Historically, has it been better to preorder/buy at launch or wait until Black Friday?
Usually I pre-order to take it for a test drive ASAP...
I have a feeling this will go out of stock quickly. I'd say decide from now which one you want and the second the pre-order is live, jump on it. Every phone launch I've hesitated with has lead to me waiting weeks after the first ones are delivered before I get mine
The question being is it cheaper to buy at launch or on BF? No doubt on BF and with carrier deals you might get it half price or buy one get one free. But, as noted above, you will wait. Last year the P5 was half price with any qualified trade-in at Verizon on BF. We got one for $400 with the P4 trade.
I just pre ordered the pixel6 for my wife as she's due an upgrade. I'm sooooo jealous I need to wait for another 6 month...
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I just pre ordered the pixel6 for my wife as she's due an upgrade. I'm sooooo jealous I need to wait for another 6 month...
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LOL Good story...
I just ordered the 6Pro for me!
I really don't care and can't wait. I pre ordered yesterday. I can't stand my S20FE any more (Exynos). When the Kinda Coral arrives, I'll pass the Samsung to my wife, who still have a S8+ with a broken screen....
I have a feeling that in fall/winter 2021 all sorts of things are going to be in short supply. Pictures are all over the news about container ships stuck in LA harbor waiting for a chance to unload. Some are advising to buy Xmas stuff early rather than wait for Black Friday to ensure there's stock in what you want. So I oredered my P6 as soon as I know this is what I wanted.
If Google sells out its first run quickly, will it be able to get the components needed to do future batches easily? Even new car sales are being impacted by availability of components. I just didn't want to risk waiting till Black Friday to go phone shopping, only to find out that the only things left in stock are TCLs.
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I know this tablet is already a great price for what it cost.
I am just wondering if there is any chance of another sale before xmas, or if there is an official venue I can get refurbs from?
Check out bestbuy. Or htc.com its self.
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I know this tablet is already a great price for what it cost.
I am just wondering if there is any chance of another sale before xmas, or if there is an official venue I can get refurbs from?
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If you always wait for something to go "on sale" you will never have anything, because something newer and bluer will come around and then you will wait until THAT goes on sale.
Get the one from BB. It's $299. I bought mine last Friday and I think it's great!.
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If you always wait for something to go "on sale" you will never have anything, because something newer and bluer will come around and then you will wait until THAT goes on sale.
Get the one from BB. It's $299. I bought mine last Friday and I think it's great!.
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lol. Which is exactly why I always start doing xmas shopping about 3 months a head of time
I narrow down what I am looking for and then evaluate what is coming out, what is out, and what is just going to be unfeasible to get.
I am most certainly not one of those fools who believes it is always better to wait, I've been burned for doing it before.
On the other hand, I also do my best to balance out my budget and I am usually ok with settling.
lol. I bought mine from bestbuy monday and i love it.
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lol. I bought mine from bestbuy monday and i love it.
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I gotta admit, it is the first tablet that has caught my eye.
ipad wasn't impressive, and the galaxy tab just seemed overpriced and rather generic.. (especially at 500$)
BB would be your best bet for finding an open box (They dont sell refurbs in the store, only returned items) possibly on their website though.
You're not going to find them discounted much less than $300, the cost on the item for retailrs is $429, so they are already selling at a loss.
The $299 price was to good to pass up for me. Any lower and we're talking "fire sale".
It's a great device at a great price right now.
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Oh, I'll definitely keep that in mind then.
It's sold out on the BB web site and most local (to me) stores are out of them here - there's only one with them in stock within an hour drive, so I doubt they will drop the price. Hopefully they're making more of them and the $299 price wasn't just to sell off what was left. I redeemed some CC points for a bestbuy gift card with the intention of buying one, I just hope by the time they get here I can find one...
Right now, GameStop is accepting pre-orders of the Prime bundle (comes with gaming controller).
It has a listing of "Pre-orders ship 1/6/2012"
I'm not sure how recent of a change this is, but I thought I had checked it earlier and orders weren't accepted.
I didn't really WANT the controller but this is the most reliable/earliest shipping I have seen so I jumped on it. Thanks! Hopefully this preorder is easy to cancel if something better comes up this week though.
Saw this 3 hours ago. It's not worth it... at all.
It's $600 once tax and shipping are added and you only get it at like Jan 11 if you choose the cheapest shipping.
There's probably gonna be some more stock coming in for other sites, so I'll wait.
Cheapest shipping vs Most expensive was like $7 so I just went with the most expensive, my roommate was actually looking for a Bluetooth game pad for his computer so this works out in the end for both of us. Only bad thing is I didn't have a color option....hopefully it comes in the gray.
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Saw this 3 hours ago. It's not worth it... at all.
It's $600 once tax and shipping are added and you only get it at like Jan 11 if you choose the cheapest shipping.
