SEASON'S SAVINGS!
• 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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The phone/OSL reps acted like I was pulling teeth. Got to the store and asked if they had the SE and was immediately told no without them looking by one of them. He then told me that they did have iPhone SE's for postpaid, I acted slightly interested knowing that they're bill credits and add a line. When he walked away, I asked a regular Walmart associate also working in electronics in a blue vest if they had any, he was the one who actually checked and pulled one from the drawer. But it couldn't be activated without the OSL rep. I stood there waiting for the other OSL rep to finish with someone else. I can hear the 1st guy mumbling under his breath when he walked back to the counter. Initially he tried to activate as a regular device at full price, told him I wanted the Walmart $49 deal, so had to be done in WARP. 2nd guy starts to go through the process but asks me for SSN. Immediately threw red flags, why does prepaid need SSN? I looked at his screen and it said Straight Talk lease, I told him, no I don't want lease I want to buy outright. Kept giving me attitude for not wanting to add a line/upgrade through ATT or T-Mobile. I just stood my ground. I already caught 1st guy lying. He kept pushing through same system until it gave him error and called over OSL guy #1, he looks over briefly and they call a Walmart manager from the back, while OSL guy #2, goes onto floor to try to get people to buy postpaid devices. Meanwhile OSL guy #1 realizes that 2 was trying to open up a Straight Talk lease, and proceeds to go back and try to do outright purchase like I told the 2nd guy, only it wouldn't go through because the 1st transaction hadn't been fully cancelled and the phone was now "reserved" because of it. Meanwhile, Walmart manager comes through and looks at screen, while they're talking, OSL #1 is chatting with Walmart manager, turns out OSL guy 1 is the area manager for the store and some other stores in the area. I hear him ask if there are more in the back because the phone was reserved and manager looks inventory up and they have 6 in back. Walmart manager doesn't want to pull inventory from back because the phone they tried earlier now can't be sold because it's reserved. OSL manager is able to eventually cancel out the attempted lease from guy 2, and go through correct procedure to sell phone. Meanwhile, OSL manager tells Walmart manager to tell everyone they're completely out of StraightTalk iPhone SEs all while I'm standing in front of them. OSL manager finishes WARP, finishes the process out at the Walmart desk. Total out the door is $89.
Now I'm definitely sure if I end up doing the postpaid ATT/Verizon BF Walmart iPhone 14 Plus/S23 deal with gift card, it's going to be online only. Terrible experience.
Location: Newington CT
If, however we setup ST account with email and see phone has not been added as a device to the account and we have the paperwork from Walmart then we can manually add the device to the account and it will be become active at that time and and at this point we still don't need to open box/phone for it to be activated and start the 69 day unlock countdown. Is that correct?
Is the paperwork you had the print out from the WARP system and do they give you a copy of it even if they say it has been scanned/activated or do you need to request it or take a picture of it if they don't give a copy to you? Is this the paperwork with UPC that they then scan at the Walmart register to give you the $49 phone price point?
This brings up a point for future discussion. If these devices are tied to an inaccessible ST account, will they be usable for ST by someone else if I sell the phone.
Anyway, the WM rep gave me the warp paperwork for my first two phones. The second WM rep a couple of days later did not. I'm not sure how to access those "accounts" since he entered who-knows-what for the email.
The ST website says to contact Customer Care at 877-430-2355. They might be able to help you based on the IMEI of your device, but be prepared for a significant amount of frustration.
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