expiredunknownanonymous posted Feb 25, 2026 07:24 PM
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expiredunknownanonymous posted Feb 25, 2026 07:24 PM
Pre-Order Samsung Galaxy S26 Series Phone w/ Eligible Trade-In Device, Get Extra
(Spectrum Internet Customers only)$700 Off
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yeah, activated each phone. Then I ported out the $20/gb lines numbers to metropcs for the 16e's, and traded each of those two phones to Apple for $310 each. Did it twice now so I have $1240 in my apple account
I'll keep the main free line to unlocked each phone once 60 days for each phone
Gotta keep the metropcs lines active for three months as well, right? So total cost:
$80 spectrum (2 line activations and 2 $20 by the gig plans) + $310 metropcs (2 lines for 3 months) = $390 for $620 apple GC
Net $230
If this already happened, call your bank and explain what happened. They will usually remove it.
Gotta keep the metropcs lines active for three months as well, right? So total cost:
$80 spectrum (2 line activations and 2 $20 by the gig plans) + $310 metropcs (2 lines for 3 months) = $390 for $620 apple GC
Net $230
metropcs, only needs 1 month, not 3.
plus I have a total of 5 s26 now.
The mail-in process has also been nerfed, they no longer refund taxes on trade-in value and when you request a refund they have to file a ticket. In previous years you could get the refund issued immediately with the billing agent.
If this already happened, call your bank and explain what happened. They will usually remove it.
The mail-in process has also been nerfed, they no longer refund taxes on trade-in value and when you request a refund they have to file a ticket. In previous years you could get the refund issued immediately with the billing agent.
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Depending on the phone you're trading in, profit is anywhere from $100-$300 per phone. For clicking a few buttons, adding a calendar reminder to cancel, and meeting up to exchange the phone...doesn't seem like a lot of time invested.
The point is that this year the profit margin has dropped significantly compared to previous years and while some people have gotten in the habit of doing this deal it is not as lucrative as it was in previous years. In previous years when you could do things like trade-in S25 for S25 you did not even have to sell the device outside of Spectrum since people were just trading-in.
I personally believe that the $700 promotion is paid by Samsung to Spectrum (the Samsung website also offered promotional credits directly), which is why they did nothing about it. Assurant pays Spectrum for the trade-ins and Samsung likely pays Spectrum the $700 promotion. It is not like Spectrum was losing money on the deal and they get new service sign-ups. Samsung boosts their unit sales numbers, which they use as a data point to make investors happy. The people actually "losing" money were those at the end of the line buying the traded-in devices from Assurant (or wherever people sold their devices after getting them from Spectrum), they are the ones paying the difference.
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