot of simple choice(6gb or higher) folks are being promoted to unlimited data at no additional cost.
- for simple choice folks unlimited data is NICE to have but not needed/worth it when u see the bill getting doubled-trippled depending on how many unCarrier promos some one has availed...I dont recall any month when I crossed 2gb in my 4 gb limit when most of time I am in wifi zone.

simple choice folks since 2014-2015 are paying just about 150-160 for 5 voice +3 free tablet/sync up with 20 gb data stash+ north america feature+ family stateside international calling with corp discount ---if you try to get all these now, you might end up almost 2.5 times if not three times. so that's almost 2k a year past and future savings...thats just example with 5 voice line, more line u have in group more u save.
Last edited by spinsan November 6, 2019 at 07:37 PM.
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spinsan
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Quote from collarman :
They can't reprint with correct info, that's why I posted the question to begin with. I asked and there was no way to Edit the enteres info.
what I have told you is my personal experience last year for 750 promo. Costco rep can reprint the label for you if he is willing/knows how to do and you can also hand write the correct/update IMEI. if you change make/model to cheaper trade in Assurance team will adjust your trade in credit. it worked for me and may/should work for you as well.

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tlinus
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can some one suggest what I can do? I have only one iphone 6s plus. so I ordered two reconditioned iphone 6s from simple wireless for trade in purpose. one of them arrives with good working condition, the other not(show blank screen even plug in charge cable, so I have to ship it back for replacement hopefully the promotion extends), so I originally plan to port 3 lines from cricket wireless, but now seems that I could do two lines with only two working phones available to trade in. any suggestion which plan to join for time being with the possibility of i may add another line once I have another iphone 6s replacement.

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