Crazy phone deal at Best Buy

[AZjeff]

4 of us on a Verizon family plan (in my name and all off contract), 3 smart phones & 1 slider. Yesterday my daughter dropped her 2 yr old Samsung S4 and even though no visible damage the screen went kaleidoscope. She saw some deals at Best Buy so off she and SIL went to check things out. Got a phone call that we can all upgrade to Samsung S6 or S6 Edge for $1 each if I re-up for 2 years, and Best Buy will give us each a $250 Best Buy gift card!

My daughter is pretty sharp with money and has been talking about going to pay-as-you-go on Verizon network but did the math and this is one of those deals you just don't pass up. I've been happy with my iPhone 5C but really don't have any brand preference. She walked out of Best Buy with 4 new phones for $4 and $1000 of gift cards and we re-upped the same plan for slightly less$/month. HO HO HO

 

[Doog]

How much Data per month?

 

[Quattro Pete]

Sounds like a great deal. How do you get the $250 gift card? BB's website doesn't mention it, unless I missed it.

According to this, you only get the $250 gift card if you sign up for the installment plan...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/clp/samsung-offer/pcmcat748300712309.c?id=pcmcat748300712309

 

[AZjeff]

3 gigs of data and yes I renewed the plan I was on ("installment plan") for 2 more years.

She walked out with 4 $250 gift cards in hand.

4 of us barely use 1 gig/month.

She's in SoCal and we're in Az so our new phones will be here in a couple of days.

 

[sciphi]

Verizon has had some pretty good Android phone deals through outside vendors with their installment plans lately.

 

[macarose]

Wait, how much will you spending on your plan plus new phone?

 

[sxg6]

I too looked into this deal. Verizons pricing structure can be confusing. From what I understand, the thing to watch for is your line access fee. If you pay full retail or monthly for your phone, your line access fee is $20/mo for each smartphone. You do the 2yr contract price, you pay $40/mo line access fee per smartphone. So if you are outside of your last 2yr contract, you should be paying $20/mo line access for a smartphone. You upgrade using the 2yr contract price, your line access fee might jump to $40/mo for each smartphone.

 

[david_ES2]

I still rather do the 2 yr upgrade then and pay less at the end of the day. I did the math with the installment plan and 250 gift card and it still comes out a little more

 

[901Memphis]

Just be careful i think they give out barcode on paper gift cards, use them fast if they do because they can't track/replace/secure them well.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: AZjeff
She walked out with 4 $250 gift cards in hand.

The way the ad reads, you cannot get the phone for $1 AND get a $250 gift card on top of it. If you did get it, then it was most likely by someone's mistake.

 

[AZjeff]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: AZjeff
She walked out with 4 $250 gift cards in hand.

The way the ad reads, you cannot get the phone for $1 AND get a $250 gift card on top of it. If you did get it, then it was most likely by someone's mistake.

She assures me she gave them $4 and walked out with 4 phones and 4 gift cards. At the end of the day the monthly bill will be a bit less than before for 2 years then it goes down a lot if we don't get new phones again. Funny thing is I didn't even know I needed a new phone. Kids

Of course the deal gets better depending on how we spend the gift cards.

 

[alarmguy]

Originally Posted By: AZjeff
4 of us on a Verizon family plan (in my name and all off contract), 3 smart phones & 1 slider. Yesterday my daughter dropped her 2 yr old Samsung S4 and even though no visible damage the screen went kaleidoscope. She saw some deals at Best Buy so off she and SIL went to check things out. Got a phone call that we can all upgrade to Samsung S6 or S6 Edge for $1 each if I re-up for 2 years, and Best Buy will give us each a $250 Best Buy gift card!

My daughter is pretty sharp with money and has been talking about going to pay-as-you-go on Verizon network but did the math and this is one of those deals you just don't pass up. I've been happy with my iPhone 5C but really don't have any brand preference. She walked out of Best Buy with 4 new phones for $4 and $1000 of gift cards and we re-upped the same plan for slightly less$/month. HO HO HO


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