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• Save $100 with any $45 or higher Plan Purchase Required
Straight Talk raised the price to $99 from $49
-This means you can no longer use the loophole of buying it via the Straight Talk website.
It is still $49+ instore
So the steps would be:
1. Buy the phone instore, activate on Straight Talk (any 30 day plan). The online activation process has not worked for many, it's recommended to activate by phone. Instructions to activate through an automated phone service are HERE.
2. Text UNLOCK to 611611 to confirm the Automatic Unlock Date it will reply with exact date. (You will likely need to send this message twice, as it often doesn't reply the first time)
3. Don't have your account on auto-renew, plan cancels after 30 days
4. Wait for 61 days after your activation date
5. The iPhone SE is now unlocked automatically
Walmart In-Store
The Promotion price isn't automatically taken off at normal checkout in-store it rings up full $149 price even with Plan. Need a Straight Talk rep instore to get the discount. They needed to enter the phone and plan on their terminal to get the discount to apply. Then they will scan the sku on the Walmart POS to check out.
If none above works ask for Manager to override it show them the listing on walmart.com if still won't sell it at promotion price tell them its false advertising since they lured you to store and won't honor the promotion price.
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Website shows non-instock online at local walmart stores but they did have them in Electronics. Back of Phone Cardboard says ST SE3.
Link to Walmart Website [walmart.com] (All stores show OOS, so you'll need to go in the store to check stock).
In-store activation requires providing your first name, last name, and a unique email address for each phone. You cannot use an email address from an existing Straight Talk account. Thank you to cvesper, Orang3Beard, LCL121, and Impulse_shopper for the information.
Make sure you provide your email address and the Walmart/ST rep does not input a random one, otherwise your phones will not have a ST account, which could be problematic if need to check the status of your phone's setup online or if you run into any difficulties (like with the service plan not being included with your account due to an error by the Walmart/ST rep). Thank you to llenrad for the information.
In-store checkout flow, according to MrSlickitySlick:
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Warp computerCreate new order Straight talk Purchase with activation Next New customer 1st name,last name New email $35 plan Asks for device imei Print documents and then check out at regular Walmart register Ps mobile rep and Walmart electronics rep are 2 different associates, most Walmart reps won't know what they are doing, some mobile reps don't even know what there doing, try your luck |
Got my order for 2 phones delivered today, and got them both activated to start the countdown clock on the unlock. For anyone who bought one just to activate for the one-month plan you purchased and unlock, the easiest way is the automated phone service (the online process wasn't working for me):
1) 1-877-430-2355
2) Press 2 to Activate Device
3) Press 2 for a New Number
4) Follow voice prompt to enter IMEI, ZIP code, create PIN, etc. When asked by the prompt if you want to "add to an existing account", say "No". If you purchased a plan with the phone, it will recognize this and automatically activate the SIM for the plan.
If the wireless rep has having difficulty, try this (thanks, busbeepbeep):
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I spent 2 hours in my local Walmart as the wireless rep wasn't familiar with doing straight talk transaction.Passing this one in case it helps, once they generate the bar code from the Warp, my person was having issue cause she'd bring that to the walmart register and it would only show up as "special order, ST 35 plan" and not the phone. Then she'd scan the phone UPC, which would show $149. After much back and forth, we figured out needed to scan the WARP barcode and then scan the 2nd barcode on the phone, not the top UPC barcode, and it showed up as $49.99. Total after tax for me was like $99. |
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1) 1-877-430-2355
2) Press 2 to Activate Device
3) Press 2 for a New Number
4) Follow voice prompt to enter IMEI, ZIP code, create PIN, etc. When asked by the prompt if you want to "add to an existing account", say "No". If you purchased a plan with the phone, it will recognize this and automatically activate the SIM for the plan.
When the voice prompt tells you to power on the device, the instructions were incomplete and unclear. If you've never activated a phone before here are the steps:
1) Attached to the box for your phone is the associated SIM card in a pouch; remove and punch out the nano-SIM.
2) Using the SIM tool in the iPhone box (or a small paperclip), pop out your SIM card tray and insert the nano-SIM.
3) Re-insert the SIM tray into the iPhone and power on the phone.
4) Go through the setup process; I recommend connecting to WiFi when prompted to make things go faster.
5) Your phone should be activated within a few minutes of being powered on with the SIM inserted, assuming you went through all the steps in the automated phone activation.
I'm not going to waste my time going there, but thought I'd help others. Be sure to call the local Walmart you are going to, ask if they have the phone in stock (both stores said online they didn't have stock, but both stores did have them in stock) and ask if they have the WARP system for activation. Good luck everyone.
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They should not leave an order open in limbo regardless if purchased with a plan or without . On Monday they allowed you to purchase phone on their website and skip adding a plan, without any tricks. So I get it, if it was a glitch - they should not charge and cancel order within a day or two if they don't want to honor a mistake which was clearly the fault of their website
Not only did ST allow people to purchase, but they have now charged the cards without shipping out the phone.
It's super scammy.
If the price was a glitch and they don't want to honor it, that's fine. Cancel the orders. But never should they allow the payments to go through and then sit on the orders for a week+.
phones purchased with plans have not been shipped either for many many people
ST is messed up. They should process orders in order of receipt, regardless of whether they ship or cancel. They should not charge people for items not shipped
You are wrong!
my phone brought to my door by ups guy and then said, sender asked to return....
I was on the fence about wanting to spend $100 for something that I didnt really need, but for another ipod, I couldn't say no. But I also knew this deal is one of those 'fark ups' from the start.
Does anyone here actually think you can produce or logistically sell even a 5 year old phone for $50? Yeah we can play business math and say its not so bad because x y z--- but its almost like a 100% loss for somewhere in the chain.
I ordered 1 phone wed morning with plan and its still remote processing. Some other poster here seem mad but I don't see problem waiting a week or 2. 150 pages + 3k comments + Deal is dead online. Along with the "no plan ordering error". There is a internal review of ever single order going on right now. Someone in the marketing department is having some bad days for running this promo/not preparing it correctly.
This deal probably hit #'s that are like their total yearly online orders; or something stupid in a few days.. Before anyone cared to even look or stop the robots from adding hundreds of stock every AM and sending orders.
They set the rules.
I am in the same situation with no luck for the last 2 days.
If you text PHONE to 611611 it'll give you your phone number and service dates.
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If you text PHONE to 611611 it'll give you your phone number and service dates.
In store you can get it for 49 with a minimum 35 unlimited plan. Yes, you need to activate and use it a bit in the first month, keep SIM card in, and not even renew the second month to have it be unlocked after 60 days. Just don't take the SIM card out before 61-62 days, and turn off auto renewal when buying if they make you sign up so you don't pay for the extra month by accident.
I drove to my nearest walmart that had this in stock and i acquired 2 phones for ~$96 each.
Will use the first month plan and then put them away and hope they unlock 2 months later!
Thank you once again for giving me some info!
I drove to my nearest walmart that had this in stock and i acquired 2 phones for ~$96 each.
Will use the first month plan and then put them away and hope they unlock 2 months later!
Thank you once again for giving me some info!
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