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frontpage Posted by aus • Sep 22, 2023
frontpage Posted by aus • Sep 22, 2023

Costco: New Lines w/ Trade-In at Verizon: iPhone 15/15 Pro + $250 GC

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Free after 36-Monthly Bill Credits

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Costco Wholesale Stores via Verizon Offers New or Existing Customers: 128GB Apple iPhone 15/15 Pro (2023) for Free after 36 Monthly Bill Credits when activated on a New line and trade-in any iPhone on eligible Verizon Unlimited Ultimate Plan (see plan pricing). Existing Customers can Upgrade and Receive $830 Off New iPhone 15 Lineup with Select Trade-in on Qualified Unlimited plans after 36 Monthly Bill Credits.

Additionally, Costco Wholesale offers Members a $250 Costco Shop Card with New Line OR a $100 Costco Shop Card for Upgrading Eligible Line when purchasing this offer In-Store at any participating Costco location featuring Verizon wireless service kiosks [store locator; scroll down to "Shop Verizon at a participating Costco location near you"].

Thanks to community member aus for sharing 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

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Offers will be delivered digitally via the email on your VZW account, verified at the time of purchase. A physical card is available upon request. Eligible service lines must stay active a minimum of 60 days to qualify. Costco Shop Cards are not redeemable for cash. Except as required by law.
    • Please refer to the Forum Thread for additional discussion regarding this deal.

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Costco Wholesale Stores via Verizon Offers New or Existing Customers: 128GB Apple iPhone 15/15 Pro (2023) for Free after 36 Monthly Bill Credits when activated on a New line and trade-in any iPhone on eligible Verizon Unlimited Ultimate Plan (see plan pricing). Existing Customers can Upgrade and Receive $830 Off New iPhone 15 Lineup with Select Trade-in on Qualified Unlimited plans after 36 Monthly Bill Credits.

Additionally, Costco Wholesale offers Members a $250 Costco Shop Card with New Line OR a $100 Costco Shop Card for Upgrading Eligible Line when purchasing this offer In-Store at any participating Costco location featuring Verizon wireless service kiosks [store locator; scroll down to "Shop Verizon at a participating Costco location near you"].

Thanks to community member aus for sharing 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

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Offers will be delivered digitally via the email on your VZW account, verified at the time of purchase. A physical card is available upon request. Eligible service lines must stay active a minimum of 60 days to qualify. Costco Shop Cards are not redeemable for cash. Except as required by law.
    • Please refer to the Forum Thread for additional discussion regarding this deal.

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F1Racer
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Wow 36 months bill credit.
i.e. 3 year contract.
injailhahahaha
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Why would anyone want to be on a 3yr contract?
thehash
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36 month contract and you have to pay tax on the phone.
getting taken to the cleaners.

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krazytylerz
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Quote from pechango :
It's an authorized reseller, not costco. I think they offer the shop card with purchase, regardless of full price or payments but check with them first. You also have to have an eligible unlimited data plan.


For existing lines, at least, it appeared to be an X or higher. For new lines, I think it's any working phone.
It's iPhone 11 or later for upgrades, according to the online rep I spoke to last night
Sep 26, 2023
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SmilingHorn3826
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Quote from krazytylerz :
It's iPhone 11 or later for upgrades, according to the online rep I spoke to last night
How do you get a Costco chat rep? Or did you chat with a Verizon rep
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curiousmonkey5
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Quote from krazytylerz :
It's iPhone 11 or later for upgrades, according to the online rep I spoke to last night

Did you speak to a costco rep or verizon rep? I'm doing an upgrade as an existing customer. I have the unlimited plus plan (but have the 2nd gen SE that I want to trade in). I'd like to know if I'd be able to get $830 (sounds unlikely though)
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SmilingHorn3826
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Quote from curiousmonkey5 :
Did you speak to a costco rep or verizon rep? I'm doing an upgrade as an existing customer. I have the unlimited plus plan (but have the 2nd gen SE that I want to trade in). I'd like to know if I'd be able to get $830 (sounds unlikely though)
It makes no difference- accord the the board the $830 value is for 11 and later whether your try trading at Costco, Apple, Verizon direct, etc. for example, my XR is worth $415 trade in consistently across all retailers
Sep 26, 2023
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krazytylerz
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Quote from curiousmonkey5 :
Did you speak to a costco rep or verizon rep? I'm doing an upgrade as an existing customer. I have the unlimited plus plan (but have the 2nd gen SE that I want to trade in). I'd like to know if I'd be able to get $830 (sounds unlikely though)
Yeah, that was from Verizon direct. I was hoping, too, that Costco would be a little more generous in their trade ins. I don't live close to a Costco, and my account has a pending order on it, but I don't see how they would have a different policy if all they are doing is submitting the trade in to Verizon. I truly hoped that they would, but the reports on this thread seem like upgrades aren't getting full credits.
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cageshen
Sep 26, 2023
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The costco nearby does not have verizon, and the phone number i called, is for verizon, and they say they do not know about the costco promotion.
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azdaren
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Quote from krazytylerz :
Are these upgrade lines? Do you have a print out from them promising the $830 credit? From what I'm learning from Verizon direct is, an upgrade (not a new phone line) only has limited eligibility on what qualifies for the $830. The rep told me iPhone 11 and higher. Everything else gets trade in value. What I fear is going into the Costco booth, being promised $830 and then not getting that from Verizon, because they didn't meet the trade in requirement.
I did 2 upgrades this year on 2 lines that are on the old 5g Play More plan. I'm guessing if I tried the same upgrade on the 5g Start lines I would get the trade in value like you are.

