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Other IPhone 14 Best Buy Pre-order
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At 1pm CST, I pre-ordered my iPhone 14 Pro Max 512GB in Space Black on AT&T at Best Buy. "Estimated" to be "Ready to Pickup" on Sept 16th.
I hereby proclaim this as the official support group thread for those of us foolish enough to believe that our BB orders will actually be timely. I’m in. 512 GB Max in Deep Purple. Expecting news on the 16th about an imminent delay. Been there, done that. But back for more! 🤣😂
I preordered through Best Buy and they said to process my trade in with Verizon to get the promo of $800. When I do this it only gives me $200 for my ip12 mini. If I process my preorder on vzw website I get the full $800.
I only ordered thru bestbuys because I get free apple care+ with total tech membership.
Anyone familiar with the trade in process?? How do I get the $800 and apply the bill credits?? So confused…..
I only ordered thru bestbuys because I get free apple care+ with total tech membership.
Anyone familiar with the trade in process?? How do I get the $800 and apply the bill credits?? So confused…..
Finally got my pre order with T-Mobile to go through at 2:45pm. Between T-Mobile being down this morning and then the 128gb PM in silver going in and out of stock it took awhile. I have a pickup date of Sept. 29 which is fine. Best Buy had the highest trade in value for a 13 PM.
This was on Best Buy’s site under the Verizon section:
- Buy an eligible phone for Verizon (see link below) with a Verizon installment plan or at full retail price.
- Activate the phone on a qualifying plan.
- Go to www.vzw.com/tradein, sign in, and follow the instructions to submit your trade-in.
I guess I’ll wait to activate it.
I’ll wait to activate it. I just read on Reddit that sometimes it will not accept the promo and you have to call and jump through hoops for it to be applied. Hope it’s as easy as Best Buy says it is.
Even though I didn't get as good a trade-in from AT&T, having AppleCare Plus protection through Total Tech Support is great. After the trade-in and Best Buy gift cards, I got my iPhone 14 Pro Max 512GB in Space Black on AT&T for a net cost to me to purchase it outright for $18.25.
Try going to the store. I had to go to the store because I couldn't pre-order 512GB online. The whole process took less than half an hour.How were all able to checkout? I've been trying since 5am, and their site and their app kept giving me errors. Now, I can go through the verifying with the carrier, but it is not added to my cart. So frustrating.
Are you on the app or website? The website works better.How were all able to checkout? I've been trying since 5am, and their site and their app kept giving me errors. Now, I can go through the verifying with the carrier, but it is not added to my cart. So frustrating.
Make sure your cart is cleared on the vzw website. Also I used private browser mode on safari, since it was giving me errors too.How were all able to checkout? I've been trying since 5am, and their site and their app kept giving me errors. Now, I can go through the verifying with the carrier, but it is not added to my cart. So frustrating.
I use T-mobile, but I checked T-mobile's website anyway, and the cart was empty. I also tried private browser mode in Safari, and it gave me a new error:
What a mess. Guess I'll never order through Best Buy ever again.
Is it my imagination or did the Ready for Pickup label change from 9/16 to Friday? Hopefully, this Friday?
The cost to you was the trade value, gift cards and cash. Your out of pocket was $18.25
True. But most of the impact was absorbed prior to the out of pocket amount. I could done better by selling my 13 PM but it seemed like less of a hassle being an opportunity cost of upgrading.