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Just out of curiosity - Who out of us pre-ordered from Google Play and ended up purchasing elsewhere?
I pre ordered on the 27th but ran out a couple hours ago and grabbed the last one that Abt Electronics had in stock. Gonna either return this one or sell it to my friend when my other one gets here. This thing is pretty badass.
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I pre ordered on the 27th but ran out a couple hours ago and grabbed the last one that Abt Electronics had in stock. Gonna either return this one or sell it to my friend when my other one gets here. This thing is pretty badass.
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ABT? Nice, they gave me the cold shoulder this morning..thankfully Sam's was there to save the day (as was my wife who did the legwork).
I'm going to do just that once game stop starts selling post-order.
Pre-ordering: save it for video games
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Got mine from Sam's this afternoon
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I couldn't resist! I got my mom to meet me at Sam's club Since I only have a Costco membership. She ended up buying a tablet too lol.
You guys gonna refuse your tablet from Google?
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ABT? Nice, they gave me the cold shoulder this morning..thankfully Sam's was there to save the day (as was my wife who did the legwork).
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Yep. I called in before I got there and they had 12 left. By the time I got there they were down to 7. They sold out of those 7 from online orders during the 3 minutes I was playing with the floor model. I made a small stink with the manager and made him sell me one of the 7.
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I couldn't resist! I got my mom to meet me at Sam's club Since I only have a Costco membership. She ended up buying a tablet too lol.
You guys gonna refuse your tablet from Google?
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I have two arriving from Google..whenever..(preordered on 6/27) so unless I find out some of my friends want them, they're being refused.
I ended up buying mine from Samsung club and ill give the one from the play store when or if it ever comes.
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I pre-ordered but picked one up at Sam's Club today...
I will just refuse shipment when my pre-order arrives! Google really jacked this up!
Oh, the Nexus 7 is SWEET!!!!!
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I ended up buying mine from Samsung club and ill give the one from the play store when or if it ever comes.
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Haha keyboard predicted wrong.
Looks like Sam's got some business today.
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I have two arriving from Google..whenever..(preordered on 6/27) so unless I find out some of my friends want them, they're being refused.
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I expected myself to have more patience lol. As soon as I saw that everyone was going to Sam's club I couldn't resist anymore.
Anyway I hope Google learns something from this. They pissed off a lot of loyal customers by just not giving out an official release date.. They should know we can't handle that ****
I pre ordered from the play store but also picked up new from Sam's club today. I'll keep both
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I pre-ordered, but got one from gamestop. One of the employees reserved one, but couldn't afford it when it game. I ended up buying his.
But a question:
When my pre-order device comes, I should just take it back to the ups/fedex and say I'm refusing delivery? Do I need to get a Return authorization # from google?
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I pre-ordered, but got one from gamestop. One of the employees reserved one, but couldn't afford it when it game. I ended up buying his.
But a question:
When my pre-order device comes, I should just take it back to the ups/fedex and say I'm refusing delivery? Do I need to get a Return authorization # from google?
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I called Google today about this. I was told the usual story about how it was too late to cancel, but was advised to simply refuse delivery. I'm under the impression that as long as you make sure the UPS driver is not allowed to leave the package at your location, you will be refunded in full. If you cannot properly refuse delivery, bringing it to a UPS facility within 5 business days (with the box unaltered) should also net a full refund.
The bottom line being: don't open the package. don't wait too long to return it if you couldn't refuse delivery.
I bought one from my local sam's club.. I had pre-ordered one from google on July 3rd.. but nothing seems to be moving.
If/when it comes, I'll offer it to my dad if he likes it. If not, I'll either sell it or send it back to google.
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Haha keyboard predicted wrong.
Looks like Sam's got some business today.
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Year lol, at least it wasn't as bad as it usually is.... And is usually going to my mom or grandma rofl
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I preordered and ended up ordering one from GameStop on the 11th when that whole July 12 date starting floating around.
Just got my shipping confirmation from Google play. Going to try to contact ups to return to sender before having to refuse delivery.
