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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There is another option though - You can buy the phone at full price without a trade-in. They will issue some coupons to you. When your new phone arrives, you can come back with your new phone and your trade-in device then they will you use the coupon to make a trade-in transaction and issue a gift card (if there is any)
Oh, you both reminded me of the activation thing. I chose to activate (upgrade) under my wife's line, and not mine. Since she's the account holder and was not there I had to coordinate with her to authorize the account for them to do the activation. They send a link to the primary phone number that has to be clicked and authorized before they can do anything.
On top of that I asked to make sure I could leave with the phone unopened. He thought I was crazy and insisted he HAD to open the phone and insert the SIM to activate it. I said I didn't want that because it's for my wife and we'd like to sit on it and decide if we want to keep the phone (it's huge). ANd if he opens it now I'll be hit with a restocking fee. He still said he has never done that and asked another member about it. The other person told him he absolutely could do it. He said what I had already asked the original guy to do: "activate the phone by scanning the SIM and outside of the phone box, as you always do, and then just don't open the phone. He can take it home like that. If you open it he'll have to pay a restock fee if he returns it.".
So here's the catch - doing so will switch the SIM card on that account to the new SIM. My wife's phone stopped working at home because now, officially, in Verizon's system that account has a new SIM card. I logged into the VZW account to verify this. So I was forced to put the new SIM in her current phone but it still would not work. In the VZW account page I was not able to switch the device back from the newly purchased S22 Ultra to her current phone, because it still said she was on her current phone. I thought I'd have no choice but to open the phone but then I called and used the automated VZW system to say "activate phone" and when I chose her phone number it said it will be done in 15 minutes. We rebooted her original phone with the new SIM card in it and it worked again.
I think this process is kind of new. In the thread for the $299 Verizon Flip 3 people were going back and forth about being charged an activation fee when they used to not. They are basically forcing you into paying them an activation fee by issuing you a new SIM every time you "upgrade" a phone. That way when you try to just continue using your old SIM it won't work. You have to place your new SIM card in and that triggers the activation and they get their $35 fee from you :/.
So yes, (for the person who asked) they did try to open and activate the phone there but they can certainly do it without opening the phone. I don't know, however, if they can "activate/upgrade" the line without scanning and activating a new SIM card. If you were maybe somehow able to convince them to continue using the SIM card you are currently using then you MIGHT be able to circumvent that whole activation fee ordeal. As it stands, when they scan the new SIM card I think you'll be locked into the activation fee. I hope someone can try to pull this off and report back.
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if you figure out, please let me know too. I dont have a postpaid connection since my employer gives that to me and i cant use that obviously for the upgrade but would like to go for a postpaid new account if all it takes is a few bucks and then discarding it.
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ETA: 128gb unlocked version
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