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New Tidal Subscribers: 3-Months of Tidal Premium, HiFi, or Family Music Trial Plan Expired

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Tidal offers 3-Months of Tidal HiFi or HiFi Plus Trial Streaming Service Subscription on sale for prices starting from $1, valid for New Tidal Subscribers only.

Note, your 3-month trial of Tidal will start upon purchase and, unless you cancel, will convert to a subscription that automatically renews each month

Available Streaming PlansThanks to community member EyeVtheBeast for finding this deal

Alternatively, Best Buy has 3-Months of Tidal Premium, HiFi or Family Music Trial Streaming Service Subscription on sale for $1 valid for New Tidal Subscribers only.

Note, your 3-month trial of Tidal will start upon purchase and, unless you cancel, will convert to a subscription that automatically renews each month

Available Streaming PlansAbout the Product
  • Experience over 60 million songs, more than 250,000 music videos, expertly curated playlists, and access to live events and ticket giveaways
  • Music, On Demand, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Talk Shows, Video
  • 60M+ Songs, 250k+ Music Videos

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scroll down and add any of the 3 months subscriptions to cart and check out.

TIDAL - Premium Music
TIDAL - HiFi Music
TIDAL - Premium Family Music
TIDAL - HiFi Family Music

Any of those are $1.00... bestbuy will then email you the link to activate, and it works on my existing tidal account that had the $1.00 bestbuy promo prior.
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note: this subscription starts on purchase and needs to be canceled under manage subscription on bestbuy.com
I don't like how this deal is set up. In order to cancel the service you have to do so through your Bestbuy account. Someone on BB stated that a BB associate told them that will refer you to Tidal if there's an issue managing your Tidal account. Tidal on the other hand has a FAQ page that states that BB is responsible for handling billing issues.

This deal is not worth the bother. MQA is a gimmick. It's not truly lossless high resolution. Qobuz is better if you care about audio quality and functionality. Qobuz has a website with deep filtering for metadata and they also have booklets. If you're okay with standard lossless or lossy compression than Apple, Amazon, and Spotify are the way to go.

Tidal won't survive through the next economic slump. Offering ridiculous low price deals like this is a sign of weakness.
Once you try Tidal you'll never go back to using any other streaming service. The master release quality is amazing.. Worth every penny.

I've had such a positive experience with it. I use it every day and it's blown me away. You will hear sounds in songs that you've never heard before on your favorite albums.

lol this sounds like a fake paid review, but I really do like it. I have every other service as well and this is definitely #1 in quality if you're an audiophile.

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brucknerfan
11-23-2021 at 05:30 PM.
11-23-2021 at 05:30 PM.
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yes then it takes me to the screen that asks me to complete cancellation via "chat" or "we'll call you"

SAME HERE

Bestbuy is a criminal sleazy company.
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11-23-2021 at 05:31 PM.
11-23-2021 at 05:31 PM.
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Was able to cancel the subscription but it was a pain in the ass process.. tidal can die in a fire..

Tidal sucks big time! It's like we got suckered into a scam. They make it so hard to cancel.
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11-23-2021 at 05:32 PM.
11-23-2021 at 05:32 PM.
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I just canceled earlier today. Not a problem. And they give you the option of cutting the service immediately or keeping the trial, even after canceling.

Absolutely false information.
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11-23-2021 at 05:37 PM.
11-23-2021 at 05:37 PM.
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Cancellation was easy. Just a few clicks. Those having issues maybe tried cancelling too soon or tried cancelling before activation? Maybe. Just not sure if they'll end up giving me 3 months or 1 month of service. Mixed messages. Meh, for $1 can't complain.

Im unable to cancel the service myself through the online account management page at Bestbuy. It takes me to a screen telling me I must speak with a customer rep first. Other people are reporting the same sleazy tactic being imposed on them. This absolutely scammy behavior.

Bestbuy and Tidal are both garbage criminal companies. Report them to your credit fraud department. Report them to the FTC.
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11-23-2021 at 05:38 PM.
11-23-2021 at 05:38 PM.
Neurotic1 is liar and probably works for ScamBuy or Tidal.
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11-23-2021 at 07:09 PM.
11-23-2021 at 07:09 PM.
I use Tidal exclusively. Great sound, selection, and interface. The deal is also great and easy. Buy it, receive email, redeem, go to BestBuy site and cancel recurring payment. Viola! Great product for dirt cheap and no having to worry about getting charged after the 3 months are over.
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11-23-2021 at 07:52 PM.
11-23-2021 at 07:52 PM.
Quote from brucknerfan :
Neurotic1 is liar and probably works for ScamBuy or Tidal.
Yeah, that seems plausible. I'm part of a team of Tidal workers trying to get you to sign up for a "free" trial. Oh yeah, multi-million dollar scam we got goin. In fact there's an entire team in this thread right now actively trying to get YOU to sign up so we can redirect you in circles when you try to cancel. Baaaahahahaa.
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11-24-2021 at 05:17 PM.
11-24-2021 at 05:17 PM.
Quote from brucknerfan :
Absolutely false information.

