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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The real question is... can I justify 2 phones...
The Returns & refunds page [google.com] states, "Return shipping fees or free returns is shown on the item's details page." I pulled up the Google Pixel 6a product page [google.com], and see that it states, "Restocking Fee: Up to $55." Per some Reddit threads, people who chatted with Google have been able to get that fee waived, but it doesn't seem like a pleasant experience.
From what I can tell, you should be able to use your Google Store credit to order a Pixel 7. I couldn't find a list of product exclusions and there may not be one. The Use Google Store credit page [google.com] states you cannot use the credit for or on these:
- Other Google products like Google Play
- Services like Nest installation
- Subscriptions like Google One, Nest Aware, or YouTube TV
- Cash out, unless legally required
It was surprisingly hard to find this answer via a Google search... lol. But I did find it on the Get notifications and claim a benefit page [google.com], which states, "Your credit will expire 365 days after it's issued." I double-checked this on unofficial websites, such as Reddit and 9to5Google [9to5google.com], and the 365 days should be accurate.I hope this helps!
Tofu Vic
I just did some search on Reddit as well. It seems waiving the Restocking fee is a big deal. The system seems to charge you automatically. And getting a refund is complicated and might not happen.
So I guess - buyer beware for those who think they will return the phone. You might be charged up to $55 extra and NOT get the money back.
Items:
$376.69
Shipping & Handling:
$0.00
Amazon Warehouse
-$75.34
Total Before Tax:
$301.35
Thanks Google for letting me use your phone for $1.35 (before tax) for three years.
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