When will I get my trade-in mailer to return my phone? From the trade-in confirmation screen: "You should receive a prepaid Trade In kit within seven business days after your new phone ships. Use this kit to send us your old phone". You will get an email confirmation that the mailer is being shipped to you, and that email will contain tracking info.
How does payment work with this trade-in? You pay for the entire phone up-front. The trade-in value will be credited back to your method of payment after your trade has been mailed in and assessed for value.
Does the trade-in mailer come with the delivery of the Pixel 6a/buds? No, it is a separate mailing.
Get 10% back in Store credit on Google Store purchases
Sweeten the deal and get a 10% google store credit for future google store purchases, if you sign up for Google One 2TB storage plan for 1 month (cost is $9.99/mo)
https://one.google.com/
WARNING: This relates to the 10% discount for purchasing 2 TB of Google One Storage. If you are upgrading your current paid plan, such as 100 GB, to the 2 TB plan, you will not receive the 10% credit for your purchases until the current billing cycle ends. Only then will purchases provide you the 10% credit 30 days after your order ships. Your subscription will immediately update to 2 TB but your billing account is still your old plan until the next billing cycle. You need to either wait to buy the phone, risking it goes OOS, or use a different Google account.
WARNING: I just upgraded and it gave me 10% credit. To the extent the above warning implies that you must wait to buy phone with store credit, this appears to be incorrect. You do may need to wait 30-60 days to receive the credit, depending on when your billing period starts and when the credit issues, which means you may be hit with a $9.99 billing cycle or two before the credit shows up, but $50 - $9.99 (x2) = $30.02 net profit if this occurs. The real danger is forgetting to cancel, set a Google calendar entry to downgrade/cancel your Google One. YMMV.
Q: What's a good case?
A: I bought this one because I wanted more protection and to show off the beautiful sage green color... and because Amazon has next day delivery and I want it NOW: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...UTF8&
I saw a $105 Refund Credited to PayPal / credit card. What is this?
Some are seeing a partial refund/credit, however this has typically been charged to the account again (i.e. you won't keep it as an extra discount). Speculation is this has something to do with the Pixel Buds portion of the offer. This is not believed to be related to the trade-in aspect of this offer.
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the reviews stating the slow finger print reader is concerning.
If i can go back in time, I would not buy the pixel 6 because the fingerprint reader is embarrassingly slow and misreads if you change lighting conditions. It's simply awful and makes checking the phone a chore. I hate it. No screen protector issue, not my phone (it was exchanged), and it's a common complaint. If you are coming from a phone that had even an average sensor, this will annoy you to no end.
The Google Tensor chips have such unreliable and poor mobile connections that a significant number of users have to reboot regularly or toggle airplane mode on/off just to get data working. It always happens when i drive. Check reddits pixel subs for more info. It doesn't look like any of those issues will be fixed because they simply aren't fixed in the flagships.
It seems to be an issue when you transition towers, so if you travel a lot or travel through dead zones, it'll happen more frequently. An unacceptable problem most in-studio reviews don't address, but real-world users struggle with, and have been since launch.
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I hear some saying they received more than the estimate, and some saying they received less, but have only seen one person saying they were basically given nothing.
So, if they offer much less, or even nothing, they get to keep your phone, and you have no recourse to get it back- unless you selected the "return phone" option
Also, take photos of the condition, maybe a video or two of it shutting down and powering up, and of it being reset.
May as well let them keep it and at least give you some value (credit) towards the new phone. What do you think?
https://one.google.com/about/plans
Screenshot of what it looks like for me:
https://imgur.com/a/wOEf1Tu
Does it actually show you that you'll be getting 10% Google Store credit at the checkout? I didn't see it anywhere although I have 2TB Google One plan.
Edit: I was incorrect the credit for having Google One doesn't show up on the checkout page but it 100% shows up on the cart! If you see it on the cart then you're good to go.
Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/HxddHeE
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Free ear buds, a free Chromecast TV (from the store credit I will get), and a brand new phone for $150 is insane.
Take care,
Tofu Vic
Pixel 3a owner here. I'm super happy with my existing phone (it helps that I have low expectations), but I'm quite tempted to take the bait on the $300 trade-in.....
However, my only concern giving up the 3a is the loss of free unlimited google photos. I've read in other threads that some people buy the OG Pixel for purposes of unlimited ORIGINAL QUALITY google photos. I understand that backing up picks becomes more cumbersome, but I'm up to the task. My frugality knows no bounds (or rationality).
Does anyone have experience using the OG pixel as a dedicated google photos backup device? This thread seemed awesome:
The pixel 5 is the last phone with unlimited backup, and its a good phone (better than pixel 6/pro according to some).
imnobody, thanks for that information. I also have the Premium 2TB Google One membership plan, and did not see any information about the 10% cash back at checkout nor in the cart. I was logged into my Google One account on the same browser. I took screenshots of every step of my order, so I just checked all of them and there's no mention of it. I may just wait a bit and chat with Google One after receiving the phones.
Take care,
Tofu Vic
Screenshot:
https://imgur.com/a/HxddHeE
Screenshot:
https://imgur.com/a/HxddHeE
I appreciate your help regardless!
Tofu Vic
imnobody, thanks for that information. I also have the Premium 2TB Google One membership plan, and did not see any information about the 10% cash back at checkout nor in the cart. I was logged into my Google One account on the same browser. I took screenshots of every step of my order, so I just checked all of them and there's no mention of it. I may just wait a bit and chat with Google One after receiving the phones.
Take care,
Tofu Vic
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I won't be chatting until after I receive the phone, but I'll keep you updated.
Take care,
Tofu Vic
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