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frontpageaus posted Sep 22, 2023 06:08 AM
frontpageaus posted Sep 22, 2023 06:08 AM

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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Nov 30, 2023 03:48 PM
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buggycodeNov 30, 2023 03:48 PM
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Quote from chaoss :
Is the rep just trying to be helpful?

I remember in the past deals I did at Costco, it was Tmobile transactions. The reps would input the imei info for me.

With Verizon, I noticed it's different. I went to Best Buy to buy my 15 pro max phones. I had to do the trade ins myself. I went to a corp verizon store and the rep did it there.

Use sickw dot com to check the status. They should be good but for some reason you are getting errors.
Thank you for your response. So when you signed up via Best Buy you did not have to provide the IMEI and the actual trade in happened at a Verizon store?
My understanding based on what Costco Verizon rep said is that the IMEI information is part of the sign up process but the trade in happens via mail later. You get maybe trade in kit via mail and then you mail back the phones but the IMEI of the phones need to match what was put in at sign up time. In my cases since the IMEI info is throwing error the rep is not able to select the trade in option (which is the only way to get free phones).

I want to understand from someone who signed up via Costco and if they had any issue with IMEI during sign up process (did they even have to provide IMEI of all trade in phones?).
Reason to go via Costco vs Best Buy or even Verizon online is the $250 Costco shop card per line.
Nov 30, 2023 04:09 PM
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chaossNov 30, 2023 04:09 PM
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Quote from buggycode :
Thank you for your response. So when you signed up via Best Buy you did not have to provide the IMEI and the actual trade in happened at a Verizon store?
My understanding based on what Costco Verizon rep said is that the IMEI information is part of the sign up process but the trade in happens via mail later. You get maybe trade in kit via mail and then you mail back the phones but the IMEI of the phones need to match what was put in at sign up time. In my cases since the IMEI info is throwing error the rep is not able to select the trade in option (which is the only way to get free phones).

I want to understand from someone who signed up via Costco and if they had any issue with IMEI during sign up process (did they even have to provide IMEI of all trade in phones?).
Reason to go via Costco vs Best Buy or even Verizon online is the $250 Costco shop card per line.
Correct. I opened a whole new account with Best Buy, 4 15 pm. I remember having the trade in devices and the rep said he didn't need them, that I would have to go to vzw.com/tradein and do the process myself.

I took the devices to my local corp store and the rep inspected the phones and processed everything through his tablet.

I even helped upgrade a family member to the 15 pm and same thing, purchased at Best Buy, and went to the store to do the trade in

Hopefully someone else who did it at Best Buy can chime in
Nov 30, 2023 10:28 PM
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sarayuNov 30, 2023 10:28 PM
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Quote from buggycode :
Thank you for your response. So when you signed up via Best Buy you did not have to provide the IMEI and the actual trade in happened at a Verizon store?
My understanding based on what Costco Verizon rep said is that the IMEI information is part of the sign up process but the trade in happens via mail later. You get maybe trade in kit via mail and then you mail back the phones but the IMEI of the phones need to match what was put in at sign up time. In my cases since the IMEI info is throwing error the rep is not able to select the trade in option (which is the only way to get free phones).

I want to understand from someone who signed up via Costco and if they had any issue with IMEI during sign up process (did they even have to provide IMEI of all trade in phones?).
Reason to go via Costco vs Best Buy or even Verizon online is the $250 Costco shop card per line.
I did my 4 lines with Costco, with only 2 lines involving trade in. Yes, the rep in my case also did the same, took IMEIs of the trade in phones during the application and asked me to mail the phones to Verizon. There was no option of trading them at Verizon store in my case.
Dec 03, 2023 08:23 AM
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GimmeADealNowDec 03, 2023 08:23 AM
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Quote from trumpinjailhahahaha :
Why would anyone want to be on a 3yr contract?
Why not? I've been with Verizon for 22 years. lol. 3 years is a drop in the bucket.
Dec 03, 2023 10:44 AM
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wei2coolDec 03, 2023 10:44 AM
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Quote from buggycode :
I went to Costco with Verizon kiosk multiple times to sign up for the 4 new lines with Verizon: 3 ultimate and 1 plus (switching from t-mobile). During the sign up process the rep asked for IMEI on trade-in phones (I have one iphone7, 2 iphone 5 and one original iphone). All trade-in phones are carrier unlocked and have "find me" disabled and signed out of icloud. These are all my phones bought first hand years back and were just lying around. When entering the IMEI the verizon system would show error that the phone with that IMEI cannot be recycled for all the phones. I'm wondering if anyone else is having similar issue. I used free IMEI checkers online and they all show that my phones are unlocked/not blacklisted/Find me disabled. So I'm not sure what is going on with Verizon system. Is the rep making a mistake. So few questions.

1. Do the trade-in iphones have to be for Verizon (mine were used with ATT and T-Mobile. The Verizon promo says any iphone)
2. When signing up are you providing the IMEI numbers for trade-in phones and are they being checked? Any one else had issues with the IMEI check?
3. Have there been situations where IMEI number was not provided at sign up and the trade-ins (with clean non blacklisted phones) went through fine regardless of the IMEI check at the kiosk? Wondering if I should take a risk since I know the phones are clean.

Thanks for any data points.
I did the same about a month ago at Costco without any issues. Are you sure this any iPhone offer is still going on?

