GS 3 @ best buy?

He123321

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I wonder if they are going to do the free $50 gift card promotion. If they do, I will pre order today for 2 of my 4 lines.
 

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Are there any benefit from pre ordering from best buy compared to Verizon? My friend says their insurance is better...?

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Yes the black tie protection is a good insurance, I like it better than the Sprint tep program which has a 100 dollar deductible and a limit of 3 per year. Not sure what Verizon offers. As soon as you bring a broken phone to best buy they will give you a loaner phone then either try to fix yours or give you a replacement with no deductible.

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Yes the black tie protection is a good insurance, I like it better than the Sprint tep program which has a 100 dollar deductible and a limit of 3 per year. Not sure what Verizon offers. As soon as you bring a broken phone to best buy they will give you a loaner phone then either try to fix yours or give you a replacement with no deductible.

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How much does that cost from BB?
 

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Yes the black tie protection is a good insurance, I like it better than the Sprint tep program which has a 100 dollar deductible and a limit of 3 per year. Not sure what Verizon offers. As soon as you bring a broken phone to best buy they will give you a loaner phone then either try to fix yours or give you a replacement with no deductible.

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The only good thing about Sprint, that Best buy doesn't do is cover lost phone. Sprint will cover one lost phone per year with a deductible, Best Buy does not.

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I called my local BB, and was told that they might not offer the $50 free gift card like they did for the HTC Evo 4 G LTE.

If that is the case, I will just wait to see who has a better pre order offer...
 

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I just ordered mine from BB today and I paid $50 for a gift card that I can use towards my phone. I did not receive anything in addition to paying my deposit.
 

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BB was having a promotion awhile ago that if you registered a phone number they will give you a $50 gift card when you upgrade that number. You had to the end of the year to do it. I registered 3 phones.
 

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Who determines when they (i.e BB) release the phone to their customers who pre-ordered? BB or the carrier? After reading in another post that VZW expected ship date is July 9th while people who've pre-ordered from BB is showing estimated date of June 28, I am wondering if BB can release it before the VZW ship date.
 

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I just per-ordered from BB for Sprint and it shows mine is supposed to be in the 21st of June which I think is the same date Sprint has.
 

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Purchase of a gift card is required to complete the reservation process.The gift card is good towards any Best Buy purchase.The reservation does not constitute a sold device and Best Buy will contact the customer when product becomes available.Preorders will be fulfilled in the order of reservation; due to the fact Best Buy cannot control supplier product availability. Best Buy cannot guarantee product availability on a specified date.In the event preorder availability changes, Best Buy will notify you.
Best Buy will hold phone reservations for a maximum of 72 hours after the first notification ofphone availability after which time the phone reservation will be cancelled.Preorders may have a maximum preorder limit per customer.Preorders can be cancelled at any time by speaking with a Best Buy DevicePhone Specialist in store or calling the Best Buy store where the preorderwas placed. Preorder cancellations will not affect your gift card and canbe redeemed or returned for a full credit at any Best Buy retail location.

Certain Best Buy locations are not able to activate phones or connected devices for all carriers.
If you are activating your device on a carrier network Best Buywill need to collect certain personal information in order to reserve your device.Carriers will also use the information in a required credit check of new customers.Depending on your credit worthiness,the carrier may require you to pay a deposit at time ofactivation when you pick up your reserved device.
At the time of reservation,customers may check the eligibility of porting in their existing phonenumber(s) or account. The actual port will not be initiated until the deviceis received and the customer returns for the activation in the Best Buy store.
See a Best Buy Associate for more details.

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matt0715

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BE CAREFUL! I went to best buy and pre ordered it, then got home to find out best buy WONT do early carrier upgrades, you have to go to verizon for those. If your contract is not up and you have an upgrade GO TO VERIZON!