[Q] [AT&T] Best Buy Price Match - Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)

I'm going into a Best Buy store tomorrow to pick up my AT&T S III. Are there any sources that I can have price matched for a $150 price?
EDIT: Might be helpful to know that I'm upgrading on a family line

Radioshack has it for 149.99 because they have a $50 discount promo right now

KrisPeezy said:
Radioshack has it for 149.99 because they have a $50 discount promo right now
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[Q] Price Match

i have been looking for the best upgrade price? would best buy or walmart price match this price?
http://www.deals2buy.com/deals/1a5hs8f3-samsung-galaxy-s2-s-ii-for-att--free-shipping
vanguyen25 said:
i have been looking for the best upgrade price? would best buy or walmart price match this price?
http://www.deals2buy.com/deals/1a5hs8f3-samsung-galaxy-s2-s-ii-for-att--free-shipping
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No. Nope. Not gonna happen.
vanguyen25 said:
i have been looking for the best upgrade price? would best buy or walmart price match this price?
http://www.deals2buy.com/deals/1a5hs8f3-samsung-galaxy-s2-s-ii-for-att--free-shipping
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I asked if Best Buy would match Walmart price, and he went to the website and the price was $164...he said he could match that, I told him the price was $148.88 in store, and while he was getting everything setup I called Walmart on speakerphone and the lady said the price $148.88 and he did it for me.
That was my experience, he was very helpful, I think I will start going back to him for my cell phone needs that can't be fulfilled online.

[Q] Best Place To Buy The Rezound?

Just curious if anybody had any opinions on where the best place to buy this beast would be? So far I'm thinking Amazon Wireless. The Rezound is $200 there and the phone that I will be getting for the wife is free. Beyond that any possible price match scenarios? Thanks in advance for your advice!
If you want it now, then a corporate Verizon Store. If you can wait, then Amazon as its cheaper and you could save on tax.
Wal-mart! If they have it in stock. It's like 220 - 230...
radioshack.com & wirefly.com have it for $249.
wireless.amazon.com has it for $229 (upgrade), $199 (new contract)
I went to Best Buy and had them price match Amazon's price of $229 for my upgrade. Great deal IMO.
I got it with the Accessory Bundle from VZW Store when the opened Monday morning for $288 total on upgrade. But, I had a $50 discount and I am a Veteran(15% Discount)... lol
wirefly.com has it for $220 for new contract. Free FedEx and no sales tax I believe. And they have the double your data offer available too.
Thanks everyone for your input...I'm seriously at war with myself about getting either this or waiting for the Nexus, I just can't decide!
kidwolf908 said:
I went to Best Buy and had them price match Amazon's price of $229 for my upgrade. Great deal IMO.
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This is the way to go.
$100 Amazon gift card with Hot Spot plan!
Hey! I was just checking on the Amazon price and they added a new incentive!
If you add a Hot Spot to your service at activation you get a $100 Amazon Gift Card. I don't see any fine print stating how long you have to have the Hot Spot feature. For what I was looking at it costs $20 more per month so even if I keep it for 1 month that's an $80 "discount" on the phone. Brings it down from their current $200 to $120. And I don't think Amazon taxes phones and there's free 2 day shipping.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000745951
And they too have the double data available on their site.
I think I'm about to check out and complete purchase!
Is there anywhere where the retail price is slightly lower than the $650 verizon is asking for?
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amazon has them for .01 cents on all verizon phones!!!
DirgeExtinction said:
Is there anywhere where the retail price is slightly lower than the $650 verizon is asking for?
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Craigslist or eBay lol.
I wonder if it occurs to HTC that the lack of S-off and root could effect sales.
Verizon is certainly being rather pricky about not letting me upgrade early...I've gotta wait until December 27th.
I'm on three discontinued plans...unlimited data, the $39.95 Friends and Family phone service, and 500 texts for $5. I don't want to mess with that.
douger1957 said:
Verizon is certainly being rather pricky about not letting me upgrade early...I've gotta wait until December 27th.
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same...i have to wait till like January 4th
I did the Amazon 1 cent deal. It's real. No tax, rebate, shipping charges, nothing! They actually charged my card .01! It's due here tomorrow. And unless there's a rock in the box, I'm prolly gonna like that deal.
I also got in on the 1 cent deal from amazon wireless and waiting for mine as well, it runs til the 28th so if you want to save 200-300 bucks prob the best deal you'll get
Just remember, it's for new customers only. Will not work for upgrade.

