- Offer valid through 10/23 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
- The $100 gift card is included with the Pixel 7 in Lemongrass, which is available for pre-order now, as of October 12.
- The $100 gift card is now included with the Pixel 7 in Snow, as of October 11.
- The Pixel 7 Pro in Hazel seems to go in and out of availability for pre-order. Keep checking throughout each day.
Trade-in value notes:
- In states CA (please add more), tax is charged on (price - TIV_promo).
- In states NJ, NY, tax is charged on (price - TIV_promo - TIV_normal).
- NJ: When I did an in-store pickup of an online-order, tax was automatically calculated on (price - TIV_promo - TIV_normal). But when I did an in-store purchasing today, tax was calculated on (price - TIV_promo). According to the representative, this is because TIV_normal is processes as a GC and it has to be applied after the checkout, so the tax is charged on that part. Don't know if this is all true to CA or other states.
| Model | TIV listed on promo [bestbuy.com] | actual TIV [promo+normal] | worth attention | TIV in Fi-promo (for reference) |
| iPhone SE (3rd Gen) | $465 | $475 [300+175] | vv | $235 |
| iPhone XR | $415 | $420 [300+120] | v | $335 |
| iPhone XS | $420 | $425 | $330 | |
| iPhone 11 | $475 | $490 [300+190] | v | $330 |
| iPhone 12 mini | $510 | $510 [300+210] | $261 | |
| Pixel 4a 5g | $320 | $320 [250+70] | $100 | |
| Pixel 6 | $470 | $480 [250+230] | $240 | |
| Pixel 6 Pro | $500 | $545 [250+295] | $280 | |
| less interesting | ||||
| iPhone XS Max | $475 | |||
| iPhone 11 Pro | $530 | |||
| iPhone 11 Pro Max | $600 | |||
| iPhone 12 | $570 | |||
| iPhone 12 Pro | $650 | |||
| iPhone 12 Pro Max | $700 | |||
| Galaxy S20 5G | $360 | |||
| Galaxy S20+ 5G | $385 | |||
| Galaxy S22 Ultra | $610 | |||
| Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G | $435 | |||
| Galaxy S20 FE 5G | $380 | $380 | ||
| Galaxy S21 5G | $390 | |||
| Galaxy S21+ 5G | $425 | $450 | ||
| Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G | $545 | |||
| Galaxy S21 FE 5G | $435 | |||
| Galaxy S22 | $465 | $540 | ||
| Galaxy S22+ | $550 | $670 | ||
| Galaxy Note20 Ultra | $490 | |||
| Galaxy Note20 | $415 | |||
| Galaxy Note10+ 5G | $380 | |||
| Galaxy Note10+ | $370 | |||
| A71 5G (AT&T) | $70 | |||
| Pixel 4 | $300 | |||
| Pixel 4 XL | $320 | |||
| Pixel 4a | $315 | |||
| Pixel 5 | $370 |
- I've done in-store trade-ins a few times at Best Buy. They only do a cursory look at the phone, to make sure it matches the color and condition. They don't care if it is carrier locked or is still being financed. -RonaldM
- (anyone else?)
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1. Go to the "Order Details" page for your order on bestbuy.com. This page likely says "Shipping Kit on its way" for the trade in status.
2. Open Developer Console in Chrome. Navigate to the "Networks" tab and reload the page.
3. Search for "trade" in the search box.
4. You should see 3 results - the third begins with "2002..." for me. Click on this one.
5. Click on "tradeInStatusInfo" -> "fulfillment" -> "tracking".
You will see the tracking number of the return shipping UPS label. You should also see a "isBoxShipped" field that likely reflects if your trade-in kit has shipped yet.
General process
Trade-in tips
iPhone XR $415
iPhone XS $420
iPhone XS Max $475
iPhone 11 $475
iPhone 11 Pro $530
iPhone 11 Pro Max $600
iPhone 12 mini $510
iPhone 12 $570
iPhone 12 Pro $650
iPhone 12 Pro Max $700
iPhone SE (3rd Gen) $465
Galaxy S22 Ultra $610
Galaxy S22+ $550
Galaxy S22 $465
Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G $545
Galaxy S21+ 5G $425
Galaxy S21 5G $390
Galaxy S21 FE 5G $435
Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G $435
Galaxy S20+ 5G $385
Galaxy S20 5G $360
Galaxy Note20 Ultra $490
Galaxy Note20 $415
Galaxy Note10+ 5G $380
Galaxy Note10+ $370
Pixel 6 Pro $500
Pixel 6 $470
Pixel 5 $370
Pixel 4a $315
Pixel 4 $300
Pixel 4 XL $320
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(Waiting for my iPh11 trade-in from StraightTalk, and it's getting late)
Thanks
P6: Bought for $520 total last year used, and got $480 from BB, loss of $40 after 1 year of use.
Traded in for the P7P for $969 total, and got the $200 BB GC.
It means I paid, $969 - $480 = $489
Extra Retail Cashback 4% + Chase Freedom PayPal 5% = $20 + $24 = $44
Therefore: $969 - $480 - $44 - $200 = $245 paid for the P7P.
Not too shabby. Now the wait for the P7P Hazel.
With that said, Pixels certainly don't maintain their values like iPhones. Not even close. In a few months, Google employees will be selling them super cheap all over second-hand marketplaces, which is how I acquired my Pixel 1, 1XL. 2, 2XL, and 3.
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Either way, I am also thinking of returning the phone in store, get the refund. Then place the order for same store pickup with the correct tradein device and request them to give the same phone that I returned to them. Is this feasible ?
anyone know if BB will honor the trade-ins if it's a screw up on their ends?
anyone know if BB will honor the trade-ins if it's a screw up on their ends?
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I called best buy next day on Oct 14, spent about 4 hours on phone, got transferred multiple times, none of the representatives were really helpful. They all claimed that I need to go to the local store because the issue is related to trade-in. So tired of those bullshit, I drove to the store in the afternoon (Jesus, took 1.5 hours because of weekend traffic). In store, I spoke with the supervisor in Cell phone department, she positively told me that I picked up in the store, but it's still an online order, they can't modify anything for online order, you need to talk to online support. I had to call the online support on site with her, the representative still had no clue what happened. The supervisor said it may take few days coz they need to ship the trade-in phones to recycle center, my issue might be resolved automatically once the phone gets received in recycle center. I had to drive another 1+ plus hour back to home. My total wasted time is over 7+ hours.
I waited for few days and called online support again today. From the voice, can tell that's a young guy. Seem he understood fully what happened, but he can't approve it because the amount is too high ($250+tax) his permission limits to $100 or under. He submitted a ticket and told me it may take up to 7 days to get an answer.
Well, what a pain! Hopefully it can be resolved smoothly. And I am sure this is last time I do trade-in in best buy.
Please follow up if / when you ever actually get your trade in promo credited back, OR if it screws up your ability to return the phone.
Although, reading about all the bugs and problems with the Pixel 7 Pro, I'm inclined to hold off. Looks like a step down from the Pixel 6 so far. Some folks can't even activate their phones, and Google is having to replace their phones because Google has acknowledged that some Pixel 7 / Pixel 7 Pros shipped with FAULTY MODEMS. Good they are replacing them, but what a pain, especially for anyone using their phone for business.
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