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I called Google today about this. I was told the usual story about how it was too late to cancel, but was advised to simply refuse delivery. I'm under the impression that as long as you make sure the UPS driver is not allowed to leave the package at your location, you will be refunded in full. If you cannot properly refuse delivery, bringing it to a UPS facility within 5 business days (with the box unaltered) should also net a full refund.
The bottom line being: don't open the package. don't wait too long to return it if you couldn't refuse delivery.
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Thanks!
pre ordered three on july 1, but went to sam's today and picked up three. Google messed this up bad.....
So I, like many others, had a defective Nexus 7 (creaking sound, a bit of a screen separation). I called staples, and asked for an exchange, which they were happy to provide. They sent up a guy this morning with a new Nexus 7 to replace my old one.
The new one has pretty much the exact same issue as the last one. I'm considering asking to exchange AGAIN, or possibly just living with the glass separation issue.
Do any of you know if Staples will exchange/replace more than once? Also, how many of you ordered from Staples and actually received a perfect device (no creaking / glass issue)?
Thanks.
Just try to exchange it at another staples or try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28963551 if you are not afraid to open your Nexus
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Just try to exchange it at another staples or try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28963551 if you are not afraid to open your Nexus
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Thing about Staples is that I ordered mine online, so I call online for the support. I already opened up both this one and my last one, still no real fix.
Don't know if I should chance another replacement either, I might risk lightbleed/dead pixels (which I don't have now). What to do...
I would have no qualms about exchanging the tablet as many times as it takes to get what I paid for. It's a reasonable expectation to get one free of flaws.
Why open a new device and try to fix something that should be handled by the manufacturer?
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I ordered mine from Staples online. Nothing was wrong with it.
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I ordered mine from Staples online. Nothing was wrong with it.
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Could I trouble to ask where you live/what the temperatures are like? At Jersey here, the temps are ~95+. And I feel like that may have something to do with it.
If I were you, I'd just ask for a full refund. Wait until your local stores to stock and buy in person (after checking the quality).
Just got mine replaced at staples. You have 14 days with each product to return it. Either they'll ship a new one or you can return in store.
I went to the store and opened it there to test it.
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Could I trouble to ask where you live/what the temperatures are like? At Jersey here, the temps are ~95+. And I feel like that may have something to do with it.
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I live in Pennsylvania its been around 85 to low 90s.
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Could I trouble to ask where you live/what the temperatures are like? At Jersey here, the temps are ~95+. And I feel like that may have something to do with it.
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My tablet was delivered from staples yesterday in that heat wave we had here in NJ. I opened it right away and had no issues right out of the box. Everything is perfect.
I got mine from Staples.com as well and IMO, I have a near perfect tablet except for couple of things. For one, I didn't get the $25 credit. Slightly off topic but did all you (Staples customers) get the $25 credit? I'm weighing the pros and cons of returning it for this reason.
Are you talking about the Play Store credit? I thought that Google detects the google accounts logged in through all Nexus 7, and apply the $25 credit to the account. That way, they don't care where you got your N7 from.
Yes, the Play Store credit. I followed the directions explicitly to get the credit to no avail. I even did a factory rest and entered a different credit card still to avail.
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I got mine from Staples.com as well and IMO, I have a near perfect tablet except for couple of things. For one, I didn't get the $25 credit. Slightly off topic but did all you (Staples customers) get the $25 credit? I'm weighing the pros and cons of returning it for this reason.
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I didn't get the credit when setting it up and seen nothing about it when I finished setting it up but I did get it later in the play store when I went to buy a app it had something like add your credit card to Google wallet and get 25$ play credit. After I added the card it gave the option to use the credit.
I also tried it at the Play store checkout. It gave me that option to add a credit card and get the $25 credit. I added another different credit card but, again, no credit.
Sounds like a lot of people have had virtually perfect tablets from Staples, in the NJ/PA area. I just called again, they'll be picking up my tablet on Friday and sending a new one on Monday. if THAT one has issues... I may just take it to the local staples to refund or to open a box / find one that isn't broken.
Online staples orders can be returned via stores right?
I called the Staples in my area and they said I could return it to their store. Did you get the $25 Play Store Credit??