Cheapest Price for the Evo 4G LTE?

I am impatiently waiting to get my hands on this beast! I have made friends with the store manager at my local Radio Shack. He said that they could match any price,anywhere! At one point, Wirefly had them for $119 but sadly that's gone. Bestbuy has the $199 plus the gift card. I have $200 in hand. Where shall I go?
Went to the Sprint store the other day. Got talking to a rooter sales guy. Sprint has a buy back program. He said $99 for the EVO 3D (I paid ~$55), $55 for my iPhone 3G (not even worth having it's so slow, my 4 year old would rather play with a broken nextel then the working iPhone), plus the $150 for new 2 year upgrade agreement and the $200 istant savings puts me right around $60. Hopefully I can use my preferred members discount to knock off the activation fee.
Walmart for 149.99, that's probably the cheapest place that has the phone in stock right now. If you count the gift card on Best Buy then same deal.
Best buy, $50 gc + 5000($100) rewardzone points with 2yrs agreement of course. Even less if you have a trade in phone.
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I got mine at Best Buy.
$50 for old evo
$50 for activating a new phone
$50 for getting the evo lte.
Total cost to me = $56
bernechad said:
I got mine at Best Buy.
$50 for old evo
$50 for activating a new phone
$50 for getting the evo lte.
Total cost to me = $56
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Thats what I plan to do, but at my BB they told me their running a promo if you trade in an EVO its a $50 card plus value of the phone and I also have the $50 for the phone freedom....So -$50-100, if all goes as they say I'll let you know in the morning
I was considering BB but since the phone is no longer available for pre-order I'd miss out on that $50. I wish I hadn't trusted WireFly so much and just pre-ordered as a backup plan. Now I'm trying to decide if waiting another week is worth paying $100 for it or not.
I haven't seen where you get $50 for activating a new phone and I know the $50 pre-order GC is gone now.. But if that activation one is good I basically pay $150 OOP and get $100 in credit on my RZ account bringing it down to $50 after everything. Not bad..
bernechad said:
I got mine at Best Buy.
$50 for old evo
$50 for activating a new phone
$50 for getting the evo lte.
Total cost to me = $56
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Isn't that the deal that was available for preorders? I think the OP is referring to what's the best deal now since the phone is technically available in stores as of today. I'm still trying to figure it out myself. And as another thread said you cant combine the best buy reward zone points AND get the $50 gift card. I think walmart $150 sounds like the best no hassle deal as of now.