There's probably gonna be some more stock coming in for other sites, so I'll wait.
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I also got this I wonder will there be an problem like with the first batch where they have waves and some people dont get theirs till later in the month or next month.. I dont see why the company has release the prime like this creating a very large supplie to need ratio.. which in turn creates dissatisfied customer on both ends where (1.) people that got it are disappoint because they waited so long for "This" and its not blowing them away (2.) people waiting and waiting to get it then get it and become 1's.. i dont feel like this is going to work against them in the end or when something similar comes out and it mush easy to get out the gate
I took a quick look and didn't find any Best Buy topics. I pre-ordered a Verizon Note 8 Orchid Gray. Still charged and no movement. Btw I did the best buy preorder to get the 150 instant off
daboyal006 said:
I took a quick look and didn't find any Best Buy topics. I pre-ordered a Verizon Note 8 Orchid Gray. Still charged and no movement. Btw I did the best buy preorder to get the 150 instant off
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I read on reddit that someone called BB andthey said they were sticking to the 9/15 date
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyNote...d_tracking_and_received_updates_post/dmfqx7j/
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Just got off the phone with Best Buy to see if I'm among the fortunate of getting it before 09/15 with the preorder. Sadly, Best Buy is gonna keep that solid 09/15 date.
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Same response I got. Debating if the 150$ was worth it. (Probably was, but Im not patient)
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I ordered through AT&T, but Best Buy also told me 9/15 in person when I went there to fiddle with the floor model.
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I read on reddit that someone called BB andthey said they were sticking to the 9/15 date
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyNote...d_tracking_and_received_updates_post/dmfqx7j/
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I ordered through AT&T, but Best Buy also told me 9/15 in person when I went there to fiddle with the floor model.
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Hey thanks guys..been off xda for awhile. I cancelled two Verizon preorders for the Best Buy deal because it was worth it for me. Guess we have to wait
We're talking $10 a day here. Maybe 15
I cancelled my VZW pre-order yesterday and went with Best Buy to save the 150. I'll be OK waiting until the 15th.
happens everytime lol. so funny. I pre order from vzw. best buy ships early.. I order from bestbuy. verizon ships early... i give up lol.
Anyone notice you can no longer make changes to your Best Buy pre order? I didn't notice that yesterday. It seems like at least 2 of the carriers are shipping now despite what VZW and Samsung say.
I ordered from best buy kinda wish i would have from vzw for the chance to get it early but with the 150 savings and i just ordered the whitestone dome screen protector guess its a good thing i have to wait
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I ordered from best buy kinda wish i would have from vzw for the chance to get it early but with the 150 savings and i just ordered the whitestone dome screen protector guess its a good thing i have to wait
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I know. I had a VZ pre-order done within minutes when it went live. I cancelled yesterday to get the 150 off and still get the 480 for my S7 Edge. Oh well, in the long run we'll be glad we saved the 150.
150 buys the vr goggles.
So from reading the other chats, looks like Samsung is holding the deliveries for everyone. Maybe we'll get them the same time as everyone
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We're talking $10 a day here. Maybe 15
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Great way to look at it lol
Does anyone know how the trade in works. It says you have to go through Verizon. I didn't see anything about it when I ordered
I ordered two of them a couple of days ago. Best Buy says that they'll be in my hands by 9/15. Hope it's true.
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Does anyone know how the trade in works. It says you have to go through Verizon. I didn't see anything about it when I ordered
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Check out the VZW waiting room thread. I spoke to VZW and Best Buy at length about this. VZW told me if you buy from Best Buy I don't get the 480 for my S7 Edge. Best Buy says I do and that they made that deal with Verizon months ago. The idiot from VZ said he saw the promo for buying it from VZW and one for when you walk into Best Buy and preorder it but nothing about buying on line. I did screen shots from the Best Buy site showing that the 480 deal with the fine print that the deal is directly with VZ. Best buy says once I activate my Note 8 I have to take my S7 Edge into a Verizon corporate store and they will take the phone and apply the discount to my monthly payments. They also told me that it takes 3 months before the credit will come through but it's pro rated from the day you buy the phone.
We will see. To save 150 I'm willing to beat up VZW.
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Check out the VZW waiting room thread. I spoke to VZW and Best Buy at length about this. VZW told me if you buy from Best Buy I don't get the 480 for my S7 Edge. Best Buy says I do and that they made that deal with Verizon months ago. The idiot from VZ said he saw the promo for buying it from VZW and one for when you walk into Best Buy and preorder it but nothing about buying on line. I did screen shots from the Best Buy site showing that the 480 deal with the fine print that the deal is directly with VZ. Best buy says once I activate my Note 8 I have to take my S7 Edge into a Verizon corporate store and they will take the phone and apply the discount to my monthly payments. They also told me that it takes 3 months before the credit will come through but it's pro rated from the day you buy the phone.
