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frontpage Posted by bookapow • Sep 15, 2023
frontpage Posted by bookapow • Sep 15, 2023

Costco: New/Upgrade Lines w/ Trade-In at AT&T: iPhone 15/15 Pro + $100 GC

& More + Free Shipping

Free after 36-Monthly Bill Credits

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Costco Wholesale via AT&T has 128GB Apple iPhone 15/15 Pro (2023) for Free after 36 Monthly Bill Credits when activated on a New line or Upgrade an eligible existing line and trade-in a qualifying smartphone on eligible AT&T unlimited plans (see plan pricing). Shipping is free.

Additionally, Costco Wholesale offers Members a $100 Costco Shop Card + $50 Bill Credits for Upgrading OR a $100 Costco Shop Card + $100 Bill Credits for opening/adding a New Line when purchasing this offer Online or In-Store at any participating Costco location featuring AT&T wireless service kiosks [store locator; scroll down to "Shop AT&T at a participating Costco location near you"]. Activation/Upgrade Fee is waived.

Thanks to community member bookapow for finding this deal.

Offer Details:
  • Trade-In: Follow the instructions on the product page or provided by the Costco rep for details on how to fulfill the trade-in portion of your offer (trade-in device will be sent to AT&T).
  • Allow up to 3 bill cycles for credits to begin applying to your account.

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • All Costco Shop Cards will be mailed within sixty (60) days of device purchase. All lines must be active and in good standing through Shop Card fulfillment.
    • $100 in credits with activation of new line ($2.78/mo. for 36 months)
    • $50 in credits with upgrade of an existing line ($5/mo. for 10 months)
  • Returns: Return within 90 days. Restocking fee up to $55 may apply.
  • Please refer to the Forum Thread for additional discussion regarding this deal.

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Update: This deal is still available.

Costco Wholesale via AT&T has 128GB Apple iPhone 15/15 Pro (2023) for Free after 36 Monthly Bill Credits when activated on a New line or Upgrade an eligible existing line and trade-in a qualifying smartphone on eligible AT&T unlimited plans (see plan pricing). Shipping is free.

Additionally, Costco Wholesale offers Members a $100 Costco Shop Card + $50 Bill Credits for Upgrading OR a $100 Costco Shop Card + $100 Bill Credits for opening/adding a New Line when purchasing this offer Online or In-Store at any participating Costco location featuring AT&T wireless service kiosks [store locator; scroll down to "Shop AT&T at a participating Costco location near you"]. Activation/Upgrade Fee is waived.

Thanks to community member bookapow for finding this deal.

Offer Details:
  • Trade-In: Follow the instructions on the product page or provided by the Costco rep for details on how to fulfill the trade-in portion of your offer (trade-in device will be sent to AT&T).
  • Allow up to 3 bill cycles for credits to begin applying to your account.

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • All Costco Shop Cards will be mailed within sixty (60) days of device purchase. All lines must be active and in good standing through Shop Card fulfillment.
    • $100 in credits with activation of new line ($2.78/mo. for 36 months)
    • $50 in credits with upgrade of an existing line ($5/mo. for 10 months)
  • Returns: Return within 90 days. Restocking fee up to $55 may apply.
  • Please refer to the Forum Thread for additional discussion regarding this deal.

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The fine print says minimum qualified plan is 75/mo. That's where they get you with these "free deals" - locking you in at high monthly rate for 3 yrs.

Quick math assuming you are ok with Visible/Mint at $30/mo - overpaying by $45/mo for 36=$1620, that's what you are paying for the "free iphone".
If you live in an area which has good coverage then better buy an unlocked phone and get a carrier of your choice than getting robbed by these guys for 36 months.
I have an unlocked phone & pay $20 per month for service. Can't be happier.
What is activation fee anymore ,!! Just another fee from older times

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supa2001
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Quote from sheltem :
$830 trade in value for iPhone 11 is amazing, especially if you picked up the $100 iPhone 11's from Walmart earlier this year. I'm sad I didn't get more of them.
Just buy s20 on ebay
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Caleo
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Quote from SkillfulMorning237 :
Yep, we switched to Visible from Verizon when our previous contract ended. We won't be going back to Verizon as the Visible service seems exactly the same in our area.

It saves us $110 a month which is equivalent to us buying a new phone every two years outright and trading our old phones into Apple to pay for part of the upgrade, and still having a couple of hundred $ left in our pockets.

Plus we can use the extra money to pay for streaming services we actually use rather than Disney+ and ESPN+ which we never used.
FWIW, Visible is essentially just lower priority access to the Verizon network. In more congested areas, you'll likely struggle for data next to someone with Verizon.

