It states: " How do I get my trade-in payment?
After your device is processed, you'll receive a credit for the assessed value. If you've paid for your new device in full, the trade-in credit will be refunded to your credit card within two billing cycles. Otherwise, a monthly credit will be applied to your Device Payment Plan in equal parts over the duration of the plan, starting within two billing cycles.
Additional details will be provided in your trade-in email from Assurant."
If your device is paid in full it is supposed to go back to your credit card. I have done 4 of these and on all 4 they credited my Spectrum account, however each time a very short phone call with CS resulted in the credit going to my CC.
If you need a $40 trade-in phone for this deal:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Straig...243529
If above phone not available, here is a $50 phone for trade-in deal:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Tracfo.../456429801
WARNING
Make sure to turn it on and see if your phone can activate. Walmart is not properly scanning these phones and trade ins are getting denied because of anti-theft. Buy these phones in store if you can! try to activate online and if error take the whole phone box package to store and have them rescan and reissue back to you or get replacement. check to make sure IMEI of "new" device can be activated online before you leave store
if above can't fix your problem then do the following:
1. Reach out to straight talk CS and ask them to escalate with issuing ticket
2. They will tell you to do the following: Email pop@tracfone.com with name, contact number, ticket number (this is created by chat agent) and attach receipt proof and picture of IMEI (I took a picture of the card that has the IMEI and sim card number on it).
3. You should get email about 24-48 hours later that it can now be activated
4. If they ask you to activate with phone plan then buy this $15 plan and give them the PIN and other relevant information they ask for
https://www.target.com/p/tracfone...A-87908383
Takes roughly 15 minutes to come in after purchase to hit email.
5. If they didn't ask to activate on tracfone then visit https://www.straighttal
6. Insert sim if not already in, turn off phone and turn back on. Make a test call. If call won't go through wait 5 minutes. You'll probably get some texts from Tracfone and calling should work. They suggest to turn off and on again if not, but I didn't need to.
$25 at Amazon: (slow shipping)
https://www.amazon.com/TracFone-M...B0C7LNLS9P
Store trade-in is YMMV
- Most stores will uphold the promotion - if not, go to a different store
- Device usually needs to be in stock - some stores will ship if not in stock
- Stock is usually low and sells out fast - may need to try more than once
- Higher storage options are usually not available in stores - only online
- Tax is dependent on state - some charge MSRP, some charge discounted price
- Doing too many trade in in short amount of time might get your account flagged - only online is available then
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If for any reason, Assurant denies trade in because of different imei, you are pretty much screwed.
EDIT: Oh I understand now...don't want to wait before promotion ends. Still think it's not worth putting fake imei in since it's a risk and you have no way to argue back at that point.
If I order 1 phone with $29/month in 1 pre-order, does it allow to add 2nd line for free in 2nd pre-order?
That being said, the phone rep went ahead and cancelled my first order so he could place them both at the same time... only to find out he was also unable to order them together; however, he assured me that post-sale marketing team will catch these and the free line will apply upon billing activation. He also said he'd open an IT ticket to make sure but hopefully that's unnecessary.
So you can probably save yourself time by doing both online about 30 minutes apart or call in and they basically do the same thing (longer process) but without a "waiting period" between online orders. Can't believe you can't pre-order two devices/lines at a time regardless.
S24 Ultra still seems high because the actual trade in value from Spectrum isn't good. However, if you have some really old phone with at least $1 trade in value, you can consider that you get a S24 for only about $100. Note that Spectrum also accepts phone with crack screen or even worse damages.
I'm on the fence as I have Tmobile simple choice and don't need extra lines. However I'm paying $80/month for cable internet so adding 2 lines ($30 + bogo) qualifies for $50/month so it's a wash for 12 months. Doing this lets me me trade in 2 ancient iphone se for $750 each...not sure.
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I'm on the fence as I have Tmobile simple choice and don't need extra lines. However I'm paying $80/month for cable internet so adding 2 lines ($30 + bogo) qualifies for $50/month so it's a wash for 12 months. Doing this lets me me trade in 2 ancient iphone se for $750 each...not sure.
There's a price to pay for the nice weather and everything else in Cali.
I'm waffling between this and the samsung.com deal for S24U with S22U trade in. That one works out to $553 ($660 after Cali tax) and I get $150 credit to spend on 2 buds FE, an S view case and a screen protector.
A bit of a tough pill to swallow when I got a crazy mid-cycle deal on S23U upgrade last September.
For comparison's sake, that deal was:
S23 Ultra 512GB with S22U trade-in $261.24
Tab S9 Ultra 512GB with Tab S8U trade-in +$4
2x Galaxy Buds 2 pro (~$50 each) +$100
Galaxy watch 6 44mm with free hybrid D band (MSRP $80) +$110
Total $475 + tax
Can't turn back time, but part of me is hoping they do a deal like this in September 2024. 😁
for example, let's say i say i'm going to trade in iphone 6 with made up IMEI, the page shows the $700+ value for the iphone 6
what i'm getting at is if i buy a phone on ebay right now that won't get here before 1/30 that I can still go thru with this without worrying about actual IMEI # (the phone will obviously match whatever i select). thanks!
for example, let's say i say i'm going to trade in iphone 6 with made up IMEI, the page shows the $700+ value for the iphone 6
what i'm getting at is if i buy a phone on ebay right now that won't get here before 1/30 that I can still go thru with this without worrying about actual IMEI # (the phone will obviously match whatever i select). thanks!
Last year, with the S23 trade in process, Assurant sent me a free shipping label. There was also a print out that I'm supposed to send in with my old phone. It has all of my trade-in information (name, phone model and the phone IMEI). So, I would not risk losing the $700 because the IMEI on the print out didn't match the phone IMEI.
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