We will see. To save 150 I'm willing to beat up VZW.
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Thanks for the information.. before I ordered I thought best buy did the trade in but I guess not ..I'm still looking on eBay and swappa for a trade in device
It would be hilarious if the carriers are instructed to hold the shipments at the distribution centers until the 14th! LOL
Classic story.
The guy on the first shoulder says "You are saving money every month by waiting a week or two, you will have plenty of time to enjoy the phone."
The other guy says "Cancel that Best Buy order today, order from AT&T. You've been using an iPhone for 9 months you have suffered enough. The discount isn't worth using an iPhone for one more week."
Then the first guys says "Oh come on, the iPhone isn't THAT bad."
Then the second guy pulls out a handgun and shoots him.
I don't know what to do.
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My Best Buy order status has changed from "Processing" to "Preparing". I logged onto my Verizon wireless account and attempted to trade in my Pixel XL. It shows a promotional $480 trade in value! I also noticed my line is no longer eligable for trade in and I owe $786/24 payments! I hope it ships soon!
I just got the shipping notice for my S6 pre-order I did from Samsung.com. Expected delivery Friday the 6th. I also ordered the keyboard cover, but that is still pending.
Kine says expected delivery by the 23rd. Im thinking of cancelling the order and getting the rose instead just to have it early LOL!
I had to wait for my $200 credit for preordering the Note 10+. Just got my credit today, and applied it toward my 256GB Mountain Grey Tab S6 order today. Which means mine won't ship until October 4th, but it was worth waiting for the $200 credit.
I just feel like samsung can NOT be this far behind on orders. I mean...they could be but i dont get it honestly. Hopefully the offer the ppl who preordered and were forced to wait something in return. The ONLY reason inordered from samsung.com was to use my credit for preordering the note 10 plus
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I just feel like samsung can NOT be this far behind on orders. I mean...they could be but i dont get it honestly. Hopefully the offer the ppl who preordered and were forced to wait something in return. The ONLY reason inordered from samsung.com was to use my credit for preordering the note 10 plus
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What do you mean offer you something in return? They've already given us a credit from our Note 10 preorders (in my case it was $200), and they're giving us $90 off the keyboard case. As far as having to wait, we understood that risk when we decided to wait so long to preorder.
I'm as excited as anyone else to receive my Tab S6 and I certainly hope it ships early than expected, but I don't think I'm entitled to any compensation for having to wait a little longer. I believe the nearly $300 in savings I've already received was compensation enough.
You dont have to preorder to get 50% off the keyboard case. And im saying had i not preordered i could have literall walked into best buy and walked out with it on the very same day. Id also have it sooner had i preordered theough best buy or amazon or mostly anywhere else. Im not sure why the manufacturer is the one that the farthest behind on preorders. That makes 0 sense
Here we go again!
I placed an order for a S23 Ultra 512gb in "Sunset Red", traded-in my S22 Ultra!
at Samsung.ca
Same here. Looking forward to the improved photo / video capabilities and the extra HP under the hood.
Same. Just traded in my s21 ultra they're giving me 800 discount for it I thought that was very decent for a 2 years old phone! And the free upgrade to the 512gb/12ram variant is a nice touch too (apparently the 256gb only has 8gb Ram?). Now hopefully they ship it a bit in advance
I got the red 1tb s23 ultra red variant with $50 off and apparently free galaxy buds 2 or some nonsense.. I have Anker noise canceling headset I bought in Tokyo at the Anker store on Black Friday.
Placed my order for the 512GB Graphite version . They gave me $487 for trading in my Note 10 (smaller regular version) and got the ear buds as well
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Placed my order for the 512GB Graphite version . They gave me $487 for trading in my Note 10 (smaller regular version) and got the ear buds as well
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That's not bad for a near 4 year old phone. Have a N10+ and Telus would only quote about $200 for mint condition, when even the s22U was first released.
Freedom "saves" around $647 on "trade up" and it looks like pretty much every mobile shop here rips people off for trade in value, even if you keep a 2 year upgrade cycle (Samsung appears to be much better in this regard, even for older devices).
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Here we go again!
I placed an order for a S23 Ultra 512gb in "Sunset Red", traded-in my S22 Ultra!
at Samsung.ca
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You got hosed. Spending $1000 to more to upgrade to a minimal difference phone. Samsung probably offered you $600 lol
I also ordered the 512G version in Blue. They gave me $800 for my old Note S20 Ultra 5G.
I just cancelled my order. The $859 CDN trade-in for my S22 Ultra 1TB is way too low.
Update: Cancelled my cancellation. Irrational trumps rational once again.
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I also ordered the 512G version in Blue. They gave me $800 for my old Note S20 Ultra 5G.