$100 in RewardZone certificates if buy EVO 4G LTE

%[email protected]$ [email protected]#$ @#$ Found this today, AFTER picking up my 2nd pre-order (they f'd up and only had one of my phones in the first time).
But anyways, go here: myrewardzone.bestbuy.com/offers/offersandpromotions/info/0900a76f8009596b
You MUST buy the phone (upgrade, new service, whatever from that site) and you must be a rewardzone member (free). I tried to get the points added to mine, but they said it had to be ordered from there, does not work on in-store purchases.
Anyways, they will give you $100 in rewardzone certificates (I never used these, but I think it's just gift cards to use in BestBuy or something) but if you go there anyways, it's a good deal.
Offer begins: 5/30/2012 expires: 06/05/2012
Lots o' threads and posts on this here, at Android Central and elswhere. Plus there is a Sprint smartphone upgrade $50 price reduction on top of the two gift cards. Got my Evo for $49 since they let you use the gift cards as part of the phone purchase.
And those that got the "forever" coupon thing back in Feb. get another $50 so was free phone time!
WOW! Wish I'd known about all that stuff. I had a bunch of gift cards I'd won previously and used them with the $50 instnat rebate so paid a little less than $100 for my first one, and 2nd one I just go the $50 off so paid $150.
$250 for two EVO 4G LTE phones isn't bad though, haha. Might sell my 2nd one for $650 since everyone is offering that much for it, in which case I'd have been PAID $400 to upgrade to one. ;-p
If I knew they were doing that promo, I'd have just pre-ordered online. I guess I didn't look hard enough, but it just came out and I wanted to secure my pre-order position ASAP. I should've done it anyway for my 2nd line though since they messed up my pre-order and I got it late anyway.
chinchillables said:
%[email protected]$ [email protected]#$ @#$ Found this today, AFTER picking up my 2nd pre-order (they f'd up and only had one of my phones in the first time).
But anyways, go here: myrewardzone.bestbuy.com/offers/offersandpromotions/info/0900a76f8009596b
You MUST buy the phone (upgrade, new service, whatever from that site) and you must be a rewardzone member (free). I tried to get the points added to mine, but they said it had to be ordered from there, does not work on in-store purchases.
Anyways, they will give you $100 in rewardzone certificates (I never used these, but I think it's just gift cards to use in BestBuy or something) but if you go there anyways, it's a good deal.
Offer begins: 5/30/2012 expires: 06/05/2012
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just got off the phone with their mobile support. the rewardzone certificates are added to the account like 40 days after purchase so you'd have to put down the $199.99 for the purchase and use the certificates to buy visa giftcards or something. and if you're thinking you can get the $50 gift card too, its in-store only. so its one or the other
ImaWinRAR said:
just got off the phone with their mobile support. the rewardzone certificates are added to the account like 40 days after purchase so you'd have to put down the $199.99 for the purchase and use the certificates to buy visa giftcards or something. and if you're thinking you can get the $50 gift card too, its in-store only. so its one or the other
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What $50 GC? -50$ Freedom ended in Feb, -50$ Pre-order probablay ended last night , and the -50$ LTE ended on the 1st.. All I think we have now is a Target or Sam's Club PM @ $149 and or this -100$ RZ credit.
Anyone else have any ideas not including trade-ins?
LuBi said:
What $50 GC? -50$ Freedom ended in Feb, -50$ Pre-order probablay ended last night , and the -50$ LTE ended on the 1st.. All I think we have now is a Target or Sam's Club PM @ $149 and or this -100$ RZ credit.
Anyone else have any ideas not including trade-ins?
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PM?
walmart has it too for that price I think.
Yeah going through the order on their rewards site, it gives you the $100 rewards at checkout but will not apply them to that order so you're still paying $199 upfront.
LuBi said:
What $50 GC? -50$ Freedom ended in Feb, -50$ Pre-order probablay ended last night , and the -50$ LTE ended on the 1st.. All I think we have now is a Target or Sam's Club PM @ $149 and or this -100$ RZ credit.
Anyone else have any ideas not including trade-ins?
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Just Released Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE
$50 gift card with 2-year activation at Best Buy by 7/7/12.
its right on their website
Can either the $50 gift card OR the $100 reward zone points be sold?
Best Buy has nothing besides the phone I want to buy but if I could sell those things on ebay or something for at least 90% of the actual cost it would be worth it I think.
ImaWinRAR said:
Just Released Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE
$50 gift card with 2-year activation at Best Buy by 7/7/12.
its right on their website
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Yes but if you order through the rewardszone website which is separate, they are not giving you the $50 giftcard from bestbuy.com.
At this point what I'm thinking is PM to $149 and have them apply the -50$ GC to the purchase. The -50$ activation promotion on BB.com is the same as thei n-store -50$ off EVO LTE. So they will apply it to the purchase, it's just a matter of IF you can get them to agree to PM then remind them of the -50$.
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PM?
walmart has it too for that price I think.
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Price match, with my zip Walmart shows 189 on upgrades now so YMMV.
ImaWinRAR said:
Just Released Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE
$50 gift card with 2-year activation at Best Buy by 7/7/12.
its right on their website
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Thanks, I was on the RZ mobile site for the -100$.
Curb71 said:
Can either the $50 gift card OR the $100 reward zone points be sold?
Best Buy has nothing besides the phone I want to buy but if I could sell those things on ebay or something for at least 90% of the actual cost it would be worth it I think.
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Any GC you can sell unfortunately the -100$ RZ is tied to your account and prints out as a voucher.
coolblue830 said:
Yes but if you order through the rewardszone website which is separate, they are not giving you the $50 giftcard from bestbuy.com.
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Correct, the only way around this would be to do an in-store pickup OR register for the promotion online.
I think I might bite on this. Right now I pay $150 at Amazon. At best buy it would be phone + tax - rz credit - gc right?
So 200 + 62 - 100 - 50 = 112?
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Ragster said:
I think I might bite on this. Right now I pay $150 at Amazon. At best buy it would be phone + tax - rz credit - gc right?
So 200 + 62 - 100 - 50 = 112?
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No I cannot guarantee you'll get the -50$ online activation credit in combination to the -100$ RZ credit. I was told that they are different sites and have different policy. If you could do an in-store pickup then MAYBE but since that is not an option it is one or the other.
It'll be Upgrade @ 200 - 50 for Target PM - 50$ for LTE/Activation promo = 100 + tax at BEST!
No, you can't pick it up, only ship to your house But its still cheaper than Amazon $131 with 2day shipping ($5) and tax with the rz certificate factored in.
Amazon won't even tell me when they are shipping! Plus they were $150. So I saved about 20$ and hopefully will get it much quicker! THANKS EVERYONE!
Oh BTW! Order it tonight and use the code SAVE15 to get $30 off
Another happy WireFly Cancellation
Went into BB Mobile store, picked up my handset happily canceled WF order. I can confirm (YMMV) BB will PM Target.com/Sam's Club then apply -50$ Sprint instant activation promo. While you will pay tax you have a device in your hand AND it will be $100. You can do even better then that with a few more things we mentioned here (which I did) but do what you have to $100 is better then $200.

