1. Trade in device and use that credit to pay off phone in 36months while keeping phone plan. For UU on verizon this comes up to (100avg x 36) - 300 Walmart GC
2. No trade in, but pay off phone immediately within 3 days of receiving to avoid activation fees. For the iphone 15 pro, this comes up to be 999- 300 Walmart GC regardless what plan you choose.
Follow steps included this wiki to port out your locked device to other carrier.
I have no horse in this race but here is the email you get from Walmart. Watch your SPAM FOLDERS.
FROM: Shopping Card Gift on behalf of eshoppingcard
SUBJECT: You have a Walmart eGift Card!
Same for 2021 and 2022.
AT&T details
Order/cancel? Activation starts on ship date (or store activation date). AT&T does not prorate after 3 days, so if you don't receive the device by the 3rd day you have to pay for the entire month of service.
To get the activation fees waived (if you're not cancelling within 3 days) be sure to sign up for AARP. It can be free or almost free
https://slickdeals.net/f/17039080-aarp-1-year-for-free-or-4-capital-one-offer-or-chase-card-offer-and-maybe-make-money-see-details-and-free-power-cord-charger-or-trunk-organizer
- Contact AT&T over chat and ask them to waive your activation fee since it's an AARP benefit. This will save $35/line.
- Set up autopay from att.com or MyAtt app to save $10/line/month (debit; or credit -$5/month).
- Do you have AT&T fiber home internet? Contact AT&T over chat to "bundle" home internet plus wireless for a $20/month discount. You can also sign up for home internet after getting wireless to receive the same $20/month discount. There are loads of sign-up offers include $350 gift card back for new customers https://slickdeals.net/f/17073514-new-at-t-fiber-customers-purchase-at-t-fiber-internet-plan-300mbps-get-up-to-350-in-reward-cards-or-logitech-g-cloud-gaming-handheld-device-6-200-reward-card
- Pay off installment plan from MyAtt app or at att.com. You can do this as soon as activated/device ships.
- Turn on iPhone and let it activate with the pushed AT&T eSim (should be automatic once connected to wifi). Make a phone call.
- Transfer the AT&T eSim to another unlocked iPhone. "Use eSIM Quick Transfer on iPhone" Procedure https://support.apple.c
om/en-us/HT212780
- Make a call on the unlocked iPhone. Check in myAtt or att.com and check every few minutes until the unlocked iPhone shows up in your account as your device.
- Request unlock https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/ as a non-ATT customer, with non-ATT phone# and email for the new iPhone
- Check email and click to acknowledge unlock request. May take a few minutes to receive this.
- Wait for unlock approval email. It could take only a few minutes or up to a day
- new iPhone will be unlocked once you try a different provider eSIM. You can either use a new eSIM or transfer one from your other iPhone.
- If you want to, cancel AT&T service over chat or phone so that you don't go beyond 3 days post activation. If you instead want to keep the service, do everything I mentioned above to bring your monthly cost down.
Edit: AT&T chat is closed on the weekend I called reseller support and they refused to cancel the line and said I had to wait 30 days. I had to port out to another carrier.- Call *PORT on the new iPhone to get a porting pin. You also need your wireless account number (displayed when you login to att.com).
- I had a great experience porting to usmobile.com for their 50 day free trial. Just sign up and fill out the details including port (AT&T Postpaid, account number, port pin). Transfer completed in minutes!
Verizon details
- check out the recent iPhone 13 community wiki on unlock (60 days on iPhone 14/15!), pay off, 3 day rule etc. for Verizon
https://slickdeals.net/f/17028796-verizon-or-at-t-128gb-apple-iphone-13-new-or-added-line-8-30-mo-for-36-months-299-total-more-free-s-h
- We haven't found a way to unlock the iPhone 14/15 like we did the 13 because it has an eSIM assigned that gets activated on boot, and no physical SIM card. Also the phones are showing Verizon locked and not flex reseller policy. It will automatically unlock 60 days post activation however.
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Ya didn't think of mentioning that OP?
This black friday starts from November 22, 2023 at 12PM ET with Walmart+ Early Access or 3PM ET for all.
Available (prices do not include activation/upgrade/service fees):
Link [walmart.com] to walmart offer.
$300 Gift card offer
iphone 15 Pro Max 256GB
AT&T [walmart.com]$1200
Verizon [walmart.com] $1200
iphone 15 Pro
AT&T [walmart.com] $999
Verizon [walmart.com] $999
iphone 15 Plus
AT&T [walmart.com] $929
Verizon [walmart.com] $929
iphone 15
AT&T [walmart.com] $829
Verizon [walmart.com] $829
$350 Gift card offer
iphone 14
AT&T [walmart.com] $729
Verizon [walmart.com] $729
$400 Gift card offer
iphone 14 Pro Max
AT&T [walmart.com] $999
Verizon [walmart.com] $999
iphone 14 Pro
AT&T [walmart.com] $899
Verizon [walmart.com] $899
$500 Gift card offer
iphone 14 Plus
AT&T [walmart.com] $829
Verizon [walmart.com] $829
Samsung Galaxy S23
AT&T [walmart.com] $799
Verizon [walmart.com] $799
Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus
AT&T [walmart.com] $999
Verizon [walmart.com] $999
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I'm a Verizon customer, looking to stay with Verizon. Assuming I buy the iPhone 14 and get the $300 GC, do I still qualify for any trade in promo? If so, is that through Walmart or the trade in promo Verizon is offering?