I work at staples in audobon, new jersey. I'd like to say that we will continue to replace your device until you receive one that is what you had ordered.
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I guess I was lucky, I ordered from the Play Store and I got one in very good shape. The left side of the screen is ever so slightly raised, but it's so minor that it's not worth the trouble. It has no effect on my tablet, so I don't care.
Ordered from staples, got my credit.
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I keep seeing people saying that they're getting them, but I guess because I'm in the armpit of the US. I haven't run across one in any of my local stores.
Nowinstock was showing that Wal-Mart recently had them instock, but the website wouldn't let me purchase... I'm having some bad luck!
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I keep seeing people saying that they're getting them, but I guess because I'm in the armpit of the US. I haven't run across one in any of my local stores.
Nowinstock was showing that Wal-Mart recently had them instock, but the website wouldn't let me purchase... I'm having some bad luck!
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Gamestops around here.
MacMall.com, Staples, Office Max, Sears.com, Walmart.com, Sams Club, Game Stop. Sears had a 16gb for $239 yesterday I think but it wouldn't come until August.
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MacMall.com, Staples, Office Max, Sears.com, Walmart.com, Sams Club, Game Stop. Sears had a 16gb for $239 yesterday I think but it wouldn't come until August.
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Sears in store or online?
05GT said:
I keep seeing people saying that they're getting them, but I guess because I'm in the armpit of the US. I haven't run across one in any of my local stores.
Nowinstock was showing that Wal-Mart recently had them instock, but the website wouldn't let me purchase... I'm having some bad luck!
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There is a Sticky thread for "The 'Other places that sell the Nexus 7' thread":
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1742076
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Sears in store or online?
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Online
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05GT said:
I keep seeing people saying that they're getting them, but I guess because I'm in the armpit of the US. I haven't run across one in any of my local stores.
Nowinstock was showing that Wal-Mart recently had them instock, but the website wouldn't let me purchase... I'm having some bad luck!
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Same here. Closest thing is Staples 2 hours from me. Was tempted but my pre order is finally due tomorrow. Hoping my patience pays off with a good unit.
Staples - you can check inventory online at nearby stores everyday - very good real-time updates of stock.
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Staples - you can check inventory online at nearby stores everyday - very good real-time updates of stock.
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Me too. Staples. Followed the stock online and it is very accurate. When you see "not sold in this store", Just means they are out of stock. Keep checking and the same stores will change to "in stock." My store changed late saturday nite and showed in stock Sunday, I bought on Monday, they still had one for a guy on the phone while I was there, and Monday nite it changed to "not sold in this store."
Staples. Like the person above said, you can check in-store stock online. My local store had TWO 16GB ones in stock on Sunday when I checked, so I left immediately and got one
Staples is great. They get the nex7 in everyday on ups shipments. Seems like the average is 1-4 per store. Call around 10-11 and see if they have one.
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I found mine at a micro center in my city(Kansas City). Checked online and they said they had 9 left. Called and they said they had 7 left. Then again the area that it was in was wealthier area. Pretty sure everyone in that area had iPads. They could care less about a $200 tablet
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Got mine at the MacMall in Torrance, CA. Seems the store there and Huntington Beach have a substantial supply (Huntington had 60 last I checked). In store only, 16gb.
I initially tried the Staples route but there was only one store in Southern California that sold it (Pasadena). Must've annoyed the hell out of them calling everyday. They seem pretty clueless as to when they were expecting shipments.
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I got ,one at staples but just got shipping notification from the play store after I tried to cancel. If anyone can't find one I'll sell the extra 16 gig nex7 at cost just to avoid having to refuse shipment and whatnot.
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I found one. I had to drive a little over an hour to New Orleans, but I got one. It was a preorder at GameStop that was never picked up!
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Here is an idea that requires everyone to participate.
Plan: Try and get Best Buy to sell you a Nexus 5 before official launch. Maybe they have stock already.
Action: Call your local Best Buy and act dumb. Tell them you want to buy the Nexus 5 and to put one on hold for you to pick up. Or walk into a store if you prefer and do the same. Ask them if perhaps they have a Nexus 5 sitting in the back of the store. Make no mention of the fact that it hasn't officially been announced for sale.
