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forum thread Posted by pinkfloyd • Oct 27, 2024
forum thread Posted by pinkfloyd • Oct 27, 2024

AT&T Costco deal - too good to be true?

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Current situation: I am on a T-mo SC-NA grandfathered plan with 12 lines + T-mo HI 5G line. T-mo does not have any promos for device upgrade unless I move to the Go5G plan (way more expensive) than the monthly price I pay for the lines. Current monthly cost ~$256. No EIP, all devices paid for.

Happened to walk by Costco AT&T booth here in the Bay Area and they seem to be wooing T-mo customers with a too good to be true offer... Here's the deal...

1. Tradein my all my devices iPhone 12, 12 pros, 12 mini, 13 pro max, 14, 14 pro maxs, 15, Pixel 8, Samsung A32s and all devices will be upgraded to 16 pros, 16 pro maxs, pixel pro and A32s to Samsung S24 FEs.
2. $100 Costco GC for each line I bring over from T-mo ($1200)
3. $200 Costco GC for AT&T fiber internet connection

Monthly AT&T cost (all in) is $313 for all lines and AT&T 300/300 fiber connection. Once devices are paid for (3 yrs), monthly cost will be $309. For $60/ month more, it seems like a deal worth jumping into. See screenshot attached. Thoughts?

https://www.costco.com/att-brand-showcase.html link is only for reference, YMMV
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Current situation: I am on a T-mo SC-NA grandfathered plan with 12 lines + T-mo HI 5G line. T-mo does not have any promos for device upgrade unless I move to the Go5G plan (way more expensive) than the monthly price I pay for the lines. Current monthly cost ~$256. No EIP, all devices paid for.

Happened to walk by Costco AT&T booth here in the Bay Area and they seem to be wooing T-mo customers with a too good to be true offer... Here's the deal...

1. Tradein my all my devices iPhone 12, 12 pros, 12 mini, 13 pro max, 14, 14 pro maxs, 15, Pixel 8, Samsung A32s and all devices will be upgraded to 16 pros, 16 pro maxs, pixel pro and A32s to Samsung S24 FEs.
2. $100 Costco GC for each line I bring over from T-mo ($1200)
3. $200 Costco GC for AT&T fiber internet connection

Monthly AT&T cost (all in) is $313 for all lines and AT&T 300/300 fiber connection. Once devices are paid for (3 yrs), monthly cost will be $309. For $60/ month more, it seems like a deal worth jumping into. See screenshot attached. Thoughts?

https://www.costco.com/att-brand-showcase.html link is only for reference, YMMV

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Oct 28, 2024
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norjs1
Oct 28, 2024
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Beware of the Costco ATT sales people!!! They will tell you anything to get you to switch over and when you get your bill you will be flipping out!!! They tried to tell me that Costco will cover the ATT fees to match my TMobile rate
Oct 28, 2024
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YamahaRick
Oct 28, 2024
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I switched to ATT from VZW last year via Costco. I completed the process by calling the 800 number specific to ATT Costco. It was painless. I was already an ATT Fiber user, so bundling worked out very well for me.

https://www.costco.com/att-brand-...ernet.html
Oct 28, 2024
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insyder
Oct 28, 2024
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ive done 3 Att Costco trade in deals and recommended it to a couple of others. all of them have come through. It has been the $100 GC, $50 credit spread out and activation waived.(on top of the trade in values wich match att). Recent one was Iphone 13 Pro max for 16 pro max. I have done it all online.
Oct 28, 2024
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AquaCaribou220
Oct 28, 2024
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Quote from dkd711 :
This! Ppl are really clueless on these phone deals, the carriers new way of locking in contracts is via the phone deals.
I've shopped around and AT&T with my 5 line plan and corporate discount continues to be the best option for my family. Clueless would be not taking the free phones if I've been with AT&T for 15 years and will continue to do so until I find a better deal.
Sorry, your T-mobile plan is not a good option for me. It would cost me more for worse coverage in my area.
Oct 28, 2024
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ReturnToSender
Oct 28, 2024
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Quote from DCheeseDanish :
Based on my experience with AT&T

While only 10 lines per group, you can have multiple groups on an account. Have to be careful how they split the groups, and only the first group gets discounts such as the teacher discount.

You can pay off a phone or upgrade the phone, as long as you have started to receive the bill credits, you will continue to receive them.
Yeah, that's what I'm wondering, how are they gonna spread the promo across more than one group? I thought you couldn't do that.
Oct 28, 2024
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supercoolman
Oct 28, 2024
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I failed to see the Hot Deal part of this...

AT&T rep didn't tell you the whole story. you should do your homework before taking their words for it
Oct 28, 2024
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DCheeseDanish
Oct 28, 2024
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Quote from ReturnToSender :
Yeah, that's what I'm wondering, how are they gonna spread the promo across more than one group? I thought you couldn't do that.
I have 14 devices total... 8 phones, 5 watches and an iPad.

The watch discount is 25% off of 10.99 for the main group with the 8 phone lines, but a flat $10 each for the ones in a separate group, no discount.

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Oct 28, 2024
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DCheeseDanish
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Quote from insyder :
ive done 3 Att Costco trade in deals and recommended it to a couple of others. all of them have come through. It has been the $100 GC, $50 credit spread out and activation waived.(on top of the trade in values wich match att). Recent one was Iphone 13 Pro max for 16 pro max. I have done it all online.
When I am about to trade in phones, I look for deals on older phones that will give me the same trade in value. This time I bought and traded in a samsung s23fe to AT&T but kept the 14 pro (I upgrade every year and give my dad my old phone) as that gave a lot more money as a gift card from Costco.
Oct 28, 2024
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sqa4life
Oct 28, 2024
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iphone 12 series is no longer eligible for $1000 credit.
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Oct 29, 2024
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ReturnToSender
Oct 29, 2024
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Quote from DCheeseDanish :
I have 14 devices total... 8 phones, 5 watches and an iPad.

The watch discount is 25% off of 10.99 for the main group with the 8 phone lines, but a flat $10 each for the ones in a separate group, no discount.
so they cant spread the discount around correct is what you are saying?
Oct 29, 2024
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Quote from DCheeseDanish :
Based on my experience with AT&T

While only 10 lines per group, you can have multiple groups on an account. Have to be careful how they split the groups, and only the first group gets discounts such as the teacher discount.

You can pay off a phone or upgrade the phone, as long as you have started to receive the bill credits, you will continue to receive them.
Interesting enough I have a number that shows in 2 groups . Any idea ?
Oct 29, 2024
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nirnaybansal
Oct 29, 2024
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At&t is notorious about billing. All those numbers sales person gave is just estimate. The bill will come way higher than this. Happened with me, but by that time i got stuck for 3 years.
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qkumbr
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Lots of mental gymnastics needed to make this deal work.
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Quote from nirnaybansal :
At&t is notorious about billing. All those numbers sales person gave is just estimate. The bill will come way higher than this. Happened with me, but by that time i got stuck for 3 years.
1st month is higher because of taxes and other fees..2nd month should reflect the real bill tho

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Quote from qkumbr :
Lots of mental gymnastics needed to make this deal work.
good trade in value is over ( iphone 12 trade for 1k)...

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