Originally Posted by
jhilker It ended last Sunday.
I think that's correct.
I basically ordered the 3a (none of the stores were in stock) so I could take advantage of the deal, and to get the thing in the store. Once there (last night) the idea was to return it and repurchase it, so it would be $299 instead of $399. But since I had the gift card, the manager was worried that returning it would cancel the gift card, so they did a "price match" instead and just credited me back the $100 (great Best Buy in Frederick MD).
So I'm essentially holding a 3a that I paid $199 for ($299 - the $100 gift card). They offered to try to apply the $100 gift card toward the 3a purchase retroactively, but it was like 8:30pm by then (the store was packed and someone had called in sick) and my gf and I were both starving, so I just kept the card and we thanked them and left.
The 3a is so far reeeeally nice. Definitely an upgrade from my Pixel 1.