There is no printout promising anything, however the trade in agreement that you sign does say that I will get the full $830 trade in credits provided my trade ins are in the condition that I reported, which was working with a cracked screen.

FWIW when I dropped the trade ins off at the Verizon store the rep didn't even turn them on and when I asked "don't you want to turn them on?" The rep said Verizon doesn't care when it's a damaged phone trade in. I find it hard to believe that's true, but I'm sure the damaged phone trade in promos are a method to get me to upgrade and locked in for 3yrs.

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krazytylerz
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Quote from azdaren :
I did 2 upgrades this year on 2 lines that are on the old 5g Play More plan. I'm guessing if I tried the same upgrade on the 5g Start lines I would get the trade in value like you are.

There is no printout promising anything, however the trade in agreement that you sign does say that I will get the full $830 trade in credits provided my trade ins are in the condition that I reported, which was working with a cracked screen.

FWIW when I dropped the trade ins off at the Verizon store the rep didn't even turn them on and when I asked "don't you want to turn them on?" The rep said Verizon doesn't care when it's a damaged phone trade in. I find it hard to believe that's true, but I'm sure the damaged phone trade in promos are a method to get me to upgrade and locked in for 3yrs.
How long ago did you do this? Is it the same iPhone 15 promotion? I guess if you have a print out saying that you would get the $830 value, that should be enough.
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Brooklynite
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Quote from OGSDER :
Which prepaid service includes world roaming, like T-mobile?
Why do you need to pay $10 to $30 more per month so you can get 5GB of slow speed roaming for 7 days out of the year while you are overseas? Wouldnt it be best to buy a local $20 sim in your destination city and get 50GB high speed local data and a local number you can call anyone locally over there? (I am talking Europe not Mexico).

Speaking of which Metro offers roaming in Mexico and Canada for $5/mo which you can pay for only the month you are using it.

Of course you can call your friends and family with whatsapp anywhere anytime for free but for local calls like hotels and businesses its much easier to use a local sim/number, especially when you need to call 800, 888 and other free numbers which happens a lot with airlines, hotels, car rentals, credit card customer service, businesses etc so good luck using your Kentucky number while in Paris, roaming on your Verizon sim and trying to call the local 0800 car rental customer service.
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azdaren
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Quote from krazytylerz :
How long ago did you do this? Is it the same iPhone 15 promotion? I guess if you have a print out saying that you would get the $830 value, that should be enough.
I did the upgrade process the day the iPhone 15 release and chose to drop off trade ins at a Verizon store on 9/24 thinking that they would inspect the phones and I would get some sort of confirmation that they were received in the condition expected. Like I said this didn't really happen, however I just checked the status of the trade in and it says the following, it appears the assessment date matches the date I dropped them off.

On Sep 24 we were able to confirm the condition of your device as well as its estimated value of $830.00.
It'll be applied to your account in monthly payments of $23.06 over 36 months.
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Gives me some peace of mind that they won't come back and say it wasn't received in the correct condition.
Last edited by azdaren September 26, 2023 at 10:45 AM.
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labxduae38
Sep 26, 2023
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Is this like $250 for each new line ? I'm about to open like 8 lines with Verizon.
Since opening with Verizon online get me free iPhone 14, I'll be opening 5 online and 3 with Costco (3 people want iPhone 15). Will I be getting $250 x 3 for opening 3 line and trade in ?
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labxduae38
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Quote from SmilingHorn3826 :
It makes no difference- accord the the board the $830 value is for 11 and later whether your try trading at Costco, Apple, Verizon direct, etc. for example, my XR is worth $415 trade in consistently across all retailers
Verizon rep said IPhone 3 or higher. This is directly from Verizon chat on their website
Sep 26, 2023
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ZebinZ
Sep 26, 2023
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Can I call them and have the iPhone picked up. Shipping is taking forever for the order I made a couple days ago.
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pechango
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Quote from krazytylerz :
It's iPhone 11 or later for upgrades, according to the online rep I spoke to last night
For existing line, I just did an Xs as a trade in for one line. The person in front of us had an X.

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pechango
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Quote from denyeu1nguoi :
Verizon rep said IPhone 3 or higher. This is directly from Verizon chat on their website
That's likely for new line. X or higher for existing line. I was just there last night and asked all these questions.

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