I stopped by BestBuy yesterday and had no luck.
The BB phone rep stated that they cannot provide any discount or price match for my situation - a current off-contract VZ customer looking for an upgrade with a 2 year contract. Discounts/gift cards are available if you are willing to go with Edge, which I am not. I typically keep my phone for 3 years and don't want to pay monthly. A discount is also available if you are a new VZ customer, which again, I am not. He also stated that they must charge the $40 upgrade fee on top of the $299 phone price. This is ridiculous in my opinion. The phone has been out for about six months and is nowhere near being the latest hot thing from Samsung. Clearly, that is the S6, which I can get from BB for $199 with a free wireless charging base.
I then stopped by a corporate VZ store and they told the same story, which again, I find ridiculous. I am a current off-contract VZ customer. They should want to retain me. Instead, they appear to value a new customer more. If I didn't have my daughter and wife on this plan as well, I would walk.
I'll check Amazon. Thanks.
That employee either lied to you or didn't know. The price match policy is posted at the store and online. This was my second update I did at bestbuy. I am on a 2 year contract plan also. Price match has nothing to do with with what type of plan you have.
Below is BestBuy's price match policy
At the time of sale, we price match all local retail competitors (including their online prices) and we price match products shipped from and sold by these major online retailers: Amazon.com, Bhphotovideo.com, Crutchfield.com, Dell.com, HP.com, Newegg.com, and TigerDirect.com.
We match BestBuy.com prices on in-store purchases and in-store prices on BestBuy.com purchases.
If we lower our price during the return and exchange period, we will match our lower price, upon request.
Our Price Match Guarantee covers one price match per identical item, per customer, at the current pre-tax price available to all customers.
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