Select Best Buy Stores [Store Locator] are offering a 15% Off Coupon for an Eligible WD or SanDisk Storage Device when you Recycle an Eligible Storage Device (In Store Only). Promotion details are located towards the bottom of the promotion page.
Note: Not available in all locations and some stores may have additional limitations.
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Select Best Buy Stores [Store Locator] are offering a 15% Off Coupon for an Eligible WD or SanDisk Storage Device when you Recycle an Eligible Storage Device (In Store Only). Promotion details are located towards the bottom of the promotion page.
Note: Not available in all locations and some stores may have additional limitations.
Thanks to Slickdeals Deal Editor oceanlake for finding this deal.
I spent >30mins at my local BB - short(ish) version, in no particular order:
1. This doesn't show up in their internal ("Blue" something?) site under any kind of trade-in promo.
2. No one (right up to the Mgr) at the store knew anything about this.
3. This does show up under the Recycling take-ins page.
4. As indicated by others on this thread, it shows up under a cordless phone recycling take-in.
5. Even though the text of the promo itself states "storage device," the person helping me initially insisted that I therefore needed to turn in a cordless phone (she wasn't clear on whether it was in addition-to or in-lieu-of a storage device).
6. After further consultation with yet-more in-store personnel, they agreed that it simply meant a storage device, sans cordless phone.
7. Nobody knows why it's under a cordless phone recycling take-in.
8. They had to fill out a form for law enforcement indicating how my storage device being recycled was obtained, from where, approx when, and agreeing that I will not get it back.
9. I dunno if item 8 applies everywhere or was just a quirk where I live.
10. I had 4 "storage devices" with me and asked the intake person to choose which one they want to take (2x flash cards, 2x USB sticks).
11. They didn't seem to care which they take, which implies that flash cards are/were acceptable, at least at my location.
12. Everything above will likely need to be run through all over again each time someone else tries this.
13. The printed coupon does indeed state "SINGLE USE. In store only" and "Offer valid 8/8/2021 - 1/29/2023"
14. I did try the UPC string as an online code and it wasn't accepted (was worth a try)
A brief anecdote from my experience trying this out today in-store:
I took a 4GB SD card to customer service, and after some messing around, they were able to get me a 15% coupon.
I grabbed a WD_BLACK SN750 1TB, on sale for $119.99. This is basically the lowest price from a regular retailer that I've seen. The kind employee that checked me out was a Supervisor, and the 15% coupon wouldn't scan. She did a manual override, because "you seem to know more about this than I do" Very friendly, got my discount and good to go.
Please do not dispose of old electronics this way. Many towns have e-recycling options for free/cheap. This is very bad for your local community (water specifically) if you let it go to standard trash due to the many chemicals in electronics.
Monitors, in particular, contain lead (lbs of it for CRT) or mercury (LCD). https://earth911.com/recycling-guide/how-to-recycle-computer-monitors/
Why give them a whole 64 MB?!!
Dig deeper in the drawer and dig up that 8 MB one. LOL
It reminds me of many years back when I went with a buddy who was shopping for a 64 MB (not GB) hard drive and it cost something like $195. lol
What I need is for this discount to be applicable to a bunch of 256 SD cards for my security equipment! I fear it can only be applied to one of something.
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Please do not dispose of old electronics this way. Many towns have e-recycling options for free/cheap. This is very bad for your local community (water specifically) if you let it go to standard trash due to the many chemicals in electronics.
Monitors, in particular, contain lead (lbs of it for CRT) or mercury (LCD). https://earth911.com/recycling-guide/how-to-recycle-computer-monitors/
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Funny. I tried that, and the recycling center advised me my e-junk was garbage, and would cost them far more to put it in their dumpster than to throw it away myself.
If you are in an area with a "rage room" give it to them. People pay to smash things, i'm sure they would be happy to take it off your hands.
Please do not dispose of old electronics this way. Many towns have e-recycling options for free/cheap. This is very bad for your local community (water specifically) if you let it go to standard trash due to the many chemicals in electronics.
Did you know that electronic recycling is a huge scam legal business? They charge a double dip recycling fees, at time of purchase and at time of dispose. On top of that, they still dispose it anywhere not known to public media. When they got caught, they just pay the penalty and still doing it. Also, depending where you live, I don't think standard waste goes to any water. They dumped it in the dumpster landfill, which 25 years later built as housing properties.
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I spent >30mins at my local BB - short(ish) version, in no particular order:
1. This doesn't show up in their internal ("Blue" something?) site under any kind of trade-in promo.
2. No one (right up to the Mgr) at the store knew anything about this.
3. This does show up under the Recycling take-ins page.
4. As indicated by others on this thread, it shows up under a cordless phone recycling take-in.
5. Even though the text of the promo itself states "storage device," the person helping me initially insisted that I therefore needed to turn in a cordless phone (she wasn't clear on whether it was in addition-to or in-lieu-of a storage device).
6. After further consultation with yet-more in-store personnel, they agreed that it simply meant a storage device, sans cordless phone.
7. Nobody knows why it's under a cordless phone recycling take-in.
8. They had to fill out a form for law enforcement indicating how my storage device being recycled was obtained, from where, approx when, and agreeing that I will not get it back.
9. I dunno if item 8 applies everywhere or was just a quirk where I live.
10. I had 4 "storage devices" with me and asked the intake person to choose which one they want to take (2x flash cards, 2x USB sticks).
11. They didn't seem to care which they take, which implies that flash cards are/were acceptable, at least at my location.
12. Everything above will likely need to be run through all over again each time someone else tries this.
13. The printed coupon does indeed state "SINGLE USE. In store only" and "Offer valid 8/8/2021 - 1/29/2023"
14. I did try the UPC string as an online code and it wasn't accepted (was worth a try)
Hope that helps someone!
I took a 4GB SD card to customer service, and after some messing around, they were able to get me a 15% coupon.
I grabbed a WD_BLACK SN750 1TB, on sale for $119.99. This is basically the lowest price from a regular retailer that I've seen. The kind employee that checked me out was a Supervisor, and the 15% coupon wouldn't scan. She did a manual override, because "you seem to know more about this than I do"
Monitors, in particular, contain lead (lbs of it for CRT) or mercury (LCD). https://earth911.com/recycling-guide/how-to-recycle-computer-monitors/
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Dig deeper in the drawer and dig up that 8 MB one. LOL
It reminds me of many years back when I went with a buddy who was shopping for a 64 MB (not GB) hard drive and it cost something like $195. lol
Here's the FAQ/terms for the trade-in. It still is very vague on what's acceptable and what's not.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/best...orks&h=4
$212.50 for the 1TB version
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Monitors, in particular, contain lead (lbs of it for CRT) or mercury (LCD). https://earth911.com/recycling-guide/how-to-recycle-computer-monitors/
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If you are in an area with a "rage room" give it to them. People pay to smash things, i'm sure they would be happy to take it off your hands.
Monitors, in particular, contain lead (lbs of it for CRT) or mercury (LCD). https://earth911.com/recycling-gu...-monitors/
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