TIA
I just want to confirm this works on existing lines and I would get 1800 of credit back? (300 x 6)
I would call your local Walmarts beforehand to find out which store has the WARP computer systems for cellphone activations first. These are the ONLY stores that can get you this deal. Do not go to a store that does not have the cell phone activation kiosks, you will waste your time there.
Not all Walmarts can activate phones today. Usually the slower smaller stores no longer have the WARP computer system that connect to the cell carriers for activations, the trained staffing, nor phones for this deal. They are actually handled by 3rd party vendor but with Walmart inventory, the staff do not have Walmart vests nor badges but are authorized to use the registers to ring you up.
Once you locate a store that can do activations, make sure you go there early enough so that you can get first dibs on the size and colors available, they do run out of popular colors and there is no good method to find out what their inventory level is until probably Wednesday night when the last delivery truck unloads and a willing store staff to go count and find out for you.
The smart way would be to get there early and reserve your 6 phones but tell them you need to activate them separately about 30 minutes apart. The last 4 years the e-gift cards have arrived almost instantaneously right after paying the down payment and taxes for each phone at the register. This way you can actually apply the recently received e-gift card for the second phone and cascade it down the line until your 6th phone. At the end you will have 5 phones each with $300 already paid off and 1 left over $300 e-gift card. This is better than trying to spend $1800 afterwards as they can only be used for Walmart purchases.
The monthly installments for these latter 5 phones will be $8.33 cheaper due to the $300 applied at the time of purchase. You let the staff know you will be putting a $300 down payment when they key in the information at the kiosk during activation. Of course you can pay down even more, but I think the limit is up to 60% or 80% of the phone price from what I can recall.
If you are a frequent Walmart shopper and do not care about paying down each line at the time of purchase and have no trouble using $1800 worth of e-gift cards, then order all 6 phones online on Wednesday 11/22. (I am not sure if the online system has a unit limit) Please note one year (2021) when I did it online, it took almost 2 weeks for the e-gift card to arrive via email after the phone was delivered and activated. You will avoid Black Friday pandemonium and stress at the store and enjoy the comfort of your chair and mouse clicks via online order.
Be sure to have all your previous installment plans paid off beforehand so that all the lines upgrade smoothly.
Also be sure the address on your cell phone account matches your delivery address. Their online system is widely known to reject the order if anything doesn't match up. If that's the case going to the store on Friday would be the only bet for plan B.
Good luck and Happy Holidays!
70+30 = 100
30+70 = 100
At the end both equals 100, nothing gained nothing lost. Be sure you add your local state taxes as that is due during checkout whether online or in store plus your initial down payment amount.
Edit: some people want a smaller monthly payment installment amount due to personal reasons. You can put a huge down payment now and then make small monthly payments for 36 months. I don't know why, because it is financed at 0 cost, there is no actual monetary benefit. But to each their own.
70+30 = 100
30+70 = 100
At the end both equals 100, nothing gained nothing lost. Be sure you add your local state taxes as that is due during checkout whether online or in store plus your initial down payment amount.
Edit: some people want a smaller monthly payment installment amount due to personal reasons. You can put a huge down payment now and then make small monthly payments for 36 months. I don't know why, because it is financed at 0 cost, there is no actual monetary benefit. But to each their own.
I'd gladly pay someone $100 for that task.
Be sure you call ahead and actually find out if the Walmart you intend to go to has the WARP computer system for cell phone activations beforehand. The smaller less busy Walmarts no longer have the cell phone kiosks to activate and do this promo. You will be wasting your time going to one that can not do activations.
If you are buying multiple phones AND intend to use the e-gift cards to pay down the next phone, yes, prepare to spend some time there as each phone needs to be processed separately after each e-gift card arrives. But if you don't care about that, they can activate all your phones together and you pay the taxes and down payments all in one shot.
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1) Go in store to buy Verizon iPhone 15 Pro, activate in-store (what plan should I get), pay full price.
2) Wait for WM GC to arrive.
3) Cancel line within 3 days to get full refund
4) 60 days later iPhone Auto-unlocks (how does it know how to auto unlock if I don't have verizon anymore)?
5) Activate iPhone on T-Mobile
Someone already posted that you can't get the WMGC if you don't finance with the carrier, hence my question earlier what's the most we can make as down-payment so we can finance the least amount. If we can do $36 amount financed that's $1 for 36 months and I'm ok to lose that to get $500 WMGC when buying a Samsung S23.
