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The Offer
- Best buy is selling the 128GB Google Pixel 9 Pro XL (Unlocked) w/ Activation on Verizon or AT&T for $399
Our Verdict
Can also get the 256GB for $449. You can waive the activation fee if you cancel within 3 days and then you only need to pay for a couple of days of usage. This SD thread (not related to this deal) has a lot of information regarding cancelling. Can also check this SD thread for this specific deal. Great deal if you don’t mind the hoop jumping.
Anyone heard whether Best Buy is planning to run this promo again this week? I saw a comment on the SD thread with someone claiming they plan to run it again this week. Just curious whether anyone here has heard anything?
Thanks Doc. Was able to make this happen for my family and I to upgrade some seriously outdated phones. Please share more like this in the future.
Other sites like slickdeals do better job keeping up with such deals in my experience. Phone deals not what DoC usually does
which sites specifically? I read Slickdeals everyday but for some reason this Pixel deal didn’t even appear on my SD frontpage.. they do too many “personalized deals” on there in recent years which gets annoying.. i sometimes end up missing the big ones. Is there a web site that only posts the “big one” no brainer deals like this Pixel one? I didn’t need a Pixel but I definitely would have resold it :p
Ha! I didn’t look for this deal there but I have alerts set up for “Pixel” etc. And I know the Spectrum deal (wrote about it below) comes every year so I looked for it. Also for “dog food” etc.
Made the purchase a week ago with pixel 7 pro trade in for $150 total. Today was the day to pickup but they just cancelled it and said it couldn’t be activated. Really annoying they waited until pickup day to say they weren’t going to complete the order.
My cancellation arrived 2 days before the pick up date. Should I celebrate or should I mourn?
This deal is over but it comes around every year, in case you fancy Android flagships:
If you happen to have Spectrum Internet, you can get a year of free Spectrum mobile unlimited coverage (that’s basically any time). What’s nice about Spectrum mobile is that there are no contracts and it’s month to month
And when the new Samsung comes out, they give 799 cashback with trade in plus a trade in amount
They also had this on the Pixel 9 Pro XL with similarly large trade in promo value (now lapsed)
In my case, I traded in a Tracfone moto g play I got for 20 bucks from QVC for the S25 and paid around 100 bucks out the door
It unlocks in 60 days, after which you can use it on any carrier. And you can cancel Spectrum service
Slickdeals has a great breakdown of this deal by the way
You do need Spectrum home internet to get Spectrum mobile, I should add
But total for me came out to 100 for the phone, and I already had a years worth of free unlimited coverage. I simply “upgraded” on that free line using the trade in promo
You can see the promos and how much your trade in is worth on Spectrum site
I’d recommend doing the trade ins in store. Fast and simple
crap, I missed it. need to burn my citi/amex AT&T credits
Maybe a stupid question, how to unlock devices from Spectrum Mobile? Chat?
Yes, you just hit them up via chat after 60 days of continuous service and they’ll unlock it for you via OTA
By the time I got in on this, only the white phone was available at 399. They are giving me $290 for my pixel 7. Total price, including taxes, came out to $127. Available for in-store pick up next week. I’ll report back in case there are any issues.
Mine was just cancelled right before pickup – curious to know if they are cancelling on anyone else the minute the store opens for pickup
dead
Is it dead..I don’t see it anymore
AT&T had a promotion where you trade in any condition Pixel and get a brand new Pixel 9 Pro/Pro XL with 512GB of storage. I had a broken pixel (3??) I got for free, traded it in, paid the taxes and fees ($110~) and got the 9 Pro XL 512GB. Only downside was it is locked to AT&T for the next 36 months. This one isn’t a terrible deal for an unlocked one for $399.
What, aside from the big 3 credit bureaus, needs to be unfrozen? I tried att and Verizon and neither would accept the application.
I can’ tell for sure as for me it was a soft pull. i have had service with them before, so that might be related.
soft pull as well, frozen
frozen all 3, went with verizon, not a problem, “we are prepping your order”
Was your Lexis Nexis frozen?
Yes.
iPhone 12 trade in for 320, 80OTD? Might pick one up
thanks DoC:)