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Same. I was actually pretty impress with the trade in offer for a 2 plus year old phone. By the way did you try looking up your expected delivery date? Weirdly says starts shipping on 17th March. Do you reckon that's a glitch? I did order bunch of accessories for the phone. Does that have anything to do with that?
What seems to be the expected shipping date for the orders here gentlemen? I am somehow supposed to receive the phone and the accessories after 17th march. That's not what i pre-ordered for.
Mine still says shipping from Feb 8 but if you selected one of the online exclusive colors I had noticed some shipping dates were later. And I remember when I preordered my s21 ultra it shipped a few days later because they were waiting on one of the accessories.
Do a live chat with them they should be able to tell you which item is causing the delay and if it's an accessory you can most likely ask them to remove it from the order.
I saw if you ordered one of the specialty colors it said it would ship in 5-6 weeks. I didn't notice it when I ordered and I did order a specialty color.
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Mine still says shipping from Feb 8 but if you selected one of the online exclusive colors I had noticed some shipping dates were later. And I remember when I preordered my s21 ultra it shipped a few days later because they were waiting on one of the accessories.
Do a live chat with them they should be able to tell you which item is causing the delay and if it's an accessory you can most likely ask them to remove it from the order.
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Yeah turns out it was the exclusive color as well some accessories. I am trying to reconnect to live chat but the waiting times are hella long. Hopefully i can cancel the order and go for the cream color instead.
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The shipping dates are just approximate. Most just say February 17th because that's when you officially can buy one from a retail store. From my experience with the S20U and S22U the Unlocked models usually come 2-3 days earlier than when stores get them. Carrier Phones arrive even sooner as they get priority over Unlocked models. So take those delivery dates with a grain of salt as they are just estimates which are always later than when you actually will get them.
Here is something even weirder for this year. On the past two phones I ordered from Samsung they would bill me when I placed the order to make sure the funds were available. It would say pending and then after 2 to 3 days it would drop off my credit card and I would get the funds back and Samsung wouldn't bill me again till it shipped. Well that happened again this year and I got the funds back. But today it actually cleared pending and dates yesterday as a past and cleared purchase which I even got the 1.5% cashback on. They never give me the Cashback until the sale is actually completed So that most likely means I'll be getting a notification soon that it shipped. Could Sammy be shipping earlier this year?
So like I said take those delivery dates with a grain of salt. Some people have gotten theirs already in Europe. The custom colors are getting a limited run and not surprised to see those pushed back till March.
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Yeah turns out it was the exclusive color as well some accessories. I am trying to reconnect to live chat but the waiting times are hella long. Hopefully i can cancel the order and go for the cream color instead.
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If you cancel your just going to the very back of the line.
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The shipping dates are just approximate. Most just say February 17th because that's when you officially can buy one from a retail store. From my experience with the S20U and S22U the Unlocked models usually come 2-3 days earlier than when stores get them. Carrier Phones arrive even sooner as they get priority over Unlocked models. So take those delivery dates with a grain of salt as they are just estimates which are always later than when you actually will get them.
Here is something even weirder for this year. On the past two phones I ordered from Samsung they would bill me when I placed the order to make sure the funds were available. It would say pending and then after 2 to 3 days it would drop off my credit card and I would get the funds back and Samsung wouldn't bill me again till it shipped. Well that happened again this year and I got the funds back. But today it actually cleared pending and dates yesterday as a past and cleared purchase which I even got the 1.5% cashback on. They never give me the Cashback until the sale is actually completed So that most likely means I'll be getting a notification soon that it shipped. Could Sammy be shipping earlier this year?
So like I said take those delivery dates with a grain of salt. Some people have gotten theirs already in Europe. The custom colors are getting a limited run and not surprised to see those pushed back till March.
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Okay so i am talking to an agent right now and he recommended the same thing to not cancel the order. It might just arrive earlier than anticipated. What i am worried about is the two accessories that i ordered (screen guard and a silicon case), those two clearly has pre-order emblem on them and the agent did confirm i would get everything in a single package so little bit skeptical but lets hope for the best.
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I saw if you ordered one of the specialty colors it said it would ship in 5-6 weeks. I didn't notice it when I ordered and I did order a specialty color.
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Strangely from the point of selecting the color, to all the way to checkout, i was greeted with a shipping out date of 8th February.
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Strangely from the point of selecting the color, to all the way to checkout, i was greeted with a shipping out date of 8th February.
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Just have patience you will get it eventually. If you cancel your just going to have to wait even longer especially if they ran out of the first batch of stock which would push new order dates back to late March. Seen that happen before and peeps always regret their impatience.
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Just have patience you will get it eventually. If you cancel your just going to have to wait even longer especially if they ran out of the first batch of stock which would push new order dates back to late March. Seen that happen before and peeps always regret their impatience.
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Yeah i am keeping the order. Thank you