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popular Posted by compgeekster • Apr 27, 2022
popular Posted by compgeekster • Apr 27, 2022

BestBuy in-store trade increase, Galaxy S22 256GB unlocked $750 before trade-in $350

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Increased in-store trade-in value for smart phones and reduced price of S22 phones

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/clp-...1537879921

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sams...Id=6494440

I have an older Galaxy Note 10, BestBuy is offering $450 for in-store trade-in. Unlocked 256 gb S22 is has reduced -100 price at $750

$750 + $50 tax - $450 (trade-in) = $350

Samsung has an elevated trade-in currently as well, but they are only offering $375 on my Note 10.

Please read https://slickdeals.net/f/15754645-bestbuy-in-store-trade-increase-galaxy-s22-256gb-unlocked-750-before-trade-in-350?p=154876258#post154876258
for details of what to ask for from the reps at bestbuy to get the deal to work.

Seems like at some bestbuys, you can trade in multiple phones YMMV
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Increased in-store trade-in value for smart phones and reduced price of S22 phones

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/clp-...1537879921

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sams...Id=6494440

I have an older Galaxy Note 10, BestBuy is offering $450 for in-store trade-in. Unlocked 256 gb S22 is has reduced -100 price at $750

$750 + $50 tax - $450 (trade-in) = $350

Samsung has an elevated trade-in currently as well, but they are only offering $375 on my Note 10.

Please read https://slickdeals.net/f/15754645-bestbuy-in-store-trade-increase-galaxy-s22-256gb-unlocked-750-before-trade-in-350?p=154876258#post154876258
for details of what to ask for from the reps at bestbuy to get the deal to work.

Seems like at some bestbuys, you can trade in multiple phones YMMV

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May 22, 2022
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Quote from ongek :
around 500$
Thank you
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Quote from lolrofllol :
That's entirely possible to do, but only if you get cooperative reps in store.

When you get to the store, they'll process the trade in first to generate your gift card.

And then, assuming you shipped to home, they'll have to do a return + rebuy on your new phone to apply the GC. If you have it shipped to store, they can just cancel the order and skip the return portion. Which is probably easier and less sketchy.

Your plan requires a lot of manual intervention on the part of the store reps and probably managers... and is probably stretching the rules a little bit. Add to that the fact that the majority of BB reps are entirely clueless on both how to do this promo AND the actual rules of the promo(s) (the system will allow a lot of things that's against the fine print), and you've got a recipe for disaster.

Oh, and if the trade in promo gets pulled before you go to do your trade in, you're basically SOL.

Good luck.
Thanks. Yeah that was what the rep on the phone said we could do. He seemed to know what he's talking about but yep I suspect it'll be different in store.
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Update: yep, no-go on buying the phone in-store and having it ship-to-store without turning in the current device.

I had to show the rep how to apply the promo, just didn't have one in store for us to buy at the moment.
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Most of the stores nearby don't have any stock. Can they still order for delivery and do trade the same?
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Update: yep, no-go on buying the phone in-store and having it ship-to-store without turning in the current device.

I had to show the rep how to apply the promo, just didn't have one in store for us to buy at the moment.
How do you apply the promo, BTW? I am planning on going there soon, want to be prepared for a rookie rep
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my phone was "delivered" yesterday but got stolen Frown. I showed my doorman the name of who signed for it and he said no such person works here lol

best buy used fed ex. i contacted best buy and they'll send a replacement but i feel like the same thing is going to happen. this was an unlocked phone. best buy should be able to blacklist the IMEI, right? t mobile said they couldn't do anything about it.

blacklisting a phone just means you can't activate it with any carrier, right? it doesn't brick the phone?
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Ok I bought a Samsung Z Flip 3 5G phone. I really want the S22 Ultra. My understanding is I will get $800 towards trade-in if I do it in store? I also have a S21+ I could trade towards another gift card. I still owe on it and get credits every month at Tmobile. So to trade the Flip do I leave it in box along with charger or just trade phone.? Do I need to activate it first by putting my SIM card in?

