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 received my return kit with a padded sleeve and resealable box.
I'm tempted to put some bubble wrap around the padded sleeve for extra protection.
Good idea / bad idea / overkill ?
The online store portal shows that my trade-ini kit is still pending, with no tracking for my trade-in kit.
And I have the kit. Very strange.
wondering if I should send the phone, or wait for the status to update. If I send it, how do I track it, as the portal shows that they have not even shipped the trade-in kit.
BTW - the label on the kit has the correct return id, that is also showing on the portal.
The online store portal shows that my trade-ini kit is still pending, with no tracking for my trade-in kit.
And I have the kit. Very strange.
wondering if I should send the phone, or wait for the status to update. If I send it, how do I track it, as the portal shows that they have not even shipped the trade-in kit.
BTW - the label on the kit has the correct return id, that is also showing on the portal.
If you flip the address label from your box the number toward the bottom of the label should match your "Trade-In ID" from your confirmation emails. That's "something" at least that you could expect will be tracked when they do their whole return process.
I'm still on the fence though, haha, just seems like a perfect excuse for them to screw you later or get you into some black hole of arguing with their support. "Sigh"
Nothing new shows in the google store other than the 6a + buds.
Read about others getting a refund for the buds then getting actually charged. Is this some kind of messed up reverse situation of that? Hopefully it reverses in a day or so, otherwise IDK. Dispute it? How can they mess this up so badly.
I also have a broken 4a, a broken 4a5G, and a perfect condition 4a5G.
I dropped the 4a5G and the repair shop said that the screen is good, but the main board is damaged and will cost more to fix the phone than it's worth. I dropped the 4a and the screen developed a purple line and eventually the entire screen turned purple/black. I dropped the other 4a face down on gravel and cracked the screen, but it works fine. I'm keeping the working 4a5G as my primary device and the 6a will basically be a backup. Probably going to sell the buds, as I already have buds.
Does anyone have a screen shot of the acceptable broken screen conditions. I know it has to turn on, but does the phone have to function correctly?
I received my return kit with a padded sleeve and resealable box.
I'm tempted to put some bubble wrap around the padded sleeve for extra protection.
Good idea / bad idea / overkill ?
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I received my return kit with a padded sleeve and resealable box.
I'm tempted to put some bubble wrap around the padded sleeve for extra protection.
Good idea / bad idea / overkill ?
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