So plan is to go in store and buy an S23 for $600 plus tax etc and get the WMGC email after a few minutes. Then I'll port out on the 3rd day to get the most refund. Then wait for the Verizon bill to come in the mail to pay off the device balance and to make sure the remaining bill is sorted out.
Then just wait 60 days for the phone to automatically unlock. Just turn on your phone from the 59th day and enjoy! 😊
I would call your local Walmarts beforehand to find out which store has the WARP computer systems for cellphone activations first. These are the ONLY stores that can get you this deal. Do not go to a store that does not have the cell phone activation kiosks, you will waste your time there.
Not all Walmarts can activate phones today. Usually the slower smaller stores no longer have the WARP computer system that connect to the cell carriers for activations, the trained staffing, nor phones for this deal. They are actually handled by 3rd party vendor but with Walmart inventory, the staff do not have Walmart vests nor badges but are authorized to use the registers to ring you up.
Once you locate a store that can do activations, make sure you go there early enough so that you can get first dibs on the size and colors available, they do run out of popular colors and there is no good method to find out what their inventory level is until probably Wednesday night when the last delivery truck unloads and a willing store staff to go count and find out for you.
The smart way would be to get there early and reserve your 6 phones but tell them you need to activate them separately about 30 minutes apart. The last 4 years the e-gift cards have arrived almost instantaneously right after paying the down payment and taxes for each phone at the register. This way you can actually apply the recently received e-gift card for the second phone and cascade it down the line until your 6th phone. At the end you will have 5 phones each with $300 already paid off and 1 left over $300 e-gift card. This is better than trying to spend $1800 afterwards as they can only be used for Walmart purchases.
The monthly installments for these latter 5 phones will be $8.33 cheaper due to the $300 applied at the time of purchase. You let the staff know you will be putting a $300 down payment when they key in the information at the kiosk during activation. Of course you can pay down even more, but I think the limit is up to 60% or 80% of the phone price from what I can recall.
If you are a frequent Walmart shopper and do not care about paying down each line at the time of purchase and have no trouble using $1800 worth of e-gift cards, then order all 6 phones online on Wednesday 11/22. (I am not sure if the online system has a unit limit) Please note one year (2021) when I did it online, it took almost 2 weeks for the e-gift card to arrive via email after the phone was delivered and activated. You will avoid Black Friday pandemonium and stress at the store and enjoy the comfort of your chair and mouse clicks via online order.
Be sure to have all your previous installment plans paid off beforehand so that all the lines upgrade smoothly.
Also be sure the address on your cell phone account matches your delivery address. Their online system is widely known to reject the order if anything doesn't match up. If that's the case going to the store on Friday would be the only bet for plan B.
Good luck and Happy Holidays!
I would call your local Walmarts beforehand to find out which store has the WARP computer systems for cellphone activations first. These are the ONLY stores that can get you this deal. Do not go to a store that does not have the cell phone activation kiosks, you will waste your time there.
Not all Walmarts can activate phones today. Usually the slower smaller stores no longer have the WARP computer system that connect to the cell carriers for activations, the trained staffing, nor phones for this deal. They are actually handled by 3rd party vendor but with Walmart inventory, the staff do not have Walmart vests nor badges but are authorized to use the registers to ring you up.
Once you locate a store that can do activations, make sure you go there early enough so that you can get first dibs on the size and colors available, they do run out of popular colors and there is no good method to find out what their inventory level is until probably Wednesday night when the last delivery truck unloads and a willing store staff to go count and find out for you.
The smart way would be to get there early and reserve your 6 phones but tell them you need to activate them separately about 30 minutes apart. The last 4 years the e-gift cards have arrived almost instantaneously right after paying the down payment and taxes for each phone at the register. This way you can actually apply the recently received e-gift card for the second phone and cascade it down the line until your 6th phone. At the end you will have 5 phones each with $300 already paid off and 1 left over $300 e-gift card. This is better than trying to spend $1800 afterwards as they can only be used for Walmart purchases.
The monthly installments for these latter 5 phones will be $8.33 cheaper due to the $300 applied at the time of purchase. You let the staff know you will be putting a $300 down payment when they key in the information at the kiosk during activation. Of course you can pay down even more, but I think the limit is up to 60% or 80% of the phone price from what I can recall.
If you are a frequent Walmart shopper and do not care about paying down each line at the time of purchase and have no trouble using $1800 worth of e-gift cards, then order all 6 phones online on Wednesday 11/22. (I am not sure if the online system has a unit limit) Please note one year (2021) when I did it online, it took almost 2 weeks for the e-gift card to arrive via email after the phone was delivered and activated. You will avoid Black Friday pandemonium and stress at the store and enjoy the comfort of your chair and mouse clicks via online order.
Be sure to have all your previous installment plans paid off beforehand so that all the lines upgrade smoothly.
Also be sure the address on your cell phone account matches your delivery address. Their online system is widely known to reject the order if anything doesn't match up. If that's the case going to the store on Friday would be the only bet for plan B.
Good luck and Happy Holidays!
Is this deal for Walmart+ folks available in store starting Nov. 22 too?
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