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Quote from MNFRUGALSHOPPER :
Ok I bought a Samsung Z Flip 3 5G phone. I really want the S22 Ultra. My understanding is I will get $800 towards trade-in if I do it in store? I also have a S21+ I could trade towards another gift card. I still owe on it and get credits every month at Tmobile. So to trade the Flip do I leave it in box along with charger or just trade phone.? Do I need to activate it first by putting my SIM card in?
Unfortunately, the $300 off unlocked S22U is over, at least for now.

As for when you trade in your ZF3, please don't show up to store and hand it over still in box. Just looks bad. Take the phone out, remove plastic cover, put fingerprint smudges all over it, then it's ready to trade in. Keep the box and the cool USB C cord, etc. Just take in the phone.

Keep the sim that was taped to box for possible future use.
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Quote from needgeech :
Unfortunately, the $300 off unlocked S22U is over, at least for now.

As for when you trade in your ZF3, please don't show up to store and hand it over still in box. Just looks bad. Take the phone out, remove plastic cover, put fingerprint smudges all over it, then it's ready to trade in. Keep the box and the cool USB C cord, etc. Just take in the phone.

Keep the sim that was taped to box for possible future use.
Wait does that mean this promo is over? Link from the op is still valid.
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Quote from Mamiww6 :
How do you apply the promo, BTW? I am planning on going there soon, want to be prepared for a rookie rep
Have the rep enter promo code "Samsung" during the trade-in process. I didn't see what screen this was on.
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Wait does that mean this promo is over? Link from the op is still valid.
If this helps,

the $300 off unlocked version of S22+/U no longer shows up on BB.

The $499 ZF3 on T-Mobile is still active.

The Samsung elevated trade in promo towards unlocked phones (i.e. $800 TIV for ZF3) does still show up on BB. The link page itself might show up for days after the deal is over, but if the blue "trade offer" link bar above the unlocked phone's product page (which directs you to that link offer page) still shows up, it should still be active when you go into store that day to do the deal.

Let me know if you still see the $300 off unlocked S22U phones. . .
Last edited by needgeech May 23, 2022 at 12:23 AM.
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Yup, seems dead now. No discount on the new phones
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Have the rep enter promo code "Samsung" during the trade-in process. I didn't see what screen this was on.
It's on the screen AFTER they nail down which phone you are actually trading in. For ZF3 trade in, for instance, the first level of phone choices does not include the ZF3 as it's the same basic choices of phones that you would see if you looked up standalone phone trade ins (just to trade phone in for GC, no purchase involved). . .the person needs to widen their search to all phones that BB does/has sold. . .ie the screen with pictures rather than just phone titles. They can then scroll through them, and if the even get close enough to same model but different color, then enter IMEI, then all set. Honestly, only takes a minute or two for someone skilled to find it.
Once they do the above, it will show say $600 for ZF3 trade in, with a huge promo box in middle of screen, can't miss it, in which they simply need to enter SAMSUNG, and the value of that phone then jumps to $800.

Really, the big effort is going outside the most basic trade box terms and searching, not the SAMSUNG promo box part. Ironically, if they know to do the former, they know to do the latter. All or nothing
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If this helps,

the $300 off unlocked version of S22+/U no longer shows up on BB.

The $499 ZF3 on T-Mobile is still active.

The Samsung elevated trade in promo towards unlocked phones (i.e. $800 TIV for ZF3) does still show up on BB. The link page itself might show up for days after the deal is over, but if the blue "trade offer" link bar above the unlocked phone's product page (which directs you to that link offer page) still shows up, it should still be active when you go into store that day to do the deal.

Let me know if you still see the $300 off unlocked S22U phones. . .
Really helpful, thanks. Sucks that they just didn't have any in stock. Rep thought he had an s22+ but turned out to be a bricked device when he went to get it.

He advised us to order a phone to our local store without attaching it to any carrier, then just cancel the order when it arrives and re-buy with trade-in/activation offer. We did that but obviously it won't return now, unless they somehow bring the offer back between now and when the phone arrives (estimated June 4). They just had zero stock of the s21/s21+ at any of the stores around here.

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I think I'm gonna bite the bullet and buy a brand new flagship phone. I have a Moto G Power 2020, so it doesn't qualify me for the majority of trade in's.

Is the S22 Ultra for $900 at Bestbuy the best deal out there for me? I want the phone to be unlocked, and I want to buy the phone out right. Oh, and I'm an android user for life! LOL!

Any help is great appreciated.

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