Beware of Galaxy S8 upgrade

[EastAustinian]

I had a 1-year old mint Galaxy S7 that I bought directly from Samsung the previous holiday season. The phone worked perfectly but I decided to upgrade to the S8 due to special holiday trade-in offer. My S7 never gave me any problems and I went down their checklist for a trade-in and my phone passed every item in their list. I sent it back in the original packaging with everything included. They rejected my trade-in, charged me an additional $375 and kept my S7!! I have been a Samsung customer for years and have appliances, speakers, monitors and a printer but I will never buy anything from Samsung again and I recommend you don't use their trade-in programs.

 

[dpham00]

There are others who claim similar, but personally I traded in an s5 when I bought my Note 8 and Samsung gave me $425.

Still if you believe that Samsung made a mistake in their assessment then you should contact them to rectify it. Should they choose not to rectify it then you should file a complaint with the bbb and state ag.

 

[Mattsg430]

That's unlucky. I've had friends trade in and receive the credit, and I traded in my iPhone 5 back in August for the S8. I'd follow dpham00's advice as stated above.

 

[Morty2264]

I'm sorry that happened to you. Hope things work out!

 

[stmiranda]

My daughter's and my trade in we're just rejected sighting the phone was not factory reset. Which they both were and no lock screen. My daughter's friend received the the same rejection. Seems Samsung is not actually checking them. I've logged a call to dispute their rejection.

 

[jeffmd]

Just quit messing with samsung trade ins. With fine text that says "if we choose to reject your phone for what ever reason we still get to keep the phone.. bai" you are just asking to get screwed. You are literally gambling on your trade in.

 

[Austinotian]

I agree with not using their trade-in offers. I had never used their trade-in program before and I own other Samsung products. I will never use Samsung again but I had no reason to suspect that they would practice such fraudulent behavior. Also my phone as in mint condition so I didn't see any chance of them rejecting my phone. I went down their check list meticulously and verifed each item. I am posting this here so that others will know ahead of time and not use their bogus trade-in offers.

 

[Austinotian]

I am disputing it directly with Samsung and also through my credit card company but just warning others not to use this fake offer.

 

[mary beth hale]

Guess I was lucky. Traded my S7 edge for my current S8 some months ago on Samsung. com ... Paid $425 and had no issues.

 

[EastAustinian]

Also, if this happened to you, file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. I did. We need to stop Samsung from ripping people off.

 

[teslas]

I have had no issues for my s7 tradein for 400 off an s8 that I did in December. But never again will I do it. I will stick with the att 300 off deals when they show up. I got lucky. Go to small claims court if you must. Samsungs process to trade in is sloppy and full of areas that can fail

 

[Austinotian]

I heard back from Samsung and after some back and forth, they have agreed to credit back the charge to my credit card for the additional charges regarding my trade-in.

 

[monil]

I heard back from Samsung and after some back and forth, they have agreed to credit back the charge to my credit card for the additional charges regarding my trade-in.

Great.

 

[atliens]

I'm dealing with this now. talking about the housing on the phone was damaged....NAH. run me back my money!

 

[Dr Awkward]

And I do not miss the Verizon boot up process!

 

[ScottsoNJ]

This is NOT a "fake" anything. Just ignore the troll.
No problems with our trade ins.
Great to be able to buy direct from Samsung and thus avoid some of bloatware providers have installed.
Not going thru a carrier will enable us to switch to Consumer Cellular, save $50 a month with more data to share.

It is a FAKE offer if they are screwing people on the trade in. A multi billion dollar company and they use some jabroni 3rd party company to handle trade ins

 

[Centerman66]

It is a FAKE offer if they are screwing people on the trade in. A multi billion dollar company and they use some jabroni 3rd party company to handle trade ins

Jabroni....im still laughing. Awesome choice of syntax.

 

[Tim1954]

I would never send a device like that! That's just setting yourself up for disappointment..

 

[Dr Awkward]

It is a FAKE offer if they are screwing people on the trade in. A multi billion dollar company and they use some jabroni 3rd party company to handle trade ins

BS. SAmsung is a very reputable company and you have no proof that you were treated unfairly.

 

[Dr Awkward]

The $400 trade-in program direct twith Samsung only pops up a couple of times a year.
It was available just after holidays and ended shortly thereafter.

Best aspect of this trade-in deal is the fact that you separate no-interest payments for 2 years from your cell service provider. Means you can shop around. I'm leaving Verizon for Consumer Cell.

Double the data but no rollover and unlimited talk & text for 3 lines, $45 per month savings!
If timing is right, have no fears of a Samsung rip-off. Legitimate trade ins clear very quickly.