No I did follow the process and other 18 min wait while I was taking care of other things it was a breeze
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11-24-2021 at 06:20 PM.
11-24-2021 at 06:20 PM.
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It must suck having to live your life tiptoeing around your coworkers and kids every second to the point you can't enjoy the music you want.. let that sink in.

Go be an adult and jam your tunes out. You only live once.

What a stupid post. No, keep being a responsible adult, not getting fired, and doing a good job raising your kids! this poster is obviously part of the millennial "everything revolves around my immediate wants" generation who can't hold a job or figure out how to be happy. plus, Tidal is stupid anyway, there's lossless in apple music now.
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11-24-2021 at 06:36 PM.
11-24-2021 at 06:36 PM.
use a virtual card. After a few days cancel the subscription. Best buy will give you 3 months and a few weeks of service.
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11-24-2021 at 08:12 PM.
11-24-2021 at 08:12 PM.
I've been using tidal for like a year using these $1 deals 😂 I just cancel online and there's pretty much a $1 deal every 3 months so I'm good to go.
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11-24-2021 at 08:52 PM.
11-24-2021 at 08:52 PM.
Quote from Morpheus991 :
I've been using tidal for like a year using these $1 deals 😂 I just cancel online and there's pretty much a $1 deal every 3 months so I'm good to go.

I have been doing this riding on free or cheap Tidal subscriptions for at least 4 years now. The only nuisance is that I have to copy play lists over every time.

I had no problem with canceling through Best Buy.
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11-24-2021 at 08:53 PM.
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No I did follow the process and other 18 min wait while I was taking care of other things it was a breeze

That's not the case for me. I was given a 46 minute wait time yesterday evening. I could not sit there and stare at a blank screen for that long. So I did other things. When I went to check my wait time it said that the "agent has closed the check".

Then I start a new chat. My wait time is stated as being 55 minutes. Got the same message "are agents are dealing with unexpected volume at the moment". So I wait and wait. Periodically I check the chat window. It's still showing a 55 minute wait time. I start reading some news articles. Then I check back and once again the chat is closed. Just like before. They don't give you a pop-up to grab your attention. It's a frustrating experience.

Fortunately, I used a virtual card and locked the card so it can't be charged. I'll try the call-me option after Thanksgiving.

I didn't have a good opinion of Bestbuy before this Tidal hassle. From now on I'll avoid these two companies. There's no reason to buy anything from Bestbuy and there are better streaming services than Tidal such as Qobuz and Apple Music. Tidal didn't even have the music I was seeking. Their catalog is small and now they block third party API access to the Master streams.
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11-24-2021 at 09:09 PM.
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Yeah, that seems plausible. I'm part of a team of Tidal workers trying to get you to sign up for a "free" trial. Oh yeah, multi-million dollar scam we got goin. In fact there's an entire team in this thread right now actively trying to get YOU to sign up so we can redirect you in circles when you try to cancel. Baaaahahahaa.

Did it ever occur to you that giving away free trials could be part of a larger scheme to artificially inflate Tidal's subscriber numbers in order to defraud prospective private equity investors by misrepresenting the company's market share?

See this article from Forbes:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zack...r-numbers/

Tidal has also been investigated for inflating song play counts using millions of fake accounts. It's a scammy company top to bottom.

You have done a great disservice by spreading misinformation about the cancellation process for BestBuy/Tidal. You lied when you stated that cancellation can be done by the customer on their own. No it can't. Only a Bestbuy rep can cancel the Tidal account.
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11-25-2021 at 04:19 AM.
11-25-2021 at 04:19 AM.
Quote from brucknerfan :
I don't like how this deal is set up. In order to cancel the service you have to do so through your Bestbuy account. Someone on BB stated that a BB associate told them that will refer you to Tidal if there's an issue managing your Tidal account. Tidal on the other hand has a FAQ page that states that BB is responsible for handling billing issues.

This deal is not worth the bother. MQA is a gimmick. It's not truly lossless high resolution. Qobuz is better if you care about audio quality and functionality. Qobuz has a website with deep filtering for metadata and they also have booklets. If you're okay with standard lossless or lossy compression than Apple, Amazon, and Spotify are the way to go.

Tidal won't survive through the next economic slump. Offering ridiculous low price deals like this is a sign of weakness.

I disagree. Hearing MQA with a proper DAC and decent enough headphones or speakers, there is a noticeable difference to some ears. If you're a casual user then just use Spotify or YouTube. I'm not knocking any of the other lossless formats or saying that MQA is better but it is still a high quality sound format that does have some advantages over others. But of course everyone has the right to their own opinion. Different strokes for different folks.
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