When will the price reach $199 for upgrades?

Anyone have any information as to when Verizon will lower their price to upgrade to the GN2 for $199?
My contract is up next week, and trying to find a good deal, but stay with normal distributors. (Not letstalk etc).
Verizon store, Costco, BestBuy are options I would consider at this point.
Thanks!
Probably when the phone reaches 4-6 months old.
So that would make it between April and June.
Also, please post questions in the Q and A forum.
Best Buy will price match Lets Talk. I paid $174.99 with my upgrade. Follow the Lets Talk link in the first post on this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2048946&page=2
Find the verizon note 2, pick upgrade pricing, go to check out, the $25 coupon code will already be applied for a total of $174.99. Show this to Best buy on your phone or print it out. Enjoy!
I did not mention the word coupon to Best Buy. I just showed them that it was a verizon note 2, in stock, upgrade price and the final price of $174.99. Some people reported that Best buy would not honor the coupon but they still got the $199.99 price. I got the $174.99 price without mentioning a coupon was involved.
joshpdavis80 said:
Best Buy will price match Lets Talk. I paid $174.99 with my upgrade. Follow the Lets Talk link in the first post on this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2048946&page=2
Find the verizon note 2, pick upgrade pricing, go to check out, the $25 coupon code will already be applied for a total of $174.99. Show this to Best buy on your phone or print it out. Enjoy!
I did not mention the word coupon to Best Buy. I just showed them that it was a verizon note 2, in stock, upgrade price and the final price of $174.99. Some people reported that Best buy would not honor the coupon but they still got the $199.99 price. I got the $174.99 price without mentioning a coupon was involved.
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Very good advice, I will have to try that out. Thank you!
Anyone know if Sprint has a 174-199 price anywhere for an upgrade??
EVOme said:
Anyone know if Sprint has a 174-199 price anywhere for an upgrade??
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you can get it for about 209 + tax on letstalk.com as long as you arent upgrading a dummy phone and then canceling the data
jbeastafer said:
you can get it for about 209 + tax on letstalk.com as long as you arent upgrading a dummy phone and then canceling the data
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Really...I saw 379 for SPR
EVOme said:
Really...I saw 379 for SPR
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Sprint sells the phone for $299 themselves so wherever you saw 379 was definitely a total rip off.
Follow the link and instructions that i posted above except look up the sprint version upgrade price and go to check out. It is $204.99. If it is a new line rather than an upgrade it is even less.
I was just reading this thread when I saw a tweet. Amazon has it for $199.99 for upgrades now. If you don't want to buy from them, maybe more ammunition for Best Buy Price Match.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...es-and-new-subscribers-on-amazon-and-wirefly/
Amazon just dropped it to 199 today http://www.droid-life.com/2013/01/2...te-2-price-to-199-for-upgrades-and-new-lines/ for upgrades and new lines.
Wait.... hang on. Does amazon have it for $199???
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