Did you buy before the Black Friday Pricing?

[ratseven]

I was pretty disappointed about the huge BF discounts on the 5X just two weeks after buying one and so close to them being released. I contacted Fi about it and although they wouldn't credit the full discounted price, they gave me a $20 credit on my Fi account.

 

[jonebk12]

Yeah I wasn't expecting them to knock $80 off the price less than a month after the phone first started shipping. Definitely would have been a little more patient. Oh well, hindsight is 20/20.

 

[mclaser]

I ordered mine from Amazon on the 20th. Emailed them Friday regarding the -$80 and they emailed me right back informing me that they would credit my cc account the $80. 7 days later, but not bad. You might try sending a nice email and see what happens!

 

[cache11]

I ordered mine from Amazon Thursday and it arrived today. I paid full price of course and I was very surprised to see the BF price. I called Amazon yesterday and very nicely asked if there was anything they could do and the guy said I could return it and try to buy another one at the sale price. I was shocked at his reply because I am a Prime member and I buy $3k to $4k a year from them for home and business. I let it go until I read your post and decided to call again and the lady said I can see you buy a lot from us but our Black Friday policies prevent us from offering any type of credit. Guess I should have emailed instead.....

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[Clocks]

B&H gave me a refund when I called them on BF.

 

[eaccentsac]

Ordered from Google Store. Would have loved to have an extra $80 in my pocket, but I figure that is the price for impatience (I often purchase on launch day...)

 

[Don_Henry]

I also bought from Google before BF - but, I of course got the $50 Play Store credit, so in reality I only paid $30 more than BF price.

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[strawbee]

I think the cutoff was that if you bought your 5X on or after Nov 10. I bought mine on Nov 1. Sigh.

 

[Slowhite03]

I ordered mine not to long ago but I wasn't complaining. If you wanted a black Friday discount, you should of waited till black Friday. That's just my opinion

 

[aysiu]

Slightly annoyed, but what's done is done. I ordered mine a while ago and got the $50 Google Play credit. Obviously, I'd prefer just getting $80 off entirely...

 

[PhiPsi32]

I ordered mine from Amazon Thursday and it arrived today. I paid full price of course and I was very surprised to see the BF price. I called Amazon yesterday and very nicely asked if there was anything they could do and the guy said I could return it and try to buy another one at the sale price. I was shocked at his reply because I am a Prime member and I buy $3k to $4k a year from them for home and business. I let it go until I read your post and decided to call again and the lady said I can see you buy a lot from us but our Black Friday policies prevent us from offering any type of credit. Guess I should have emailed instead.....

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It's not just this. Amazon generally takes the "Order another one and return the first one" approach.

Generally, you can request a refund for first unit in advance. Amazon gives you a return window ( X number of days to return it). Do that. Get your refund. Order the new phone. Return old one when it arrives.

 

[MartinMPL]

If you were happy to buy it at the price you paid then there should be no complaints about a sale price.

 

[PhiPsi32]

Meh, $80 will buy some nice accessories . . . I can empathize with the sentiment

 

[ratseven]

Its not just that they went on sale. Its that they went on sale so quickly after being newly released and at a significant discount.

I'm satisfied with my $20 credit since my order was placed on 11/3- not exactly right before the sale. I just wanted to throw it out there for Fi users that they might be able to get a partial credit.

 

[Zendroid1]

I pre-ordered so I paid an $80 "early bird" fee and I'm fine with that. I've had the past month or more to enjoy my phone.

 

[sarah247]

I bought on BF sale. Lucky me!!

 

[bpe4]

I bought on BF sale. Lucky me!!

Me Too...just couldn't pass up on the sale. If the pattern holds, you probably won't see another price drop till next Summer. Ordered yesterday morning , still in processing. I suppose they had a ton of weekend orders to go through.

 

[Premium1]

I was pretty disappointed about the huge BF discounts on the 5X just two weeks after buying one and so close to them being released. I contacted Fi about it and although they wouldn't credit the full discounted price, they gave me a $20 credit on my Fi account.

Eh that is what happens when you are an early adopter, especially with being so close to BF. Seems the 5x really isn't selling well since that was what they had on sale and not the 6p, which isn't surprising with all the issues the 5x has.

 

[anon(464338)]

Eh that is what happens when you are an early adopter, especially with being so close to BF. Seems the 5x really isn't selling well since that was what they had on sale and not the 6p, which isn't surprising with all the issues the 5x has.

What issues do you speak of?

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[crishi]

I bought a week before BF. Looking at price slash, I called Google support. "Our system does not allow price match at this time, since this is special BF deal. I will be happy to process your return and you can order another at special pricing today". I received my new one, and will return a week used one in a day or two.
Wondering how software giant's system does not allow such matching. Google's loss (in shipping, handling and reselling in secondary market), and little inconvenience for the users like me! But we could save $80. Glad that I didn't have to do lot of transfer/setup, Backup from Google account saved a good deal of effort in move.