I forget exactly which phone was sold before it was officially released a years or so ago. I remember reading that this guy got a phone before time and he was a bit nervous about it but posted details online about it. So this is possible people! If you remember this incident and the phone remind us.
If everyone does it we might get lucky and have more info to share on the Nexus 5.
Of course report back if you are successful. It might even be fun to report the failed outcomes too. Be creative. See if you can snag an inventory screen shot. See if at least they tell you that they are back there but that they can't be touched.
PS - Don't be that guy. If you think this is a stupid plan be polite. Offer your opinion and insight in a respectful way. You can't say it isn't possible because this has happened before. Sure there are practices in place to prevent this. But all it takes is one rookie mistake and things go unexpected. This is all in good fun. We might get lucky!
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Who told you it was going to be sold at Best Buy? I see you have a N4, did you get that at Best Buy too?
We don't know if Best Buy is going to sell the Nexus 5. But they might. They sell all the other Google products (Nexus 7, Chromecast, Chromebook, etc). We also know from a particular Canadian store that there is Nexus 5 inventory. So the Nexus 5 isn't going to be exclusive to the Play Store. None if this is definite for Best Buy, but it can't hurt to try our luck. Perhaps Google learned from the N4 launch that Play Store only sales is bad way to launch a product.
... And I got my N4 and N10 from the Play Store on launch day.
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Who told you it was going to be sold at Best Buy? I see you have a N4, did you get that at Best Buy too?
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Several BestBuy managers have told people that they will have the Nexus 5 in stock.
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We don't know if Best Buy is going to sell the Nexus 5. But they might. They sell all the other Google products (Nexus 7, Chromecast, Chromebook, etc). We also know from a particular Canadian store that there is Nexus 5 inventory. So the Nexus 5 isn't going to be exclusive to the Play Store. None if this is definite for Best Buy, but it can't hurt to try our luck. Perhaps Google learned from the N4 launch that Play Store only sales is bad way to launch a product.
... And I got my N4 and N10 from the Play Store on launch day.
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When you say a particular Canadian store, are you talking about Future Shop?
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Several BestBuy managers have told people that they will have the Nexus 5 in stock.
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Are you talking about those end cap displays? I thought they were only for N7, Chromcast
I may try this tomorrow if I'm bored before work. Ha I'll report back.
Good luck! It worked with the Nexus 7 a couple months ago.
I bought the n7 2 days early at BB too...I saw the box up above in those locked cages...so I pointed and asked for it...worth a try I guess.
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UK CarPhone Warehouse has 3,000 in stock according to a leak , I wonder if it would work there as in best buy? Does it depend on how clueless the staff is?
I think there is a definite possibility it will be sold at Best Buy. Google seems to be taking a different direction with this phone. More hype, and evleaks posted that it is going to be available on Sprint..
a friend of mine who works at BB as a manager told me they are expecting to sell the phone, but that they have yet to receive any units and might not get them until after its already out. This is on LI NY btw
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a friend of mine who works at BB as a manager told me they are expecting to sell the phone, but that they have yet to receive any units and might not get them until after its already out. This is on LI NY btw
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If they're going to sell the phone it should be in their inventory systems; it's an easy thing to check.
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UK CarPhone Warehouse has 3,000 in stock according to a leak , I wonder if it would work there as in best buy? Does it depend on how clueless the staff is?
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That and whether or not their system will allow them to sell it.
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a friend of mine who works at BB as a manager told me they are expecting to sell the phone, but that they have yet to receive any units and might not get them until after its already out. This is on LI NY btw
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Which bb in li? I live close to the one at green acres
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If they're going to sell the phone it should be in their inventory systems; it's an easy thing to check.
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Very true, that's why I find it's hard to believe that they'll have the N5 at launch. Someone should've posted a picture of the inventory already. I know I would if I was still there. (Like for the Wii's and PS3's.)
