Also, this Deal, i.e. the TIV Promo, is also good towards purchase of Galaxy S22 series phones, and S21FE as well!! You can get paid for trading in a used S21 for a new S21 FE How to get paid
The T&C, and the elevated values of phones eligible for trade for this deal:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/clp-...1537879921
To Summarize:
In Store order and trade in only. No online orders
Towards purchase of UNLOCKED ONLY version S22 series, S21FE, Flip4, Fold4
UNLOCKED means non carrier variant, though you can do activate now with a carrier on an Unlocked phone if it suits your needs
In store only. Offer valid 4/17/22 – 1/23/23
Previous pre-order experience: https://slickdeals.net/f/15969637-best-buy-save-up-to-900-on-unlocked-galaxy-z-series-with-qualifying-in-store-trade-in-99-99?p=156909793#
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My receipt shows the case on the top as 39.99 - 39.99 for SAMSG MB PHN BNDL 1.
Same order number with the phone but the case already shipped today. Just got an email from best buy.
Again, I don't know when the trade in promo ends and I'm also not sure of the exact terms of the coupon but I do know you can use it later. I think it expires in October. So I think it may be prudent to lock in your trade in value first.
In my case, I had to activate (activate today) the phone on my carrier (T-Mobile) as a device upgrade, otherwise the S21 FE would be priced at $699 instead of $499. Without activation I would have had to pay around $133.
The coupon ($400) expires on Oct 02, 2022. They didn't give the printed out coupon to me, but I took a picture of it.
First step was to tell them I wanted to trade in the Z Flip3 with the Samsung Promo, they entered my trade in IMEI in the system. At the end when the device value pops up, there is a banner at the bottom of their screen for the Samsung promo; they will click the banner and type in "Samsung" as the promo code. The $800 was split as $500 Samsung credit which has to go towards the device cost and $300 Best Buy Gift card as the rest.
Next step was ringing up the device with activation in store. Gave them my carrier information, the S21 FE was added to my carrier account, kept my same SIM card, and everything was rung up.
Final take home was the Samsung S21 FE 5G 128gb unlocked plus a $300 Best Buy gift card, only paid the $200 for that initial Z Flip3. Amazing deal, no major hassles at all!
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Trade-in phone was an "impaired" Note20 I found on eBay a few days ago for $130 excl. tax from one of the larger used phone dealers. Only things wrong with it were missing S-Pen and hardly noticeable screen burn. Locked to xfinity but clean ESN. In fact it was in such good condition I hesitated whether to just keep it as my upgrade and not do the deal. But who can say no to the "profit" if I can trade it in for $800.
Store experience was initially painful. Every agent knew about the promo but nobody knew how to do it except two guys who were of course busy with other customers. Maybe it was just the time of day I went in. Once I got one of them who knew what they were doing, he was very nice and process went smooth.
Some observations:
- I was able to watch the agent's screen throughout. The trade-in workflow looked very similar to the one on the Best Buy website except there's an extra blue banner at the bottom when checking out that reveals a promo code box. Putting in "SAMSUNG" activated the promo on top of the initial trade-in price (same as what gets quoted during online trade-in).
- Note20 trade-in price was $250. The promo adds $50 to that to give $300 issued as a GC and attaches a $500-off purchase coupon to the trade-in receipt. Missing S-Pen and network lock didn't affect the trade, but IMEI was of course entered so not sure if clean ESN mattered. Agent didn't hesitate to choose "unlocked" as the variant even though I told him it was locked to xfinity. Apparently it's just for choosing the "U" model which is the one used for xfinity, US cellular etc. as well as unlocked "U1" phones.
- Purchase coupon says expiry 10/02 but I wouldn't rely on this to mean the trade-in promo to get the coupon expires on that date. Nice agent let me take the coupon home afterwards and I attached it to this post for those who are curious what it looks like. I wish I remembered to ask him when the promo ends.
- Trade-in and purchase were done as two completely separate transactions. In fact the agent did them on different machines. He also emphasized I didn't have to use the GC towards a phone purchase today, but I wondered if that's true for the coupon as well. Maybe you can do the trade-in and just walk out and not buy a phone, and use the coupon later before 10/02. But if the trade-in was greater than the purchase price you should definitely be able to keep the difference in GC as previous posters have said.
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