Here my experience from end to end

I added a new line in 10/12 and traded in an old att iPhone 5. The rep entered the IMEI in the system and it provided the trade in credit immediately

I paid for the tax on the spot but not the $35 activation fee

I got an email receipt stating the phone, trade in credit and the 250 Costco card reference

The initial email provides details instructions on how to do the trade in. The part it missed was the mailing back label. It assumed the label would be in the same box as the new phone and you would just reuse the same box to mail it back

The phone came in 2 days but it didn't come with any trade in package or prepaid mailing label. I didn't know what to do at this point

In about 10 days you would get a reminder email to mail in your trade in. The email has a link to your specific status page. From that page you can print out a label or change it to a qr code and drop it off at an ups store. I chose the qr code

2 days after the drop off I got another status update email said it's with the carrier. That's all I needed at this point

I did the numbers porting almost immediately and got the 200 Vz gift card exactly 4 weeks later

The next bill came on 10/16 and it already has the trade in credit. This would usually take 3 billing cycles in the past so this was a great update. It also did not include an activation charge

The next bill came on 11/17 and it had the 35 active charge. I used the 200 Vz card to pay the bill.

Still waiting for my Costco credit, I think the rep said I have to wait 90 days for that
Dec 07, 2023 03:50 AM
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jessesixtoDec 07, 2023 03:50 AM
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Anyone received the Costco gift cards? I received the Verizon one but haven't received Costco.
Dec 07, 2023 01:17 PM
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NavyHill3712Dec 07, 2023 01:17 PM
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Anyone care to help a dumbie…?

We have had 2 iPhones with Verizon for >10 years. We need to add a third new line for our kid. We both have iPhone 13's and currently pay $200 per month for an outdated unlimited plan called '5G Start 1.0'. (The plan is an about $65 per phone. On top of that, we pay a monthly fee to pay off our two iPhone 13s. We also added some type of insurance for $20.)
1. It sounds like we are not candidates for this '4 on us' promo because we only need 3 lines, AND we have 2 existing lines with Verizon already. Correct?
2. Anyone know of any smart ways for us to get third line and iPhone, and perhaps cut back our monthly payment?

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Dec 09, 2023 05:34 AM
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MerryPiranha4008Dec 09, 2023 05:34 AM
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Quote from jessesixto :
Anyone received the Costco gift cards? I received the Verizon one but haven't received Costco.
I am in same situation. Got the VZ gift cards for 4 line switch but no news from Costco for $250 per line.
Also not sure how to use the VZ gift card to pay my monthly VZ bill. I have $800 in gift credit but not sure how to apply it.
Dec 09, 2023 05:38 AM
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MerryPiranha4008Dec 09, 2023 05:38 AM
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Quote from wei2cool :
I did the same about a month ago at Costco without any issues. Are you sure this any iPhone offer is still going on?

Here my experience from end to end

I added a new line in 10/12 and traded in an old att iPhone 5. The rep entered the IMEI in the system and it provided the trade in credit immediately

I paid for the tax on the spot but not the $35 activation fee

I got an email receipt stating the phone, trade in credit and the 250 Costco card reference

The initial email provides details instructions on how to do the trade in. The part it missed was the mailing back label. It assumed the label would be in the same box as the new phone and you would just reuse the same box to mail it back

The phone came in 2 days but it didn't come with any trade in package or prepaid mailing label. I didn't know what to do at this point

In about 10 days you would get a reminder email to mail in your trade in. The email has a link to your specific status page. From that page you can print out a label or change it to a qr code and drop it off at an ups store. I chose the qr code

2 days after the drop off I got another status update email said it's with the carrier. That's all I needed at this point

I did the numbers porting almost immediately and got the 200 Vz gift card exactly 4 weeks later

The next bill came on 10/16 and it already has the trade in credit. This would usually take 3 billing cycles in the past so this was a great update. It also did not include an activation charge

The next bill came on 11/17 and it had the 35 active charge. I used the 200 Vz card to pay the bill.

Still waiting for my Costco credit, I think the rep said I have to wait 90 days for that
How you use Verizon Gift card to pay your bill.
Dec 13, 2023 05:25 PM
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krazytylerzDec 13, 2023 05:25 PM
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Quote from MerryPiranha4008 :
How you use Verizon Gift card to pay your bill.
When you go to pay your bill, choose new payment method. One of your options is to use a gift card
Dec 13, 2023 05:27 PM
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krazytylerzDec 13, 2023 05:27 PM
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Quote from jessesixto :
Anyone received the Costco gift cards? I received the Verizon one but haven't received Costco.
Came to ask this exact question. I did a few att deals through Costco as well, and those were mailed out promptly within a month.
Dec 13, 2023 11:45 PM
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ObviousDealsDec 13, 2023 11:45 PM
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Anyone know the price of 15 pro or pro max being 50$ lower than what was listed on Verizon website ? ( it used be different in the past but not sure now )
Dec 14, 2023 12:00 AM
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chaossDec 14, 2023 12:00 AM
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Quote from chanduss :
Anyone know the price of 15 pro or pro max being 50$ lower than what was listed on Verizon website ? ( it used be different in the past but not sure now )
I believe they would be 10% off retail pricing at Costco
that was back when they had the tmobile iPhone XR and 11 deals

definitely miss those days
Dec 14, 2023 12:35 AM
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ObviousDealsDec 14, 2023 12:35 AM
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Quote from chaoss :
I believe they would be 10% off retail pricing at Costco
that was back when they had the tmobile iPhone XR and 11 deals

definitely miss those days
So nothing now on Verizon right ?

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Dec 14, 2023 12:36 AM
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ObviousDealsDec 14, 2023 12:36 AM
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I just want to know the price of 15 pro or pro max in Costco ?

Is it same price as Verizon website ?

Thanks 🙏

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