I'm pretty confident they are. I visit my local BestBuy yesterday and asked a customer service rep. He said he knew what I was talking about and went to ask his manager if he could sell it. When he came back 2-3 minutes later, he told me suddenly he wasn't permitted to talk about it because it's not official, so he couldn't legally converse over it. I'm going to try back at another location and see if I can get someone to pop early there, I also got my Nexus 7 2013 48 hours before launch just because I asked. Some guy went in the back and got it for me. Worth a try I suppose.
Hmm. I have a friend that works at BB.
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Hmm. I have a friend that works at BB.
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This changes...everything...
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Hmm. I have a friend that hangs around and gets paid for it at BB.
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So would it be better to go to the store and hang around the phones? Or just call the store?
Been calling my Sprint store every day asking if i could purchase the m8 and today they said yes So i walked in to my local store and they sold it to me with the easy pay.So check your stores and dont wait for shipping:good:
Got mine at a Sprint store today
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Picked up mine yesterday
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Going to be getting my in less than an hour so hopefully it's as good as it looks
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Coming from the evo lte the m8 kicks the **** out of that phone in every way possible. Very glad I held out for this phone
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Local Sprint store on the campus of the Sprint World Headquarters has the M8 for sale. What a nice phone! Too bad I have to wait until the 28th to get it because I'm on someone's employee plan.
Picked mine up in-store yesterday, it's probably the only good experience I've ever had in a Sprint store. This after trying for a week to buy online/through telesales with their bull**** shuffling between departments Easy Pay problems. I happened to call the store telesales had sent me to originally that had told me there was no such phone. Now they had them in, but after further reflection I decided they were so clueless the last time that I should try another store so I called the other one in town. First girl said they didnt have them in, but I called back and talked to a second person at that location and confirmed they they had them and that he'd done Easy Pay upgrades with that handset already.
Had to wait 20 minutes to be seen by someone, which is annoying but not their fault if they're that busy. Once I got to talk to a rep everythign was great, done in 10 or 15 minutes.
How much did you guys pay in store to get the m8 with easypay?
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How much did you guys pay in store to get the m8 with easypay?
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No payment, just the activation fee. Didn't bother trying to have that waived, that used to be easier but not so much anymore. (I chose to pay activation in-store, but it's usually just added to your upcoming months bill.)
You didn't have to pay sales tax or first month?
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I had to pay 100 down plus the sales tax on the retail cost. Came up to about 150
I got mine yesterday from BB. I wanted to get it from Sprint, but they wouldn't let me use my upgrade! They told me easy-pay only with them...no upgrades! They really should re-think that as HTC can use all of the sales they can get. Would have been nice if they released it on all carriers 3/25/14, I would have got it then. No way am I gonna order online, I have no patience to wait! Love HTC and always buy their flagship phones, and that really skewed their sales numbers. Anyways, this phone is an absolute beast!!
Went online just to check. Apparently for an upgrade it's 100 down and a new customer 0 down. What bs. I'd just pay the extra and take my 2 year contract.
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Yeah, I used my upgrade and they also bought my M7 (which was actually submerged in a mud puddle last month and still worked perfectly) for $125! Hell yeah, got out of BB paying about $87 with tax...not bad. Great build quality on these things!
I got mine in store Friday paid sales tax and 20 for casemate case
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how do they determine what an individual pays down using "easy pay"
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how do they determine what an individual pays down using "easy pay"
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you shouldnt have to pay anything down on it. on the website it has 0 down on the M8 and S5
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they also bought my M7 (which was actually submerged in a mud puddle last month and still worked perfectly) for $125!
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A working used M7 is worth more than twice that, you were robbed.
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A working used M7 is worth more than twice that, you were robbed.
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Well, I guess I get robbed every time I sell back my old phone for the maximum buyback allowed! I'm ok with it, I don't have time to try to sell my phone to someone for top dollar, especially knowing it was submerged in water. I'm not comfortable trying to rob anyone. I was just happy about getting the max! Plus a couple of the corners were banged up.
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how do they determine what an individual pays down using "easy pay"
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Got mine today. The guy at the Sprint store said it depends on your credit/whether you have a spending limit on your account or not. After checking some paperwork, he said it would be $100 down, but when he checked my account, he said I wouldn't have to make a down payment. Just had to pay the taxes.