That said... I only pay $25/mo for visible and I'm virtually always on wifi; I couldn't care much less about cellular data, but I have noticed occasionally that, even with adequate LTE signal, sometimes things just won't load.
Quote from TH_1992 :
Visible has a 60 day unlock and the service is cheap. They don't do preorders so I'd check next Friday and see if they have any deals. Last year they'd give you air pod pros and like a $200 gift card or something for switching over— maybe they'll do something similar this year.
They've done it on some iphone models (it's how I got my SE 2 for like $200 in 2020)... but for a brand new flagship iphone model as soon as it's available? Seems unlikely...
Quote from sheltem :
$830 trade in value for iPhone 11 is amazing, especially if you picked up the $100 iPhone 11's from Walmart earlier this year. I'm sad I didn't get more of them.
Nice, that would be pretty slick.. I'm (tentatively) trading in my XR for $140 via Apple's trade-in program (only paid $50 for it earlier this year via Slickdeals), but I might just give it to my niece as her first phone instead.
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Quote from Caleo :
FWIW, Visible is essentially just lower priority access to the Verizon network. In more congested areas, you'll likely struggle for data next to someone with Verizon.

That said... I only pay $25/mo for visible and I'm virtually always on wifi; I couldn't care much less about cellular data, but I have noticed occasionally that, even with adequate LTE signal, sometimes things just won't load.

They've done it on some iphone models (it's how I got my SE 2 for like $200 in 2020)... but for a brand new flagship iphone model as soon as it's available? Seems unlikely...

Nice, that would be pretty slick.. I'm (tentatively) trading in my XR for $140 via Apple's trade-in program (only paid $50 for it earlier this year via Slickdeals), but I might just give it to my niece as her first phone instead.
They did it for the 14 pro right when it released. Doesn't seem unlikely they would do the same this time for the 15.
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crash447
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Is is possible to do the Costco deal with the ATT teacher discount? I am kind of thinking it isn't possible because it seems like only one program could be applied.
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Tobiwan
Sep 15, 2023
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Purchased 2 iPhone X from Costco years back. One kept shutting down for days 3 days after buying it. Apple told me take it back to Costco. Costco wouldn't exchange it. Apple would only ship it for repair since bought at Costco. Once sent to repair it had rebooted and returned. Same issue happened again. Two months of shipping my phone to Apple. Issue was never fixed.

Also didn't get credits for months. Took multiple trips in store. Eventually they cut me a full check for the full amount of credits.

So much hassle. Was never disappointed with Costco and Apple so much before.
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Thegame501
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Quote from jerryfreak :
yup. only suckers are doing these major-carrier subsidized phones by now. As evidenced by lottery ticket sales, there is still a huge population of people who are bad at math
Depends on what you think is a good deal. Unlimited Starter with six lines all with phones on installment plans for $156 a month. Just ordered two 15 pluses that will cost me another $2.78 a month for the two lines. Granted I'm on the first responder plan.
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Quote from crashbowman :
Is is possible to do the Costco deal with the ATT teacher discount? I am kind of thinking it isn't possible because it seems like only one program could be applied.
I did it with the first responder.

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DCheeseDanish
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Quote from davidt100 :
All the deals require a new line, one of them gives $50 to existing lines, $5/month for ten months… these are not good deals! Better to go direct to ATT with a 13pro trade in for $1000 off a new iPhone. Three years of credits though so only worth it if you keep your phone for a while.
Going through Costco you still can get the $1000 bill credits with trade in in addition to the $100 Costco Shop Card and $5 bill credits for 10 months.
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Sep 15, 2023
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Quote from DCheeseDanish :
Going through Costco you still can get the $1000 bill credits with trade in in addition to the $100 Costco Shop Card and $5 bill credits for 10 months.
Yeah I just canceled my 5 upgrades and got them again with this promotion and it still lets me do the trade in credit. So this is great thanks OP!
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sshlyk
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Mmmm, free after $1600
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illdealthat
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Quote from Barcafan :
This is the comment. As long as they are 24 and the other 2 are 36 there is no debate. You should consider the TMO Costco deal. I wouldn't be surprised if TMO moves to 36 soon though.
I don't see any similar deal for T-mobile + Costco though. Is there a way to get trade in value via T-Mobile but still buy at Costco? Unclear ever since the Costco wireless change what's going on with that
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stuuke
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How do you avoid the activation fee? Is it automatically removed when you order through Costco?
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guest00x
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Quote from Barcafan :
This is the comment. As long as they are 24 and the other 2 are 36 there is no debate. You should consider the TMO Costco deal. I wouldn't be surprised if TMO moves to 36 soon though.
I read somewhere if you pay device off early, you loose remaining credits on ATT even if you continue with their service. Tmobile does NOT as of 2 years ago. I am not sure about now due to no good promo.
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Quote from RobertV29 :
I have an iphone 12 and the wife has a 12 pro. If i'm reading this correctly, we aren't eligible for the trade in?
In case nobody else has responded to you in the already super-long thread… I'm seeing the 12 Pro is in the highest tradein value group which gets you a 15 Pro, and the 12 and 12 mini are in the tradein group just below (which gets you a "free" 15 (not Pro).

That minimum $75 plan requirement looks suspicious to me. I'm guess that limit doesn't apply for people upgrading and on a family plan (where each line is quite a bit less than $75), but I can't figure out how to get into the upgrade checkout flow.

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so if you have a trade in is this decent ?

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